|
|
|
Auto Auctions - The Right Place For Bargains
Among the different kinds of auto auctions, car government auctions are perhaps the most lucrative. Here you can really get a great bargain on a new or used vehicle. These government auctions are selling vehicles that have been seized or...
BetaBoom - A New Online Auction and Small Business Networking Website
Tacoma, WA-November 20, 2003-Before you invest time and money buying and selling on e-bay, visit www.betaboom.com, the new online auction and small business network. There you will find free listing for auto auctions, teen auctions, and general...
Press Release
From Magnifiers to Braille, OcuTrade.com Auctions New and Used Adaptive Products for Vision Impairment
OcuTrade ( www.ocutrade.com ) is an internet based auction for those who wish to buy or sell products for low vision and blindness. Not only a resource to the individuals who have the vision loss, OcuTrade may...
The Web's Best Online Auction Sites
The best online auction links for buyers and sellers are - not surprisingly - eBay, eBay and eBay. eBay began the entire wacky world of online auctions back on the Labor Day weekend of 1995. By any definition, this is one of the most successful...
Why Ebay auctions are the easiest way to start making money online today
Did you know that most people who make big money on the net do so by selling dubious money-making schemes to others? And they seem to get better at it every day. They have mastered the art of using enticing headlines that grab you by the neck and...
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
How To Become An Auction Genius: A Radio Interview With "The Queen Of Ebay"
I saw another one on a local TV newscast a few days ago... you know...one of those stories about a stay-at-home mom who had turned eBay into a stay-at-home job.
I like stories like that, and I especially admire people who have found a way to make more money on eBay (without leaving their house) than they could commuting to a "regular" job.
But I also know this: even most people who are doing eBay "full time" haven't figured out yet how to make really big money with it...like Sydney Johnston is doing.
Sydney is known as "The Queen of eBay" or "The Auction Queen." She was one of the original sellers on eBay and has been selling on eBay since the winter of 1996.
She told me during a recent interview on my San Antonio radio talk show that she runs her eBay business very differently from most people.
"You can spend all day Saturday going to garage sales," she said. "And that’s fine, there’s nothing wrong with it. But if you want to make a real a business of it, you better have a systematic method. The problem with going to garage sales is, you can’t rely on your inventory.
Sydney also mentioned the stories we've all heard: how someone found a trinket in their attic, put it up for bid on eBay, and sold it for hundreds of dollars.
"There ARE some incredible stories out there," she said. "But they're flukes. You have to have a steady source of supply and it’s got to be something you can rely on. That's step number one"
"Step number two is to take that steady source of supply and sell
the same items -- over and over again -- using the same listings."
She says her one of her other big secrets is selling to the same people -- over and over again.
"If you buy a men's shirt from me on eBay," she continued, "I assume that you'll buy more shirts in the future. And if I’m selling men's shirts, you’re going to keep hearing from me. I'll email you, for instance, to let you know about my Fourth of July sale on men’s shirts. You’re going to keep hearing from me until you tell me that you don’t want to hear from me anymore."
"Furthermore, when you buy something from me, there will be an invitation to buy something else inside your package when it's delivered."
Sydney shared about a dozen of her "secrets to success" on eBay during our time on the air. To read a transcript of the entire interview, or to listen to an MP3 recording, click on http://www.ebay-auction.ws/sydney.htm
Or of course, you could spend a couple of hours this weekend cruising the garage sales...
There might even be a TV crew hanging around one of them.
About the Author: Award winning TV anchor George McKenzie offers a free 7-part email "Publicity Crash Course" at
http://www.publicity-pro.com. During his 33-year broadcasting career, George's work appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, ESPN and CNN.
Source: www.isnare.com
|
|
|
|
|
|