| If you need reasons to sell stuff on eBay, then | | | | reinvest them into inventory. |
| consider our current recession/depression. It's important | | | | Recession Proof Business Advantage #5: eBay Sales |
| to realize that in any economy - yes, ANY economy - | | | | As Bargain Sales |
| there are folks who make money. And those who | | | | In these perilous times, everyone is looking for a |
| understand why eBay can be a recession proof | | | | bargain. Fortunately for the eBay seller, eBay is |
| business will be among that elite group because the | | | | perceived as a bargain site [even though often prices |
| truth is that those who have the eyes to see the | | | | are as high as those on other famous eCommerce |
| opportunities will do well no matter what. Some - not all | | | | sites]. This works in your favor because when Internet |
| - eBay sellers will profit from these eight advantages. | | | | buyers need something they will often turn to eBay. If |
| Recession Proof Business Advantage #1: Zero Dollar | | | | you have what they're looking for, your chances for a |
| Starting Costs | | | | sale are excellent. |
| One huge reason to sell stuff on eBay in this scary | | | | Recession Proof Business Advantage #6: Enormous |
| and uncertain time is that it costs you nothing at all to | | | | Traffic |
| set up your eBay business. | | | | As one of the top websites in the world eBay has |
| * In five minutes or less you can be signed up as a | | | | enormous traffic. If you set up your own online store, |
| legitimate eBay seller: cost zero. | | | | you have the difficult problem of getting enough traffic |
| * Then spend another five minutes signing up at so | | | | to make your store worthwhile. Most would-be Internet |
| that you can accept money from buyers: cost zero. | | | | sellers fail at this step because they have no idea how |
| How many businesses can be created in less than 10 | | | | to get large numbers of real buyers to eyeball their |
| minutes for no money at all? | | | | goodies. Fortunately, eBay takes care of all this |
| Recession Proof Business Advantage #2: "Try Before | | | | problem for you - and at a bargain price. |
| You Buy" | | | | Recession Proof Business Advantage #7: Cheap |
| If you are an eBay seller you can "try before you buy". | | | | eBay AdvertisingeBay advertising is incredibly cheap! |
| This means that you can start your eBay business | | | | We have mentioned that you can list an item for $.10. |
| without spending one single penny on merchandise. To | | | | Let's compare this with a favorite way of getting |
| do this, take a quick walk through your home. Look | | | | traffic on the Internet: Pay Per Click [PPC]. With |
| around with a careful eye and find a few items that | | | | Google PPC the advertiser pays for each individual |
| you really don't want anymore. You know: that purple | | | | click. Let's presume that you can get clicks for $.10 on |
| hippopotamus statue that you got last Christmas from | | | | Google and compare costs: |
| aunt Edna ... do you really need it? | | | | * eBay cost: 10,000 people view your offer = cost $.10 |
| Then experiment on eBay by posting a few items for | | | | * Google AdWords: 10,000 people view your offer = |
| sale and see what happens. Naturally you will want to | | | | cost $1,000 |
| look around the site for a while and see listings of | | | | Recession Proof Business Advantage #8: Credibility |
| successful sellers to get an idea of how this is done, | | | | When money is tighter people are much more careful |
| but this is an interesting and educational experiment | | | | about what they spend. Their Scam Alert is on full |
| that costs you absolutely no money at all. | | | | time. It would be hard to find an Internet user who has |
| Recession Proof Business Advantage #3: Low Risk | | | | never heard of eBay and this gives you instant |
| Your risk on eBay is ridiculously low because you can | | | | credibility because everybody knows that eBay is a |
| list an item for sale for as little as $.10. What could be a | | | | real site and generates tens of millions of dollars in |
| bigger bargain than selling on one of the top websites | | | | sales every year. This gives the eBay seller a built-in |
| on the planet for such a tiny amount of money? And | | | | advantage over an unknown website with an |
| what's the worst that can happen? Wow, you lost ten | | | | unknown product. |
| whole cents. | | | | In any economic recession there are businesses that |
| Recession Proof Business Advantage #4: Self | | | | will thrive - and those that will wither up and blow |
| Financing | | | | away. If you choose to sell stuff on eBay that is 'hot',, |
| You can finance your business as you go. Rather then | | | | you can indeed build a recession proof business for |
| putting out huge expenditures of money, you can use | | | | yourself and your family. All it takes is a bit of research |
| the profits from your first sales to finance future | | | | and creative thinking to figure out what people will pay |
| merchandise you can sell to bargain hunters. The trick, | | | | for in spite of hard times. Recession? What recession? |
| of course, is not to spend at your profits at first but to | | | | |