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Have you found it difficult to make money on the internet? If so, you're not alone.
Whilst the internet is an incredible animal, in my opinion it is becoming increasingly difficult to find ways and means of making a decent income via internet marketing.
It used to be that many people in internet marketing could earn big money by following the ideas promoted by the early adopters on the net. But the internet marketplace has begun to resemble to network marketing. In other words, if you are high enough in the internet pyramid, you can look forward to earning a good slice of income.
As more and more people have piled in, looking to make money from the internet space, the competition continues to grow exponentially. And with most people in internet marketing following the principles put forward by a handful of so called gurus, it isn't surprising that few are these followers are doing well.
The irony is that as the internet space gets more crowded, this brings greater opportunity to those of us who recognize how to take advantage of it.
Think about this...
The number of websites continues to grow to dizzying numbers. When you went onto Google's search engine, they used to show how many pages it had indexed. But it got silly, and they stopped showing the number some years ago when it went over 2 billion!
Just imagine, you set up a website to sell something. You build a really great looking website. Your products are stunning, and your pricing is unbeatable. Whoopee, you're going to make your fortune!
The only problem is that nobody on the internet knows your site exists. You can try spending that fortune you haven't got, on getting your website noticed - if you wish.
Or, and here's a little idea for you, you could take your products and place them on a website which already gets massive internet traffic. And then all you have to do is attract a tiny fraction of that traffic to take a look at your proposition.
I know what I would rather do.
And that, ladies and gentleman, is what eBay offers you.
Why set up a new website and try and compete with the giants who have unlimited marketing budgets?
Why try and sell anything from a website that gets zero traffic?
eBay is already there, is known the world over and gets billions of visitors each month.
If you have good products at good pricing, your ONLY challenge with eBay is to use smart techniques to channel some of their traffic to see your offerings.
There is plenty of information freely available on the internet to show you how to get your share of eBay's traffic.
If you want to make money on the internet, the choice is yours. You can compete with 2 billion plus other websites, or you can attach yourself to the coat tails of eBay.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Which Type of eBay Seller are You?
Autor: gbm000 :: View PDF :: Print View
I believe there are four types of sellers operating on eBay.
The distinction between each of these types is quite marked. And the type of seller you are to a large extent determines how successful you're going to be and therefore has an impact on the amount of money you can potentially earn from eBay.
eBay Seller Type 1
Type one's are basically eBay amateurs, or newbies. They run a few auctions and sell a few items. They may operate in a specialist niche, but they aren't interested in replicating their sales in other niches. They may well be happy at this level of eBay activity as they have no aspirations to develop their eBay involvement into a business, whether part or full-time.
eBay Seller Type 2
These eBayers are apparently successful. Many PowerSellers are Type two's. What they do is buy lots of different physical products to sell on eBay. Their time is taken in purchasing products, receiving and storing goods, managing auctions, packaging items and shipping products.
They may be doing well financially, but they work long hours, are tied to their eBay and find it difficult to take a holiday.
eBay Seller Type 3
These are sellers who have found a way to be highly successful in a single category or niche, and they deal in volume. For example, they might sell DVDs or computer memory. They beat off competition from other sellers who offer similar or identical products, normally by aggressive pricing. Such sellers are often held out as the best examples of people making money out of eBay. They have significant turnover, and thousands or even hundreds of thousands of feedback. They can also have employees on their books.
Although successful financially, the truth is they are totally tied to eBay and, like type two's, find it difficult to fit in a vacation.
eBay Seller Type 4
Type 4 sellers use eBay for what it is - an amazingly powerful marketing tool. For Type fours, eBay is a means to an end, and that end isn't running thousands of auctions concurrently. The end is to create an internet business of which eBay is one element.
Type fours are information sellers. But they are different to most information sellers out there in that what they offer is usually unique and often self-created.
Type fours know that eBay is great place to sell, but realise that it's an even better source of leads for other sales. They treat each visitor to their eBay auctions as prospects. These sellers will try and encourage each prospect to buy from their eBay auction, to visit their website where other items are for sale and to encourage the visitor to leave their email address so that more offers can be made to them in future.
Type four sellers see eBay as a building block, not the end of the line.
Which type of eBay seller are you?
I believe there are four types of sellers operating on eBay.
The distinction between each of these types is quite marked. And the type of seller you are to a large extent determines how successful you're going to be and therefore has an impact on the amount of money you can potentially earn from eBay.
eBay Seller Type 1
Type one's are basically eBay amateurs, or newbies. They run a few auctions and sell a few items. They may operate in a specialist niche, but they aren't interested in replicating their sales in other niches. They may well be happy at this level of eBay activity as they have no aspirations to develop their eBay involvement into a business, whether part or full-time.
eBay Seller Type 2
These eBayers are apparently successful. Many PowerSellers are Type two's. What they do is buy lots of different physical products to sell on eBay. Their time is taken in purchasing products, receiving and storing goods, managing auctions, packaging items and shipping products.
They may be doing well financially, but they work long hours, are tied to their eBay and find it difficult to take a holiday.
eBay Seller Type 3
These are sellers who have found a way to be highly successful in a single category or niche, and they deal in volume. For example, they might sell DVDs or computer memory. They beat off competition from other sellers who offer similar or identical products, normally by aggressive pricing. Such sellers are often held out as the best examples of people making money out of eBay. They have significant turnover, and thousands or even hundreds of thousands of feedback. They can also have employees on their books.
Although successful financially, the truth is they are totally tied to eBay and, like type two's, find it difficult to fit in a vacation.
eBay Seller Type 4
Type 4 sellers use eBay for what it is - an amazingly powerful marketing tool. For Type fours, eBay is a means to an end, and that end isn't running thousands of auctions concurrently. The end is to create an internet business of which eBay is one element.
Type fours are information sellers. But they are different to most information sellers out there in that what they offer is usually unique and often self-created.
Type fours know that eBay is great place to sell, but realise that it's an even better source of leads for other sales. They treat each visitor to their eBay auctions as prospects. These sellers will try and encourage each prospect to buy from their eBay auction, to visit their website where other items are for sale and to encourage the visitor to leave their email address so that more offers can be made to them in future.
Type four sellers see eBay as a building block, not the end of the line.
Which type of eBay seller are you?
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