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Why Twitter is the new eBay for make money online profits

By Samantha On September 18, 2009 3 Comments Thank you for returning to our Internet Marketing Blog. To be the first to hear about updates please subscribe.

I made my first wage online by showing others how to profit from selling niche items on eBay and five years on there is still vast profits to be made out of eBay if you put the effort in. Before I built a single webpage eBay was my vice it paid for everything that I wanted or needed and allowed me to have fun making money online. I made lots of friends with fellow sellers and had an absolute ball the only thing that upset me was the fees that were been ripped away from me in the form of eBay sellers fees. I had a shop and used to use the shop to get subscribers on my list when I very first started building a profitable mailing list.

What to sell on eBay right now

By Samantha On August 22, 2009 2 Comments

This is a question that is asked of me a lot. And even though eBay has changed their format to accommodate the “big boys” and seem to have forgotten the “small sellers” and Stay at Home Moms” that actually built eBay, I believe that it is still a viable source of income for a lot of small businesses.

But instead of the “good ol’ days” when you could empty out your closet and make a lot of money, you have to be careful as to where and what you purchase for resell. The buyers today are a lot more picky then they have been in the past either due to the economy or the “mystery and glamour” of eBay has started to wear off.

An Honest Review – The Best Ways To Source Wholesale Gifts With Salehoo.com

By Samantha On August 1, 2009 Comments Off

Before you read anything else about SaleHoo just think about how a few simple tips can transform your wholesale business…..

Getting into wholesale gifts is a great way to get started in online selling. For existing retailers, it’s perfect for expanding your product range. Wholesale gifts encompass so many great markets as well as some highly lucrative niches!

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You could get into jewellery, homeware such as vases and wall art, picture frames and candles, or gift cards, bath sets or garden ornaments, so there are plenty of items to keep you interested. Best of all, there are so many people who will buy from you not only for others, but also for themselves!

A special offer for you

By Samantha On January 22, 2009 Comments Off

When I started my Internet marketing Career like many others it developed on eBay and soon became nicknamed “the queen of eBay”. I became a Powerseller in ninety days and developed an eye for finding niches on the auction site that I believe are still available today.

I was also one of the first to start building my mailing list from eBay utilising the system to my advantage.

I now take advantage of the eBay traffic system without actually paying anything in eBay fees. eBay charges a fortune in eBay fees and why should we all have to pay such a large amount when there are fantastic alternatives.

New Year Inspirations

By Samantha On December 29, 2008 4 Comments

Well it’s got to that time of year again hasn’t it? That hard part we will go through each and every year. The part when we have become bored after eating all the Christmas food, drinking far too much celebrating the Christmas season and stuffing our faces with chocolate.

That’s when we have those thoughts………..

Have I achieved everything that I set out to achieve in the past year and what do I want to achieve in the year to come. I’m not talking about unrealistic goals either.

Using eBay to obtain sales

By Samantha On December 24, 2008 6 Comments

In the Internet Marketing field we ALL take the mick out of marketers that sell information products on Ebay. I know I used to regularly be the victim of those jokes. We have always believed the same that Ebay makes your product look cheap and tacky and completely looses its value. After all how many cheap e-books are sold on Ebay for less than £2.00.

There are far too many to go into great detail about – you could probably do a search on Ebay and find way over 1,000 different ones.

Before I carry on I used to be one of them until the autumn of 2005 when I realised that the Ebay fees were simply too much of an annoying outgoing.

I used to find niches on Ebay that everyone else was oblivious to and I was one of the first to sell products for a penny on Ebay but it was all about Internet Marketing.

When I sold an E-Book for a penny I could VERY easily sell over 1,000 a week and it was my starting point for building up my mailing list. When I sent out the customers order via email download I would offer them some extra products for free in exchange for opting in. In general one in five would join up (20%) and many are still on my list today.

The penny auction was also rather popular with sellers too! When you join Ebay as a seller it doesn’t look good that you have zero feedback so sellers would buy about 10 different products from the low auctions and use the feedback from those sales to get them a good reputation.

One of my other gems was selling the Cabbage Soup Diet and at £6.99 a go I was laughing even though now it is over done at the usual £1.99. I’m just using this as an example there are many, many more niches to be had on Ebay its just a case of secretly looking for them just like I have.

Let’s get on to the best bit!

Ebay trying to cut down on the large quantity of information products sold on Ebay recently banned automatic download for their sellers. The way the sellers have got around this is by selling the downloadable media on CD or DVD instead. But we all know the amount of content that we can place on a CD these days is it really worth it!

After all why sell a copy of a Police Auction guide on a CD on its own?

What would the environmental Secretary have to say about it?

Well there are an awful amount of Ebayers selling just that right now on Ebay. What if you could go to them and offer them a solution.

I have personally been contacting sellers for weeks now offering them the opportunity to cash in on it. Say you have your own viral e-book or report that you can offer for free in exchange to fantastic exposure back to you. You see every time a new person buys off Ebay they will also receive your new product on the same CD and when they read they then go on to either visit your website or join your mailing list.

Now that is a result!

I don’t have a sellers account anymore as I don’t need one all I do is buy things from Ebay for personal use. I also have a fantastic about me page with links to my websites and affiliate links. I regularly contact ten different Ebayers a week and offer my products for free in exchange to feature on their CD.

The best bit is they always say YES!

They are always thankful and can’t believe they are getting up to date content to their customers for free after all many are selling E-Books that are four years old!

In affect this is completely free advertising or selling of your products without having to list anything or pay any sellers fees – what more could you want?

This loophole though isn’t going to be available forever sellers are soon going to get wise and start selling space on their discs and who could blame them – if I was selling on Ebay I would.

So any sellers reading this that sell on Ebay – why don’t you sell space on your discs via Internet Marketing Forums or your About Me Page after all it is FREE advertising and you have nothing to loose.

What if you sold 10 spaces a week on the grounds that it would be included in 50 CDs at £30 a go that would earn you an extra £300 per week for doing nothing!

Also think about the wonderful feedback you will receive for their “bonus e-books” it would be amazing!

Think about the difference it could make either as the seller or the E-Book owner!

I have a fantastic pack of two E-books where I write about my ideas surrounding Ebay and ways to discover your own niche. It also comes with help on Ebay issues. The best bit is that it comes with Master Resale Rights. Click Here For Details

Thanks for reading and I hope that this blog is making the difference in showing you how to make money online. Whether you are new to internet marketing or are an internet marketing expert there is always something new to learn.