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Announcing: All New eBay Confidential eLetter!
publication date: Jun 25, 2008
eBay Confidential eLetter
25th June 2008
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- Announcing: All new eBay Confidential eLetter
Launches next week!
- Editorial: eBay Unfair Feedback Problems
Resolved
- eBay Confidential eLetter Going HTML!
- Secrets Unleashed - The eBay Sales Funnel For
Creating Endless Sales and Profits
- Need Money Fast? How to Make Fast Money
With eBay
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Hi,
First some very exciting news for you...
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eBay Confidential eLetter Goes HTML!
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A while back I talked about converting our weekly
eLetter to html. Html is much easier on the eyes and
means we can include active links to the many free
gifts and reports we regularly provide for you.
Well, the time has come, and the all new HTML
eBay Confidential eLetter launches next
Wednesday.
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Now onto eBay matters...
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eBay Unfair Feedback Problems Resolved
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You already know how enraged I am by recent
changes to eBay's feedback system where sellers
can no longer leave negative or neutral feedback for
buyers, however dishonest those buyers might be.
But buyers are still allowed to leave neutral or
negative feedback out of pure spite or jealousy,
even just to force you out of business, and you have
to take it or leave it. Just one neutral, that's all it
takes, to lose your 100% positive feedback rating
and thereby cause potential buyers to distrust you
and your products. I know this is true because when
I buy on eBay I avoid sellers, people like me, whose
feedback is less than 100%! As a seller, I am
viewed exactly the same as someone who steals
buyers' money and fails to process orders. That's
because my feedback is 99.9% though I have never
had a negative score and, as such, I also rank lower
in potential buyers' eyes than a newly signed up con
artist who hasn't got round to selling anything yet.
But there's something else you might not know
about feedback that can seriously damage your
eBay business. No I'm not moaning again, I just
want you know about a great way I've discovered to
prevent negative feedback blighting your account
and I have proof this idea works based on
information revealed in a blog today by an eBay
Seller making $300,000 a month on eBay.
The end effect of neutral feedback being treated the
same as negative, isn't just one of sellers feeling
dejected and ignored by eBay should they dare
complain about buyers leaving unfair negative and
neutral feedback. It's also not connected to the fact
that many PowerSellers are now having their
PowerSeller status rescinded because their
feedback rating has dropped below the required
level for PowerSeller status as a result of neutral
feedback they swear has been instigated by rival
sellers. Many of these former PowerSellers, like me,
have never received negative feedback.
The other main problem regarding negative
feedback is that too many negatives, or neutrals,
can not only annihilate your PowerSeller status, they
also affect the way your products show up in eBay's
search listings. The upshot is, as your overall
positive feedback percentage dips, your listings
begin to show lower down eBay's search engine
results pages, no matter whether your poor
feedback comes from competitors or download
dishonest buyers.
Let me explain how it works, based on my own
blighted eBay account. I've never had a negative
point in my main account but I have had two neutrals
in the past year, both from buyers who just did not
read my auction description properly. That means,
because I no longer have 100% positive feedback,
my listings show way below others with 100%
feedback who haven't - yet - received unwarranted
neutral or negative feedback.
But, here's the biggest shock of all, because ......
..... also among people whose products rank highest
in eBay's search engine returns are PEOPLE
WHO'VE ONLY JUST JOINED EBAY TO SELL
AND HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED FEEDBACK OF
ANY KIND. Yes, there you have it, potentially
dishonest and criminal newly listed sellers have
higher placement in eBay's search returns than
honest sellers like you, and me.
I spoke to that man today, the one with $300,000
monthly turnover on eBay, the man whose listings
were dipping ever deeper in eBay's search engine
returns, the man with the customer from hell who
bought several times from him, and just as many
times left unwarranted negative feedback.
He told me eBay's changes to the feedback system
has almost put him out of business, he's certain that
one person who continually bought from him and
each time left negative feedback was actually
working on behalf of a big time rival PowerSeller
whose own listings now appear way higher in search
engine returns than my disheartened friend.
The victim complained to eBay who, despite this
man sending thousands of dollars eBay's way each
and every year, was told to take it or leave it!
He was upset, but faced with currently having no
income beyond eBay, he did what several other
sellers, including myself, are currently doing.
He's closed his feedback flawed account and started
another account, he's selling exactly the same
products as before and his listings now appear at
the top of eBay's search engine returns. More than
this, he once again has perfect feedback. When
negatives appear and destroy his 100% positive
feedback, he'll close this new account and start
another.
Does that sound childish, or do you think there may
be major benefits to constantly closing and opening
new eBay accounts?
Well look at it this way - this particular gentleman
tells me, and I agree with him as I am working the
system myself, that with 100% positive feedback,
even in a newly opened eBay account, products can
fetch up to twice the amount they'd fetch with a
'flawed' feedback rating, even one boasting many
thousands of positive points each year.
So there you have it, take my advice and keep your
listings high in eBay's search engines, open a
couple of new eBay accounts today, grow 20 or 30
positive feedback points in each, then let those
accounts lie dormant until feedback drops and
listings in your main account also begin to fall.
You can open as many eBay accounts as you like,
using the same credit card or bank account each
time, as long as each account has a different email
address to all the others.
Don't forget to save my new email address to your
safe list:
Happy eBaying!
Until next time,
Avril
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Secrets Unleashed - The eBay Sales Funnel For
Creating Endless Sales and Profits
by Fabian Tan
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An eBay sales funnel is a complete system of sales
to one individual but through different venues such
as online auction, websites, or specific pages for
products. When managed correctly, the eBay sales
funnel will be a profitable resource.
To consider this sales tactic for you, it will be
essential to learn how this works. Begin by offering a
free product to the consumer. They come to get the
free product but before they are able to leave, they
are offered another related product with a small cost.
If the customer decides to purchase this low cost
item, they are sent to another page offering a
product related to the first two that is higher in cost.
This continues along until you have the customer
reach the intended target product that will cost the
consumer two or three times what the original
product costs. This is how to funnel a customer into
purchasing the product you really want them to
have.
Now, take a look at how this applies to eBay. The
eBay sales funnel begins by giving the bidder a low
priced product. This product needs to be one they
feel comfortable with and at a price that is
reasonably low risk. Once the first sale is made,
higher priced product sales will be easier because
the customer will feel more trusting of who they are
purchasing from. Each product sold to the same
customer needs to be worth the amount you are
asking. This is the most important part of the eBay
Sales Funnel and its success.
Fabian Tan is a well-known Internet Marketing
expert and the author of the popular 45-page
Report: "Murder Your Job: How To Build Cash
Sucking Autopilot Businesses In 30 Days Or Less!"
Head over to http://www.MurderYourJob.com to get
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Need Money Fast? How to Make Fast Money
With eBay
by Maxwell Van Witt
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Making money at home when you need money fast
with eBay is easy. You have few start-up costs, and
once you learn how eBay works, the sky's the limit
for the growth of your business.
Clever eBay sellers have secret stock buying tricks
to get stock for resale on eBay that the everyday
eBay seller is unaware of - here are three of them.
Now you can get stock for your eBay sales the way
the big sellers do.
1. Buy At Local End-Of-Season Sales And Going-
Out-Of-Business Sales.
Many people start businesses which fail. When a
retail store fails, it needs to liquidate its stock. These
stock liquidation sales go on all the time. Usually
they're announced in the local paper. However,
some cities have auctioneers which specialize in
liquidations, and they may hold auctions as
frequently as once a week, or once a month. Check
your local newspapers, and check online, too.
2. Buy At Local Liquidation Sales And Auctions.
Every city has auction houses, auctioning off large
goods like cars, and smaller goods too, like clothing.
When you buy at a local auction, many of the other
buyers will be retailers, and/ or eBay sellers, so
you'll have lots of competition. This means that you
need to avoid becoming caught up in the moment.
End-of-season sales are also great for stocking your
eBay store. It may be the end of summer in the US,
but in the southern hemisphere, it will be the
beginning of summer, so you'll still have millions of
potential buyers for your goods. Look for sales of
designer goods: clothing, accessories, makeup, and
so on. Designer labels always sell. Remember to
check the Completed Listings before you buy, to
ensure that you're not paying too much.
Here are some liquidation sale and auction pitfalls to
avoid:
* Never bid more than you intended to bid for an
item before the auction started;
* Take only the cash you can afford to spend;
* Inspect the items before the auction, especially box
lots;
* Know how much you can resell each item for on
eBay;
* Remember transportation costs;
* Remember that you will need to store items safely
and securely while you're listing them on eBay.
3. Buy Seconds From Manufacturers.
Seconds are items which don't meet a
manufacturer's quality control standards. For
example, if a company makes clothing, seconds are
those items in which the dye lot was the wrong
shade, or which have other faults. The faults will not
affect the wear of the items, however do ensure that
when you're listing your items for sale, you do make
note of the faults. Your buyers must be aware of
what they're bidding on - if you note the faults in your
auction listing, they can't come back to you and say
that you misrepresented an item.
Maxwell van Witt was able to quit his day job a few
years ago and now works full time from the comfort
of his home. Go to:
to find out how he was able to quit his day job.
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