At what point does a person have to claim Ebay as a source of income?
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It depends.  If you are selling items that you purchased with earnings you have already paid taxes on and you are not selling them for more than what you purcahsed them for, then no, you do not have to pay taxes on the money you have reaped from Ebay.  If you have sold these same items for more than you paid for them, in other words, you have actually gained $3,000 over and above what you paid for these items, then yes, you have to report that income and pay the appropriate income tax.
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Selling on eBay is simple. Millions of people earn extra cash or earn a great living from selling on eBay. Start Selling Now!\n\n5 Steps to selling on eBay  \n\nhttp://pages.ebay.in/ebayexplained/sell.html
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I would suggest buying a book on this, there is a book called Selling on Ebay for Dummies ( I don't mean you a Dummy) but it covers all of the basics for Ebay and will also tewach you how to list items with good descriptions and what options to use on certian itmes and so on. I really think the book would be the best\n\nGood Luck, I have a friend who does this and make s a really nice 2nd income!!
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Clothing is a BIG business on eBay. Try shopping a discounter like TJ Maxx, Ross for Less, Marshalls or whatever it is called in your area for women’s clothes from designers like Ralph Lauren, BCBG or Tommy Hilfiger. Often times you can find, for example, a woman’s shirt that sells in the mall for $50 on sale for $10. Odds are if you put it on eBay for $25, you'd sell it. The customer thinks they saved $25 and you made $15. :) Now multiply it by 100 sales and you're in business. I do about $2K a month in sales and I profit about $500 and that’s from just working part time. It's not "easy money", you do have to work at it, but if you're willing to invest the time and effort, you can do it
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Buying from garage sales and selling on eBay is fun, and good getting a few dollars here and there from ebay. Sometimes, you luck out on an item and hit big, but many times it will just be so-so (assuming you can even get the price you paid for it). In terms of fun factor, it is great. But from a business stand-point, it is not. Not sustainable.\n\nIf you want to earn serious money from eBay, you need to have a well-thought out business model. Selling on ebay is getting tougher -- just look at the number of auctions that closes without a bid. Go to the boards on ebay and you will hear even oldtimers complaining about how stiffer competition plus higher fees make it so much harder to sell on ebay.\n\nThe key success factor is: Sell products that people actually want. \n\nSelling on eBay is not as easy as some portray. In fact, go to eBay and check out the number of auctions that end without a single bid. Competition is getting tough, as more sellers go to eBay; even the big boys are joining in the eBay marketplace. Add to that the increasing listing and final value fees.\n\neBay has several ways for you to determine exactly what the hot items to sell on their marketplace: \n\nItems In Demand = the most popular items currently within that particular category. To see the In Demand page, go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/sellbycategory.html  \n\nHot Items by Category Report = a monthly report that lists the fastest growing categories on eBay for the previous month. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html and select "Hot Items by Category" from the menu on the left. \n\neBay Pulse = "a daily snapshot of current trends, hot picks, and cool stuff on eBay". Go to http://pulse.ebay.com/ to see eBay Pulse in action. \n\nMerchandising Calendar = eBay promotes specific categories on its home page each month. Savvy eBayers know that this home page exposure results in more interest in such categories. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/calendar.html  to view the current Merchandising Calendar.\n\nAs for items to sell, you can:\n\n1. Buy bulk liquidation items such as those at Liquidation.com. The capitalization may be big, but the idea is to sell the items individually and profit from it.\n\n2. Find manufacturers of items you want to sell and buy discounted items from them\n\n3. Make deals with retailers in your area, and offer to buy their unwanted items for deep discounts. jayandmarie - the most successful ebay sellers - made deals with music stores where they will buy the entire inventory in the discounted bins, and then sold the items on ebay for 1-cent starting bid.\n\n4. Look for possible partners on the Web, preferably outside of the US. Import items from them and sell them on ebay. There's huge profits to gain from this approach.\n\nI suggest you read the articles on Success with Auctions http://www.powerhomebiz.com/internet/auctions.htm
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probably depends on what you mean. If you sell something you have to make sure the person gets what they bought!!
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it will be very difficult\n\nyou are better off trying to sell some clothing or something else you own on Ebay-it will take about 2 weeks for you to run the auction and get a check or money order from someone- but it works great
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I know that businesses that sell through ebay must charge sales tax when selling to someone within their own state. I would contact your state government to see hor your state handles this situation.
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One could try yard sales, recycling for cash, handyman type stuff, or ebay and only accept cash or money orders. I'm not sure of the amount allowable, but most people don't claim small cash transactions if it's not there primary source of income.  Also, barter can save you alot over the years.  craigslist.com has alot of barter opportunities.
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if you work, could you get your company to sponsor you?  does the course provider give any financial aid for low incomes? do you have any unwanted stuff around your house? you could flog your old stuff on ebay and make money easily that way.\ngood luck, i hope you manage to make the money x
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There's no hard and fast rule on this. Certainly small amounts of selling your used stuff is totally fine and you won't get any income tax liability. Basically, they already taxed you for the money you used to buy it, and you won't get as much for it as you paid in the first place. However, if you sell enough stuff that it moves from hobby to business, and you sell things online in order to make a profit, particularly if you buy wholesale things and sell them, you are running a business and need to declare the profits.
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You sign up with ebay, get in touch with some distributors and advertise their stuff for slightly higher than what they are selling it for. Some one buys it from you, sends you the money, you send the money to the distributor keeping your profit margin. The distributor doesn't ship what ever you sold to the customer. The customer and eBay get after you. The customer wants his money back that you don't have because you gave it to the distributor. eBay closes your account. The customer and eBay may sue you depending on how much it was. The distributor opens on eBay under a different name. You, the little guy, can't go after anyone. It takes money to go after them.\n\nSound like a good plan? It happens a lot. Sooner or later everyone gets the shaft on eBay.
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From the paypal website.\n\nWhen you pay with PayPal, you gain access to a forum for dispute resolution called the Resolution Center. Through it, you can file a claim against:\nA physical good that you paid for but never received.\n\n\nA physical good you purchased on eBay that is significantly different than what was described in the listing. \nDispute Resolution specialists gather information about your transaction and help you resolve the issue. Throughout the process, you’ll be advised of your claim’s status via email and on your Account Overview page.\n\nFor specific terms and conditions, please review the Buyer Complaint Policy in our User Agreement.
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Get a job and supplemnt your wage by ebaying.
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I have been with eBay as a seller and buyer for 9 years and I never heard of this. Be cautious. I only accept Paypal myself .
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yes you have to pay to sell things. there are listing fees, picture fees option fees final value fees paypal fees. It is not worth selling small stuff in my opinion. I have been on ebay since 1998 and have made thousands of dollars, but am selective about what I sell.
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No unless you already have some things you can sell on EBay.\nThere are a lot of people like you around and they often get taken advantage of by hustlers.\nA legitimate online business has start up costs unless you become an affiliate. But you do need to know how to do search engine optimization and make web pages for that. I actually made a great deal of money as an affiliate but put a lot of time and effort into making web pages.