November 25th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
How Windows Azure avoided a HailStorm of criticism - ZDNet UK
Microsoft’s HailStorm prompted an avalanche of criticism when it was proposed seven years ago, but developers seem to have few qualms with Windows Azure, which incorporates many of the same notions. With Windows Azure , Microsoft not only controls
How to Buy, Sell, and Profit on eBay: Kick-Start Your Home-Based Business in Just Thirty Days
How to Buy, Sell, and Profit on eBay: Kick-Start Your Home-Based Business in Just Thirty Days
A lively insider’s guide to starting a successful small business selling items old and new on eBay, written with personal anecdotes, well–kept secrets, and insider tips by Adam Ginsberg, eBay’s most successful private salesperson.
This is the insider’s guide to making money on eBay. Adam Ginsberg is the most successful seller on eBay, moving around a million dollars’ worth of merchandise every month. Not only will he impart his personal secrets on how to sell on eBay –learned through years of experience – and his tips on expanding your small business using eBay as a global market, but he’ll also give fun side–notes and anecdotes, keeping the book lively and making it a fun and interesting read.
This book will be a must–have for all current and aspiring eBay sellers, all small–business owners, and anyone who wants to learn how to start a million–dollar company.
Customer Review: Fundamental, “Good Tips” book
I think that this book provided some good tips and a basic general understanding of how ebay and the ebay community works. However, specifics are not present. For example,I would like to have read more information about international and domestic shipping and about drop shippers. It has the normal motivational spillage thats in all these type of books. It is a easy read.
Customer Review: This book will explode your sales on eBay!!!
Adam is the eBay expert! He learned from experience and you get to benefit from that experience and make money sooner and make more per product as a result of Adam’s book.
I have read his book and taken his course and I continue to learn from Adam. One of the hardest things in marketing is to sell to someone that you don’t get to meet, learn about them, pick what things are important to that customer and explain how your product would benefit them. On eBay you have to rely on your product page on eBay to say it all. Adam tells you how to set it up, what to include and what not to do.
Once you sell your product you have to have systems in place to deliver the product and to have all of your eBay business parts working properly. I am the author of Turning Your Dream Business Into Your Bread & Butter: Recipes for Running a Successful Business from Scratch and this book has over 500 strategies, in an easy to read format, to help eBay business owner be successful and stay in business. It is a desk reference that can be used to start your business or be pulled down off the shelf when you have a business challenge and want to look up how to fix it.
So after reading How to Buy, Sell, and Profit on eBay: Kick-Start Your Home-Based Business in Just Thirty Daysyou need to read Turning Your Dream Business Into Your Bread & Butter: Recipes for Running a Successful Business from Scratch, the two together will take your eBay business to the next level and keep it there.
Ellen Springer, MBA, CPA
Turning Your Dream Business Into Your Bread & Butter: Recipes for Running a Successful Business from Scratch
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:45 am
The eBay Seller’s Tax and Legal Answer Book: Everything You Need to Know to Keep the Government Off Your Back and Out of Your Wallet
Anyone running a wholesale or retail business must deal with legal and tax issues, and those who sell on eBay are no exception. Yet many eBay sellers remain ignorant of the consequences they may face if they disregard certain basic rules. Packed with stories of actual eBay sellers, this helpful guide takes readers through the most common eBay transactions, pointing out all the legal and tax issues they may encounter along the way. Readers will get practical advice on:
* whether their eBay selling qualifies as a “business”
* illegal practices to avoid
* what taxes must be paid and what they can and can’t deduct
* spelling out a refund and return policy
* knowing when a bid becomes legally binding
* resolving seller-buyer disputes
* protecting themselves when buying inventory and hiring employees
* trademarking a business name and web address
* customs, duties, and other considerations when selling internationally.
Complete with sample contracts, forms, checklists, and disclaimers, this is a book no eBay seller should be without.
Customer Review: Full of Valuable Information
Cliff Ennico has written this book to be not only packed full of great legal information and tips, but his humor throughout the book made it fun to read. I am so glad I bought this book before I got too far into ebay (or any other online selling) because it answered so many of my questions regarding tax issues. Buy it, use it, and keep it handy! Definitely worth every penny paid!
Customer Review: New Store? How to stay out of trouble.
My husband and I are thinking of starting an eBay store. We have been buying and occasionally selling since 1998. When you set up a store, you are creating a BUSINESS. There are rules that must be followed to stay out of trouble. This book says it all. A must for the serious seller.
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EBay plans to ban sale of ivory items in December - Courier-Post
The policy will go into effect in December and will be enforced starting in January, eBay Inc. said Monday. “We simply can’t ensure that ivory listed for sale on eBay is in compliance with the complex regulations that govern its sale,” Richard Brewer
eBay Contributes To Elephants’ Cause, Issues Ban On Ivory Products - Eflux Media
eBay took an important step toward contributing to the effort of animal welfare organizations of saving the elephants, by announcing a ban on the sale of ivory products, which will be fully implemented by January 2009. The International Fund for
EBay to halt ivory sales on websites - Los Angeles Times
Reported from San Francisco — EBay Inc. will halt the sale of ivory on its websites, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday, after an investigation by an animal welfare group found the online auction giant was listing thousands of animal products taken
EBay to ban sale of ivory products - Chicago Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO—EBay Inc. will halt the sale of ivory on its Web sites, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday, after an investigation by an animal welfare group found the online auction giant was listing thousands of animal products taken from
eBay bans ivory - ITWeb
[ Johannesburg, 22 October 2008 ] - International online auction site eBay will institute a global ban on all ivory products that will take effect at the beginning of next year. “Global demand for ivory has long been a significant factor in the
October 1st, 2008 at 12:00 pm
eBay Income: How Anyone of Any Age, Location, and/or Background Can Build a Highly Profitable Online Business with eBay
eBay has changed the way products and services are purchased all over the world. Daily over 1.5 million online customers and providers log on to bid and sell virtually anything that can be bought or purchased. In 2006 eBay sellers are estimated to post $22 billion in sales. There are businesses earning $1 million a year selling products on eBay today. It is estimated that more than half a million people make full-time incomes just with their eBay business. eBay also allows you to run a business that requires no advertising costs. This expertly written new book will show you how to take advantage of this business phenomenon and arm you with the proper knowledge and insider secrets. Filled with actual examples and antidotes from real eBay entrepreneurs, this book is as engaging as it is informational. eBay is a level playing field?it doesn?t matter how old you are, what nationality or income level, whether you own a business now or not, what your background is, or where you are located. Start making money on eBay today! The book starts with a complete overview of how eBay works. Then you are guided through the whole process of creating the auction and auction strategies, photography, writing copy, text and formatting, managing auctions, shipping, collecting payments, registering, About Me page, sources for merchandise, multiple sales, programming tricks, PayPal, accounting, creating marketing, merchandising, managing e-mail lists, advertising plans, taxes and sales tax, best time to list items and for how long, sniping programs, international customers, opening a storefront, electronic commerce, buy-it now pricing, keywords, Google marketing, and eBay secrets; everything you will ever need to get started making money on eBay!
Customer Review: Good info, but outdated
I actually like this book because it does exactly what is claimed, which is to describe methods for making money on ebay. However, the reason I say it is outdated is because, let’s face it, all the easy money has already been made. As in anything, you need to be one of the front runners to realize the most potential. If you comparison shop on ebay you will see that the competition is fierce, and that unless you are getting your salable items for next to nothing you will not make any real money.
Which brings me to point number two. The book talks of buying items at wholesale and selling on ebay at a profit. Realistically, most people cannot buy at wholesale unless they have a brick and mortar storefront and a verifiable tax id. There are many companies claiming to be wholesalers available to anyone but my research has shown that they are actually just middlemen. THEY get to buy at actual wholesale, and then they mark up the price to sell to you. So you will not get the items cheaply enough to sell at much of a profit.
This is not a negative review, just a realistic one. Yes, you can make some money on ebay using this book, but the big players have already made most of the money available. After factoring in your cash outlay to purchase items, ebay’s fees, and the fees charged by PayPal, you may find - as I have - that it requires a lot of effort and time to make only a few dollars.
Customer Review: eBay beginners
Great book for those who are serious about starting to sell on ebay with the hopes of attaining a successful income and business. This book brought up alot of good points and stresses the importance of starting it up as an official business, from the get go. I have not finished reading it yet, but it is a great resource for things to expect, easier ways of doing things, and also some of the problems and how to deal with them (or avoid them!).
For those who are already business savvy, this might be too “beginner level” for them. For me, it is perfect.
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Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen joins eBay board - Forbes
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SEC charges Silicon Valley CEO and friend with insider trading - San Jose Mercury News
Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft All Tumble - BusinessWeek
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