Ebay Income Advanced: How to Take Your Ebay Business to the Next Level – for Powersellers and Beyond
How do we propel our eBay business to the next level? How do we make a full time living using eBay? Those questions are what this book is all about. You will learn about developing a business plan to guide you to success, increasing seller-buyer communication, expanding business overseas, selling from your own Web site, keyword marketing, sales tax resellers licenses, credit card merchant status, banking systems to streamline your business, alternative shipping methods, taxes, growing sales, other auction marketplaces, systems to prevent non-payment and credit card fraud, locating inventory to sell, building brand recognition, hints on improving ad copy and photography, dealing with competition, fulfilment options, accounting, new ways to find products, and how to get positive feedback. This book contains marketing tricks that will help you create interest in your product and tips about taking photos, managing e-mail, and shipping. You will also learn pric… More >>
Ebay Income Advanced: How to Take Your Ebay Business to the Next Level – for Powersellers and Beyond
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I have bought and sold items on eBay for years, but until reading this book I didn’t realize how little I knew about the process. The book gives you a behind the scenes look at eBay and the rules and benefits to becoming a Power Seller.
If you sell on eBay, this book is a must read. It is a roadmap that contains real world examples of success and failure. The best part is you get to avoid the failure. After implementing some of the strategies, I have seen more bids on my auctions, more repeat customers, better feedback and I even started my own e-commerce website ([...]) which has lead to more money in my pocket.
I was extremely happy with the chapter on Going Beyond eBay. That chapter alone convinced me to start a separate website from my eBay store and offer additional products and accessories. There is nothing more satisfying that waking up in the morning and seeing your PayPal account with more money in it than when you went to bed. Make sure you have high speed internet access when you are done reading this book, because you will need it with all the business you will be doing online!
Rating: 5 / 5
Although the customer may not always be right, he should always come first. What sets consistent eBay PowerSellers apart is what distinguishes the cream of other commercial endeavors: Five-Star Customer Service.
From set up through advertising, tracking down hot merchandise (for those who aren’t already hoarding a boatload of stuff), to case studies of successful entrepreneurs, “eBay Income Advanced” has what it takes to turn your eBay business from sideline to mainline.
So, break out that trunk of tomes, gallimaufry of gadgets and plethora of paraphernalia gathering dust (or worse, racking up storage charges). Grab this engaging handbook and plunge into the exciting world of on-line commerce.
Rating: 5 / 5
From selling from your own Web site and using keyword marketing and alternative shopping methods to handling taxes and understanding how auction marketplaces work, “Ebay Income Advanced” by John Peragine deftly blends marketing tricks with hours of interviews with hundreds of popular eBay PowerSellers. It’s a treasure trove of seller’s tricks and tips perfect for any lending library covering online selling.
Rating: 5 / 5
In business parlance there’s a popular slogan: “let’s move to the next level.” The saying revolves around the mission of ramping up operations, increasing productivity, and most importantly, growing revenue and profits. That’s what John N. Peragine Jr.’s book, “eBay Income Advanced: How to Take Your eBay Business to the Next Level — For PowerSellers and Beyond” is all about.
It’s aimed for the high performer who wants to work smarter, not harder. As Jim Cockrum, one of the experienced Power Sellers says, it’s about maximum profit with the fewest working hours and the happiest customers. Sound impossible? It’s not really, according to Peragine, who lays out the PowerSellers’ ground rules in an easy-to-follow sequential manner.
Virtually everyone is familiar with eBay, the wildly successfully online auction site, which has the overwhelming bulk of its market segment. But not everyone is as familiar with PowerSellers, the top sellers on eBay and a group that receives special recognition by eBay management. Those are the people who are not content to merely sell an occasional item every month or so, but want to turn the site into an income stream, either to provide a part- or full-time income or simply because they thoroughly enjoy the process and the excitement of building a successful venture.
To qualify as a PowerSeller, an eBay merchant needs to meet certain sales volume quotas, have a 98 percent positive feedback and comply with all company regulations. In return, they receive a special designation from eBay, which provides buyers with increased confidence in who they are dealing with, along with a variety of other benefits.
Peragine provides an excellent guide for achieving this level of eBay success, from how to take the best-looking photos to finding goods and products to sell — and maximize profits.
The book’s layout is functional and filled with useful suggestions offset by bullet points, along with screened boxes that contain tips from experts and case studies, which provide a plethora of helpful tips. The author also spends a lot of time on ways to protect yourself as seller, an aspect of the business that some novices may not think of, as well as evaluating the operation, including weaknesses and threats to it.
That’s a strong point of the book: Peragine doesn’t gloss over the undertaking as it takes effort and dedication and not everything may go smoothly or as planned. However, solutions to problems exist, and he makes fast work of pointing those answers out.
“eBay Income Advanced” is more like a reference work than a one-time read and in that regard also includes a helpful bibliography for additional research. It’s the type of book that those in the business will want within reach to turn to again and again for practical advice as they proceed on their path. And that’s a good thing, because as another saying goes: “information is power.”
Rating: 4 / 5
Peragine’s book should have a warning on the cover “Do not open unless
you are serious about seeing your business grow!” because this book will
explode in your hands. He doesn’t just offer you what I assumed would be
routine information about how to sell more effectively on ebay. Though I
freely admit it felt that way the first few chapters. He goes way way
beyond that! By the time I put this book down – and I had to let it rest
several times because I began to feel overloaded with new information,
it revolutionized my thinking about what could be accomplished as an
ebay saler.
Admit it: people tend to stereotype. Even if we don’t want to admit it,
all the most basic ideas about ebay sink in and limit our own views of
what can happen for an ebay based business. Peragine challenges the
paradigm and he does so with all the facts and figures you need to
follow him right into the success he promises. Whether it is new ideas
about hiring employees and sample contracts for use when you do that, or
photography aids, you’ll find boxes of expert tips in the margins of
every page and chapter headings that give you pause.
He doesn’t waste a minute of your time or a place on the page of this
book. He loads it up with information you can use and gives you
resources for your own success. For those of you who thought you knew it
all already – here’s your resource.
Rating: 4 / 5