Product Description

eBay has changed the way products and services are purchased all over the world. Daily over 1.5 million online customers and providers log on to bid and sell virtually anything that can be bought or purchased. In 2006 eBay sellers are estimated to post $22 billion in sales. There are businesses earning $1 million a year selling products on eBay today. It is estimated that more than half a million people make full-time incomes just with their eBay business. eBay also allows you to run a business that requires no advertising costs. This expertly written new book will show you how to take advantage of this business phenomenon and arm you with the proper knowledge and insider secrets. Filled with actual examples and antidotes from real eBay entrepreneurs, this book is as engaging as it is informational. eBay is a level playing field—it doesn’t matter how old you are, what nationality or income level, whether you own a business now or not, what your background is, or where you are located. Start making money on eBay today! The book starts with a complete overview of how eBay works. Then you are guided through the whole process of creating the auction and auction strategies, photography, writing copy, text and formatting, managing auctions, shipping, collecting payments, registering, About Me page, sources for merchandise, multiple sales, programming tricks, PayPal, accounting, creating marketing, merchandising, managing e-mail lists, advertising plans, taxes and sales tax, best time to list items and for how long, sniping programs, international customers, opening a storefront, electronic commerce, buy-it now pricing, keywords, Google marketing, and eBay secrets; everything you will ever need to get started making money on eBay!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38435 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-01
• Released on: 2006-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
"An excellent resource for all those who want to become serious eBay sellers!" --Angela Adams, Editor

“Cheryl Russell has done a great job of explaining all the ins and outs of becoming an eBay seller.” --Jackie Ness, Editor

Jackie Ness, Editor
"Cheryl Russell has done a great job of explaining all the ins and outs of becoming an eBay seller."

About the Author
Cheryl L. Russell holds Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees from Winona State University in Minnesota. She first began using eBay as a casual buyer and began selling while home raising her two youngest children. In addition to occasionally selling on eBay and being a full-time mother, Cheryl puts her education to work by freelance writing. She enjoys reading, designing custom dresses for her daughters and other creative pursuits. Cheryl and husband Fred Miller live in southwest Wisconsin with three daughters, six pet birds and a pair of chinchillas.

Customer Reviews

Good info, but outdated
I actually like this book because it does exactly what is claimed, which is to describe methods for making money on ebay. However, the reason I say it is outdated is because, let's face it, all the easy money has already been made. As in anything, you need to be one of the front runners to realize the most potential. If you comparison shop on ebay you will see that the competition is fierce, and that unless you are getting your salable items for next to nothing you will not make any real money.

Which brings me to point number two. The book talks of buying items at wholesale and selling on ebay at a profit. Realistically, most people cannot buy at wholesale unless they have a brick and mortar storefront and a verifiable tax id. There are many companies claiming to be wholesalers available to anyone but my research has shown that they are actually just middlemen. THEY get to buy at actual wholesale, and then they mark up the price to sell to you. So you will not get the items cheaply enough to sell at much of a profit.

This is not a negative review, just a realistic one. Yes, you can make some money on ebay using this book, but the big players have already made most of the money available. After factoring in your cash outlay to purchase items, ebay's fees, and the fees charged by PayPal, you may find - as I have - that it requires a lot of effort and time to make only a few dollars.

eBay beginners
Great book for those who are serious about starting to sell on ebay with the hopes of attaining a successful income and business. This book brought up alot of good points and stresses the importance of starting it up as an official business, from the get go. I have not finished reading it yet, but it is a great resource for things to expect, easier ways of doing things, and also some of the problems and how to deal with them (or avoid them!).

For those who are already business savvy, this might be too "beginner level" for them. For me, it is perfect.

Great Book For Beginners
This book is perfect if you know nothing or very little about computers and or ebay. It goes into great detail on how to set up a business legally and how to start selling on ebay. It goes over some common do's and don'ts for selling.

Also I read this book for beginning to end in one day. It's an easy read with great information in it.

The reason I gave this book 4 star ratting is for a couple of reasons. Sometimes (but not often) the word seller is used when the author should have used the word buyer.

Also this book is not for people who already have the basics down. If you are looking for a more advanced book on ebay this book is not for you. That being said I will most likely use this book for a reference for some basic things that might be hard to remember.