eBay is a huge global marketplace where practically anyone can buy and sell anything online (through auctions or fixed-price sales). It has 250,000,000 registered members (buyers and sellers) worldwide.
Doesn't require any specific knowledge, professional background, training, skills or experience. Practically anybody can do it. Working online from your comfortable home environment with your computer. You see the money pretty fast. When you sell something on eBay, you get the money immediately after the auction is over – usually by Paypal, from the buyer. You can do it full time, part time or on a spare-time basis. You can advance slowly and gradually, on a step-by-step basis. You set your own pace. It can turn pretty quickly from a part-time / extra money source – to a full-time / major income source. Anybody has items at home that are no longer needed or used and can be sold for good money on eBay. The success rate of people who go via the eBay route is overwhelming. It's hard to fail if you have good items.
Millions of ordinary people around the world use eBay as a platform for selling items on the Internet and as a continual source of income. What sells really well online? What are the best ways to get started? And what can you do if you don't have any products to sell? This free guide explains how it all works.
What People Buy & Sell on eBay?
Here are some popular types of new or second-hand goods that people buy and sell on eBay: new listings are added every day.
· Furniture
· Books
· Electronics
· Travel
· Antiques
· Art
· Cameras
· Movies
· Computers
· Music
· Musical Instruments
· Cell Phones
Here's the bottom line: eBay is the #1 online shopping site for one simple reason. You can find anything there. When people want to buy something, for themselves, for their home or for their business, new or used, they know that they'll be able to find it on eBay and probably for a very good price (especially, via online auctions).
How to Make Money Using eBay?
This strategy is great for private individuals, beginners and for people who have zero experience in selling or marketing over the Internet. It lets inexperienced individuals start small with no risks or serious expenses. Then, as they grow their sales volume gradually, they gain more and more experience, confidence and… yes, money and have the tools to turn it into a full-time income source (if they wish).
How Does it Work?
Search your home for items that you no longer need and will probably never use again. Some good places to start your hunt for these hidden treasures are: your attic, storage unit, closets, basement, garage, back yard, etc.
"What 'Home Items' can I Sell Online?"
Pretty simple: do you have clothes that you never used or will never use again? Sure you do.
Do you have common items like books, music, sports gear, toys, baby items or other usable stuff that you hardly touch any more and just collect dust in your cellar? Absolutely!
Everybody has at least tens of such items in his/her home. Some people have hundreds of such items, without even realizing that they can turn what they see as “useless junk” to cash.
Take a few minutes and browse eBay's categories. It will give you lots of ideas of what you can sell and for how much. How to Get Started
Join eBay as a member. The actual joining is free; you pay eBay a fee only when you list actual items for sale. Read eBay's basic tutorials on how their site works, how to open a listing, how to sell, etc. These tutorials are free and they'll give you all the basics that you need in order to get started. Sell something from your home – anything. List a couple of items for sale for "training" purposes. Gain some experience on the technical side, learn to better understand the process, make a few small sales and reach a point where you feel comfortable with the system. After you feel that you and eBay live in peace and harmony and after you have gained some experience, start listing your more valuable items. How Much Can I Really Earn?
Two million people worldwide use eBay as a source of regular income. This figure probably doesn't include the people who sell on a “part-time” basis and their number is much higher. Bottom line: a lot of people make nice profits from their eBay business. How much you can make depends solely on your ability to get sellable items. If you have access to good items on a continuous basis you definitely can make a lot of money – anything between three to five figures per month.
Some professional power sellers make six and even seven figures per month, every month, but these are the top 1% - not the 99% mainstream.
How Do I Get the Money?
The most common way to be paid for your sales is through Paypal. However, you can also get your money from buyers via credit cards, bank transfers, postal orders or good old-fashioned cash.
Actually, you decide on which payment methods to use and which not.
Does It Cost Anything?
Listing items on eBay requires paying a fee:
Insertion fee - for posting an item for sale (starts from $0.10 per item).
Final Value fee – which you pay only if the item that you advertised has been sold (starts from 8.75% of the closing value).
How Do I Start?
Simply go to eBay, register yourself and list an item for sale.