I use E-bay as a means of advertising my website / service. But I have to admit I find it very complicated & confusing to use! (Probably my own fault for not investing enough time reading the instructions! ) As far as I can tell (which is quite hard) it's been fairly successful.

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Then again, this doesn't work.
eBay has many risks including:

- no bids
- lowered feedback rating
- buyer not sending the money
- seller not sending the item
- item gets broken, etc.

The list can continue a little more.
Even though this deals with eBooks, I doubt you can make a profit from this.

BEWARE of given site.

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Well for new zealanders we have a company called www.trademe.co.nz you payb trademe to list ur auction etc.

Now, this is an amazing story and it is true!

A guy started off with a paper-clip, he sold that paper-clip for a pen roflmao, someone was silly there! Then he sold that pen for 5 pencils. He then sold those 5 pencils for 4 dollars. he then bought a rugged old shirt with those four dollars, it has 18 seconds left in the acuktion and no bids, he sold that shirt for 9 dollars. He then bought a couple of computer speakers and then sold them for 25 dollars! he kept on doing this for a long time, he got his family involved and he did it every night after work. he bought a 3 acre propertie with the money he had made, well his children and parents. Every night they would all sell about 3 things each, and as the years went by they had enough money to retire from their jobs, but keep trading as they were for 1 more year, and then slack off completely.

It is amazing what little sacrofices these people do like selling a pen for a paper-clip, and its amazing that people actualy did this. Its quite funny really.

 

 

 

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well i think there r better things to do than lookin fo f ways to earn on the net.
well u can do it too..if u hav that kind of idea.
try makin a popular website ..u could be rich man

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Yeh, with google adsense u get quite a bit, bnut this guy with trademe, wow he is amazing

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E-bay warning!

I was shocked that last week someone 'hacked' into my e-bay account & started advertising loads of motorcycles in my name! (How did they know I ride one???)
I presume they changed my bank details to theirs, so they would run off with the cash & I would get the blame!

Anyway, somehow E-bay spotted this fraud very quickly & restored my account.
Something for people to watch out for though...
KK.

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i would have to say, it sounds like a scam to me. i don't know the best way to make money online, but using anything ebay is not going to help.

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god i love it when someone brings up old posts for no reason hah. well its tough to make money on eBay, only ones known to really do it are dave espino and companies....but good luck with anyone hoping to do it!!.

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I think you can definitely make money with ebay, if you know what you're doing and research it well.

People have and continue to make thousands a month with business running on ebay.

Like any business, you need to establish a sound model to expect success.

If you're going to simply buy low and resell higher, you need to find the resources available to make that realistic.
It can be done. It takes time, and if you enjoy the trading systems in video games, why not set aside some cash, and try doing some trading on ebay. If nothing else, you should be able to breakeven and have fun, while you learn to increase your profit margin.

Ebay is more of a pastime for most people than an actual full or part time job, but depending upon your strategy, it can work for you.

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