Monday, October 03, 2005
Ebay Income Possibilities
by Kirsten Hawkins
If you've ever read an article about eBay, you will have seen
the kinds of incomes people make - it isn't unusual to hear of
people making thousands of dollars per month on eBay.
Next time you're on eBay, take a look at how many PowerSellers
there are: you'll find quite a few. Now consider that every
single one of one of them must be making at least $1,000 per
month, as that's eBay's requirement for becoming a PowerSeller.
Silver PowerSellers make at least $3,000 each month, while Gold
PowerSellers make more than $10,000, and the Platinum level is
$25,000. The top ranking is Titanium PowerSeller, and to
qualify you must make at least $150,000 in sales every month!
The fact that these people exist gives you come idea of the
income possibilities here. Most of them never set out to even
set up a business on eBay - they simply started selling a few
things, and then kept going. There are plenty of people whose
full-time job is selling things on eBay, and some of them have
been doing it for years now. Can you imagine that? Once they've
bought the stock, everything else is pretty much pure profit for
these people - they don't need to pay for any business premises,
staff, or anything else. There are multi-million pound
businesses making less in actual profit than eBay PowerSellers
do.
Even if you don't want to quit your job and really go for it,
you can still use eBay to make a significant second income. You
can pack up orders during the week and take them down to the
post office for delivery each Saturday. There are few other
things you could be doing with your spare time that have
anywhere near that kind of earning potential.
What's more, eBay doesn't care who you are, where you live, or
what you look like: some PowerSellers are very old, or very
young. Some live out in the middle of nowhere where selling on
eBay is one of the few alternatives to farming or being very
poor. eBay tears down the barriers to earning that the real
world constantly puts up. There's no job interview and no
commuting involved - if you can post things, you can do it.
Put it this way: if you know where to get something reasonably
cheaply that you could sell, then you can sell it on eBay - and
since you can always get discounts for bulk at wholesale, that's
not exactly difficult. Buy a job lot of something in-demand
cheaply, sell it on eBay, and you're making money already, with
no set-up costs.
If you want to dip your toe in the water before you commit to
actually buying anything, then you can just sell things that
you've got lying around in the house. Search through that
cupboard of stuff you never use, and you'll probably find
you've got a few hundred dollars' worth of stuff lying around
in there! This is the power of eBay: there is always someone
who wants what you're selling, whatever it might be, and since
they've come looking for you, you don't even need to do
anything to get them to buy it.
So you want to get started on eBay? Well, that's great! There
are only a few little things you need to learn to get started.
Our next email will give you the lowdown.
About The Author: Kirsten Hawkins is an Ebay and internet
auction enthusiast from Nashville, TN. Visit
http://www.auctionseller411.com/ for more great tips on how to
make the most from Ebay and other online auctions.
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If you've ever read an article about eBay, you will have seen
the kinds of incomes people make - it isn't unusual to hear of
people making thousands of dollars per month on eBay.
Next time you're on eBay, take a look at how many PowerSellers
there are: you'll find quite a few. Now consider that every
single one of one of them must be making at least $1,000 per
month, as that's eBay's requirement for becoming a PowerSeller.
Silver PowerSellers make at least $3,000 each month, while Gold
PowerSellers make more than $10,000, and the Platinum level is
$25,000. The top ranking is Titanium PowerSeller, and to
qualify you must make at least $150,000 in sales every month!
The fact that these people exist gives you come idea of the
income possibilities here. Most of them never set out to even
set up a business on eBay - they simply started selling a few
things, and then kept going. There are plenty of people whose
full-time job is selling things on eBay, and some of them have
been doing it for years now. Can you imagine that? Once they've
bought the stock, everything else is pretty much pure profit for
these people - they don't need to pay for any business premises,
staff, or anything else. There are multi-million pound
businesses making less in actual profit than eBay PowerSellers
do.
Even if you don't want to quit your job and really go for it,
you can still use eBay to make a significant second income. You
can pack up orders during the week and take them down to the
post office for delivery each Saturday. There are few other
things you could be doing with your spare time that have
anywhere near that kind of earning potential.
What's more, eBay doesn't care who you are, where you live, or
what you look like: some PowerSellers are very old, or very
young. Some live out in the middle of nowhere where selling on
eBay is one of the few alternatives to farming or being very
poor. eBay tears down the barriers to earning that the real
world constantly puts up. There's no job interview and no
commuting involved - if you can post things, you can do it.
Put it this way: if you know where to get something reasonably
cheaply that you could sell, then you can sell it on eBay - and
since you can always get discounts for bulk at wholesale, that's
not exactly difficult. Buy a job lot of something in-demand
cheaply, sell it on eBay, and you're making money already, with
no set-up costs.
If you want to dip your toe in the water before you commit to
actually buying anything, then you can just sell things that
you've got lying around in the house. Search through that
cupboard of stuff you never use, and you'll probably find
you've got a few hundred dollars' worth of stuff lying around
in there! This is the power of eBay: there is always someone
who wants what you're selling, whatever it might be, and since
they've come looking for you, you don't even need to do
anything to get them to buy it.
So you want to get started on eBay? Well, that's great! There
are only a few little things you need to learn to get started.
Our next email will give you the lowdown.
About The Author: Kirsten Hawkins is an Ebay and internet
auction enthusiast from Nashville, TN. Visit
http://www.auctionseller411.com/ for more great tips on how to
make the most from Ebay and other online auctions.
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