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Author :: Tim Knox  |
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| Article Title :: When It Comes To eBay, Don’t Follow The Herd |
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| Q: I want to start an online business. Since I don’t know anything about ecommerce and building websites and such, I’m thinking about starting out selling products on eBay, then pay someone to build a website for me once the money starts coming in. The big question is: what is the hot product to sell on eBay to make money fast?
-- Bob D.A: While it’s true that selling products on eBay can be a quick, low cost way to launch an online business, following the herd by selling the “hot product” of the moment, is not a great idea. To the contrary, chances are you will be stomped in the ground by the herd and left lying in the dust with your unsold inventory in hand. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Auctions Articles |
Author :: Tim Knox |
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| Article Title :: Dropship Your Way To Ebusiness Success |
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| Q: I would like to start my own eBay business, but I really don’t want to invest in a ton of inventory until I can get a better handle on what might or might not sell. I read another column about dropshipping, but I’m still a little fuzzy on how the whole process works. Do you think using dropshipping is a good way to start an eBay business and if so, how do I get started?
-- Candace M.A: Dropshipping is a topic that I first addressed in my column way back in April, 2003, which is decades ago in Internet years. But with the continuing growth of eBay and it’s positioning of itself as a viable way for anyone looking to launch an ebusiness, the topic of dropshipping is n (read full article) |
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| Category :: Auctions Articles |
Author :: Tim Knox |
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| Article Title :: The Secret To Real eBay Success |
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| Q. I hear so much about people who started selling on eBay and eventually turned it into their full time business. Is it really possible to build a profitable business just selling junk on eBay? -- Alex K.ANSWER:If Fred Sanford were alive today, Alex, I’m sure he’d be earning his ripple money by selling quality junk on eBay. While it’s also true that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure (I have a garage full of treasure to prove this point), your chances of building a profitable business selling “junk” on eBay (or anywhere else, for that matter) are slim to none.
While there is a lot of junk/treasure for sale on eBay, it is typically sold by individ (read full article) |
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| Category :: Auctions Articles |
Author :: Ron Keegan |
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| Article Title :: Ebay And Dropshipping, A Marriage Made In Heaven? |
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| eBay is the 'BEST' opportunity you can use right now to make money online in the dropshipping business from the comfort of your own home.Thousands of people just like you use eBay auctions on a daily basis to sell and buy products on the Internet; now it's your time to START your own dropshipping home-based business and succeed in the eBay auctions 'game'!There are no special skills required for this dropshipping business, all you need is a computer, Internet access and some basic computer / Internet knowledge.Dropshipping is when you sell products on the Web, forward the orders to the dropship supplier and, in return, the dropshipper ships the product to your custome (read full article) |
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| Category :: Auctions Articles |
Author :: Tim Knox |
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| Article Title :: Taxing Your eBay Profits |
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| As a small business person-slash-advice columnist I dread the first quarter of the new year. Not because in my mind my own business fortunes start at zero again every January or because I have already dismissed every New Year’s resolution I made when the clock rang out the New Year.No, the reason I dread the first quarter of the new year is that my email box floods with questions about business taxes and the IRS, my two least favorite subjects on earth. It’s not that I am opposed to paying my fair share of business taxes. It’s that I consider the IRS to be a little like Beetlejuice, the movie demon who appeared only after his name was called three times in a row. My fear (read full article) |
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| Category :: Auctions Articles |
Author :: Tony Keeler |
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| Article Title :: How To Compete With Amazon.com |
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| If you are selling online,here is the down side of our business....you will never be able to compete with Amazon. (Or Kmart, or Target, or any other big outlet) Here is why, They buy directly from the manufacturer in such huge quantities that they are getting the product for a price that you and I (as small business owners) will never realize. That is an unfortunate fact of business.The other problem is that they often use products like this as what they call a 'loss leader.' They are willing to take a huge loss on the product in the hopes that the customer will buy other things. If you are like me, you cannot afford to do that. So what do we do?The answer is very simple... (read full article) |
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| Category :: Auctions Articles |
Author :: Tim Knox |
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| Article Title :: Taxing eBay Part Deux |
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| When my column on paying income tax on eBay profits ran it brought a wave of emails on whether you were required to report income earned from eBay sales to the IRS sparked a number of additional questions and comments from eBay sellers who were hoping that I could somehow validate that their eBay activities were mere hobbies instead of actual businesses and therefore not susceptible to IRS taxation.Several folks argued that just because their little eBay hobby generated a little cash, that didn’t make it a full blown business. It seems they consider the income from their little hobby to be financial manna from Heaven and thereby not taxable by earthly tax collectors. I’ve al (read full article) |
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| Category :: Auctions Articles |
Author :: I-key Benney |
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| Article Title :: Online Auctions: 10 Secrets You Should Know Before Bidding At An Online Auction |
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| You may have heard about ebay and other online auctions.You may have participated in some of the biddings.But before you do the next bidding for a product or
service, here are some few important secret tips to help
you:1. Know the value of the product before you bid. If
the product is brand new, check to see what price
retailers are charging for it. If the product is used or
reconditioned, you will want to pay way less than the
retail value.2. If the product's description or picture isn't detailed
enough for you, contact the merchant to get more
information before you bid. You don't want to take a
chance to waste your hard earned money.3. Know the highes (read full article) |
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| Category :: Auctions Articles |
Author :: DeAnna Spencer |
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| Article Title :: So What Are YOU Going To Do About eBay's Fee Increases? |
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| Unless you have been hiding under a rock, I am sure that by now you have heard that eBay is raising its fees. So what's a small merchant to do? Here are some suggestions.Get your own hosting. You can have your own online store and only have to pay for your hosting fees. Delspin Hosting offers a reasonable hosting plan for small merchants. You can also have somewhere to host your pictures if you decide to stay with Ebay.You can still use your Paypal account with your hosted store. It also a good idea to find another alternative to process your credit card transactions because some people just don’t like paypal.Also, there are lots of other online auctions sites on t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Auctions Articles |
Author :: Tim Knox |
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| Article Title :: Is The eBay Fee Increase Actually Good For Business? |
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| Fee Increase Leaves Some Sellers Angry, Others ThrilledMuch of my email from readers this month concerned the recent announcement from eBay that it will increase many seller fees on February 18, 2005. Since many business people use eBay’s online store system as their primary ecommerce point of sale, it’s no surprise that most of the emails I received were of the angry variety.One email in particular caught my attention because it urged me to visit a website to sign an online petition protesting the fee hike. The email directed me to http://www.petitiononline.com/ebayfee/petition.html and upon further investigation I found that 22,548 digital signatures had already been (read full article) |
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