Recent content by qwerty44

Yes, I ended up working with someone I met right here on BHW. At first, we had to work out quite a few kinks, but things are starting to operate more smoothly and business is starting to pick up. So far this month I've sold 421 items for $3,500+. I currently have about 45 "Buy It Now"...

So I ship all my items via USPS 1st Class Package/Thick Envelope service (13oz or less). I print out my postage online, and then I put all my packages in a USPS drop box at the end of the day. This method has worked well for me, but as sales have began to increase, this method has become a...

In order to PROFIT $400 per day, you'd probably need to have over $1000 per day in total sales. That's a lot of volume for someone just starting out.

In my experience it's significantly less than 50%. But that might be because I don't leave FB for my buyers (unless they specifically ask for it). Perhaps I should.

I'm not sure where YOU bank at, but here in America even the highest yielding savings accounts are in the .80% - 1.00% range, most are much lower. Jumbo CD's are usually around 1.5%. These rates are below the rate of inflation. As for mutual funds, there's many different types...

So you want low-risk, unbranded, easy to ship, in demand, high margin products for an unsaturated niche market? Well join the club. EVERYBODY is looking for that, and anyone who knows of such a product, isn't going to tell you because they're probably already selling it, and they don't want...

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. How many employees does it take to run a business like this? What tasks do you still perform yourself?

If you haven't done so already, you should read the thread in this forum titled "Everything You Need To Go Legit On Ebay Right Here." IMO, ordering samples is usually a waist of time. They'll always send you a perfect sample. Also, if you're importing something from Asia that's branded, it's...

It depends a lot on how much it's going to cost you, and what your personal financial situation is. If I was young and had no money, I certainly wouldn't feel comfortable taking on $80K of debt. That said, it's my opinion that the college system in America is a big racket, and the federal...

I've sold quite a few ebooks on eBay. I always delivered them digitally. It's technically against eBay's rules (unless your listing a classified ad), but I never got caught. The problem is that you're not going to be competitive unless you're selling for .99c and at that rate your profits are...

Hi Mike, I can't respond to your PM because I don't have enough posts yet. I never received an email response from you. I've been selling small time on eBay for 13 years, and am trying to step it up. There's certain products I'm confident I can move all day long if the price is right. I'm...

If you have any unique skills, you may want to consider listing them on ebay. It's an area that people often over look, but ebay does have a listing category for "specialty services." I do laptop repairs on ebay, and I also do digitization of old consumer audio formats. I make a little bit of...

It's worth a try, but I think YouTube would catch on to you sooner or later. Google does have a TON of unlicensed content on their servers. They've never really made a large scale effort to crack down on it. However, before you do this, you'll need to get your account approved for...

Thanks for giving us this info Hitch. I've had some similar experiences to you (all though not nearly as much success). I'm 29, and started selling on eBay in 1999. I sold some pirated content initially, got shut down, but eBay later reinstated my account after I gave them copies of my ID and...