Archive for January, 2008

Hi everyone, I hope your day was great. Ebay announced that they lowered their auction fees. Or did they? They seem to be making a killing off of final value fees already. So why did they raise all the final value fee percentages? Well, they lowered auction fees. There are some changes that will effect everyone. And there are some changes that will only affect a few people. Ebay has lowered their pricing because they say the competition is getting fierce with other online marketplaces. Could it have something to do with the federal reserve lowering the interest rates by over one point in less than a month? After all, even though ebay has competition, they are still king when it comes to auction marketplaces.

Ebay announced lower insertion fees and higher commission fees on auction, fixed-price and Store listings that go into effect on February 20, 2008. In addition, eBay will begin giving US and Canadian sellers up to a 15 percent discount on Final Value Fees based on Detailed Seller Ratings beginning in April 2008.

While auctions listed with a starting price of less than $1 will cost 15 cents in Insertion fees (down from the current 20 cents), eBay will no longer allow sellers to list items in fixed-price format for under $1.

At the same time, eBay is increasing Final Value Fees. Items that sell for under $25 are currently charged 5.25% of the closing value - this will be increased to 8.75%. The final value fee for items that sell for between $25.01 - $1,000 are currently 5.25% of the initial $24, plus 3.25% of the remaining closing value balance; this will change to 8.75% and 3.5%, respectively.

Final value fees for Store Inventory listings will rise from 10% to 12% for items that sell for $25 and less. For items that sell for between $25 and $1,000, the fees will be 12.00% of the initial $25.00, plus 8.00% of the remaining closing value balance.

Reserve fees will no longer be refundable if the item sells. EBay also announced that it will begin giving US and Canadian PowerSellers up to a 15 percent discount on Final Value Fees based on Detailed Seller Ratings beginning in April 2008.

There is some good news for most people. But for sellers like me, who use buy it now when they sell; we will be charged outrageous fees every time something sells. Time to recalculate your ebay fee listings. Your profit margin will be sure to drop. Just make sure you charge people accordingly on your auction listings. We can all overcome this recession together. Pinch your pennies, pay attention to detail, and we will get through this just fine.

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LP@thehomedropshipguide.com

Hi everyone, I hope you are doing good. If you sell on ebay; you are familar with an auction winner that doesn’t pay. Did you know you could get your auction fees returned if a high bidder doesn’t pay? You can get all your money back, the fees, any final value fees, auction extras, everything.

It’s not right, that someone bids on an auction knowing that they can’t or won’t pay for it. Sellers on ebay get stuck with all kinds of charges because the auction was successful. Most sellers just pay for the auction. They don’t go after any fees returned that they are entitled to receive, if an ebay user doesn’t pay. Sometimes the buyer may take several days or weeks before they respond or pay you. But with a little tender care you can have most of your buyers pay with a friendly reminder.

If the high bidder doesn’t pay, there are several steps you can take. After each high bidder wins one of your auctions, the item goes into “My ebay”. My ebay is a place you can go to manage your ebay account. Just go to the items you have sold section. Now you will see all the items you have sold. Next to each item sold you will also notice the high bidder’s name. There are icons on each item sold that you can use. Just float the cursor over the icons until you see reminder. You can send each high bidder a reminder every 3 days.

If they don’t pay by the third reminder; ebay will give you back, all the fees you got charged for that auction. Just hit the refund auction fees button. Usually by the second reminder the high bidder will pay. Nobody wants a bad ebay account. Ebay goes by the 3 strikes and you’re out rule. If it is reported that you won 3 auctions and didn’t pay. Ebay will suspend your account. That’s why most high bidders will pay you by the second reminder.

Don’t ever leave a negative feedback unless; you have reminded them to pay 3 times and you got your auction fees refunded from ebay already. This way, if the person decides to give you a revenge negative, you can have it removed. This is one of the only ways ebay will ever remove a negative. It may take ebay a few months to remove it, but they will. I usually send the buyer a personal email, to remind them on the second reminder. This is usually enough to remind them.

Sometimes people bid on dozens of things every day, so they may forget about your auction. Just remember to be nice and professional in all your reminders to pay. Don’t ever threaten anyone to pay. If you follow these guidelines, you will have almost all of your winning bidders pay you.

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Hi everyone, I hope your weekend was great. As you know, once a month I have been posting a success story from someone who started a home business. Today’s success story comes from someone that has only been doing it part time for about 3 months. His name is Brian Novak and I helped him for about 2 months. Brian was already on ebay, so he was pretty familar with the way ebay works. He was only a buyer on ebay and just didn’t know how to sell. Brian was a quick learner with lots of pep. My previous success stories were about people who had been running a home business for a year or more. I asked Brian to write a success story for my blog because he made such great progress under my wing, in such a short period of time.

My name is Brian Novak.I am 29 years old & live in Salem New Hampshire.I bought Lisas drop ship guide in November last year.I have been on Ebay for about 1 year.I only used Ebay to buy things up until I bought Lisas guide.I only bought her guide because she said she would help me start a home business.I emailed her & asked if she could teach me how to sell on ebay & she didn’t hesitate to say yes.She seems to be the only one around offering her help for 3 months if you buy her guide.What a great deal!Lisa helped me get started & more than I ever expected.She did research to find some wholesalers for me.She basically held my hand all the way through the starting process.I wanted to sell Playstations and Xboxes but we found out that you have to have a real storefront to do that.Some kind of licensing agreement with Sony & Microsoft stopped me from selling video game consoles online.I started by selling accessories for Playstation, Xbox, & the Wii.I sold more items in my first week on Ebay than I did since I signed up for Ebay.I had a feedback rating of 53 with 100% positives when I started.That probably played a little role in my success.But all the tips Lisa showed me really helped.I saved money & learned more than I ever expected.Lisa really knows her stuff when it comes to Ebay.I was surprised how easy it was.I wish I found Lisa a long time ago.I have unfortunately fallen for many get rich quick schemes.Here are the numbers since Lisa started helping me sell on Ebay.The first month of Lisa helping me I made a little under $1000.00 profit.The month of December I made over $5000.00!!She said it was probably because of Christmas.This month I already made over $2000.00 & should make about $2500.00 profit when all is said and done.I have to average over $1000.00 in sales for 3 months on Ebay to become a Power Seller.I should receive the Power Seller invitation email any day now.I am only selling on Ebay right now.But I have taken her advice about expanding into a website.I am having a professional website built & it should be done by the week of February 5^th.I haven’t quit my day job yet.My wife doesn’t want me to quit my regular job until I can prove that I can make better money on Ebay.I don’t make as much on Ebay as my regular job yet.Maybe a couple more months and I will be making more money.But I am very happy with making over $2000.00 extra each month.

Thank you for all your help Lisa!I am very grateful that I met you.

I hope you all enjoyed this success story. I am happy Brain was willing to write about his success story. He is my new pride and joy. I worked hard to help him. He is actually putting what I taught him to good use. All he needed was someone to show him the ropes.

Thanks for reading my blog everyone, see you tomorrow.

Hi everyone, I hope your weekend is going well. Too many new people get scammed on ebay. New ebay members are prime targets for scam artists. That’s because new members might not know how things work yet. They may be easy prey because they don’t know about all the popular scams that happen with ebay. From phishing emails to bad bidding practices; New members fall for these scams everyday of the week. Today I am going to explain a few things so you are aware of the ways you can be scammed on ebay.If you are a buyer on ebay, you will be protected if you use paypal for all your auction payments. If you are unhappy with a purchase or never receive your item; you can start a dispute through paypal’s great buyer protection program. Just open a new case and fill in your details about the transaction, then paypal will investigate it for you. It may take up to 30 days before your money is returned, but at least you get your money back. It’s terrible when a seller tries to rip you off on ebay. Just make sure all your payments are through ebay and you will be covered.Although, you will make more money using as many payment methods as possible for your customers. I suggest using a paypal account if you are mainly doing business on ebay. If you are a seller on ebay then you should get a premier/business account on paypal. It’s free and you will be protected against fraud by 100% of the sales you make. You are covered if someone purchases your goods with a stolen credit card or other kind of fraud payment method. Buyers are less likely to try and scam you through paypal, but it does happen.

Spoof and phishing emails are the most common way new ebay members are scammed. Spoof and phishing emails look exactly like ebay or paypal emails. Con-artists have got really good in the past few years. They can make any ebay or paypal email look and seem real. The one sure way to avoid these scam emails is to never click onto the links in the email. Some of the links can steal your information when you click on them. If you do click onto the links in the email; it will bring you to a page that looks like ebay except the web address. The web address it brings you to, is not www.ebay.com or www.paypal.com web address. It is always another website that you won’t recognize. That’s because the scammer sent you to their own little hack website.

You may get and email telling you that your account needs urgent attention. The email may tell you your account was suspended or you logged in from a different ip address. The email may say you need to fix your account or it may be suspended. The con-artists will try every way possible to get you to click the links in the email. If you click the link in the email it will bring you to a website that looks just like ebay or paypal. The web page will probably ask you to sign in. When you sign in, the con-artist steals your account login information. Some con-artists may even direct you to a page that asks for personal information like your social security number and bank information.

Bidding scams are another way that new ebay members are scammed. It is called bid shilling and shielding. A seller or buyer will probably have have two or more ebay accounts. It could even be two or more individuals that are in ca-hoots together. Bidding scams are few and far between, but that doesn’t mean that sellers don’t do it anymore. One buyer will place a small bid. Another account or two will place a much higher bid. Then right before the auction ends, the highest bidder withdraws their bid. Then the person that bid the amount in between gets stuck paying for the auction. This type of scam bidding can be done from the bidder or the seller. Bid shilling and shielding is against ebays rules and regulations. Don’t try it or your account will be suspended if you are caught.

Ebay and paypal will never ask you to sign in to your account from an email. They will never ask for any of your personal information through email. Don’t be a victim of scam. Protect your personal information. If you receive an email that says it is from paypal or ebay; you can forward it to them and see if it is a fake email. Just forward the email to spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com .

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Hi everyone, I hope you are well. So many times I have seen a good business with potential ruin itself by not being consistent. Too many people quit before they even start. I bet most of you already quit your new years resolution. How can you stick with your daily routine and chase your goals at the same time? Chasing your goals is a tough thing to do without quiting. One little obstacle in your way can ruin all your plans and dreams. You have to be strong and think about the good things that happen as you reach each goal.Making a change in your life can be a very strenuous thing to most people. It can be almost impossible for new changes to take place in your life. The reason most people don’t stick with their goals and dreams is because; Once you get used to a normal, everyday, routine, that’s what you know and rely on everyday to survive. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, is not true in the business world. It takes tons of commitment and motivation to get the things you want in life. People that work a 9-5 job are used to that whole daily routine. Wake up, go to work, come home, shower, eat, spend time with the kids, go to bed and do it again tomorrow. That’s the normal life of most of the people around the world.If you want to have a home business; you have to be willing to change the way you live. You HAVE TO dedicate 1-4 hours a day or more, everyday, until you reach your goals. Don’t say you will do it tomorrow. Tomorrow never comes for most people. Stop procrastinating and get’er done! Make some clear goals and commit to them. Making a clear list of goals make-up a huge part of any businesses success. It is crucial that you plan ahead before you take action. If it doesn’t work on paper, it will never work physically. Try and get someone close to you interested in what you are doing. Sometimes, all it takes is a little encouragement by another loved one to keep you motivated. If you are lucky enough to have someone like that in your life, tell them what your goals are. Whether they push you to you goals or laugh at you, they can be your motivation.

I remember the first time I told my friends what I wanted to do for a living. Some laughed and some encouraged me to do it. What sticks in my head, is the fact that some people didn’t think I could do it and laughed at me. That’s where most of my motivation came from. The fact that people didn’t believe I could make a living at home made me furious. Now, here I am about 10 years later and some of those friends beg me to help them start a home business. So who’s laughing now?

You have to learn how to phase out all the negativity and make them positives. If someone tells you that you can’t do something, you know you can do; doesn’t it make you furious? It’s very easy to use that negativity and turn it into a positive outcome. It all just falls into place, once you teach yourself how to accomplish things on a regular basis to chase your goals. Get yourself into a regular schedule. When you started your 9-5 job, it probably took you at least a few days to get used to the way things worked. It might have taken even longer to feel comfortable about doing tasks at your job.

That’s how it is when you start a home business. You don’t know everything. But if you keep doing it everyday, you soon learn how to do things efficiently without giving up. You will definitely fail when you don’t fully commit yourself to your goals. Force yourself to commit to your business everyday until it becomes a regular routine for you. Just like any other job, it takes some getting used to, in order to succeed at it. If you quit before you even get used to it, you are only fooling yourself. Anyone can make a home business successful. It just takes a little know-how and a lot of commitment.

Thanks for stopping by everyone. See you all tomorrow.

LP@thehomedropshipguide.com

Hi everyone, I hope you’re doing good. I get a lot of questions asking me to explain drop shipping. So today I thought I would explain some things about drop shipping. Drop shipping is a great way to start your home business. You don’t need to buy anything up front. You don’t have any overhead because you work right out of your home. Drop shipping is probably the easiest and best way to start up a home business without any money. The definition of drop shipping is: Drop shipping is a management technique in which the retailer(you) does not keep goods in stock, but instead transfers customer orders and shipment details to wholesalers, who then ship the goods directly to the customer . The retailers make their profit on the difference between the wholesale and retail price.

There are a few things you need to know before you get started with drop shipping. First, you need to find a niche product to sell. Finding the right product is very important. Products may vary in popularity, depending on how new or old the product is. For instance, Velcro is out right now, but 15 years ago it would have been very profitable to sell. When you look for a drop shipper, you need to know exactly what you want to sell. Don’t look for a general drop shipper who sells everything; they are usually middlemen posing as wholesale/drop shippers. Once you find out what product/s you want to sell, your done with the hard part.

Once you find out what you want to sell, you need to search for a real drop shipper/wholesaler. You may have to find more than one drop shipper if you want to sell multiple products. If you have a problem locating a real drop shipper/wholesaler, check out my post about how to find them here: http://thehomedropshipguide.com/blog/?p=254

When you find a drop shipper give them a call and check them out. If the drop shipper doesn’t have a phone number to contact them; DON’T USE THEM. You will surely run into big problems if you can’t contact your supplier by phone. Professional businesses who drop ship have phones to contact them. Go by the simple moto, no phone, no business. When you find a drop shipper that you like, you will have to set up an account with them. You will need to fax your business license and tax id numbers as proof that you are a retailer. If they don’t require a business license or tax id numbers, avoid them, they are not a real wholesaler/drop shipper. Some drop shippers will email you some forms you need to fill out to complete your account setup process. Try and avoid drop shippers/wholesalers with a minimum order requirement. You shouldn’t need to buy a certain amount of product to do business. This is just another way a company can make extra money from you.

Now you need to list and advertise your products. List them on your website or favorite auction marketplace. Do some research online and see what the products you have usually sell for. The price for an item online and in storefronts greatly varies. For instance, stores like Best Buy and Circuit City have huge overhead costs. Home businesses have very low overhead costs, if any. So, online prices tend to be much lower than retail stores. Since you will probably be promoting your products online, I would sell them for the average online price. Now that you have done your price research, list your item with a price that will compete with your competition. If you are buying the product for $50.00 each and they are selling for an average price of $100.00, you have a good product to sell. You make profit for being a middleman. After all, the retailer(you) is the middleman. Your normal, everyday, person, can’t get the products at the same prices you can get them for. These are the benefits of having the right to buy wholesale and resell at retail prices.

Once your items sells, the customer will pay you. When you receive your payment, you can call or email your order to your drop shipper. Remember, you don’t have to pay for anything out of your pocket. The customer pays you, then you pay the drop shipper to send the item to your customer. If you have a good drop shipper, they will send the package with your business name and address on the label. This way, the customer will never know that you drop shipped the product to them. They will think you mailed it from your business residence. This is why drop shipping is so useful when you start a home business. You get paid to advertise a product and give a drop shipper your customer address. The drop shipper does the rest and your business gets the credit.

Drop shipping is very easy and very self explanatory. You do need a business license and/or tax id numbers to work with real wholesalers/drop shippers. But the money you save by doing it the right way and not going to middleman is enormous. If anyone has any questions about drop shipping, feel free to email me. Thanks for reading my blog everyone!

LP@thehomedropshipguide.com

Hi everyone, how are you today? Someone asked me a question today. Can you make any money from blogging? I don’t think there is money in blogging unless you are very lucky. Most of the money bloggers get are from advertisements and affiliates. I’m not really an expert at blogging either. I have only been blogging since September and I am here for the sole reason of helping people. But, there are some very successful bloggers that make 6 digit monthly incomes. Johnchow.com is one of the best known bloggers around the world right now. He talks about everything, not just things he’s good at doing. His blog makes a 6 digit income every month.

Just because someone else is making good money blogging, doesn’t mean you will also. It’s like hitting the lottery sometimes. Advertising is one thing, but to have a following of readers is another. You have to make your blog original and unique. Copy cat blogs don’t really get much attention these days. Offer your readers something that other bloggers are not offering. Free advice that is usually paid for is a great start. To me, information is free to give away. Only a small percentage of people will put the information you give them to use. Even if you are really good at catching peoples attention with your words, you still need more for a blog to make money. Flashy and outrageous or plain and simple? You never know with a blog. It can be hit or miss.

I have seen some really good blogs that don’t get any regular readers. I have seen some really bad blogs get lots of readers. It’s all in how you advertise, as well as what your target audiences are. I am not saying you can’t make money blogging. But I wouldn’t quit your day job to start blogging. Chances are, it won’t pay the bills or rent. I don’t make much with this blog. But I love to help people. I do put a lot of time and effort into this blog. But to me; I feel good knowing I am helping people start a business the right way. I know a lot about home business with over 9 years experience. So I am blogging about something I know best. At the same time, I am keeping people aware of scams and pointing them in the right direction to start their own home business.

Think about it; I am sure you have read someones blog and said to yourself, “they don’t know what they are talking about”. Half the time the blogger just does the copy and paste routine. They can spread bogus information and not even know it. The worst part is; they probably read and believe the garbage they are posting everywhere. That’s the main reason I started blogging about home business. I wanted to help people with good information, instead of selling them on some bogus opinionated advice. There are too many blogs about home business with terrible misleading information. That’s my motivation to keep my blog clear of bogus of false information. Just factual evidence from my experiences.

If you have some expertise in certain areas, you could start a blog to set things straight. You never know, you could make a difference. There are lots of people who read blogs. People tend to believe what they read without any proof. Take your expertise and show them the right way to do things. Your motivation shouldn’t be money if you are thinking about starting a blog. You don’t even have to help anyone like me. You could start a blog about everyday things. You never know, there is different taste of writing for everyone.

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Hi everyone, I hope everything is going well for you. Today I noticed the American stock market has taken a nose dive. For the past few months I have been hearing about this recession. To be honest, I didn’t really think much of the recession. But, in the past few weeks I have really noticed the way people are spending their money. The feds went out of their way to cut fund rates by 0.75 today. That might not sound like a lot, but it is huge. This is the biggest move they have made since 1984. That means they are getting desperate. I even saw some panic in their faces today. The Dow Jones dropped by over 400 points earlier in the day. Only to be recovered at a little over 100 points under as the day ended. Over a 100 point drop in the stock market is huge. When the feds cut fund rates to try and boost the economy, there is something wrong.

Other countries around the world are getting richer while we suffer. The United States has made some pretty bad decisions to bring on this recession. For one, they pretty much force huge companies to move to other countries in order to operate properly. Every time a huge company moves to another country thousands of jobs are lost in the USA. It’s harder than ever to get a good reliable job, that you can stay at for a long period of time. Almost every company seems to be on the verge of disaster. It’s cheaper to operate a business in another country. You don’t have to pay huge salaries to employees if they don’t operate in the USA.

Now is the time to start your home business. You may need some emergency money. While we are in this recession, it’s a good idea to not spend money unless you really need to spend it. Don’t spend more than you make. In the past, you could spend more than you make. Because you knew you could make it up somehow later on. Since we are in a recession (seems like it is going to be a bad one), you never know if you will get your next bill caught up or that car payment fully paid for the month. Most people rely on only one job to pay for the bills and keep a roof over their head. A second or third income will really help out until the recession is over.

If you have kids that live with you; lay down the law and make them get a job to help out. Don’t take all their money, they are kids. They could help with a few bills each month and pay a room-and-board fee regularly. This will set a good example for your kids and get them ready for the real world. Desperate times take desperate measures to fix things. And it is desperate times. The US dollar fell to every major currency in the world except the Yen today. Our money used to be top dog around the world. Now it is getting to the point where other countries won’t except a dollar, because it’s not worth as much as their currency.

We have to bounce back somehow. The only way to bounce back from a recession is to save your money and only spend it on necessities. The bad part is, by saving your money you can’t help the economy. But as Americans, we have to be smart. Even though our government isn’t making the smartest decisions right now. Overcome the bad and be positive the whole way through it. No matter how bad things get, stay with it. One out of 600 homes that has a mortgage, is up for foreclosure in America right now. That’s not good. Even hard working families are struggling right now. All it will take is one bad thing to happen to them and it’s all over. I have seen people get laid off from jobs they have had for decades. Now they don’t have anywhere to go for work. They didn’t have a back-up plan in place just in case things went wrong.

We have to prepare for the worst in recession. Having a back-up plan can be the best preparation you can do in time of recession. Don’t let that one thing destroy your progress towards your dreams. Save as much money as you can. Get some other incomes going in to house. Anywhere you can save money, take advantage of it. Don’t waste any money unless you can spare it. Not all of the people in the USA are in tough times right now. If the recession hasn’t affected you yet; don’t worry, it will. This recession is supposed to be the worst one America has ever seen. I would hate to see anyone lose everything they own because they weren’t prepared for it.

President Bush wants to give us an eight hundred dollar tax break. The sad part is; it won’t make the economy any better. People are just going to pay off bills with the extra money. He wants to give us this money because he thinks people will spend it. But when half the country is in debt over their head; the money won’t do the economy any good at all. Half of Americans polled say they are on the verge of losing everything if things don’t get better. It is going to take a lot more than eight hundred dollars to fix problems amounting in the thousands per family.

Sorry to bore you with this subject everyone, but it needs addressing. I just hope things get better before they get worse. Thanks for reading my blog, see you all tomorrow.

LP@thehomedropshipguide.com

Hi everyone, I hope you’re all doing good on this wonderful Monday. I have been getting a lot of questions asking me; how much someone will make if they start a home business. Don’t expect to make a lot of money overnight. Especially if you are new to making money at home or online. Start out nice and slow. Don’t do more than you can handle. But keep at it everyday. As time goes by you will be more comfortable with the way things go. You will be able to take on more work with experience. Ebay is a great place to get comfortable with online sales. Just like anything else, once you feel more comfortable, you will be able to develop a way to do things more quickly and efficiently.

Start off by selling some stuff around the house. Things you don’t need around the house will help you learn how things work in the online world. If you are thinking about selling used items, ebay would be the best bet for any beginner to learn some sales techniques. When you get used to the way things work, try a little more. Each day make your achievements a little more than the day before. If you keep at it everyday and doing a little more each day; you will find yourself comfortably working in an environment you understand. Don’t confuse yourself by taking on too much, when you don’t know a lot to begin with.

A lot of people fail the first time they try and go into business. Don’t make that mistake of taking on all this work. Get comfortable in your own groove, at your own pace. If you take on too much at once, you are bound to make more mistakes or get frustrated and quit because you don’t understand how things work. I have seen it happen a thousand times. Someone who thinks they are going to be a millionaire overnight. It won’t happen. You will only get back how much you put into it. By taking each step, little by little, at your own pace, will give you a better success rate.

You have to have a positive and laid back attitude. You also have to have a go-get’em strategy. It’s a hard medium to follow. Just find some way to motivate yourself to work every single day. Keep at it but don’t over do it. There is an amazing thing as a pad and paper. At the beginning of each day or preceding night; make a list of the goals you would like to achieve for that day. Use the list like a checklist and make sure you do them all every day. This is a very simple way to make sure you succeed. Don’t procrastinate. Schedule yourself into your business tasks and force yourself to do them. After a while it will become a regular routine.

You want yourself to get into that regular routine. that is when you know you are ready for a little more. Regular routines are a way to show yourself you have developed a strategy to chase your goals. If you give yourself ten tasks throughout the day, it may take you a little longer when you start out; than if you did the same ten things with a month’s practice, upping the ante a little more each day. Of course you would be better and more efficient as time goes by, so that makes sense that will be able to handle a little more and be comfortable with it. Being in a routine you know is the best thing you can do to start your business. You will be more likely to succeed if you know it’s not hard.

When you start anything in life; at first it will seem complicated. When things seem complicated and hard to accomplish, they kinda scare a lot of people away. That’s why you more people quit before they even get started. They think because someone else is doing it, they can do better. that may be true, but not right off the bat. It takes time to learn and master each strategy. Running a successful home business can be an art-form when you do it correctly. Even people that have been in business for years still learn new things. As you get used to running a business, you should try and pick up on new technology available. Technology is a great reason why businesses keep getting better and smarter. I like to learn new things and try new technology.

Don’t listen to these companies that claim you will make a certain amount of money within a short period of time. This may happen, but not without lots of expertise and time. The problem is; all over the internet you can find advertisements like “Make big money over night, you don’t do anything”. Ninety percent of these are scams. Maybe 1% of the people involved will make big money overnight. And that may be because they already knew what they were doing. Most people that get into these scams, really believe they can make big money with no work. They are beginners that expect what they bought to make them money for doing no work at all. The fact of the matter is; hard work pays off.

So get out there and hack away at your goals each day. Little by little, you will find yourself closer to your main goals. Take your time and do things right. Do things at your own pace and don’t worry how much the other guy is making. Just examine what they are doing and try and out do them somehow. Originality is a real eye catcher these days. Double check everything and be as professional as you can at all times. Take these steps into account and you should be fine. The hard part is starting out. Once you do it as an everyday routine, you will see it all fall into place.

Thanks for stopping by everyone. See you all tomorrow.

Hi everyone, I hope you had a great weekend. I have all kinds of people ask me if they should go with Doba or Simplx. So today I am going to tell you why you shouldn’t deal with these companies. Buying from a real wholesale distributor will be much different than buying from a company that says they are a wholesale distributor but they are not. Lots of companies pose as wholesale distributors, but they are just a middleman stealing profit from you. You have to go right to the source of what you want to sell.

Companies like Doba and Simplx are middlemen. They both charge high membership fees. They both offer garbage merchandise for too much money. They also sell products from several thousand manufacturers. Real wholesale distributors don’t usually carry all kinds of products like this. The way Doba and Simplx work are; You buy from Doba or Simplx, They buy from the wholesale distributor. And the wholesale distributor gets it from the manufacturer. In some cases they buy from a retailer, who bought it from the wholesale distributor, who they bought from the manufacturer. That puts you 4th or 5th down the line before you touch the product. That’s not a real wholesale distributor, like they claim to be.

You should be 2nd or 3rd in line if you are buying from a real source. Your first source to a direct connection with the product is the manufacturer. This would make you second to touch the product and no middlemen. It would go from the manufacturer to you. This is the best way to make maximum profit. But most manufacturers don’t deal with home businesses, so they have authorized wholesale distributors. The wholesale distributors are the ones you will most likely be working with to get product. That would make you 3rd in line. It would go from the manufacturer, to the wholesale distributor, to you. This is the only way to buy wholesale goods without middlemen.

Real wholesale distributors don’t have any monthly membership fees. They don’t offer thousands of products at your fingertips. They are real authorized wholesale distributors. Most authorized wholesale distributors only specialize in a few name brands. For instance, if you wanted to buy Sony and General Electric products, you may have to find 2 different wholesale distributors. It’s a lot of work, but you don’t deal with middlemen by doing things this way. The sure way to spot a middleman; they are the ones offering thousands of products for sale. Real wholesale distributors have signed contracts with the manufacturer, that promises not to work or buy from the competition. So the wholesale distributor that sells Sony, may not offer General Electric because the manufacturer won’t allow them to. This is another reason why a real wholesale distributor won’t sell thousands of products. It makes a lot of sense that the manufacturer won’t allow their wholesale distributors to work with their competition.

Most wholesale distributors are finding that drop shipping is a good way to make extra money. In the past few years drop shipping has become very popular with wholesale distributors. More home businesses are all over the world now than in past years. Home businesses thrive from wholesale distributors that offer drop shipping as well as bulk orders. Wholesale distributors all around the world have opened their eyes to the possibilities of drop shipping for home businesses. Chances are, if you have a favorite wholesale distributor, they will drop ship for you as well. If they don’t drop ship yet, wait a little while. They will find that a majority of their competition is already drop shipping. Some wholesale distributors will be forced to drop ship to compete with the competition. Other wholesale distributors won’t be allowed to drop ship per the manufacturers orders. Hopefully that will change someday as well.

Clothing and footwear are especially affected by strict manufacturer rules. Most of the wholesale distributors for clothing, are given strict orders not to work with home businesses. There are all kinds of licensing laws that prevent the home business owner from getting this merchandise at wholesale prices. There are tons of products that are under strict rules from the manufacturer, not to work with home businesses. If you are looking into a certain product under strict manufacturer rules like this; I would recommend looking for something else to sell. Or look into up-and-coming products that don’t have strict manufacturer rules and licenses yet.

Be very careful when you are looking for a real wholesale distributor. Thousands of companies all over the world pose as wholesale distributors, but they are just middlemen. For instance fake drop shippers and wholesale distributors flood search engines, so you will only find them. There is a great chance of only finding fake wholesale distributors and fake drop shippers if you are looking for them with a search engine. Real wholesale distributors don’t have to pay someone to flood search engines all day to get business. They are already well established businesses and don’t really need to advertise.

Don’t generalize when you are looking for a real wholesale distributor. I hate when someone asks if I know any good wholesalers…My first question is, what do you want to sell? Most people reply with I don’t know, or I am not sure. Well do some research people. Find out what products you want to sell. By looking for a general wholesale distributor or drop shipper that sells everything, is another good way to run into a middleman claiming to be a wholesale distributor.

Figure out what products you want to sell and then contact the wholesale distributors that sell them. The best way to find real wholesale distributors is by calling the manufacturer. If have said this in the past, but let me repeat my self here. Call the manufacturers of the products you want to sell. Then ask them for a list of their wholesale distributors. If the manufacturer will work with you directly, this is even better, but rare. Remember, most manufacturers don’t work with home businesses. And some manufacturers don’t let their wholesale distributors work with home businesses because of licensing agreements. Just find a product that you will have easy access to. If you want to sell a product that is not allowed to be sold wholesale to home businesses, then find another product to sell. Finding a wholesale distributor or drop shipper is very time consuming. But this is the only way to find them without running into a middleman company posing to be a wholesale distributor.

One other way to find a real wholesale distributor is a source company. These are companies who look for real wholesale distributors and drop shippers that will work with you. These companies tend to charge a higher fee for their services. But the information is way more useful than some wholesale list or fake middleman company. They actually have teams of people who constantly search for real wholesale distributors and drop shippers that work with home businesses. This saves you tons of time doing research looking for wholesale distributors. My favorite source company is World Wide Brands. They are the only wholesale and drop ship source company recommended by ebay. They are very well trusted by me and i recommend them to all. World Wide Brands will save you hours, days, and even weeks of doing research finding wholesale distributors that will work with home businesses.

Don’t be sucked into that middleman company posing as a real wholesale distributor. Stop paying high monthly fees for a fake wholesale distributor. Stop buying overpriced goods you can’t make a profit from. If anyone has a question whether a company is a real wholesale distributor, just ask me. I would love to help you not get scammed into the fake wholesale distributor world. I am sick of seeing people ripped off by these companies posing to be something they are not.

Sorry to repeat some of this information everyone. But I have received numerous emails asking about the information I have talked about today. Thanks for reading my blog. See you all tomorrow.

LP@thehomedropshipguide.com

Hi everybody, today I am going to tell you a little about domain names. When you finally buy a web domain, what do you want? There are so many domains available from .com, .net, .biz, .us, .info, .org, the list goes on and on. Each country in the world has a domain specifically for those countries. For instance, .uk or .ca would be country codes for United Kingdom and Canada. It can get pretty confusing if you don’t know anything about buying a web domain.

Dot Com’s used to be the only thing you could purchase in the past. Then came along the .net’s and everyone else who wanted to cover the domain world. If your business name is not available in .com, you could pick anther domain code. Or if you already have a .com name and wanted to expand your business name to .net or another domain. Lots of companies have a .com and .net address. Dot info is another popular choice today and many domains are still available for it.

The question still stands. What domain should you choose? It all depends on your business needs. Unless you can get a short .com name that fits your business; you should probably consider something else. The popularity of your web domain will have nothing to do with .com, .net, or anything you choose. If you are lucky enough to get a short .com name, that’s your best bet. You don’t have to go with a .com name though. Dot us is another popular domain and there are lots of domain names still available. I would say go with availablility and convienence for you.

It doesn’t matter what you go with. Chances are, most people won’t come to your website until you start advertising it anyway. Remember, advertising is an important role in any business website. If you have a good marketing team to advertise your new business; you won’t have any problems. So in reality, it doesn’t really matter what you pick for a domain name. Sure if you have a .com people may find your website by chance. But if your domain name is large, don’t count on it.

I actually choose .com over anything else, just because I am a woman of habit. I have always known .com and I feel more comfortable with .com. There is a newer, younger, generation, that is learning to use all internet tools and options to their advantage. So I may be wrong to tell you that you should go with a .com name when choosing your domain name. Your business domain name is very important. It should be a name that fits your business.

There are tons of successful .net and .us around the web already. Dot net has been around for about ten years now. Yet, there are lots of .net’s available. You could even buy a domain that was another business that went out of business. Lots of people hold old domain names just in case they need them someday. Most of the people that hold web domains, hold them because they want to sell them cheap. In most cases a company will go out of business and they don’t want that web domain anymore. The problem with having a domain specific to your business name; is, if something happens, who will want that web domain? Not many people will want to have anything to do with a name like harrysboogers.com, unless they have a business in the same idea.

So it doesn’t really matter what you pick as a domain. The important part is what you pick for the business name in the domain. If your name is Elvis and you sell sunglasses; you should try and name your domain elvisshades.com, .net, org, or whatever you feel more comfortable with naming it. When someone finds your web domain, it really won’t matter to them what comes after your business name. Like I said, your marketing team will put your website in search engines through advertising and marketing.

If anyone has any questions about picking a domain name, don’t hesitate to ask me. I can help you pick a domain that will be best for your business. Thanks for stopping by everyone, see you tomorrow.

LP@thehomedropshipguide.com

Hi everyone, I hope you had a good week. I got a slanderous negative feedback on ebay today. They didn’t even try to contact me first to resolve the issue. Have you ever had someone leave you a bogus negative feedback on ebay? You know, that person that ruined your 100% rating over something stupid. You may have the right to make ebay remove that negative feedback. Feedback abuse is a serious crime on ebay. If you commit feedback abuse, ebay can hit you with some strict actions. Don’t be a jerk when you leave someone a negative feedback. Most times the person that got the negative feedback didn’t do anything wrong. Most times I received a negative feedback, was because the buyer didn’t even try to contact me to resolve things first. I always resolve any issues to complete transactions. Even if I have to replace the item or give a refund.A lot of new users tend to be the ones leaving bad feedback. They don’t know any better. If something arrives broken, they may jump to conclusions and just leave a bad feedback for you, instead of contacting you first. Most sellers out there would replace the item or give a refund in case of broken or dead on arrival item. I will do anything I can to make the customer happy, to avoid a bad feedback. Any smart seller would do the same. Your reputation means everything on ebay.

Some people out there are out to ruin good sellers reputations for anything. I have seen people leave negative feedback because the package arrived in the PM instead of the AM. Silly stupid reasons just to ruin a 100% rating. There are ways to have ebay remove bogus negative feedback.

Don’t commit feedback abuse ebay will take serious action if you are reported. Violations of feedback abuse may result in a range of actions, including:

• Listing cancellation
• Limits on account privileges
• Account suspension
• Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings
• Loss of PowerSeller status
• Feedback removal

Here are some circumstances that will allow you to remove negative ebay feedback.

Feedback Rating Withdrawal (feedback rating removed, comment remains)

• Members who use the eBay Mutual Feedback Rating Withdrawal process will have their feedback rating withdrawn once both members have completed the process.
• eBay will withdraw the feedback rating if provided with a ruling or settlement agreement from an eBay-approved certified dispute resolution service or a settlement resolving a lawsuit.

Feedback that meets any of the circumstances below is feedback abuse and may be subject to removal.
Feedback that doesn’t meet any of the reasons outlined below will not be removed:

• eBay is provided with a valid court order finding that the disputed feedback is slanderous, libelous, defamatory or otherwise illegal.
• The feedback comment contains profane, vulgar, obscene, or racist language or adult material. Inflammatory language, such as “fraud, liar, cheater, scam artist, con man” etc., while strongly discouraged, will not be removed.
• The feedback comment contains personal identifying information about another member, including real name, address, phone number, or e-mail address.
• The feedback makes reference to an eBay, PayPal or law enforcement organization investigation.
• The feedback comment contains links or scripts.
• Negative feedback intended for another member will be considered for removal only in situations where the member responsible for the mistaken posting informs eBay of the error and has already placed the same feedback for the correct member.
• Feedback left by a person ineligible to participate in eBay transactions, according to Section 1 of the eBay User Agreement, at the time of the transaction or the time the feedback was left.
• Feedback left by a member who provided eBay with false contact information and could not be contacted. In general, the transaction period is considered to be 90 days from the end of the listing or 30 days from the date the feedback was left, whichever was longer.
• Feedback left by a member who bid on or purchased an item solely to have the opportunity to leave negative feedback for the seller, with no intention of completing the transaction.
• Feedback left by users who are indefinitely suspended for certain policy violations within 90 days of registration. eBay takes the position that members who are indefinitely suspended soon after registration shouldn’t be able to permanently impact another member’s account.
• eBay will automatically remove feedback from members indefinitely suspended within 90 days of registration. Not all suspension types qualify for automatic feedback removal. For example, accounts that are suspended for non-payment of eBay bills and instances when eBay provides the member with the opportunity to fix the issue (and be reinstated), do not qualify for automatic removal.

So you can have a negative ebay feedback removed. I have had a few of my bogus and slanderous negative feedbacks removed. I have to admit, it is a timely process, but it works. Ebay and Squaretrade tend to take their time with feedback removal. Now that you know the ways you can have your negative feedback removed, get going. Go through all your negative feedback (I hope it isn’t too much). See if any of your negative feedbacks reflect any of the ways you can have it removed.

You can find out more about ebay feedback abuse here. Goodluck and see you all tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by.

Hi all, I hope you had a great day. I recently had someone ask me what I thought about having a business partner. Having a partner is not a smart idea. I am not saying partners don’t ever work. I’m not saying don’t do it. I have seen some pretty successful businesses do really well with partners running things. So it can work. In most cases the two successful partnerships didn’t know each other before the venture. Maybe that’s why it works so well, if you have a partner you didn’t know before hand. But then there is a trust issue because you don’t know that individual. More people seem to fail if they know each other before they get in to business. People that know each other seem to have different ideas and fight over things a lot.For the most part; You don’t need a business partner. There are too many negatives against positives when you do business with a partner. The only way I would recommend a partner is; if you have a silent partner. Someone who puts up the money, to leave you alone and let you work can be a great partnership. Sure they get their cut, but they put up the money.There are no rules that say you will fail with or without a partner. But you are better off going in to business for YOURSELF. Think about if you have a disagreement about something. Even if you don’t have a fight about the decision. You may bite your lip, say nothing, and be unhappy. But who wants to be unhappy? It’s very rare when two different views can agree on a happy medium. If you can find a partner that can agree with a happy medium, then go for it. Just remember to keep your end of the deal and be just as fair with decisions.Going into business with someone else can lead you into a life of suffering. You may go into business with a family or friend. This is a good way to make an enemy or someone that will dis-own you. I have seen some really close relationships destroyed by going in to business together, even divorce. For some reason, family and friends almost never see eye to eye on anything. I wouldn’t recommend going into business with family or friends. Although they do work well in some cases. Most times the business will fail if family or friends running the business are partners. It can be very disastrous.

Besides, there is an old saying that holds true. If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself. Nobody will care as much about the business as you. Your partner will feel the same way and you may butt heads over just this simple matter. But the truth is, nobody that will ever work for your company or business will care about it as much as you. You just poured your life savings and time into a project. Nobody would want to see that fail. Except maybe some half ass nobody, who doesn’t give a crap about you or your business. They just care about their paycheck.

If you do take on a partnership, make sure you write up a contract that is fair to both parties. Have it approved by a lawyer and sign away. So many partnership run businesses fail because they don’t have some kind of a partnership agreement contract. What happens to the business if someone decides to leave? Does someone hold more ownership than the other for whatever reasons? Make sure you have a straight out discussion about important happenings and procedures that will go on during business.

It’s very important to map out your short and long term goals ahead of time. Knowing what to expect from each other is an important factor in being a successful partner with someone. Make sure you both know your primary and secondary job duties and titles. Serious issues can come out if someone does more work than the other all the time. You have to each expect to do a little extra work. But let it be known to keep things fair. Maybe one of you is better at one thing that the other. Make sure you assign job titles that fit the skills and talent. Don’t make the experienced race car driver sit in the pits waiting to change tires. You should let the most qualified individual take the wheel at whatever tasks they excel at. But this may also draw or partnership power-hungry fights. Power-hungry people don’t come out until later sometimes. People seem to change when money and power is involved.

Partnerships have also failed because one partner will go out and do their own thing. Being open and informing your partner of your every move is important. Nobody wants to see money missing from the business account for stupid things. Money missing or items missing is another popular reason why partnership businesses fail. The trust issue can arise lots of problems. A partner can be a great thing. Maybe you got lucky and have the perfect partner in mind. Some people make great partners and hats off to you. It’s very hard to make a successful partnership go long term.

See you all tomorrow. Thanks for reading.

LP@thehomedropshipguide.com

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a good day. Some people think running a successful home business is easy work. If you don’t have a home business; you need to ask yourself some questions to see if you can dedicate yourself to a home business. Some people try and start a home business and they don’t think there is a lot of work involved. People seem to think: People that work at home have lots of time because it’s easy. Running a successful home business is very difficult! In no way is running a successful business easy to do. It takes lots of dedication and consistency.

First ask yourself; Do I want to do this part time or full time? If you have a regular job, don’t try for a full time home business. A full time home business owner can spend up to 18 hours a day working. Whether you are dedicating full or part time towards your business, it will be a tough road. Either way you choose, don’t expect to make more or less money starting off, depending on if you choose full or part time. It makes no difference when you start a home business. Getting started is the slowest part. You have to work your butt off to advertise and get your name out there.

Can you spend 1 - 4 hours a day to advertise? Or do you have 1/2 - 1 hour a day to dedicate? As I have said before, advertising your business is the most important part. Advertising should be done every single day. Advertising your business is very easy nowadays, it just takes time. You don’t need to be a programmer to make your website search friendly. New search engines are built to only find new material. So the more you advertise, the more likely people will find your business. You can put keywords into your webpage to make it more search friendly. You can post of forums, social networks, or ezine based websites. There are tons of local things you can do to advertise as well. Advertising is easy, but how much time do you have to dedicate a day?

Develop your reputation, this can take months. If you start now, you won’t see results for about 30 days of advertising. Once you develop a good reputation online, you will have a steady cash flow coming in from that. Do you have time to make a blog for your business? A blog would give you a very good reputation. You could show people how experienced you are in your field. Customers want smart, experienced, people to help them. Aren’t you sick of getting bogus advice from some novice. Use your blog to win your customers over. Prove to them, you are the real deal. Once they see how experienced you are; they are sure to buy items from you, because you will be able to help them if they need it. This blog gives me a great reputation for home business advice. Not many people give great advice away for free like I do. I love to help people. It makes me feel good to know I am helping people be more informed about starting a home business. I hate to see people get ripped off, “so, I tell it how it is”. Do you have that kind of time and dedication? Blogs are the new craze. If you don’t start one, your competition will. You wouldn’t want that, would you?

Can you deal with the public in a smart professional manner? This is a big issue that makes or breaks most businesses. From customer service to simple emails back and forth. You should realize that the customer is always right, no matter what. Don’t ruin your chances to start a lifelong customer. Win your customers over with fast and friendly email replies. Make sure you answer all their questions in as much detail as possible. No matter how angry a customer gets; No matter how many swears they throw your way; NEVER, EVER, LOSE YOUR COOL! Just give yourself a few minutes to cool off. Don’t answer them right away, chances are, you will be too upset to answer them back professionally. After you take a breather, reply to them back in the friendliest and most courteous way you know. Even smile while you are typing to them if you have to. But make sure you are nice as pie and answer all their requests as detailed and professional as the situation can be. Are you capable of handling the worst situations in a professional manner? If you don’t think you can, find another line of work or learn how to deal with it.

Are you capable of handling a small loss to start off? Most businesses will take up lots of time and some money to get started no matter what. Even if it’s just ten dollars, you will need some money to put up front. You may lose that money. You may even have to dump a little more money to contribute to your business. You may lose that money too. But dedication and research pay off. Hands on experience is the best way to learn. No matter how much you read. Unless you have someone there teaching you, you will make mistakes and probably lose a little money. The good part is; hard work always pays off. Someday you will make that money back and lots more. If you keep working every day, you are sure to create a substantial and constant income. You never hear of anyone failing, if they do it everyday. It’s always that person who does it for an hour here or an hour the next week that fails. If you can’t handle a small loss to start your home business and get it going, then I would recommend you starting a home business anytime soon.

If you have a little experience in sales or running a business, then you should be fine. Most people don’t lose money if they had any experience in the past. Everyone is different, because everyone is in a different situation. Some people will succeed. But more people will fail their first time in business. Beginners just seem to fail more often because they don’t know any better. Experience really matters, especially if you are someone that can learn from mistakes. Taking advice from someone who has experience can save you tons of time and money. Are you capable or learning as your business grows? Don’t get stuck in your own ways and give new things a try before your competition.

You have to realize, running a successful home business is serious work. You can have more freedom than an office job. But that doesn’t mean you can slack off all day. I say go for it, if you are serious about starting a business. If you know all the hard work involved and have the time to invest. Be dedicated everyday. Don’t procrastinate. If this doesn’t sound like you, then you better make some adjustments or move on to another way to make money. There are tons of other questions you should be asking yourself. You should know all the goods and bads before you attempt to start a home business. It may not be as easy as you think. But the rewards for your hard work, will out-weigh working a regular 9-5 job.

Thanks for reading my blog everyone!

LP@thehomedropshipguide.com

Hi everyone, I hope you are well. Today I am going to talk about how to describe your ebay auctions better. All over ebay I see sellers making the same mistake. They don’t describe their items enough in their auction descriptions. Descriptions are what keep the customer there to buy. Your title brings them to your auction and the description draws them in to buy. Make sure you don’t leave anything out. Even if you have to repeat yourself. Your description should jump out at the potential customers. Auction descriptions are almost as important as the product you are selling.

If your description has the name of the product but not the model number; then the customer will be unsure and probably not buy from you. Remember, you are selling the product online. The customer can’t pick it up and read the package or know anything about what you are selling them, unless you tell them. This is probably the most common mistake sellers make. They don’t describe the name of the item or model number enough. Model numbers may be very important to the customer to reassure them, that they are buying the right item. Make sure you examine the product package and put everything on your auction that is on the products box. If you can’t see the product box, just goto the manufacturers website and get your description from there (don’t copy and paste it, you may infringe copyright). Don’t leave out any minor details. They may be minor details to you, but to the customer it may be very important. Make believe you are the customer. Make believe you don’t know anything about this item. If you follow this simple tactic of listing the item name and model, you will take your competitions business away. You will be surprised how many sellers don’t list these two very important things in their auction. Most of the time, customers search for either the item name or model number. So it wouldn’t hurt to use a subtitle for this information as well.

Don’t ever lie or exaggerate about what you are selling. Chances are, you will do more harm than good. There is almost always someone out there who knows more about a product than you do. They may shy away because they know you are not being honest in your item description. If you have damaged goods, tell them what is wrong with it. Otherwise you will be rewarded with a “big, fat, negative, feedback”. Nobody likes a con-man that sold them what they didn’t want. When the customer gets their item, they will know if it is not what they wanted. You can be sure, they will let you and the rest of ebay know about bad deals on your feedback.

Used or new is a very easy part of the description that lots of ebay sellers forget to mention. It’s very important to the customer to know if they are buying new or used goods. I have shy-ed away from so many auctions because the seller didn’t tell me whether it was used or new anywhere in the title or description. How can someone forget to list something so simple and needed? Is your price fifty dollars cheaper because it is used? This may be a question you find asking yourself when you look at an item description. I just skip these types of auctions now. If the sellers are not smart enough to list “new or used”, then I am not sure I even want to deal with them. Believe it or not, you will steal your competitions customers away, if you tell your customers you have a used or new item for sale. Just because lots of sellers, selling the same thing don’t say if its new or used.

Weight is another important factor always left out. The customer usually pays for shipping. Most people want to know if you are making a huge amount off of shipping. For instance, you may see a seller charging $100.00 for shipping, but it only cost them $30.00 to ship. There are other reasons the seller may charge a higher shipping price, but that’s a whole other post. Weight may also be important so the customer knows, if they will need help moving it around or transporting it. Something as simple as weight, most sellers see no need to list this important information. They couldn’t be more wrong.

I say the more description the better. You will have more sales by over describing something than not describing it enough. You can never describe something too much. Repeating all the good points of the item more than once is fine. Just in case the customer misses the first section. You will be surprised how many customers never read the whole item description. They usually read what they need, to reassure them they are buying exactly what they want and that’s it.

So make it a point to over-describe your auctions. You can’t hurt anything. You will only hurt yourself if you don’t describe enough. Thanks for reading my blog everyone, see you tomorrow!

LP@thehomedropshipguide.com