eBay Auction Training

Attention Website, and eBay Sellers - Whether Beginner or Advanced!

Dear Online Seller,

If you are a typical online seller (website, eBay, Amazon etc.), there is one thing I can be quite sure of, you are probably struggling with profitability. You are not alone.

Be assured, you have just found the solution!

The Online Profitability Problem

Many online sellers begin their new venture with excitement. At first they have high expectations and energy. They may list many items but, over time, realize that their listings are producing hit-or-miss results. After several more months of less-than-expected results, their enthusiasm begins to fade. They continue selling the same items with disappointing results until one day they conclude, "You can't make any money online." Then sadly they quit. 

The Root of the Problem

If you can relate to this scenario, then I have good news for you. You can solve your profitability problem.

First, you need to understand that the root of your problem is simply this - either:

1) You are selling the wrong products (low demand or too much competition), or

2) You are selling them the wrong way.

Fine-tuning your product descriptions will not solve the problem of limited demand or too much competition. Your products will remain unprofitable.

Imagine that you have decided to open a shoe store in a new strip mall. You didn't check the location. You just signed the lease, ordered your products, and are now ready for the sales to roll in. Then you discover that of the 20 stores in the mall, every one of them is also a shoe store selling the same shoes you are. How well do you think you will do?

While that example may seem obvious, the vast majority of online sellers are in fact, doing the very same thing. They never check out the demand, competition, or profitability of the products before they purchase them for resale.

"Look, here is a cheap, cool, fun, or unusual product. Let's try selling this one!" So they list it on their website, eBay or Amazon and cross their fingers. There is no proven method to their product selection decision making. That is the root problem.

Question:  What do you call a fun hit-or-miss hobby that involves winning or losing money?

Answer:  Gambling!

The Three Components for Online Success

In order to achieve online selling success, you need the following three components:

1. A product with High Demand and Low Competition
2. Traffic to your website or eBay listing
3. A way to convert browsing visitors to Targeted Buyers

How to Guarantee Profitable Products for eBay 

Let’s look at an important fact. There are millions of online professionals making a very nice living either full or part time. So the question is not whether it CAN be done, but HOW is it done? Just what is it that all those professionals know that other sellers don’t?

As an active and experienced online seller for many years now, I have certainly made my share of mistakes along the way. I was determined, however, to make online selling work for me. Eventually and fortunately, I discovered what I was doing wrong and how to do it right. Over time, I have developed and refined my own methodology for the online marketplace analysis that uncovers only profitable products.

Now, as an online marketing consultant, college instructor, public speaker and published author, I continue to see many online sellers making the same mistakes I did when I started. Actual profit (not just sales) for many sellers remains elusive. I realized that these sellers needed a solid methodology and support system that cuts through the hype, avoids the traps, and finds profitable products. The desire to share my solution with struggling eBay sellers was the inspiration for my three books published by Penguin: eBay Rescue Problem Solver, eBay Rescue Profit Maker, and eBay Business at Your Fingertips.

It took me a long time, with expensive trial and error mistakes to figure it all out as well. But I finally did. I realized that I was treating my eBay selling as a hobby. Once I determined, refined and applied my business building methodologies and started using them consistently, my business became profitable and started growing almost immediately. My first gear business shifted to overdrive!

I now never purchase any item to sell on eBay until I have a guaranteed profit first! How do I do that? It is one of my eBay business building methodologies that I have developed based on my own practical experience as a professional eBay seller. I will share it all with you in my books.

Truthfully, I have invested too much time learning, then refining these methodologies not to share this information. In fact, I developed this website and wrote the books for eBay sellers just like YOU!

These Problem Solver and Profit Maker books contain information that will change your thinking about your own eBay business. You’ll progress from your current questions, possible frustration and discouragement to solutions, encouragement and discover what strategies, tools and methodologies actually work – no matter your selling level!

How to Get Your Own Profitable Website, Quick, Cheap and Easy

After I mastered eBay, I began creating websites and transferred my eBay marketing knowledge directly to websites. As a professional online marketing consultant, I have appeared on KING 5 TV and various radio programs including eBay radio. Reporters have interviewed me for my insights to online entrepreneurship with published articles appearing in Bloomberg News, Inventor’s Digest, Antique Trader, The Seattle Times and several other newspapers and magazines. The primary objectives for my writing, teaching and consulting, is to educate online sellers at all levels and equip them with the skills necessary for online entrepreneurial success.

I now teach website courses at several colleges around the Pacific Northwest. The name of my website courses are:

• Create a Website for Fun, Profit and Business
• How to Get a Website Quick, Cheap and Easy
• Optimize Your Home-Based or Small Business Website

The inspiration for these classes was two-fold. First, was the enormous amount of online scams today that are taking advantage of website wannabes. They charge outrageous prices and make unreasonable claims. Second, was the widespread misconception that you had to learn a difficult website building application such as Microsoft Expressions or Adobe Dreamweaver just to create a basic site.

"Having to learn difficult website design software just to create a website, is like saying you have to become a mechanic just to drive a car!" Kevin W. Boyd

With the easy to use templates available today from a variety of sources, a person with no website experience can create a website in less than an hour. But most people don't know how to do it or where to begin. In fact, you can create a website yourself quite simply for as little as $5-$25 a month!

I show you exactly how to do this in two workbooks, that are sold in my website classes, that cover everything you need to get a website up quickly, easily and affordably.

In Book 1, Website Essentials, I show you step-by-step, how to:

• Determine the Best Type of Website for your Requirements
• Find the right Web Hosting Company for your Website
• Website Design and Layout Techniques
• How to Create Your Website in less than 60 Minutes!

In  Book 2, Advanced Website Strategies, I will teach you:

• How to Find Profitable Products to sell - with High Demand and Low Competition. 
• Search Engine Optimization - How to get your site noticed by the top search engines
• Get Traffic Fast - With Google's AdWords
• How to Write Sales Letters that Sell! - Shows you step-by-step how to write a sales letter for your landing page that converts visitors to buyers.
• How to Find and Work with Reputable Suppliers
• How to Ship - One of the biggest mysteries for online sellers is shipping. This chapter shows how to determine the best carrier, get free shipping boxes, free carrier pickups from your home, how to pack various items properly.

My specialty is taking difficult and complex topics and presenting them in an easy to understand manner. That is exactly what I have done with these books Website Essentials and Advanced Website Strategies. 

So, How is Your Online Business Doing?

Please be honest with yourself. Are you selling items with trial and error, hit or miss results? Don’t be discouraged. I can help you correct your mistakes and solve your problems because I have experienced the same problems and know exactly what you are going through – no matter your level of selling.

I not only provide you with hope, I will show you, step-by-step, exactly how to correct your mistakes and build a solid, profitable online business. In fact, it is much easier than you may think. You simply need to stop doing hit-or miss selling and follow the methodologies that online professionals use to run their businesses.

If you are new to online selling or are struggling for success, my books will provide you with the information required for success whether for eBay or your own website:

1. Find Products with High Demand and Low Competition

2. Get Targeted Traffic Fast

3. Convert Your Traffic to Buyers!

Isn't it time you got serious with your online business? You don't have to wait any longer.

If you want to finally be successful with an eBay Business or a Website for Fun, Profit or Business, Click Here.

My sincere best wishes to you for online success!

 

 Kevin W. Boyd

Online Marketing Consultant, Award Winning eBay Education Specialist, Public Speaker, Published Author 

2009