Can I go to jail for selling on eBay?

Hey, do you sell on eBay?  How about Garage Sales or Yard Sales?  If so, better check your merchandise.  Selling the wrong items on eBay could possibly land you in jail, or at least give you a hefty fine from the Government! How can it be? Well, the US Federal Government has started a crackdown [...]

Leveling the playing field

For you, what is the best thing about eBay, or other online auctions?  Well, to be honest, there are so many good things about selling online through auctions that it is hard for me to say what the best thing is.  However, one of the best things is that eBay levels the playing field. What [...]

I may have lost a prong!

Remember, a while back, I wrote about how I planned a “two pronged approach” in selling on eBay?  I was planning to source items from the Philippines, where I live, to sell on eBay.com, and I was going to source items from the USA to the Philippines.  Being an American and living in the Philippines [...]

Eternal pleasure for sale on eBay?

OK, guys, admit it.  Who hasn’t had thought about having a place on top of Marilyn Monroe?  I mean, Monroe oozes sex appeal probably more than any other person in history, or at least as much, right? Well, now, thanks to eBay, you can enjoy eternal pleasure by positioning yourself atop Marilyn Monroe!  That’s right, [...]

Do you know about the Daily Deal?

eBay has something that is new, or at least new for me.  I am not sure when it started, but back in the days when I was a regular eBay seller, it didn’t exist.  What am I talking about? I’m talking about eBay’s Daily Deal. eBay has four Daily Deals each and every day.  A [...]

Implications of doing business overseas

OK, as most of my readers would already know, I am an American, but I live in the Philippines.  That’s not what this site is all about, but living in a different country can also have implications when selling things online, especially on eBay.  And these things apply no matter where you are selling from, [...]

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.  [...]

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