I am going to show you a quick and super easy way to jump start your online career. I am referring to pay per lead programs. While you are not going to make your millions, it is a great way to get your feet wet in internet marketing without spending any of your own money.
Pay per lead is a type of affiliate program that pays you for each visitor you send to a website, provided that person enters their name and email address. You don’t have to be a great salesperson because you are giving away the information, however with persistent marketing, the $.50 and $1.00 per lead adds up very quickly.
This particular program has an added twist as well, which makes this opportunity even better. Read on:
Andrew Fox is launching his new product called XFactor Affiliate and is paying $1.00 for every lead and $0.50 per lead on the second tier. I have had huge success with these kind of deals before and I recommend you go sign up for your free report now.
http://xfactoraffiliate.com/go.php/68258
Then in 3 weeks when the product actually launches, you will make 50% recurring commissions from Clickbank off of every lead you referred that buys the product. Even if they don't buy, you still get the $1.00 for the referral.
Notice I said recurring commissions...yep, it's a membership. Those are the best kinds of commissions : )
What are you waiting for? You've got 3 weeks to promote your affiliate link and build up a bunch of $1.00 referrals plus get $0.50 for every one that your referrals sign up.
Here is the link again: http://xfactoraffiliate.com/go.php/68258
You can make some easy cash with this one, but you need to hurry. A lot of people are going to move fast on this.
Have Fun!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Is Google in Trouble & Facing Bankruptcy?
[NEW YORK - Wednesday] - by Devon Melk. Rumors are now running amok that the 2nd most powerful website on the entire Worldwide-Web may file BANKRUPTCY, with the deadline set for this December; being the date of both discharge and dissolution in a Federal Court of Law. This would come as a SHOCK to investors and "Googlers" alike who both profit and benefit from the use of the World's largest and most powerful search engine which receives far in excess of 100 MILLION unique daily visitors and well over 300 million individual searches daily - making it perhaps the single most valuable public data resource as an "information bank" online the world over.
But is the rumor true or false?
The origin of the rumor occurred when some savvy Internet marketers began making statements that they had heard "insiders' talk" that the company (now publicly traded since April 30, 2004, just over 3 years ago) may face financial disaster with the release of a "new system" that would allow advertisers to get their otherwise pay-per-click (PPC) advertising completely free.
This, of course, would naturally lead directly (like a domino- effect) to the collapse of Google's sibling program AdSense; as its only revenue comes from the direct sales of AdWords "clicks."
The "new system" in question and responsible for the controversy over getting AdWords pay-per-clicks free is that developed by Dr Jon Cohen of New York City, New York (now retired) who discovered a simple, yet effective means, for getting Google PPC ads without having to suffer the costs involved.
The retired New York doctor and native has a publicly disclosed net worth now in excess of $70 million [US], having generated well over $377 million in product sales from sixteen (16) separate online businesses within just nine (9) years since first venturing online in 1998 (about the same time as Google was founded).
It is estimated by company insiders and leading financial analysts that the "good doctor" (as he's called by "all who know him") has purportedly saved well over $93 million (some estimates suggest closer to $136 million) in otherwise paid advertising at Google and the other major players in the PPC targeted-search arena online - including Yahoo, MSN, AskJeeves, AllTheWeb.com, HotBot, AltaVista, Lycos and Netscape, just to name a few. The "secret" became available to the general masses last April, and its very release caused such a major sweeping stir among the community of Internet-marketers, affiliate-marketers, webmasters, ecommerce, company owners and surfers alike that the site quickly rose to break the top most visited 1,000 websites on the entire planet briefly; and as can be seen here:
http://tinyurl.com/39lnjn (Alexa data on this!)
When asked if the "secret" would somehow ruin Google, Dr Cohen revealed almost cryptically that it actually would bring about just the opposite effect, and "stimulate" even more business volume for the virtual giant.
Many people were dismayed to find that Google itself is deliberately allowing the purchase of 100,000's of PPC ads offering the secret system to the general public -- which indicates to most observers that either they [Google] haven't caught it, or they simply feel that it somehow is not a threat to their continued operation. For anyone's inspection factual and hard evidence supporting this can be seen by simply looking to the right-hand column when doing a search for "get google ads free" (specifically in quotation marks) at Google.com under the "Sponsored Links" section.Or take this direct and instant SHORTCUT:
http://tinyurl.com/2ctu6j
You can also see nearly 100,000 specific results in the "organic" fields index located in the center and which occupies the bulk of the results pages. One would think that if Google felt threatened by such a release as this earth-shaking "secret" is, they would hardly allow for either paid-ads or organic content to make the top searches regarding it.
However, evidence supports to the contrary - and this being the case now for a full six (6) months.
Mysteriously, within just two (2) hours of its initial release last April, Google itself actually did in fact 'pause' the parent firm's attempts at advertising the new system using PPCs on their search engine - only, however, to release the hold after a Review Team consisting of some of Google's top executives completed performing an in-depth investigation and made the determination to ALLOW the ads to run. The secret system was recently revised however to include "major new content" and "more exhaustive instructions," and is now available at its Home Site:
http://viralurl.com/ckh007/google-ads-free
The most important addition is that of a so-called "string of code" (tech-talk for some HTML) that can be added to any webpage(s) that instantly causes the elimination of the page owner's AdWords costs right away.
Even a "live" woman spokes-representative ("Rachel") has been added to the site, and who appears to literally walk out onto the webpage and talk to visitors and explain a bit more how the mysterious new breakthrough system works. Since the addition of this new "live" spokes-woman has now appeared at the site, company Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mr Todd Coutrin states that "sales for the system have skyrocketed above 2,430% suddenly and with no limit in sight."
The refund rate for the new revised version of the secret (named V5.1) has dropped to less than half of what it was before the newer version's release; meaning it's now even more readily-received and put to use than ever before (perhaps in large part to the newer simplicity of application) - now making it the safest and one of the best resellers for the networks of affiliate marketers who earn their revenues from the reselling of other electronic publishers' stock and digital product lines.
When asked, Google company representatives stated matter-of-factly that the rumors of bankruptcy for the ecommerce giant are simply not true, and that the rumor millings are in fact simply the result of "panics" brought on by the usual hysteria associated with anything large, new or revolutionary - or in this case, all three.
Attempts to contact both Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the former Stanford University students who founded Google in 1998, to request comment were unsuccessful. Again, Google itself seems to be the biggest supporter of the "new system" as it's allowing more and more advertisers to promote the new system on its search engine before over 100 million daily searches and surfers.
But is the rumor true or false?
The origin of the rumor occurred when some savvy Internet marketers began making statements that they had heard "insiders' talk" that the company (now publicly traded since April 30, 2004, just over 3 years ago) may face financial disaster with the release of a "new system" that would allow advertisers to get their otherwise pay-per-click (PPC) advertising completely free.
This, of course, would naturally lead directly (like a domino- effect) to the collapse of Google's sibling program AdSense; as its only revenue comes from the direct sales of AdWords "clicks."
The "new system" in question and responsible for the controversy over getting AdWords pay-per-clicks free is that developed by Dr Jon Cohen of New York City, New York (now retired) who discovered a simple, yet effective means, for getting Google PPC ads without having to suffer the costs involved.
The retired New York doctor and native has a publicly disclosed net worth now in excess of $70 million [US], having generated well over $377 million in product sales from sixteen (16) separate online businesses within just nine (9) years since first venturing online in 1998 (about the same time as Google was founded).
It is estimated by company insiders and leading financial analysts that the "good doctor" (as he's called by "all who know him") has purportedly saved well over $93 million (some estimates suggest closer to $136 million) in otherwise paid advertising at Google and the other major players in the PPC targeted-search arena online - including Yahoo, MSN, AskJeeves, AllTheWeb.com, HotBot, AltaVista, Lycos and Netscape, just to name a few. The "secret" became available to the general masses last April, and its very release caused such a major sweeping stir among the community of Internet-marketers, affiliate-marketers, webmasters, ecommerce, company owners and surfers alike that the site quickly rose to break the top most visited 1,000 websites on the entire planet briefly; and as can be seen here:
http://tinyurl.com/39lnjn (Alexa data on this!)
When asked if the "secret" would somehow ruin Google, Dr Cohen revealed almost cryptically that it actually would bring about just the opposite effect, and "stimulate" even more business volume for the virtual giant.
Many people were dismayed to find that Google itself is deliberately allowing the purchase of 100,000's of PPC ads offering the secret system to the general public -- which indicates to most observers that either they [Google] haven't caught it, or they simply feel that it somehow is not a threat to their continued operation. For anyone's inspection factual and hard evidence supporting this can be seen by simply looking to the right-hand column when doing a search for "get google ads free" (specifically in quotation marks) at Google.com under the "Sponsored Links" section.Or take this direct and instant SHORTCUT:
http://tinyurl.com/2ctu6j
You can also see nearly 100,000 specific results in the "organic" fields index located in the center and which occupies the bulk of the results pages. One would think that if Google felt threatened by such a release as this earth-shaking "secret" is, they would hardly allow for either paid-ads or organic content to make the top searches regarding it.
However, evidence supports to the contrary - and this being the case now for a full six (6) months.
Mysteriously, within just two (2) hours of its initial release last April, Google itself actually did in fact 'pause' the parent firm's attempts at advertising the new system using PPCs on their search engine - only, however, to release the hold after a Review Team consisting of some of Google's top executives completed performing an in-depth investigation and made the determination to ALLOW the ads to run. The secret system was recently revised however to include "major new content" and "more exhaustive instructions," and is now available at its Home Site:
http://viralurl.com/ckh007/google-ads-free
The most important addition is that of a so-called "string of code" (tech-talk for some HTML) that can be added to any webpage(s) that instantly causes the elimination of the page owner's AdWords costs right away.
Even a "live" woman spokes-representative ("Rachel") has been added to the site, and who appears to literally walk out onto the webpage and talk to visitors and explain a bit more how the mysterious new breakthrough system works. Since the addition of this new "live" spokes-woman has now appeared at the site, company Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mr Todd Coutrin states that "sales for the system have skyrocketed above 2,430% suddenly and with no limit in sight."
The refund rate for the new revised version of the secret (named V5.1) has dropped to less than half of what it was before the newer version's release; meaning it's now even more readily-received and put to use than ever before (perhaps in large part to the newer simplicity of application) - now making it the safest and one of the best resellers for the networks of affiliate marketers who earn their revenues from the reselling of other electronic publishers' stock and digital product lines.
When asked, Google company representatives stated matter-of-factly that the rumors of bankruptcy for the ecommerce giant are simply not true, and that the rumor millings are in fact simply the result of "panics" brought on by the usual hysteria associated with anything large, new or revolutionary - or in this case, all three.
Attempts to contact both Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the former Stanford University students who founded Google in 1998, to request comment were unsuccessful. Again, Google itself seems to be the biggest supporter of the "new system" as it's allowing more and more advertisers to promote the new system on its search engine before over 100 million daily searches and surfers.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
An Honest Review of the Ameriplan Income Opportunity
Like most people, my ultimate goal is to work from home. In November of 2006, I stumbled across Ameriplan USA. I spoke with a lady from Texas, she told me about all the money I would make and how easy it is to quit your job and work from home. I bought every word and signed up immediately. I forked over $50 and became an Ameriplan Independent Business Owner (IBO).
The concept of the program sounds great, and Ameriplan gives its IBOs plenty of support, daily emails and websites loaded with information. However, to have to pick up the phone and call complete strangers and try to sell a product that you don’t even really know what it is, that’s another story. Ameriplan tells you to talk to your “warm market”, but I found it very uncomfortable to pester my friends and family with a scheme that I wasn’t totally sure about myself.
Also, the plan (an alternative to health insurance, a discount health plan, if you will) is very vague. People always want to know how much money they are going to save on the plans, which is a totally legitimate concern, and as an IBO, you cannot give them an answer. You have to say that you can save between 20% and 80%, people need to call their doctor or dentist to find out for sure.
It is also really hard to find doctors and dentists who are part of the Ameriplan network. Ameriplan tells their IBOs that they have tens of thousands of service providers, but that is really not true. The website that contains a list of providers is not updated frequently, I called all of the doctors and dentists in my area and about 70% said that they did not take Ameriplan. So, in essence, you are trying to sell a health plan that has no providers.
On the recruiting side, trying to get people to part with $50 per month so they can maybe make money is no easy task. When you purchase leads that are so-called “hot” leads, the people you call are usually rude and have no idea what you are talking about. It gives you a complex about talking on the phone. That is a side effect of the Ameriplan business, I am afraid to call people.
The Ameriplan home business recruiting and discount health plan opportunity is not packaged as a sales position, all Ameriplan ads specifically say, “no selling”, but that is exactly what you are doing. This is a sales job and you are not even selling a tangible product, you are selling a dream, and that is a very tough sell.
In order to be a good salesperson, you need to believe in your product and after learning more about Ameriplan, I really did not believe in the product. Ameriplan tells its IBOs that doctors and dentists are clamoring to sign up with Ameriplan and nothing could be further from the truth. The organization is losing providers right and left and not updating their website to reflect that. It is also worth mentioning that Ameriplan is banned from providing services in several states, including Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota.
I personally spent a lot of money on my Ameriplan business and have nothing to show for it except debt. I am not going to say that it is a scam, because it is a legitimate company and has a legitimate product, but take a good, hard look and really do some research before you sign up because it is a tough market. If anyone tries to tell you that Ameriplan is not a sales business, they are not telling you the truth.
The concept of the program sounds great, and Ameriplan gives its IBOs plenty of support, daily emails and websites loaded with information. However, to have to pick up the phone and call complete strangers and try to sell a product that you don’t even really know what it is, that’s another story. Ameriplan tells you to talk to your “warm market”, but I found it very uncomfortable to pester my friends and family with a scheme that I wasn’t totally sure about myself.
Also, the plan (an alternative to health insurance, a discount health plan, if you will) is very vague. People always want to know how much money they are going to save on the plans, which is a totally legitimate concern, and as an IBO, you cannot give them an answer. You have to say that you can save between 20% and 80%, people need to call their doctor or dentist to find out for sure.
It is also really hard to find doctors and dentists who are part of the Ameriplan network. Ameriplan tells their IBOs that they have tens of thousands of service providers, but that is really not true. The website that contains a list of providers is not updated frequently, I called all of the doctors and dentists in my area and about 70% said that they did not take Ameriplan. So, in essence, you are trying to sell a health plan that has no providers.
On the recruiting side, trying to get people to part with $50 per month so they can maybe make money is no easy task. When you purchase leads that are so-called “hot” leads, the people you call are usually rude and have no idea what you are talking about. It gives you a complex about talking on the phone. That is a side effect of the Ameriplan business, I am afraid to call people.
The Ameriplan home business recruiting and discount health plan opportunity is not packaged as a sales position, all Ameriplan ads specifically say, “no selling”, but that is exactly what you are doing. This is a sales job and you are not even selling a tangible product, you are selling a dream, and that is a very tough sell.
In order to be a good salesperson, you need to believe in your product and after learning more about Ameriplan, I really did not believe in the product. Ameriplan tells its IBOs that doctors and dentists are clamoring to sign up with Ameriplan and nothing could be further from the truth. The organization is losing providers right and left and not updating their website to reflect that. It is also worth mentioning that Ameriplan is banned from providing services in several states, including Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota.
I personally spent a lot of money on my Ameriplan business and have nothing to show for it except debt. I am not going to say that it is a scam, because it is a legitimate company and has a legitimate product, but take a good, hard look and really do some research before you sign up because it is a tough market. If anyone tries to tell you that Ameriplan is not a sales business, they are not telling you the truth.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Master the Art of the Short Report
When reading an ebook, you want something short and to the point. This ebook tells you step-by-step how to write and market short, informative ebooks that really sell.
There are hundreds of "gurus" online who want to sell you products for $297, $497, $997 or more that they claim will show you how you can earn a living online. Don't buy them.
I'm going to show you how to do it AND I'm going to give you the powerful software that I use to make it happen … for only $7.
http://viralurl.com/ckh007/7-dollar-secret
Using my new $7 Secrets method, I generated over $3,000 in just 7 days with one thirty-page report.
This ebook with really change your mindset about internet marketing.
http://viralurl.com/ckh007/7-dollar-secret
Thanks and have a great day,
Cass Hayden
There are hundreds of "gurus" online who want to sell you products for $297, $497, $997 or more that they claim will show you how you can earn a living online. Don't buy them.
I'm going to show you how to do it AND I'm going to give you the powerful software that I use to make it happen … for only $7.
http://viralurl.com/ckh007/7-dollar-secret
Using my new $7 Secrets method, I generated over $3,000 in just 7 days with one thirty-page report.
This ebook with really change your mindset about internet marketing.
http://viralurl.com/ckh007/7-dollar-secret
Thanks and have a great day,
Cass Hayden
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The Rise of Scamming on Freebie Forums
About two months ago, I found a great new way to earn money online. What I am talking about is Incentivized Freebie Websites (“IFW”) and forums like the Free Lunch Room and Anything4free. I got started by “going green” for others. By that I mean I provided a referral credit for an individual trying to complete a site for cash or merchandise.
I was very lucky and worked with some great people who taught me quite a bit about the system. After earning about $300, I was excited to start advertising on the forums and making some serious cash by completing freebie sites. So, I write a trade thread and got started.
What I discovered, unfortunately, was scammers, people who would go green at my site, email me to request payment, I would send them their payment for the services they rendered and then that person would in some way defraud the IFW site, the site would ban them and that person would disappear with my money.
How most people scam IFW sites is by signing up and completing numerous offers with different email addresses, a direct violation of the site policy. Also, people can scam an IFW site by completing an offer, getting credit for the offer and canceling the offer immediately.
Most honest freebie site traders (I believe they make up the majority of traders) pride themselves on paying their referrals promptly for greens, so the effect that this behavior is having on the industry is overwhelming. People are afraid to trade with new traders, and I personally have been scammed so many times that I don’t want to trade with anyone. I have a site that I need one more referral to cash out and I have spent about $200 for greens (including scammers) and the prize is only $250.
What is my advice? I would have to say, stick with the one referral cash out sites. There are several, like Rocketbills, 60.macrobucks, herfancyfreegifts and freebies4me.
I hate to say anything bad about the industry because there are a lot of good people who are just trying to supplement their incomes and the system itself is totally legitimate. Unfortunately, there are always some people who have to be dishonest and ruin it for everyone. I wonder how someone can feel good about themselves scamming someone they don’t even know out of $20, that doesn’t seem like that much money, but these days money is tight everywhere (but that’s another blog).
That being said, I am going to continue to plug along and continue with the business, although I will certainly be quite wary. I am going to want to know more about the people that I trade with, even if that loses me a few trades.
If you have been scammed on an IFW site, be sure to set up a dispute with Paypal. Paypal is great about this and even if you don’t get all of your money back, you can at least make life difficult for your scammers. I do love my petty revenge!
And for my shameless plug, if you want to trade sites with an honest trader, let me know. Hey, maybe we can make some money together!
I was very lucky and worked with some great people who taught me quite a bit about the system. After earning about $300, I was excited to start advertising on the forums and making some serious cash by completing freebie sites. So, I write a trade thread and got started.
What I discovered, unfortunately, was scammers, people who would go green at my site, email me to request payment, I would send them their payment for the services they rendered and then that person would in some way defraud the IFW site, the site would ban them and that person would disappear with my money.
How most people scam IFW sites is by signing up and completing numerous offers with different email addresses, a direct violation of the site policy. Also, people can scam an IFW site by completing an offer, getting credit for the offer and canceling the offer immediately.
Most honest freebie site traders (I believe they make up the majority of traders) pride themselves on paying their referrals promptly for greens, so the effect that this behavior is having on the industry is overwhelming. People are afraid to trade with new traders, and I personally have been scammed so many times that I don’t want to trade with anyone. I have a site that I need one more referral to cash out and I have spent about $200 for greens (including scammers) and the prize is only $250.
What is my advice? I would have to say, stick with the one referral cash out sites. There are several, like Rocketbills, 60.macrobucks, herfancyfreegifts and freebies4me.
I hate to say anything bad about the industry because there are a lot of good people who are just trying to supplement their incomes and the system itself is totally legitimate. Unfortunately, there are always some people who have to be dishonest and ruin it for everyone. I wonder how someone can feel good about themselves scamming someone they don’t even know out of $20, that doesn’t seem like that much money, but these days money is tight everywhere (but that’s another blog).
That being said, I am going to continue to plug along and continue with the business, although I will certainly be quite wary. I am going to want to know more about the people that I trade with, even if that loses me a few trades.
If you have been scammed on an IFW site, be sure to set up a dispute with Paypal. Paypal is great about this and even if you don’t get all of your money back, you can at least make life difficult for your scammers. I do love my petty revenge!
And for my shameless plug, if you want to trade sites with an honest trader, let me know. Hey, maybe we can make some money together!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
The Notary Signing Agent
Since I am a paralegal by trade, I decided to use my notary license to become a notary signing agent. A notary signing agent is a person who travels to a borrower's house with the loan documents and assists people in completing their mortage loan documents and notarizing the necessary pages.
So, about five years ago, I started signing up with a few notary databases and waited for the phone to ring. I didn't have to wait long, and I found that you can actually make good money doing this. Of course, there are always signing companies that are slow to pay, won't pay, go out of business, find some small reason not to pay you or reduce your fee.
A couple of years ago, when Nevada had its real estate boom, being a notary signing agent was a great way to make money. But with all of the recent changes in mortgages and the whole ARM fiasco, business has really dropped off. Signing companies are reducing the fees that they will pay and expect signers to work for pennies.
I would certainly recommend this to anyone with a notary license already who is looking to make some extra money. My advice would be to sign up on the National Notary Association website which is SigningAgent.com and also google notary signing services to find some reputable companies to sign up and be included in their database.
Personally, I charge $50.00 for a local signing when the documents are delivered to my door. I add an additional $25.00 to print the documents on my laser printer and I charge for time and mileage if I have to go out of town. Of course, there are some companies which give me quite a bit of business, so I charge them a little less. Always remember, when it is a last minute signing that the title company really needs to get done, you can always charge more.
If you average my earnings out over the last five years, I generally make about $300 to $400 per month, which is not bad for extra money.
Always remember, you need multiple streams of income to build wealth. I hope that I have been helpful.
So, about five years ago, I started signing up with a few notary databases and waited for the phone to ring. I didn't have to wait long, and I found that you can actually make good money doing this. Of course, there are always signing companies that are slow to pay, won't pay, go out of business, find some small reason not to pay you or reduce your fee.
A couple of years ago, when Nevada had its real estate boom, being a notary signing agent was a great way to make money. But with all of the recent changes in mortgages and the whole ARM fiasco, business has really dropped off. Signing companies are reducing the fees that they will pay and expect signers to work for pennies.
I would certainly recommend this to anyone with a notary license already who is looking to make some extra money. My advice would be to sign up on the National Notary Association website which is SigningAgent.com and also google notary signing services to find some reputable companies to sign up and be included in their database.
Personally, I charge $50.00 for a local signing when the documents are delivered to my door. I add an additional $25.00 to print the documents on my laser printer and I charge for time and mileage if I have to go out of town. Of course, there are some companies which give me quite a bit of business, so I charge them a little less. Always remember, when it is a last minute signing that the title company really needs to get done, you can always charge more.
If you average my earnings out over the last five years, I generally make about $300 to $400 per month, which is not bad for extra money.
Always remember, you need multiple streams of income to build wealth. I hope that I have been helpful.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Ebay, Ebay, Ebay
I cannot say enough good things about selling products on Ebay. If I have one complaint, it is that I always spend the money that I earn on Ebay on Ebay. I do love to shop.
First things first, if you don't have an ebay account get one NOW!!! Click here to sign up for free http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-1751-4544-0
Then, browse through ebay and look at some items that you have around your house that you can stand to part with. Find them on ebay and see what they are selling for. The process to list items on ebay is very simple. The sites walks you right through it.
Once you have sold all of the items you have around the house, it is time to start looking for more things to sell on ebay. I personally have never used a drop shipper, although I have heard that they work very well. Since I love to shop, I enjoy finding bargains at the local stores that I can sell on ebay. This time of year is wonderful for that, there are some awesome sales going on.
Here are a few examples of sales that you can find and make some serious cash on ebay (From MSN Money on December 3, 2007):
Coach Leather Goods and Accessories: Leather dog accessories marked down from $100 to 9.99. These were resold on ebay for $50 or $60 apiece.
Gap clothing: down coats marked down from $189 to $9.99, sold on ebay for $30 to $30 apiece.
These are just a couple of examples. I also shop at Gap and the mall sporting goods stores like Copelands' have some great deals, you just need to look for them. If you can afford to, buy as much as you can of a really good deal.
Be creative in finding things to sell on ebay, I am always on the lookout for items that I can sell. There are very few things that don't sell.
Here is an article from Linda Kerr that provides some good information on marketing your items on ebay:
The Worst eBay Selling Strategies… Ever? Part One by: Linda Kerr
There has been a lot of buzz and hype in recent years relating to selling on eBay. It is true to say that there are people successfully selling on eBay and are able to give up their boring, stressful day-jobs. However there are considerably more people who are not successful. "An idiot repeats his mistakes. A smart man learns from his mistakes. But a genius learns from the mistakes of others." -- unknown. If you are planning on setting up your own eBay shop, then I suggest you learn from the costly mistakes that I have made, it could be the difference between your success and failure. Supply and demand Most people don't do enough research on whether there is enough demand for their product. If there are too many people selling the same thing and not enough people buying, then this drives the price down. You should do thorough research on each product to make sure there is enough room for you to enter the market. You can do this by looking through the completed items to see how many were listed versus how many were sold and for how much. Also if you look at the Want it Now listings to see how many there have been and how many responses were given. This can be time-consuming, however I found a great tool that speeds up the process and will throw up ideas you would never have thought of. I will tell you where you can get it later. Poor quality photographs – First impressions count When a customer is searching for a particular item, lets say silver earrings, they are faced with pages and pages of items for sale. There is no way they are going to click on every single listing to read more about your product. This is why you need a quality photograph as a gallery photo. I was naïve to think that anything will sell on eBay – that's what the media keeps saying anyway. So instead of taking the time to produce quality photographs, what I did was place the items on a scanner. I see a lot of people suggesting this but I seriously wouldn't recommend it. Certainly not for jewellery. The result was that my items didn't sell for as much as I hoped. I quickly recognised that if this was going to be a full time job, I was going to have to do a lot better. So I bought myself a Nikon Coolpix 4200 and a tripod and took photographs in natural daylight. The only problem is getting the lighting consistent, especially in the winter when it gets dark early. If getting the light the way you want it is a problem, there are some very good lighting setups designed for people with no knowledge of photography. They are ideal for taking photographs of jewellery and other small items With the gallery photos, try to zoom into the most important detail. My competitors often take their photos from a distance and it is not uncommon to see coffee cups and remote controls in the picture too! Remember, this is a business and so you should give the most professional impression you can. You don't have to be professional photographer to do this Take photos from as many different angles so that your customer has a good, clear idea of what they are buying. If there are any chips, scratches or cracks you must mention this in the description and try and take a photo of it. If you ignore this point you are just asking for trouble and negative feedback. Every type of product being sold on eBay will require slightly different selling techniques. I can only tell you what I have done to sell jewellery. I must be doing something right because I have been able to give up my day job and am making a very nice income. I often look to see what my competitors are selling and what prices they have achieved. It ceases to amaze me how I am able to get a much higher price than they are for the exact same products. Simply follow the advice I have given you and there is no reason you can't do the same.
Talk to you soon, Cass
First things first, if you don't have an ebay account get one NOW!!! Click here to sign up for free http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-1751-4544-0
Then, browse through ebay and look at some items that you have around your house that you can stand to part with. Find them on ebay and see what they are selling for. The process to list items on ebay is very simple. The sites walks you right through it.
Once you have sold all of the items you have around the house, it is time to start looking for more things to sell on ebay. I personally have never used a drop shipper, although I have heard that they work very well. Since I love to shop, I enjoy finding bargains at the local stores that I can sell on ebay. This time of year is wonderful for that, there are some awesome sales going on.
Here are a few examples of sales that you can find and make some serious cash on ebay (From MSN Money on December 3, 2007):
Coach Leather Goods and Accessories: Leather dog accessories marked down from $100 to 9.99. These were resold on ebay for $50 or $60 apiece.
Gap clothing: down coats marked down from $189 to $9.99, sold on ebay for $30 to $30 apiece.
These are just a couple of examples. I also shop at Gap and the mall sporting goods stores like Copelands' have some great deals, you just need to look for them. If you can afford to, buy as much as you can of a really good deal.
Be creative in finding things to sell on ebay, I am always on the lookout for items that I can sell. There are very few things that don't sell.
Here is an article from Linda Kerr that provides some good information on marketing your items on ebay:
The Worst eBay Selling Strategies… Ever? Part One by: Linda Kerr
There has been a lot of buzz and hype in recent years relating to selling on eBay. It is true to say that there are people successfully selling on eBay and are able to give up their boring, stressful day-jobs. However there are considerably more people who are not successful. "An idiot repeats his mistakes. A smart man learns from his mistakes. But a genius learns from the mistakes of others." -- unknown. If you are planning on setting up your own eBay shop, then I suggest you learn from the costly mistakes that I have made, it could be the difference between your success and failure. Supply and demand Most people don't do enough research on whether there is enough demand for their product. If there are too many people selling the same thing and not enough people buying, then this drives the price down. You should do thorough research on each product to make sure there is enough room for you to enter the market. You can do this by looking through the completed items to see how many were listed versus how many were sold and for how much. Also if you look at the Want it Now listings to see how many there have been and how many responses were given. This can be time-consuming, however I found a great tool that speeds up the process and will throw up ideas you would never have thought of. I will tell you where you can get it later. Poor quality photographs – First impressions count When a customer is searching for a particular item, lets say silver earrings, they are faced with pages and pages of items for sale. There is no way they are going to click on every single listing to read more about your product. This is why you need a quality photograph as a gallery photo. I was naïve to think that anything will sell on eBay – that's what the media keeps saying anyway. So instead of taking the time to produce quality photographs, what I did was place the items on a scanner. I see a lot of people suggesting this but I seriously wouldn't recommend it. Certainly not for jewellery. The result was that my items didn't sell for as much as I hoped. I quickly recognised that if this was going to be a full time job, I was going to have to do a lot better. So I bought myself a Nikon Coolpix 4200 and a tripod and took photographs in natural daylight. The only problem is getting the lighting consistent, especially in the winter when it gets dark early. If getting the light the way you want it is a problem, there are some very good lighting setups designed for people with no knowledge of photography. They are ideal for taking photographs of jewellery and other small items With the gallery photos, try to zoom into the most important detail. My competitors often take their photos from a distance and it is not uncommon to see coffee cups and remote controls in the picture too! Remember, this is a business and so you should give the most professional impression you can. You don't have to be professional photographer to do this Take photos from as many different angles so that your customer has a good, clear idea of what they are buying. If there are any chips, scratches or cracks you must mention this in the description and try and take a photo of it. If you ignore this point you are just asking for trouble and negative feedback. Every type of product being sold on eBay will require slightly different selling techniques. I can only tell you what I have done to sell jewellery. I must be doing something right because I have been able to give up my day job and am making a very nice income. I often look to see what my competitors are selling and what prices they have achieved. It ceases to amaze me how I am able to get a much higher price than they are for the exact same products. Simply follow the advice I have given you and there is no reason you can't do the same.
Talk to you soon, Cass
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