How I made money on eBay without selling on eBay

Today, we have a surprise Guest Article here on Auctiontopia!  My friend, Dave Starr sent me an article to include on this site, as a “Blog Warming Gift”.  Dave and I have been friends for a few years now, and we usually communicate in one way or another just about every day.  I appreciate Dave’s [...]

Turning something into a consumable

When I wrote my last article about selling consumable items on eBay (or selling in other places), I told you at the end of the article that I was going to tell you how to turn a non-consumable item into a consumable item!  Just to refresh your memory, my goal is to sell stuff that [...]

It’s all about consumption, man!

Consumption. It means that we are talking about using up something. I mean, a picture frame is not a consumable item. A can of coke, on the other hand, is most certainly a consumable. I mean, once that can of coke has been consumed, it is all gone.  There ain’t no getting it back again!  [...]

Two pronged approach

As I make plans for my re-entry into the Online Auction business, I have decided that I am going to go for a little different approach to the business this time around.  I’m going to use a “two pronged approach.”  Hmm…. What do I mean by a “two pronged approach?”  Let me explain a bit, [...]

eBay Live just died

A lot of old jokes or plays on words can be used on this one… Going, going, gone?  Yep, eBay Live is now gone. eBay has announced that eBay Live is no more, it has died.  What is, or was, eBay Live?  Well, it was a huge “convention” or gathering of eBay users each year.  [...]

My new journey

I am about to embark on a journey.  Actually, I have already departed, but I’m just not far past my front door.  Where am I going? Well, I am going someplace where I have been before.  As a matter of fact, I am going someplace where I used to spend a lot of time in [...]