Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Ways To Make Extra Money With New eBay Rules

By Timothy Black

For even longer than anyone has known about eBay, I have been buying and selling there and witnessed all the many changes. And there have been tons of changes, yet how I do what I do and how much I make has not been affected. In fact, what I make has only increased over the years. I originally started in 1997 as a buyer and then moved to selling full time by 1998. All of this was prior to eBay becoming a common known place in our language and far before most even knew you could make a living on it. Online or in the real world, 11 years is quite a long time. And so you can just imagine all the changes I have seen and been through with eBay.

But it's not really about eBay's changes, it's about consistency as a seller. What to sell, where to find it and how to list it.

The key is not just finding things that have value to resell; the key is to do it over and over and over and to maximize the item for the most profit. With constant changes from eBay-fee increases, policy changes, etc.-my bottom line has only gone up. I know how to make eBay listing "pop" and get maximum dollars.

[Quick eBay Insight: Checks and money orders as of October are no longer an accepted payment method on eBay.]

Knowing something has value is one thing, but knowing how to get the most profit out of the item is much more important.

Believe me when I say this is something that I know first hand. Even I had a time when getting profit was a struggle. It was the beginning and disasters were followed by more disasters which were followed by miscalculations and so on. But suddenly victories, great victories, began to happen. Since this was to be my main source of income, keeping in the game and being focused was crucial. I discovered strategies and techniques that worked over and over again. I was laughing at how easy it was. But this took time for me to develop, and after countless trials I perfected it into a foolproof system and a money maker like nothing before.

I should perhaps have already put this out there, but know this- I am a lazy guy. I do not enjoy working and actually, it is even a danger to my health. It's what got me here in the first place.

I was born with Cystic Fibrosis, a lung disease that should have killed me. Doctors told my parents not to expect me to live past the age of seven (Yikes). Full time work was not an option, at least not without frequent and long visits to the hospital. So when you can't pay the bills since you can't work the hours and the option of living with Mom for the rest of your life was well, not an option. I panicked.

Everything I had in my apartment I sold after my roommate had moved out. Seriously, everything. And it is here that I had a huge surprise. The things I had thought would be worth money ended up being worthless, and what I almost had thrown in the trash was more profitable than any of it. It may not have been anything crazy like thousands of dollars, but it definitely adds up very well. And while I continued to do this I began to notice a pattern and that these items could be found everywhere. I would see people passing them up all the time, in everyday places. People were even passing these items in their own homes.

This was awesome. It hardly took any time at all for me to find these things, buy them, and then list them. It all added up to consistent profit right away.

It's a secret I have kept for years. Friends and family have always pushed me to say what I do and how I do it. They have always wondered how a lazy guy like me can make money and have every day be like a Saturday.

Many years have passed and I've been holding my incredible methods all this time. But it turns out that no matter where I visit or even where I go around my home, there is just too much stuff available. There is too much for me to do it alone, even if I wanted to.

[eBay Fun Fact: Everyone knows about the new feedback. Sellers can't leave "negatives" for buyers anymore, only positive...Buyers can leave all 3 types-positive, negative and neutral. But did you know that "neutrals" count as negatives toward seller's feedback?]

Every single day I sell online, and the trend or economy doesn't matter. Without hassle, I am always profitable. As I look around here and there, I see other experienced sellers who are making many of the mistakes I once made- it makes me cringe. They don't even know they could make so much more money without any of the hassle they have inadvertently created.

Making an extra income on eBay is easy because anyone can do it. You get do to dot on your own time, too, which is the best part. Relax on the sofa, make up whatever hours you want, and earn and income all the while. If you sit back and follow the proven steps you can earn extra money while you sleep.

In spite of all the changes, in spite of the economy eBay is still one of the easiest, low risk and fastest ways to make extra money. - 15478

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