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Can You Still Make A Profit Selling On eBay ?

September 26, 2011 Andrew Milburn 2 comments

Can You Still Make a Profit Selling on eBay?

A very good question I get time after time, by clients and people just asking in general is “Can You Still Make A Profit Selling On eBay”. I take a deep breathe and say yes of course. But I do go and and explain that of course it is not as simple as it was all those years ago when eBay first started out. I also tell them they need to plan and prepare and do research, but if they follow through on everything they too can be making money day in and day out on sites such as eBay. Then I ask them another question……………is eBay for them and the products that they are looking to be selling. At this point I often get funny looks and go on to explain that there are now many other sites out there, that could be better for the products and items that they are looking to sell, sites such as Etsy and Amazon could be better for them.

In today’s economic selling on platforms can be very profitable people are looking not only for bargains but they are also looking for products that are good buys and good value for money and will spend time research and looking on line and this means you do not always have to be the cheapest seller, but the seller offering the best items and the seller who gives the best customer service.

eBay still after all these years gets a massive amount of visitors each and every day. And these people have money they want to spend and eager to spend money with someone, and if you have written and worded the listing in the right way they could be spending their money with you. Over the coming weeks and months we will be going into far more detail on how to write a listing and how to design your eBay Shop so that people will come and spend their money with you and not someone else.

You will hear if you have not already heard that eBay charges fees, yes they do, and sorry I am going to be very hard here either get over it, or find another site where for very little money you can sell items 24 hours a day, 365 days a week, and I think you will find it very hard. The fees are tiny and when you are sourcing product you will need to factor them into your overall costs.

In closing eBay is a wonderful place to earn money either on a Part-Time or Full-Time basis, you can sell a few items or sell many thousand items from your eBay shop. You will have winner and you will have losers that is a fact of life and part of running a business. So in answer to the question Can you still make a profit selling on eBay ? The answer is a big yes.

Andrew Milburn Is An eBay Consultant Based In The Uk

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Plush Still Sells

September 6, 2011 Andrew Milburn No comments

Plush Still Sells

One item that seems to sell year in and year out are Plush Toys. One of the reasons (apart from being popular) is the fact that Plush toys are easy to source either second hand or brand new. And when you add the fact that plush toys are very easy to ship all round the world you are well on your way to winner that can put money into your bank account week after week.

If you are buying Plush Toys second hand from either a shop or a private seller, one of the things that I have found you need to check is that they plush toys still have their “Tush Tags” attached, and from selling some Charlie Bears for a client one of the big requests I had from people looking to buy was if the bears had their names still around their necks. Sadly these Charlie Bears did not and this meant a price difference of around 20% and in same cases more.

Another thing I learnt when selling Plush Toys is you have two main areas

The mass market items…………. and people still buys these days in and days out on eBay and Amazon
The Collector…………….These people know what they like and want, and if a plush toy has been discontinued then the price can go sky high

When you are out and about product sourcing keep your eyes, ears and nose open to find those cute plush toys that earn you regular profits each and every day. Yes you did read the word nose just and when you are buying plush your nose comes in very handy as you can smell things like mould and smoke. And while you can cope with both of these factors my advice is move onto something else as the time it takes to wash and clean the items will remove any profit………………….and the smell of smoke is very hard to remove from any item especially plush toys. So why not give it a go and see if those Plush Toys can earn you some nice profit.

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Second Hand Toys Make Money

August 27, 2011 Andrew Milburn No comments

Second Hand Toys Make Money

For many parents in the UK and around the world in a matter of a few days something major is about to happen. Something that has been on the horizon for 5 years. And ideas ? Yes that little baby is now all grown up and will be heading off to school. For many Mums and Dads this is a tearful day, and for some it is the start of a new life as all their children are now at school. And this means added expenses, school meals, clothing and school trips and loads of birthday parties as they get invited to all their friends parties. So where does some of this extra money come from ? Well why not see if you can sell some the toys that will now be gathering dust ?

But I can hear you say who will want to buy a second-hand bike, or second-hand toys and clothing, well believe it or not thousands of people on the eBay platform are waiting right now, with their fingers on the Buy It Now button ready, willing and eager to spend their money. And I am being serious here. As the saying goes “One man’s junk is someone else’s treasure”, and all those things that will now be gathering dust can be turned into ready cash.

How To Sell Second Hand Toys

Before you all go mad and list everything in sight there are a few things that you need to sort out before you start to list and sell your items.

That they are still usable and safe for a child to use.
They conform to the UK safety rules and regulations.
They are clean and tidy (Yes it means you will have to give them a good wash), make they look as new as possible.
If you still have the box and instructions pack them away.

Now when you list the toys be as honest and open with the buyers if their is a bit of Lego missing tell them this in the description, yes it might put some buyers off but others just want the Lego. You see if you do not tell them and they get the Lego and find a piece missing they could get cross and leave you negative feedback but if you tell them the truth they know what they are buying.

Also if the toy is marked in anyway again tell them in the description and if possible take a picture of the mark and highlight the picture where the mark is.

Always tell them the truth and list the item to the best of your ability and always think what would you like to know if you were buying the second hand toy or item?

The second-hand toy market is massive and will always be around – you have people looking for a bargain, people looking to replace a favourite toy, and you also have collectors of toys. Price the toys at a reasonable price and try and offer free shipping. Remember in all this you are clearing out the second-hand toys and any profit you make is an added bonus.

Have fun and go and make some money in the wonderful world of second-hand toys.

Andrew Milburn is an eBay Consultant based in Lichfield Staffordshire.

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How To Re-purpose Your Marketing Material

July 23, 2011 Andrew Milburn No comments

How To Re-purpose Your Marketing Material

A question I often will get is how do you re-purpose your marketing material for your niche. Now with all the latest reports and guides that are doing the rounds at the moment, you may be think that this is something new and hot. Well sorry to disappoint you, the art of re-purposing the written word is nothing new at all, and it is something that has been going on for many years – in fact since the printing press began.

Yes there are lots of these reports and guides out there that tell you how to do it, and how it works so well in the Internet Marketing Business world field. But please listen this works in any field you may choose and if I am honest it works even better in some of the smaller niches, as it has not been over used.

Now some of you may be thinking what does it mean to re-purpose your marketing material, so to help you understand what it means let me give you an example of what it can look like.

@ Take for example the book Harry Potter.

@ The book has been turned into a movie

@ The movie into DVD

@ DVD into spoken word

@ Spoken word into a range of clothing

@ Then you have the fair ground rides

@ Also badges, pens, and loads of other items

@ Food

So you see from a book you can get a whole range of other related items, that have the potential of driving traffic or sales to each other. In fact someone who sees the film, may then go and buy the book. It is a win – win situation.

How To Re-Purpose Your Material

Let’s say that you have written a blog post and added it to your blog, now many people would stop there and leave it at that and loose out on a lots of traffic to their site.

You could re-write or spin the article and add it to an Article Directory or a few.
You could read it out and turn it into an mp3 and make a mini podcast and add it to iTunes.
Make a PowerPoint and a voice over and add it to YouTube
Submit it as a Press Release and add it to the Online Press Release Companies

The above is a quick example what you can do with just one simple blog post. Remember the more places you put your name out there the more back links you get, the more back links you get the more traffic and the more traffic means more sales. Also some of the sites allow people to share the items with others, so in a short period of time you can be all over the internet.

As time goes on I will add other ideas and thoughts as to how you can re-purpose your marketing material and generate more traffic and thus get more sales.

Andrew Milburn Is An eBay Consultant Based In Lichfield Staffordshire.

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How To Add Video To My eBay Listings

April 19, 2011 Andrew Milburn No comments

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Today I want to cover a subject people are asking me often and that’s “How To Add Video To My eBay Listings. If you had asked this

some years ago the answer would have been no, then just a few years ago it would have been possible but hard work and expensive. But today it is easy, free, and quick.

Before we get into the main part of the article a question I also ask people is “Why do you want to add video to eBay listings” ? No I am not being funny, it is a serious question. The videos need to add something to your listing. For example if you sell musical items, you can show the item being played. Or if you sell an item that moves, you can show the item moving. Please do not just put a video on your listing just because everyone else is doing it.

Lastly this is not an article telling you how to take the video, upload it, we shall be covering these topics at a different time.

How To Add Video To My eBay Listings

** Please note that since this article was written eBay and YouTube have played around with some code. Now while the same principals apply, and after step 4 where you click embed video, you will need to also click the use old code button, this should then work.**

Using something like a flip camera, video camera or even the camera on your phone, shoot your video, but keep this to around 30 seconds. You need to think TV advert length no more.
Upload the video to Youtube.
Once the video is uploaded to Youtube, make sure it looks good.
Now go to the video on Youtube and under the video you will see something called embed video, click on this.
Next choose the colors that match your listing
Now untick show related videos, this tells YouTube to only show your video to people
High light the code that Youtube gives you and copy.
Now go to eBay and to your listing, click on the html tab
Scroll down to where you would like the video to go.
Paste the code into the listing, and you are done.
You may notice that when you go back to normal view on your listing there is nothing there,do not panic (yet)
You will need to preview your listing and if by magic, your video will be there

I hope this short article has helped you understand the process needed to add video to eBay listings.