Secret ebay tactic
I have a really cool little eBay trick that I want to share with you. I just discovered this yesterday, and it’s pretty amazing.
Basically what you do is create short eBooks (like ten pages or so) and sell them on eBay for $2.99. Yes, that’s two dollars and ninety nine cents. And there’s a specific reason for that, which makes it so incredibly effective.
In a nutshell, what you do is you or you hire someone to write an ebook for you. What you do then is you add to the end of each chapter a recommendation that the reader go and check out a related affiliate product.
So for example if you sell a learn to cook eBook, then you can put in an affiliate link to a cakemakingcourse.com and earn a 50% commission on each sale.
So when you sell a $2.99 ebook, your goal is to sell a certain percentage of these customers on a higher priced ebook. It’s a numbers game, but using the strategies in Sky High Auctions, you should be able to earn at least $10-$20 or even more for every $2.99 ebook that you sell (on average).
Now can you see the value in selling $2.99 ebooks?
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! The same guys that taught me that little tip also offer a course, which I think is incredible, which teaches you everything you need to know about making money from ebay, from beginners to advanced powerselling.
If you are interested in learning more about how to earn an income from ebay check out the free videos and free ecourse from the ebay powersellers that created Sky High Auctions
5 Ways To Make Money Online
If you read all the ads online today it would seem like making money online is as easy as eating pie. But if that is the case why aren’t more people doing it? Well it could be because there are so many opportunities that people just don’t know where to start. So with that being said here are a list of the 5 most popular ways to start making money online.
Network Marketing is perfect for making money online because there are no big capital requirements, no geographical limitations, no minimum quotas required and no special education or skills needed to get started. It is a low-overhead, home based business model that is easy to start. Network marketing is a people-to-people business that allows you to not only earn an income by selling someone else’s products or services but it also allows you to help other people do the same. The more you help others succeed the more successful you will be. Network marketing is based on providing people with real, legitimate products they need and want at a fair price.
Typing work is a perfect way to earn some extra cash online, especially if you are good at typing, know your way round Microsoft Word and Office and can handle spreadsheets. These are all skills that people will pay for. And you can earn an income doing these tasks either from typing at home or in someone’s home or office.
Online Surveys If you like giving your opinion on anything from products you purchase to services you think should be offered then you might want to try doing online surveys from home to make a little extra cash. There are thousands of companies that hire average consumers to complete surveys online, and they will pay you to complete the surveys. Now, you can’t expect to earn a full salary from taking online surveys, but it is possible to earn $50 to $100 a week, depending on how many surveys you complete.
eBay as everyone knows is the place to sell or buy items online. Now most people use this site to sell the odd items in their garage that you no longer want or need. But the real secret to make money online with ebay is to become retailer on ebay. It is easy to set up and all you have to do is find a supplier that will drop ship the items you sell.
Blogging has exploded on the internet and everyone has a blog. What most people don’t realize is there is big money to be made by simply writing about things you enjoy and are passionate about. While you blog all you need to do is promote products that you earn a commission from in your blog, or sell ad space on your blog or allow others to place articles on your blog for a fee. Then all you need to do is drive traffic to your blog. The more popular your blog is the higher rates you can charge.
So know that you have the knowledge of how people are earning online all you need to do is choose what method fits your tastes and go for it. Knowing is half the battle, the other half is taking action and doing it.
The Drop Shipper Battle
If you’re looking to seriously start a business online with eBay, it’s time to start thinking about how and where to source your products. It might seem like a simple process. Maybe Google up some keywords like “wholesale”, “drop shipper”, “how to get millions of items for free and sell them on eBay”… but, it’s not always that simple.
It’s fairly well known that it’s not a good idea to search for a supplier with a Google search. Often searches done in this manner end up with a lot of scams and a lot less money. Usually, scammers will try to sell you a “list of wholesalers”, which really turns out to be a worthless list of supposed manufacturers. So, when you search for wholesalers on Google, that’s what you’re going to get.
There are, however, sites that are developed as communities to help you find reliable sources for products and also help you utilize this information to make more money with your online business.
Two sites that will help you do this are:
SaleHoo boasts an overwhelming membership of over 30,000. This in itself is a great value. If you’ve ever been a member of an online group, one of its greatest assets is the information you learn from the experienced members. SaleHoo also claims to have a database of reliable suppliers for you to browse through, contact and hopefully build a business relationship with.
There a lot of different reviews of SaleHoo and they always seem to drift towards the negative, just to see what problems someone would have. Even with the negative reviews the reality is product or service is only as good as how much effort you put into. If you are willing to put in an honest effort then SaleHoo is a good resource.
When you first visit World Wide Brands (also known as OneSource) website, there is one thing you’ll notice… no hype. That’s a good first sign when it comes to someone promoting their product to you. Chris Malta, the CEO and founder has quite a list of accomplishments and provides a lot of free content on how to start an Internet business to how to find products to sell on eBay.
Another great aspect of World Wide Brands is that it is recognized by the Better Business Bureau, is endorsed by Jim Griffith, who is the Dean of eBay University, host of the eBay Radio show and helped write “The Official eBay Bible”.
With credentials like these, it’s hard not to see what the more legitimate choice would be. World Wide Brands is an amazing resource even if you don’t join. You can download free eBooks, watch Videos and join their newsletter.
If you’re serious about your eBay business, please check out World Wide Brands. You can watch a great free Video that will introduce you to sourcing products.
5 Tips for Selling on eBay
If your business is generating income by selling items on eBay then you always need a good array of ideas for what to sell. Hot products you are selling today may become cold products tomorrow, Here are five ideas you can use to keep your list of good selling products hot.
1. Listen to what others are saying around you
It’s true though. If you listen to the people around you, you’re going to hear what people want. There’s always a product that someone is looking all over the place for and cannot find. Once you hear of one, research it, search for a distributor and you’ll have a million dollar business in no time.
It may be more work than that, but keeping your ears pealed for the latest trends or a hard to find product from consumers is bound to give you some good ideas for something to sell on eBay.
2. Bowse in a Bookstore
Don’t just look at the books though. Check out the magazine and newspaper section, especially magazines. Spend thirty minutes to an hour just searching through them with a notebook and pen and you’ll come up with some good stuff. I would suggest listing 10 products you think are really awesome, and then go research them.
3. Sell your Passion
Ok, so you love lamps. You’re like Brick off of Anchorman, “You love lamp.” Or you love vintage fashion and always have the latest 80’s hair metal, black t-shirt or corduroy coat. It always a good idea to sell something you yourself love, because you’ll know a lot about it, just for the fact that you love it. This may not always be practical, but if you do find an idea you love, go for it. What would be better than selling a product that you yourself enjoy just as much as your customers?
4. Use Your Most Powerful Resource – eBay
If you want to see what’s selling well on eBay, where do you look? On eBay! eBay has a lot of research features you can use to find out what’s hot and what’s not. You can check eBay Pulse or just search completed searches for a particular product. Though this takes time, it yields great results and will provide solid facts about any product you might choose to sell.
5. Spy on Your Customers
Sounds dirty, I know, but it’s not. When you sell a product, follow your buyer’s username link and see what they’ve bought through their feedback history. You may see a trend in all of your buyer’s purchases that will lead to your next bestselling product idea. This is once again using eBay to do eBay research, but that’s the best place to do it.
If you’re looking for a place to source your products, there’s really only one place to go. It’s a great community called WorldWideBrands – also known as OneSource. WorldWideBrands provides an enormous directory of legitimate wholesalers, amazing support and boasts of over 35,000 members. This provides you with, not only a huge list of wholesalers and dropshippers, but an entire community to help you with your online business.
Check out WorldWideBrands today.
What is Dropshipping?
Understanding Product Distribution
People have been distributing products since before the first mastodon skinner traded a fur coat for a flint axe.
Here’s how it works.
Let’s say ABC Manufacturers makes a product called Mom’s Ankle Wax. We’ll say that Mom’s Ankle Wax has been around for years. It’s a very well known brand name product. It will without a doubt give you the shiniest ankles on your block, and everybody wants some.
ABC Manufacturers makes Mom’s Ankle Wax, but they don’t sell it directly to the public. They’re a manufacturing operation. They’re far too busy melting paraffin and waxing test ankles to go around building stores all over the place. They need distributors; companies who will take their product and distribute it to the places that will sell it.
For years, ABC Manufacturers has sold Mom’s Ankle Wax to a company called DEF Distributors. The founder of DEF Distributors knew Mom herself, back in the old days when she made her Ankle Wax by hand, out in the turkey barn.
Today, DEF Distributors buys Mom’s Ankle Wax by the truckload. They pay $5.00 a case for it, which is a very good price. It’s such a good price, it has it’s own name: the Manufacturer’s Wholesale Price.
However, DEF Distributors does not sell it to the general public either. They are a distributor. They distribute Mom’s Ankle Wax.
DEF Distributors works with a chain of retail stores called Wax R Us. This place was founded by a retail business visionary who saw the incredible potential of Mom’s Ankle Wax a long time ago. Today there are Wax R Us retail stores on every street corner in every major city in the country. Wax R Us buys truckloads of Mom’s Ankle Wax from DEF Distributors for $10.00 a case.
So, DEF Distributors makes $5.00 on every case of Mom’s Ankle Wax they sell to Wax R Us retail stores. This makes DEF Distributors very happy.
Cases and cases of Mom’s Ankle Wax arrive in the stockrooms of Wax R Us stores everywhere. The Wax R Us employees open those cases, and pull 12 cans of Mom’s Ankle Wax out of each case. With their pricing guns, they stick a price of $4.50 on each and every can.
Wax R Us stores make a total of $44.00 on each case of Mom’s Ankle Wax. (12 cans x 4.50 per can = 54.00, minus the 10.00 they paid for the case = 44.00).
Wax R Us is even happier than DEF Distributors.
However, the happiest people of all are the people who can stroll into Wax R Us and purchase a can of Mom’s Ankle Wax for only $4.50. They think this is a great price, and they’re walking around with the shiniest ankles in town.
Well, that’s it…basic product distribution. The manufacturer sells to the distributor, the distributor sells to the retailer, and the retailer sells to the end user (the customer). The manufacturer, the distributor and the retailer all make money because the customer is willing to spend money for the product.
Drop Shipping has been around for a long time, too. Probably as long as mail order catalogs; maybe longer. If you want to use a buzzword to impress a corporate type, call it “second party addressing”.
Above, we talked about the manufacturer-distributor-retailer relationship. When you use drop shipping to sell products on the Internet, (or anywhere else), YOU become the RETAILER in that relationship.
It should be noted here, if only to keep the Punctuation Police happy, that if you use the method of drop shipping in your business, YOU are not the “drop shipper”. The company(s) who supply the products to your customers for you is the drop shipper. YOU become a “Stockless Retailer”.
How Drop Shipping Works
1.) You open an Internet Store, with a shopping cart and the ability to accept credit cards.
2.) You find a distributor who is willing to DROP SHIP the products you want to sell. The best place on the Internet for this is www.worldwidebrands.com. This is our website, the home of OneSource, recognized as the best source for legitimate Wholesale Suppliers on the Internet.
3.) You establish an account as a retailer with the Drop Ship Wholesale Supplier.
4.) You receive images and descriptions of the products you want to sell from the Drop Shipper and post them on your Internet Store.
5.) A customer surfs into your Internet Store, and falls in love with a product that you have priced at, say, $80. They purchase the item with their credit card. Your Store charges their credit card $80 plus your shipping fee.
6.) You turn around and email the order to your Drop Shipper, along with the customer’s name and address.
7.) The Drop Shipper sends the product directly to your customer, with YOUR Store’s name on the package.
8.) The Drop Shipper charges you the wholesale price of, say, $45.00, plus shipping.
9.) Your customer gets a cool product from your store shipped to their door, and they tell all their friends about you, and you make even more money.
There you have it. You just made a $35.00 profit on one item. You didn’t have to buy a whole bunch of the product and keep it in your warehouse, hoping you would sell it. You didn’t have to pay to have it shipped to you, and then pay to ship it to your customer. All you did was send an email to your Drop Ship Wholesale Supplier.
That’s the drop shipping process in a nutshell!
This article was written by Chris Malta owner of WorldWide Brands
