“Virtual Real Estate Investing” is a relatively new concept. Everything from using the internet as an avenue to make more money in real estate to online games such as SecondLife seem to be included in the popular definition of this term.
To separate fact from fiction, I asked Bryan Ellis of […]
So your auction closes. Now what?
Hopefully you made a sale or several sales. Now the important work begins. Here are some tips on what to do after your eBay auction closes.
Buyer Contact
Once your items have sold, be responsive to the buyer. Contact them in a quick manner, thank them for their purchase, and provide the […]
When my column on paying income tax on eBay profits ran it brought a wave of emails 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 […]
Online auction sites are set up in such a way that they can be very profitable both for you and for the auction house itself. But, what most people do not realize is that there is a world that is beyond that of Ebay! Yes, there are many other online auction sites for you to […]
eBay is an online auction site so it stands to reason that most users will tend to auction off their items aiming to get a high price.
The problem with auctioning items is that eBay can be a very fickle place, one week an item may sell for hundreds of pounds but the next week the […]
You will often find yourself facing the choice of whether to pay a fixed price or keep on bidding. This choice might be presented to you in a single auction, or you might be choosing between different auctions of the different types. So should you use that ‘Buy it Now’ button or keep on trying […]
When someone first starts selling on eBay, it is drilled into every seller’s head to list every possible bit of information into their eBay ad. This includes shipping, condition, color, terms, etc. While I do agree with this, I have also used this subtle sales technique to generate large volume sales outside of eBay. As […]
The Internet is full of “How To Get MORE Traffic To Your Web Site” Schemes, Strategies And Techniques…
And yes, while getting more pre-qualified traffic to your web site is always a positive thing, a better approach is to utilize/ maximize the traffic that is ALREADY there, on it (your web site that is).
Here’s a better […]
Stone Beds
[Pompeii’s surge]
Advance: after the great eruption of Pompeii’s nearby volcano, Vesuvius, some two-thousand years ago in the heyday of the Roman Empire, what was left of the city were mostly ashes of stone from an unleashing furnace; it is hard to imagine what the people went through (none, not one person survived). I can […]
If you are soon going to be a parent anytime soon then you must now be going through all the preparations to provide with the best for your little bundle of joy. If you don’t plan ahead chances are that when your child arrives you have so much to do that you don’t have the […]
