Thursday, August 16, 2007

The 2 Essentials Of The Perfect Home Based Online Business

By: Mike Makler

An online home based eBay business is perfect for anyone from 8 to 80 to earn a part or full time income. Anyone can start a home based business starting today. EBay is the perfect alternative to high cost high risk brick and mortar business. Stay at home Mom's, busy college students or active seniors can fit the eBay business around your schedule.

According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch eBay has grown to over 34 Billion Dollars in annual sales volume. (Over 93 Million Dollars Daily on Average) That same post dispatch article went on to say 'According to a study done for eBay by AC Nielsen International Research, 724,000 Americans are "professional sellers," using eBay as their primary or secondary source of income. An additional 1.5 million people supplement their incomes with online auctions'.

The St. Louis Post Dispatch story clearly illustrates that eBay is a good place to earn a Part or Full time income. The only question is how to get started. You only need 2 Essentials to get started. How to sell on eBay and what to sell on eBay.

According to a recent Alexa Search eBay had a rank of 19 that means it is the 19th Most Popular Website. Why Not cash in on the eBay Boom Today

How to sell? EBay offers a fairly inexpensive online course at their EBay University. There are also many excellent 3rd party courses available that can take you to the next level and turn you into an eBay Power seller. In addition there are many fine books you can purchase that will teach you how to sell on eBay.

In Most issues of Entrepreneur magazine you can buy an eBay Startup kit that shows how to start an eBay Business. One recent sleepless night I saw an Infomercial offering a home study course on how to be an eBay Power Seller. Yes, eBay is here to stay.

What to Sell? This is a little more difficult but many successful sellers use Drop Shippers. With a drop shipper you are nothing more then an Order taker. You simply take an order for the product using your EBay Auction. Once you are paid you forward the information to the drop shipper and they ship the product direct to your buyer.

Other Methods of finding items to sell on eBay involve purchasing truck loads of goods for 10 or 15 cents on the Dollar

Still other people use Swap Meets, Garage Sales, Church Bazaars and Rummage Sales to find items to sell on eBay. Consignment selling is becoming very popular. Brick and Mortar businesses are springing up where they offer to sell items for you on eBay for 25% of the Sale Price.

The Opportunity is there to start up a Low Cost/Low Risk eBay business. All you need is a Digital camera an Internet connection and some items to sell. What are you waiting for start now and Build your Ebay Empire today.

Drop Shipping Your Way to Wealth Over 90,000 Items You can Sell on EBay Right Now http://ewguru.com/ebay-dropship Getting Started With the Fabulous Ebay Resource Guide http://ewguru.com/ebay-start Copyright © 2005-2007 Mike Makler

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