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 do [...]

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 [...]

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 Daily Deal [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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, and [...]

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 [...]