This book will help you determine whether selling seriously on eBay is right for you and, if it is, how to go about it in a profitable way. The recommendations are intended especially for consignment sellers, but most apply equally to other forms of inventory sourcing. Applying just one of the recommendations in this book can save you many times the purchase price. This book has been revised to reflect the changes that eBay and PayPal made in Spring 2008. The author has been through an eBay consignment business as a partner in a startup and as a sole proprietor of an eBay Drop Off Store. Follow his advice and you can have an eBay business without having to learn his lessons the hard way.

“GROW RICH with eBay Consignment is a powerful tool for achieving financial goals online. Christopher Matthew is an eBay pioneer. I don't believe in ‘get rich schemes’ — Christopher Matthew's wealth of wisdom will give you a foundation for success. Christopher Matthew has the rare combined talents of a historian, an innovator and a leader in the unique arena of eBay business development. I believe, if you read this book and apply the education here, you will find what you need to know to become a vendor, who is respected and successful on eBay and beyond.” — Kathy Ireland, Chairman, CEO and Chief Designer, kathy ireland Worldwide "For over a decade, I've watched Christopher Matthew Spencer refine his consignment seller business. He is one of the few that succeeded and mastered this occupation. If you are serious about starting your own, this book must be your guide." —Marsha Collier, author of 42 books on eBay, social media commerce and customer service; radio host and Forbes Top Influencer “Christopher Matthew Spencer has done an amazing job of explaining the nuts and bolts of running an eBay consignment business. Whether you are a one-person operation or a well-staffed business, you’ll benefit from Christopher Matthew’s advice.” —Ina Steiner, editor of EcommerceBytes eBay offers you a surefire path to earn money from the convenience and comfort of your very own home. In 1999, Christopher Matthew Spencer was featured in Time for his success as an eBay consignment sales expert; and he continues to run a highly-successful business today. In good and bad times, people have tons of unwanted stuff. And they would rather pass these items on to you so that you can turn them into cash. Christopher Matthew Spencer is a pioneering authority on eBay consignment and has even worked for eBay University educating thousands on best practices for selling on the site. In this book, he shares: Planning, starting & managing a profitable eBay consignment businessFinding the best clients who have valuable items that they want you to sell for them and are eager to compensate you generously for your time and the convenience of having you handle everythingLow-cost ways to promote yourself for guaranteed results and minimal time investedUnlocking unlimited free publicity to get the word out about your eBay consignment businessAvoiding the pitfalls of running your own business and learning proven success tips that will guarantee profitsProfiles and case studies of people just like you, who have successfully earned a living through eBay consignment An evergreen, one-of-a-kind book by an expert marketeer and an eBay veteran who has been there and can show you how to get there too! An extraordinary treasure chest of information and the best book for achieving success of its kind.

Make big profits on eBay with no upfront investment! Make thousands of dollars per week--with little or no financial risk--selling other people’s stuff on eBay. How to Start and Run an eBay Consignment Business explains how to locate and work with consignors and successfully deal in the goods they want to sell, including collectibles, retail store closeouts, estate items, corporate merchandise, and much more. Find out how to get started selling on consignment, decide what kinds of items will be the most profitable, and set up your business. You’ll get sample contracts, forms, and flyers, as well as tips on creating a web site, marketing your business, and automating day-to-day tasks. Whether you want to supplement your income or become a registered eBay Trading Assistant, you’ll find everything you need in this helpful, step-by-step guide.

Learn to recognize valuable collectibles, and avoid junk. Start part-time and expand your income when you're ready.

This guide provides practical tips for ambitious online sellers who are ready to expand their horizons beyond eBay. Holden presents a general overview of the larger online auction scene and explains how to do things like connect with collectors at specialized sites, open an online storefront, or sell merchandise at trade shows.

Everything you need to know to start and run a successful eBay business eBay now has 100 million active users and just keeps growing. And they have turned to For Dummies books and bestselling eBay author Marsha Collier to help guide them through buying and selling on eBay for over a decade. This nine-books-in-one guide has now been updated to cover all the newest eBay seller tools, new techniques to drive sales, new ways to enhance an eBay business using social media, and more. Marsha Collier covers the basics, essential tools, professional selling tips, where to find merchandise, how to showcase and promote your stuff, storage and shipping, advice for Power Sellers, and legal/office issues. A complete update of the bestselling eBay business guide Covers getting the necessary eBay selling tools, how to do product research and set up payment systems, and tips on setting prices, creating good listings, and organizing sales Helps you find things to sell at prices that will make a profit, create listings that get attention, take great merchandise photos, and promote your items on social media sites Offers advice on providing customer service, safely storing and shipping your merchandise, and handling necessary bookkeeping and tax chores Includes how to analyze data and establish the needed resources to become a Power Seller eBay Business All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition is the soup-to-nuts guide for running a successful eBay business.

Solid gold information from a Gold-level seller! Veteran eBay expert and author Skip McGrath presents a completely updated guide to the new, drastically altered site. Under its new management, eBay has instituted many important changes, and this revised edition addresses the company’s modified fee structures, new (and controversial) feedback system, and more, while guiding sellers through the steps of starting, expanding, and automating a successful eBay business. McGrath offers tips on what’s popular with eBay’s buyers, as well as on drop shipping, controlling costs, managing inventory, writing headlines and descriptions that sell, launching your first auctions, and more.