Is it really possible to make a year-round, full time living off of Ebay???
485560
Probably depends on what you are selling and  the mark-up of what you are selling.
986741
I don't think it sounds very fishy, it is a lot of work to keep up with ebay and listing and checking questions and answering.  Sorry I can't help you.  I am busy with my own ebay business and a second business also that I began only a couple of months ago and it's taking off on me.  I would suggest a family member or something along that lines to help you out.  I don't think you will find a stranger to trust you to pay them to work for you.  That's just the world today because there really are too many scams out there.  I wish you luck and don't let people get to you.  It never hurts to ask.
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My cousin has been running an online ebay store for several months now and he loves it !\n\nHe has the freedom to spend all day in his house clothes,  adding stuff to the store, editing his pages. When people buy something he gets a pop up that tells him what just sold !\n\nHe might go out several times a day to mail out packages, sometimes he'll go out just once.\n\nHe loves having his own business and making his own hours.\n\nMy only suggestion is to start out small and build your way up gradually.\n\nThere are plenty of mistakes to be made and you want to make them when your small and have small amounts of money and time invested.\n\nAlso buy some of those books from those ebay Power Sellers, it's not easy to become and stay a power seller, got to realy know what your doin, those people realy know how to make an ebay business work well and will have tons of sound advice.\n\nI realy can't think of any cons, just do alot of research before and during, thats Key !
617060
It's really difficult - a lot of hard work and late nights.  I have a website and sell on ebay.  I make enough money to survive, but hopefully that will get better.  Do your homework, learn a few things about business and prepare to work very hard.
244622
The Web offers tremendous opportunities for those who know how to harness it. You hear of stories of people who earn thousands if not millions of dollars from doing business on Web. While there are many scams (same way in the traditional business world), there are various ways you can legitimately make money on the Web. eBay is not the only option for earning money on the Web (and yes, not every one who decides to sell on ebay hits the big jackpot).\n\nHere are the main business models you can adopt:\n\n1. Sell products on the Web - Big boys like Amazon or Lillian Vernon online catalog or smaller businesses like BigKidsVideo.com or Candle4Less.com all sell products on the Web. \n\nYou can either sell: (a) through your own storefront through your own website or applications such as Yahoo Stores; or (b) sell through online auctions like eBay\n\n2. Information Delivery. Others such as About.com or BusinessKnowHow.com create content and monetize their content in a number of ways:\n\na. Advertising - whether by joining banner ad networks such as Tribal Fusion, BurstMedia or Fastclick and display the banners on their site; or through contextual advertising such as Google Adsense or Intellxt\n\nb. Affiliate Programs - you sell other people's products that your audience may be interested in; and you get a certain commission after the desired action was done (whether a sale, a lead, subscription to email newsletter, or however this is defined)\n\nc. Paid online content. Hoovers.com or WebmasterWorld.com Supporters forum all require paid subscription before accessing the information\n\nd. Content licensing and syndication. Some publishers such as the Associated Press get paid every time their content is published elsewhere
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If it sounds too good to be true then most likely it is.\nThere are lots of legit ways to make money from home. \nLike doing surveys like I do, selling on-line, making your own website, joining and selling for affiliate sites.
784536
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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Let me tell you from experience that 98% of "Work from Home" jobs are bogus. Either you have to buy something to put together at home (arts and crafts stuff) where you'll never make any money, or you have to go through some extensive training (e.g. Medical Transcription) and in those cases, a lot of times they'll make you come to work somewhere before you can do it from home. My wife went through a number of these "opportunities" before realizing that there's just not a lot of good options.\n\nThat's not to say you can't find something legitimate out there, but they're hard to find. Good luck.
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Hi i am a member of Ebay since 2000 and i can tell you that if you are intelligent, hard-working, patient and consistent with and original plan or idea, then you can certainly make a fortune on Ebay.\n\nBut the real problem is that most of us lack in some of the above mentioned qualities. Like any other business this Ebay business takes time to gather momentum since you have to first build your image as a reliable and responsible seller and notch up good ratings.\n\nIf you wish to make a fortune on Ebay just follow my simple steps:-\n\n\n1. Get a small but a very unique and lovely product to sell from the local manufacturers. Remember your this choice will determine the amount of fortune you make. Ensure that the product is the best in quality and your first time customers just love it and tell it to other buyers.\n\n\n2. Now when you list your product for sale just ensure that you include a high resolution picture of your product from atleast 2 or 3 angles so that the prospective buyer knows what he/she is buying and make up his mind more accurately. Also describe the product you are selling in great detail and mention all of its possible features and uses.\n\n\n3. Be very careful that you clearly mention accurate Handling and Delivery charges in your payment terms and conditions and clearly enumerate the ways of payments permitted by you and also the warranties and return methods if available.\n\n\n4. Now clearly include Your decent profit percentage in the cost of the items which you want to sell. Remember it is this profit which will pay for all your expenses and which will keep you up and going in times of tough competition.\n\n\n5. Ensure that you include some good sounding personal notes with all the items you send to the buyers. Take care of the packing standards. Offer your customers speedy problem resolution so that they are not dissatisfied and do not give you negative ratings as this may cause much damage to your image as a seller. Maintain regular contact with your old buyers and offer them your new products on regular basis.\n\n\n6. Generally it is seen that if you have an offline sales channel, then ebay can complement your sales very effectively and can result in generous revenues from the online sales channel. Just keep the postage and handling costs in check and just document your offerings in very clear terms.\n\nIf you follow all these steps and try to be innovative, creative and caring then you can certainly make a fortune on ebay but with some patience and not overnight as many people may suggest.\n\nTake Care.\nBye.
156509
I would have to say no.  There are numerous "businesses" on ebay and I almost gaurantee you that they are not all registered.  But maybe save money from your business and then get register wouldn't hurt it would only add to your credibility.
452513
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 and get rich 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\nOne success model of ebay is the couple Jay and Marie Senese (username jayandmarie) of the 1-cent CD fame. They have the highest positive feedback number of all sellers on eBay. Their business model is to buy very low cost CDs in bulk (those that CD stores sell in their discount bins) and offer them on ebay at a starting price of 1 cent http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_23/b3886080.htm Their success is based on the fact that they stumbled on a sustainable business model with products that people really want.
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Honestly, I would stay away from the the “wholesaler’s” game. What once was a great idea has now spread so everyone and their mother is doing it. Margins are razor thin at best and I suspect non-existent when you factor in most drop shippers or wholesale clubs "Membership fees" along with eBay and PayPal's cut.\n\nTake something that you're knowledgeable about and wait for a bargain. For example, lets say you know a lot about purses and one weekend you stumble across a shop having a clearance sale - $200 purses for $30 bucks (or whatever). Take it home and list it for $75. Your customer thinks they saved $125 bucks and you made $45. Now multiply it by 100 sales and you are 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\nTo get products, I import them from other countries. A partner of mine sells high-end bike parts on eBay imported from Taiwan and other Asian countries -- and she does extremely well. I import pearls from the Philippines, where you can get freshwater pearls for only $0.20 wholesale price or even less. You can make HUGE markups through this approach (e.g. get a real freshwater pearl necklace for $0.20 and sell it for starting price of $36)
42295
Ebay is the way to go. You can even make a part-time income with a few hours a week on it. Just buy things from people who don't know how to sell items, who don't take the time to take good pictures and a nice descrition or....a very low price! Buy from people who don't know how to sell and sell again for a big buck and...free shopping on ebay:)))
178710
It is a scam. You never make enough money. It will be enticing, but you would do much better with a small business over ebay or a home business. Concentrate on higher return on your investment of a precious resource, your time.
35535
Sell some things you no longer need. Ebay is great but using the local paper is fine too. Got a lot of stuff and/or friends with stuff hold a garage sale. Another thing you might want to consider is a job with a temp agency. Around where I live you can make very good money with a temporary job assignment and the agency will find you the job.