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How To Increase eBay Profits by L. C. Peterson Some sell on eBay to clean out their garage or attic. Some sell to make a little extra money here and there. But for some, eBay represents a chance to create a second income or start a home business. Product choice is important. But to really increase profit you must know how to increase the number and amount of bids per item. An eBay seller must maximize each product's profit margin. This article describes techniques to make as much profit as possible. Learn more

The Elusive eBay Product Niche by Simon Slade There’s nothing more disappointing than doing the research, getting the product, and then finding that no one wants to buy it. It can also be quite a shock. It’s not unusual to research the item, see it listed in eBay’s hot list, hear everyone talking about it…and still no one buys. This is one of the most disheartening experiences known to eBay sellers! So what’s going wrong here? And more importantly, what can you do about it? Learn more

Expand Your Business with eBay! by Charlene Davis Thanks to the Internet, e-commerce has made its indelible stamp on the business world by completely revamping how various companies and industries operate. And under that huge umbrella of “doing business on the Internet” falls a legendary business success story: eBay. What began in 1995 as a little website where approximately 10,000 individuals traded goods with one another during the first year, now has more than 135 million registered users with a half million of those folks making a full- or part-time living with businesses that sell on eBay. Learn more

How to Turn eBay Bidders into Long-term Customers by Kirsten Hawkins Once someone’s bought something from you on eBay, you suddenly have all sorts of details on them. In marketing terms, this information is gold dust. Learn more

12 Items You Can't Sell On eBay by Sydney Johnston Millions of would-be entrepreneurs want to sell things on ebay. eBay is the #1 home-business opportunity in the world right now, so it's natural that many are eager to find highly profitable items for re-sale on eBay. However, it's important to know that there are certain items that can't be sold. Here are a dozen of them ... Learn more

Don't Fall For The Latest Internet Identity Theft Scam by Tim Knox The shear number of PayPal customers is one reason it has become a popular target of scam artists trying to steal personal information from individuals and businesses alike. Identify theft is on the rise. Thanks to the Internet stealing someone's identity has never been easier. At any given moment, there are any number of Internet thieves using all manner of high tech wizardry to steal personal and business information from unsuspecting souls, and many times they can gain access to this information simply by asking the person to provide it through fraudulent means. Learn more

When It Comes To eBay, Don't Follow The Herd by Tim Knox 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. Learn more

7 Things You Can Learn from Competing eBay Auctions by Dave Lovelace If you haven't discovered the benefits of legitimately "spying" on your competition, then it's time to start looking at your competitors’ auctions, starting today. Why? As the old gold-rush miners use to say, "thar's gold in them thar hills!" Learn more

Cut Start-Up Costs By Using a Dropshipper by Tim Knox Dropshippers, as they're called --are an excellent way to start your e-business and, if done properly, don't have to be a costly endeavor. There are literally hundreds of companies out there that will dropship products for you, everything from gifts and housewares to power tools and furniture. Learn more

Do You Pay Taxes On eBay Income? by Tim Knox Last week's column 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. Learn more

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