| If you ask many sellers what the major drawbacks to | | | | Innovative Idea #7 - Sell Keyword Lists |
| selling on eBay are then many would say the | | | | One person I know has a lot of success creating |
| packaging and shipping of items. Who really wants to | | | | keyword lists and selling them on eBay. The beautiful |
| get up early in the morning before work to drop off a | | | | thing is you can use software to create keyword lists |
| package at the post office? Or, to come home and | | | | in seconds and then sell them to your buyers. |
| have to rush to the post office in the freezing cold? | | | | Innovative Idea #8 - Sell Websites |
| Many sellers are now resorting to selling eBooks but | | | | It's not hard to build websites nowadays and there are |
| that market is becoming over crowded and it's very | | | | many that you could build. You could build one with the |
| difficult to make any real money selling eBooks on | | | | primary source of income being adsense and affiliate |
| eBay unless you are very creative. In this very short | | | | sales and you could build another purely for sales of |
| and concise special report I reveal innovative products | | | | products. You can build these types of sites in under a |
| or services you can sell on eBay without packaging or | | | | day or hire someone else to do them for you and then |
| shipping and it's NOT eBooks. | | | | sell them for $20 - $30 on eBay. |
| Innovative Idea #1 - Sell Domain Names | | | | Innovative Idea #9 - Sell Your Manual Services and |
| Domain names can be bought for under $10 and if you | | | | Skills |
| manage to choose one that is in demand then you | | | | There are many things you could do for this innovative |
| could go and sell it on eBay for $20 or more. You can | | | | idea. Firstly, you could manually submit people's articles |
| easily locate these domains just by testing. It requires | | | | to article directories, you could post on their blog, you |
| very little effort and sometimes you stumble upon | | | | could submit their site to directories or you could do the |
| hidden gems that you could go and sell on eBay for | | | | whole site promotion for them. |
| four figures! | | | | Innovative Idea #10 - Sell Website and Auction |
| Innovative Idea #2 - Sell Your Writing Services | | | | Templates |
| The demand for eBooks and articles has never been | | | | You could design and sell templates to your auction |
| greater. Many people want these written for them and | | | | buyers, particularly auction templates. This is an area |
| if you have expert knowledge in a particular niche you | | | | that few people are currently exploiting and you could |
| could write eBooks on that subject for the highest | | | | easily take advantage of this gap in the market. |
| bidder. | | | | Innovative Idea #11 - Sell Wholesale and Dropshipping |
| Innovative Idea #3 - Sell Your Graphic Design Ability | | | | Lists |
| On the same lines as selling your writing services, you | | | | This method has proved to be very profitable for me |
| could sell your graphic design ability or web design skills. | | | | when selling on eBay. It's simple to set up wholesale |
| You could design eCovers, banners or websites to the | | | | lists aswell. Firstly, you need to join a wholesaler's |
| highest bidder. You could learn these skills in just a few | | | | directory. Once you have joined, decide on a topic to |
| days and all you really need is a copy of Photoshop | | | | base your wholesale list. For example, DVD's or |
| and maybe some action scripts. | | | | clothes etc. Once you have decided, compile all the |
| Innovative Idea #5 - Sell Linking Space or Advertising | | | | wholesale sources from that directory related to the |
| Space on Your Website or in Your Newsletter | | | | category you chose into a Microsoft Word document. |
| Perhaps the method that requires the least effort is | | | | Let's say for your wholesale list subject you chose |
| selling linking space or advertising space. If you have a | | | | DVD's. Many sellers would be inclined to list their item |
| website with high amounts of traffic or a high Google | | | | with the auction title "The Ultimate DVD Wholesale List |
| page rank, then you could sell links or space on your | | | | 2006". But that method doesn't work. Very few people |
| website for adverts. A one way link is very important | | | | search for the keyword, DVD, and even if that |
| in terms of search engine ranking and your link could | | | | keyword was searched regularly, you would still be up |
| greatly benefit your buyer. You could charge perhaps | | | | against HUGE competition. You need to focus your |
| $10 for a link for one month. After the sale you could | | | | marketing! |
| then ask the buyer if they would like to buy the link on | | | | Choose a high profile newly released movie and |
| a monthly basis and they can pay you $10 every | | | | include that in your auction title. For example, "The Da |
| month. This is great for residual income. | | | | Vinci Code at Wholesale Prices" Many buyers will be |
| Similarly, you could sell advertising space in your | | | | looking to buy that product and would be desperate to |
| newsletter or ezine. If you have a large subscription | | | | find a way to save money somewhere along the lines. |
| base then you could charge a lot of money for this. | | | | You could also put the auction title "The Da Vinci Code |
| For even more money, you could charge buyers for a | | | | - 80% Off" but only if you have numerical data to |
| solo ad to your subscribers. You could promote their | | | | prove it. |
| product in one of your newsletters and you could | | | | Constantly change the auction title to keep up with the |
| easily charge 10c for every subscriber you have. | | | | new movies and use the eBay pulse to determine |
| Innovative Idea #6 - Sell Software | | | | which movies are searched for the most. |
| There have been many software products which | | | | Always feature your wholesale list auction and play |
| have taken eBay by storm over the last few months. | | | | around with different auction titles. |
| Some sellers make thousands of dollars per week | | | | Once you have one wholesale list ready for sale, you |
| selling software that they have created or have had | | | | can move onto creating another one. |
| created for them. You can hire software developers | | | | There are a few ideas for products you could sell for |
| from websites such as or to develop the product and | | | | higher prices than eBooks and without the packaging |
| then you sell it. The software should speed up a | | | | or shipping. Admittedly, some do require a little work |
| process or take over from a manual task that needs | | | | but the rewards can be huge. Make sure you don't sell |
| doing or assist the user in some way, whether it be | | | | too low though if it takes effort to perform the service. |
| helping them research better or create things quicker. | | | | |