Everyone’s business is slow. Unemployment shows no signs of abating. Consumer confidence is down and everyone is being cautious.  Everyone wants to sell the newest, latest hottest product –but that business is cratering. My eBay sales are off over 50% from the same time last year.  We are still making money –just not as much [...]

Our eBay Training webinar last month was a big hit. We had over 100 people register and about 90 who actually showed up. I know many of you wanted to attend but couldn’t, so we recorded it for you. The topic of this webinar was auction review. I got [...]

I like to call selling goods on consignment for others the “perfect eBay business.” Often the biggest problem eBay sellers face is finding products that they can resell at a profit. Luckily, there’s an alternative: If you’re finding it difficult to locate products of your own, you may be able to make money selling items [...]

Tips for new eBay Seller Who Want to Learn How To Sell On EBay 
I get a lot of questions from both new and experienced sellers.  Here are the common questions I get from new sellers with the answers regarding how to sell on eBay beneath them.
 As you will see below, these answers are short answers [...]

Making money on eBay requires consistent effort and attention to detail. Here is a great article with tips to help eBay sellers make more money on eBay. 
We have a guest article today by Sean Eyring from HammerTap Research.  HammerTap is our recommended eBay research solution.  At the end of the article is some information about [...]

Just a short post today – Earlier this week I was contacted by the founders of Connect Note. Connect Note is a unique service that allows eBay sellers to create video with commentary just using your webcam and a microphone. Once created you simply paste the link into your eBay description, on your blog or website.
Potential [...]

No major topic posts today –I have decided to start using Friday to wrap up news and happenings for the prior week. So here are a few things that crossed my computer screen this week.
>>> eBay Holiday Promotions – eBay just uploaded the Holiday Selling Guide for tips to sell more this season. eBay is also [...]

Apparently you can still make money selling on eBay.
HIAWATHA, Iowa (CNN)– As Dr. Jennifer Lickteig examines patients at the Linn Community Care Health Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, she’s also earning money from a second career that has nothing to do with medicine.
Dr. Jennifer Lickteig started her online clothing business while taking time off from [...]

The four winners, one in each of the four categories, voted on by the eBay community are:

US Veterans & Service Member: Thomas Costello is a member of the United States Marine Corps and sells computer equipment and parts on eBay. He plans to use his $25,000 award to open an eBay store and buy materials [...]

Global Sources is a wholesale product sourcing website where manufacturers (mostly in Asia) advertise wholeslale products for export to the US.  Global Sources publishes a series of magazines for their customers. They have recently started offeing free copies of the electronic version to anyone who wants them.
Here is the link where you can download free [...]

eBay Sellers have a new eBay research tool to track and evaluate their buyer’s behavior.  Today, the Sellebrity Company announced Auction Analytics, a new service to monitor and interpret traffic data for eBay auctions.   The new service is located at www.sellebrity.com.
“This is not your father’s analytics service,” says founder and CEO, Jason Ritenour.  ”Not [...]

Starting on Saturday, September 26, 2009, sellers who list Auction-style item(s), and have a 12 month Detailed Seller Rating of 4.5 or higher on all criteria, will receive 33% off the standard Insertion Fee per item listed.
New sellers who don’t yet have DSR ratings are also eligible. DSR rating criteria for this promotion will be [...]

There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t get a question either about QuickBooks or how to set up a record keeping system for an eBay or other online business.  An old friend of mine and eBay PowerSeller, Cindy Shebley, has teamed up with CPA and online business expert Sheryl Schuff to produce [...]

It used to be that importing directly from China was only for large sophisticated sellers, but that is changing. More and more small eBay sellers are finding they can make excellent profits importing directly.
As you probably know, finding suppliers from China is easy. But finding suppliers who know what quality is and deliver it consistently [...]

Wholesale dealer auctions are a great source of merchandise to sell on eBay, but you have to be very, very careful.
In one of my first books when I wrote about wholesale dealer auctions, I said that if you have a desire to be mugged, you can walk in Central Park after midnight or you can [...]