1001 Killer eBay Marketing tactics

People are constantly asking how do you make money on eBay over and over again. Honestly the answer is simple. I just buy low and sell high on eBay everyday. We’ll I’ll admit making money, a really comfortable income is a little more complex than that. Even so that’s really the gist of it. Let me explain.

I’ve been utilizing the amazing marketing power and reach of eBay to make money for about 7 years. I’ve made a lot of mistakes on the way too. Believe me, it wasn’t always like this! After all, almost everyone I know had to crawl before walking, me included.

But believe success does leave clues. After my first 3 years of just breaking even or a little better on eBay, I decided to get serious about making money. To do this I scoured the internet like a maniac. I contacted everyone who had any connection to internet auctions and specifically to eBay.

I went to eBay news groups and absorbed everything I could about making this auction thing work. At first, progress was slow, but after a couple of years of trying EVERYTHING, I discovered a proven formula that works. And it works like a Rolex!

Probably the best advice I can give anyone interested in making money on eBay is that you choose a product or products that you have a genuine interest in and or considerable knowledge about. If you do this, your work becomes an enjoyable hobby that will make you a ton of dough year after year.

Next, don’t try and reinvent the wheel. This is a very important point. Learn from other people’s trial and error and find out what works. Don’t waste your time and your money on unproven theories. That’s how a lot of people get burned and lose motivation. Just get a solid training program from someone who’s got the experience and then get started as soon as possible.

You’ll be amazed at the results and delighted with the income you’ll generate. One thing I do suggest that you do if you haven’t already is sign up for an account at ebay.com. It takes just a few moments and voila, you’re in business. Then you can pull a few items out of your attic or closet and make some easy money. That’s exactly how I got started.

Then, once you see how easy it is to make money you’ll be hooked for sure. Just remember to get good training before you go hook, line, and sinker.

The reason I say training is important is because it’s the difference between breaking even and breaking the bank.  I have a friend, I’ll call him Mike,  who’s making a killing on eBay right now. I won’t mention his full name or e-mail address because he’s very secretive and doesn’t want anyone to know his eBay “Formula”. He makes a ton of money each week on eBay. He’s a bona fide eBay Power Seller, but pay close attention to the following point.

Up until 8 months ago, Mike was ready to throw in the towel and call it quits! I was online one night and he sent me an instant message and here’s what he told me. “John, this eBay thing just isn’t working. I’m just not making the kind of money I thought I would! It’s not worth my time. I’m gonna try something easier.”  At the time Mike was netting about $200 per week. I was earning about 3 times more.

“Easier!” I thought. “What’s easier than eBay.” Write a compelling ad for a hot product, eBay delivers the customers and you make money. Mike then explained to me what he was doing and to be honest I had been doing the same things just a year earlier. To make a long story short, I just described a few changes I thought he should make. Nothing real drastic, just a few changes here and there and the money would start coming in.

That was 8 months ago. Today Mike is doing a brisk amount of business after just a few minor adjustments to his marketing plan. He plans to do over $100,000 this year and I’m sure he will. All it took was a little refinement to his approach.

Let me say this: You can make money on eBay. All you have to do is decide to. It doesn’t take a computer genius or a marketing wizard. All you need is the desire and a strong business plan to follow.

Until the next time.

Sincerely

John Gardner

 
About the Author:

John Gardner has been actively involved with online auctions and eBay since 1996. Mr. Gardner has written several articles on eBay Marketing and has recently created "1001 Killer eBay Marketing Tactics" an interactive multimedia auction training course for teaching others how to create and operate a successful online auction business from home.  

The entire contents of this newsletter Copyright 2008 LRS Publishing Co. Please feel free to share this newsletter with your friends or post it on your site as long as it is left intact with all links unchanged and this notice.

Auctiontrainingcourse.com, P.O. Box 1074, Little Rock, CA 93543 Tel # 661-285-2216