Here's Exactly How To Make $100,000 A Year On eBay Starting Today!

There is nothing more satisfying than searching and finding a collectible book (or whatever your interest is) in a yard sale or library sale and buying it for pennies and selling it for hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars.

If you think it is hard to find these kinds of deals, it is- but only if you don't know what you're looking for! Actually you have probably passed up the opportunity to purchase some valuable books at estate sales in the past, as we all have. But from now on you will be prepared!

The importance of specializing and knowing, inside and out, what you're doing cannot be overemphasized. I have been a rare and collectible book dealer for many years and the really successful dealers I know have specialized in one or two areas and they know their business!

Specialization helps you focus and you build a more valuable inventory.

Has this ever happened to you? When you purchase a new car suddenly you start to see a lot of "your" car on the roads? It seems as if everyone has the same car you do. You didn't notice so many people were driving the same kind of car you had before because you had taken your old car for granted and didn't focus on it- but now that you have a new car your focus has changed because of your interest in the new car.

The same thing happens in dealing and collecting. Once you pick a focus, a specialty, all of a sudden you are surrounded with great buying opportunities that you weren't aware of before you started to focus.

You begin to see opportunities others are not even aware of. That's the reason you specialize- to become aware of opportunities others with less focus than you pass up daily.

There really isn't any selling involved in this business, only marketing. But you should be aware of WHY collectors buy your stock, what motivates them and how you can make your eBay items more attractive to potential buyers.!

Now I'll illustrate exactly how to make $100,000 each and every year or more with some anecdotes and an overview of the process itself.

My brother and his wife were shopping recently in Canada. On the way back to their home in upstate New York they happened across an estate sale that was going on. They got there late in the day so a lot of the antiques and other more "obvious" items of value such as the furniture and silverware were already sold.

But, since he's my brother and he knows a lot about used books because he had a good teacher (me)-- he picked up two boxes of books for $4. He took them home and gave me a call.

Let me tell you right now that what he told me is not an usual circumstance. In fact it is very common.
One of the books he picked up was a first edition of Thomas Handforth's Mei Le valued at $125. Another was a rare architectural book valued at $50. The total value of the books he "picked up" for just 4 bucks was over $500! And it took him all of fifteen minutes.

Remember:

1. Merchandise to sell is everywhere. You never know when collectibles will come up at yard sales, church sales, library sales or auctions. There are hundreds of thousands of wholesale directories and liquidators that are eager to talk to you. So finding inventory for selling over the Internet shouldn't be a problem for you.

2. The most important thing for a beginner to understand about building an inventory is that you do not have to spend a lot of money to begin this business. All it takes is a few dollars and the right knowledge. Never spend more than a few dollars per item in the beginning.
Remember that the condition of the collectible item, will more than anything else determine the amount collectors will bid for it.

Remember that the demand of any item, that will more than anything else determine the amount someone will bid for it.
Now, we have a framework for determining the exact steps needed to take in order to start making $100,000 a year. But first a few warnings:

There is a tendency for many who purchase this Report to begin buying everything in sight. Don't do that. Begin buying slowly.

I will assume for a moment that you have actaully read this Report and that you are now so excited about the possibilities of profiting from buying and selling on eBay that you're on fire and ready to go do it!

Good! That's what I want to hear! But first, as I learned through much hard won experience in the stock market that, "Well bought is well sold". It's good advice and applies to buying and selling on eBay as well as the stock and bond market.

What it means simply is this: If you can buy merchandise that your know can be sold for 3 to 10 times what you paid for it, at a minimum, then you have bought right.

For example: If you buy a used book for $2 and can only sell it for $4, or 2 times what you paid for it- you will never make any money in this business. In fact, you won't even be able to cover your expenses.

If you've followed everything I've said so far in this book what I'm about to say will flip that little light bulb in your brain and get it thinking and dreaming and scheming! It's time to make money! A lot of money!

Consider the following facts:
There are millions of collectors worldwide.
The price collectors pay is, to a certain degree, the price you put on it.
The Internet is a centralized marketplace for every conceivable kind of merchandise anywhere and it's presence is speeding up the rate at which everything is bought and sold.
The more items you list on eBay's "selling gateway"- as I like to call it- the more you will sell.

Make it your personal goal, right now, to:
Sell 10 to 20 items a day (with about a $15 to $30 gross mark-up, net, on each (10 X 30 X 334 days/year= $100,200)

You see that making a $100,000 a year in this business is really very easy? With a little help you could do better than $100,000. It is all up to you.

Remember there is no selling- demand is so strong you do nothing more than 'supply' what the market says it wants. All you have to do is listen to what the market says!

The mark-up you are willing to settle for, is really up to you. "Condition" for collectible items is the key word in every transaction. The better the condition- the higher the price you can get for it. Collectors and other dealers will pay a premium for better items.

If you make a very good buy- pass those savings on to the next person- as long as your "profit goals" are being met, why not? The collector or dealer you gave the bargain to will remember you the next time they want to buy.

With new merchandise that you buy wholesale or liquidated merchandise the key word is "Demand". Make sure you test the market carefully before buying that truckload of ash trays- buy a couple to start and 'TEST THE MARKET".

What kind of indicators should you look for when testing the market?

Number of bids (shows buying interest)
Number of page hits (shows general interest)
Amount sold for above cost (shows strength or lack of market demand)

With this information in hand you will be well prepared to profit early and often on Internet auctions.


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