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That Hot Seller Inside Your Head! $Ebooks Instructions$

by: kneehigh-to-a-grasshopper( 1624Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999) Top 100 Reviewer
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 Want to make money off of Ebay? It's not a get rich quick ploy - it really is super-simple to sell on Ebay and that Money Making Idea is just sitting in your head!


What is your hobby or your intrests? Sometimes some of the best sellers are original instructions or guides that you are simply passing on from your life to the Ebay world! Everyone has something that they have learned or has been passed down to them. Something that is somewhat unique. Do you know how to make hairbows? Is your little girl the cutiest pigtailed princess in her class because of hairbows you make for her? Or maybe you prefer to dress up your pampered pooch instead? Next time you get some freetime sit down and think about how you would teach someone to make your hairbows (or how to do whatever your nitch is).

Do you create adorable one of a kind outfits for your little princess?  Teach how to "boutique" a pair of jeans or a skirt... Maybe you have learned how to do something seemingly complex like a home improvement technique.... Do you have a skill or talent that everyone seems to say to you "I wish you would show me how to do that".... Put your thoughts to paper, well, virtual and you will have an Ebook that you can sell on Ebay!


Here's how you do it.... 

Have someone take pictures of you creating step by step, and jot down in easy terms how to make each item (or how to repair...install....etc), following along with those pictures! You can sell your creations on Ebay as well as the instructions on how to make them! Think about why your item is unique and sell it in your auction description. Maybe you know how to make great scrapbooks - or decoupage, teach others how AND sell your creations on Ebay! Or perhaps have you found something that was extremely helpful in your own life, great cleaning tips, or maybe you can get a stain out of ANYTHING... or know how to remove ANY stain... start jotting those ideas down!

Or maybe you have became an Ebay queen or king by listing normal household and yard sale finds. Or you keep your tots dressed by selling their outgrown clothes on Ebay instead of nickle and diming them at Yard Sales. Sit down and write out an easy-to-understand how-to Sell on Ebay and how-to find great items to sell!

My nitch was when I welcomed twin boys into my life, I found by searching the web and talking to friends that there are companies out there that will send parents of multiples free gifts - full size items - postage paid - as a welcome gift without any obligations - just hoping that since they know parents of multiples will be buying a ton of stuff in the future that you will love them right off! It just takes writting a letter or even a phone call to enroll for these goodies! I recieved TONS of free items from diapers to toys! Great brand name companies too! So I sat down and wrote out a list of all the companies and their mailing addresses, email addresses or phone numbers. Save the already overwhelmed parents-to-be many hours and days worth of searching!  (If my "Multiples" list isn't posted in an ad but you are intrested in it, please drop me an email - I only charge $4.99 and people recieve in average $75+ worth of items!!)


This doesn't require anything fancy, or advanced computer knowlege, Microsoft Word or Adobe will be plenty. Dress it up by playing with the fonts color and size and adding relevant pictures! You can even get Adobe for free at www.adobe.com

Tah-dah now you have a creative selling item!


The complex part is figuring out how to maximize the auction title to include the most relevant search keywords - such as "Boutique Hairbow Hair Bow How-To Instructions" or "Learn to Scrapbook How To Instructions!" You can find great selling sites to aide you in your listings, there is auctiva.com, inkfrog.com or sellersourcebook.com, just to name a few! Some sites (*like Auctiva) are even FREE to use!  (more on those in another guide of mine). These sites take a lot of the mystery and talent out of listing by providing easy-to-use fill-in-the blank style listings - complete with an array of backgrounds and they allow you to add numerous pictures to your listing without ringing up high Ebay listing fees! It really can be that easy!

Ebay is a very simple envirorment to Sell and Buy on in your own free time - so make it work for you!

 Happy Ebaying!



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Guide ID: 10000000000833859Guide created: 04/02/06 (updated 11/06/09)

 
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