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Summary: Try Overstock.com Auctions!
Review: Anyone with the least bit of PC knowledge and customer service skills can sell on any on-line venue. Most have it set up to walk you through step by step. Besides, eBay raised their fees so high as of 2/18/05 that many sellers are flocking to other venues like www.overstock.com/auctions!
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Summary: ebay business the smart way
Review: As the owner of a bookkeeping/computer programming company in a remote area of Texas I have many clients who have a problem disposing of excess inventory, marketing their products, or finding needed items at a reasonable cost.While I have been aware of Ebay for sometime, I never really thought it could benefit me or my clients. Sinclair's book is an eye-opener. I see how excess invntory can be sold, and Texas Hill Country crafts can be made available to a huge market at a very low cost. I also see how many necessary items can be purchased at prices well below those in this area. When you are 125 miles from the nearest large city your market is small, and your choices are few. Ebay changes the market dynamics for us. After reading ebay Business the Smart Way, I have been looking at Ebay in a different light, and I am working with several clients developing marketing plans using Ebay.
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Summary: eBay Business The Smart Way
Review: I have a large collection of 1930 - 1960 kids' toys and games I want to liquidate. Sinclair's book not only provides the ABC's of selling on eBay, but it shows you the potential business problems and how to navigate (and research) your way around them. This book is a great tutorial for applying important business principles and common sense to a new (for me) marketplace. Selling these collectables, and making good money, on eBay may not be as easy as I once thought, but Sinclair's book is a broad-reaching consultative resource to help me get it done faster, safer, and more profitably.
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Summary: Not a smart buy for eBay business
Review: I have been selling fulltime on eBay for the last several years. There is nothing in this book that is not readily available elsewhere. And publishers, listen up: I'm getting a little tired of the text being padded with copious white space to make the tome more weighty. Some parts of the book are out of date, some parts are just plain wrong. (It is NOT forbidden to sell food on eBay. It is NOT hazardous to buy or sell used clothing on eBay. On the contrary, it is a huge market. The list goes on and on.) To be fair, trying to explain eBay is like describing a fast-moving sports car. Now you see it, now you don't. But I was not convinced the author was a seasoned eBay seller, merely a seasoned author of "about" books.
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Summary: Not a smart buy for eBay business
Review: I have been selling fulltime on eBay for the last several years. There is nothing in this book that is not readily available elsewhere. And publishers, listen up: I'm getting a little tired of the text being padded with copious white space to make the tome more weighty. Some parts of the book are out of date, some parts are just plain wrong. (It is NOT forbidden to sell food on eBay. It is NOT hazardous to buy or sell used clothing on eBay. On the contrary, it is a huge market. The list goes on and on.) To be fair, trying to explain eBay is like describing a fast-moving sports car. Now you see it, now you don't. But I was not convinced the author was a seasoned eBay seller, merely a seasoned author of "about" books.
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Summary: Great Resource for Ebay sellers and Others
Review: I have read other books on starting an online auction business. I found this book to be very informative and useful. This information can help you start a business on Ebay. In fact resources in book can help you start a online auction selling business on other auction sites as well. For the serious auction seller this is a great resource. Yes it is true the information presented does show you how to start a business in general terms but it also shows you how these general busness procedures are used with online selling at auctions. That is why you are looking at this book in the first place. I found this book to be a valued resource and would recommend it hands down.
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Summary: Great Resource for Ebay sellers and Others
Review: I have read other books on starting an online auction business. I found this book to be very informative and useful. This information can help you start a business on Ebay. In fact resources in book can help you start a online auction selling business on other auction sites as well. For the serious auction seller this is a great resource. Yes it is true the information presented does show you how to start a business in general terms but it also shows you how these general busness procedures are used with online selling at auctions. That is why you are looking at this book in the first place. I found this book to be a valued resource and would recommend it hands down.
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Summary: A comprehensive , practical business guide
Review: I picked up this book expecting technical discussion about Ebay. I am a novice Ebay user and wanted to get up to speed after having successfully bought some things and gotten familiar with the process, while planning to sell some higher priced items. I found it easy to read with many Ebay-specific facts and tips but was really impressed with the wide-ranging discussion about business, especially the emphasis on customer service and marketing. These are the topics many first-time entrepreneurs find mysterious and large companies have seemingly started to forget, to their disadvantage. Giving good service in this era of voicemail mazes, un-navigable websites and untrained, minimum-wage retail salespeople is a lesson, if learned, Ebay businesses will use to prosper. Sinclair has covered most, if not all of the bases in this business book. Everything is current and up-to-date, from how to get paid to the latest info on taking and using digital photos. I recommend this to anyone in any business.
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Summary: Simply the best!
Review: I read this guy's first book E-Bay the Smart Way, and it really helped me get started on e-Bay. Since then, I have been mostly selling, but wanted to make this my core business. This guy writes it in plain English and helped me to do it! Thanks to him, trading on e-Bay is my business and I'm good at it!
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Summary: Perfect gift for a large audience of online entrepreneurs
Review: Many are turning to ebay business to supplement an income or create an independent business, so the second unauthorized edition of Ebay Business The Smart Way: Maximize Your Profits On The Web's #1 Auction Site will make the perfect gift for a large audience of online entrepreneurs, from housewives with a penchant for garage sales to budding businessmen. Learn how to set values, use trade shows, handle customers and orders, and more.
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