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Selling on The Internet
Making $ on The Internet
How to make some cold, hard cash online
Course Description
Learn about the safe way to reach millions of people to sell your items. This class will show you three of the most popular Internet sites that will help you sell anything you’d like: eBay.com, Half.com, & Craigslist.org.
Bonus Material (time permitting)
About the Instructor
Bob Miller Native Pittsburgher Background: Technical Architect,
Entrepreneur E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 412-567-3934 What I do now:
Affiliate Niche Marketing Search Engine Optimization Local Google SEO for Business Clients Website Creation / Enhancement
What About You?
Your Name Your 30 second ‘Elevator Pitch’ Why you decided to take this class What you intend to do with the info
What service (eBay / Craigslist) will you use?
What will you sell? When will you start?
Class Structure
Casual Environment
Questions Encouraged (raise hand)
Scheduled break every 50-ish
minutes
Take breaks as needed (no hand
raising)
Relax, Have Fun, & Learn!
Class Information
We’ll only scratch the surface
More Research @ Home Learn with Google / Bing / Yahoo! Be careful of information found Buy a book? (‘Dummies’ Books are
great)
You need to have a plan of ACTION
eBay.com
eBay – What is It?
An online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide. Founded in 1995, eBay is one of the notable success stories of the dot-com bubble; it is now a multi-billion dollar business with operations localized in over thirty countries
eBay - Introduction
Online Auction Site
Started in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar
First known as ‘Auction Web’
Worldwide Presence
More Background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay
eBay – How Do I Get Paid? One word: PayPal.com Open a PayPal Account (not a Bank)
FREE Business Account Can be used for more than eBay
What do I need to ‘activate’ PayPal account? Attach Bank Account▪ It is safe – I have had a PayPal account for years
Verify Account▪ 2 small deposits to account
After 60 days you can apply for a debit card
eBay – Getting Started
An account with eBay is required to buy/sell Insertion Fee (50 FREE each month for most item categories) Final Value Fee (9% of item sales value & shipping fee)
Why are fees so high? eBay pays webmasters & others to bring traffic to your
auctions
An Account with PayPal is strongly suggested (get paid)
eBay’s Quick Start Guide http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/howtosell/quickstartg
uide.html
Half.com
Half.com – What is It?
Half.com is a subsidiary of eBay, in which sellers offer items at fixed prices, usually items that have a UPC, ISBN or other kind of SKU, rather than rare, old or collectible items. The items available on half.com are limited to books, textbooks, music, movies, video games, and video game consoles.
- Wikipedia
Half.com - Introduction
Online Reseller Site Owned by eBay
Sells Books, Music, Movies, Video
Games
Been Online Since The 80’s
Allows you to list items for sale
No Listing Fee!
Half.com – Getting Started
An account with eBay is required to buy/sell Leverage your eBay Account to sell on a second site!
Half.com Help Desk (See Selling:Getting Started) http://pages.half.ebay.com/help/index.html
Craigslist
Craigslist – What is It?
Craig Newmark began the service in 1995 as an email distribution list of friends, featuring local events in the San Francisco Bay Area, before becoming a web-based service in 1996. After incorporation as a private for-profit company in 1999, Craigslist expanded into nine more U.S. cities in 2000, four in 2001 and 2002 each, and 14 in 2003.
Craigslist – Introduction
FREE Online Classified
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Bring Sellers & Buyers Together
Started in 1995
Worldwide Presence
More Background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist
Craigslist – Getting Started
Create an account
Post while logged into your account
Post each item only once
Posts last for 45 days
You can delete and repost
Craigslist – Beware
Buyers/Sellers that contact you at a distance
The check is in the mail…You pay the shipper and send it to me… If it sounds:
too good to be true (probably is) ‘fishy’ (run!)
Help! Trust your ‘gut’ Ask a friend (lifeline)
But before you begin…
Don’t give up your day job - Yet
Takes time to get started making $ (not long)
Most people do this ‘part time’
Most people make ‘part time’ $
Some people make ‘full time’ $
Bonus Material
Bonus Material
Other ways to make money online Online Surveys Blogging Affiliate Marketing FOREX Trading Google Adsense Writing Articles/ Web Content Clickbank CPA Offers
Bonus - Online Surveys
Be careful – some services are frauds
www.SurveyMastermind.com
‘Google’ other survey services