When you think about an online auction, one of the first things that come to mind is eBay. Ever since it was founded in September 1995, this online auction has become a giant in the field of merchant selling in the Internet.

People who want to sell cars, mobile phones, clothes, furniture and even weird items go to this website to reach other people or potential buyers.

Just a piece of trivia: a broken laser was the first piece to be sold from this online auction for $14.83.

The site works by allowing Internet users to post whatever they want to sell. They can put on the market several stuff. Some of the most common stuffs sold on this website are designer brand clothes and bags, shoes, mp3 players, and game consoles.

Art works and antiques also make their way to the website. Even unusual things such as Read more »

Continuation from Part 1 yesterday…

Not So Hidden Treasure

Go ahead and open up your favorite search engine. Look around for something you are interested in selling. The best businesses are fueled by the passion of the proprietors, so don’t try anything too out of your expertise.

Choose a line of wholesale discount items that you can get excited about. The more you know about the merchandise, the better your chances of making a winning pitch.

If jewelry is your passion, you can start by looking for companies that sell wholesale sterling silver jewelry. If you love make-up, why not start by looking for a company that sells personal care products?

Type in either “cosmetics wholesale” or “beauty supplies wholesale” and you are sure to get a page full of possibilities. Look through the offerings and try to find the products that make your heart Read more »

Have you always dreamed of being in charge of your life? If you are tired of punching the clock in order to make a living, then you need to take a look at a simple business model that is making money for people all around the world.

Simply by sourcing wholesale discount items from online and selling them through your eBay home page, you can create your own home-based business.

Building on Your Experience

Like most people on eBay, you may have already had the experience of selling some of your unwanted items to online buyers. This means you already have the skills necessary to generate extra income, but what do you do when you run out of you own stuff to sell?

Obviously, the key to creating a continuing cash flow through your eBay home page is to find more items to put up for auction.

Finding items for you to sell is not difficult. There are literally thousands of discount wholesalers online.

These companies are usually manufacturers who offer a multitude of merchandise from clothes to jewelry to ceramics to decorative items.

Since they have so many of these items in stock, they are willing to sell them at prices low enough to allow you to retail them with a comfortable profit.

Tomorrow: How to Make a Killing with Your eBay Home Page (Part 2) with specific subjects on
* The Not So Hidden Treasure
* Don’t Forget the Practicalities

Before you know it the holiday season is here and people will be rushing to stores online and off for their Christmas gifts. Based on last year’s offerings online, Internet shoppers will expect to get the same kind of promotions this year despite the ongoing economic crisis.

One of these valued promotions is the free shipping offer from online stores, which prove to be the main preference of online buyers.

According to the Conference Board and the TNS, 90 percent of all consumers are enticed to do their shopping online because of the free shipping promotions of sellers. Only about 73 percent shop because of the discounts and 50 percent because of the products.

In addition to these statistics, Shop.org found out that people use online stores for last minute shopping in 2007. There are about 35 percent of these shoppers that go to the Internet at the last minute and they value the free shipping offers.

Now that there is much need to scrimp on budget since there is a significant slowdown in the market, online shops that have offered the free shipping promo in 2007 are faced with the pressures of offering the same Read more »

Costco stores are the best venue to shop for your small business. As a matter of fact, such stores are being considered as the world’s largest wholesale membership.

This is due to the large volume of sales in the Costco stores. Thus, Costco stores all over the corner are booming in terms of popularity nowadays.

Costco Wholesale manages various warehouse memberships which are intended to provide all the members a wide range of product selections according to certain merchandise categories.

As a matter of fact, there are thousands of warehouses worldwide which are being operated by the Costco. Well, you can’t blame all the companies which are engaging to the Costco because such wholesale company is very reliable and dependable.

The Costco has been actually in existence for countless of years already. It’s success has been brought by a certain Sol Price. He is the one who actually started the Costco as a Read more »

Freebies time! Wireless@KL is organising a free eCommerce and eBay workshop right here in Kuala Lumpur this month, by P1 and Ebay Certified Education Specialist.

Details below. Sign up today, will ya?

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Via AllMalaysiaEvent.com:

The first 30 participants to arrive will receive a special Door Gift!

To register for this workshop, you need to be a Wireless@KL user and have an eBay.com.my user ID.

If you have not signed up for http://www.wirelesskl.com/, kindly sign-up and login now.

If you already are a Wireless@KL user, kindly login now to register for the workshop.

For more details, kindly contact : 03-2300 1505.

Full details here: http://www.allmalaysiaevent.com/2008/11/wirelesskl-e-commerce-workshop-2008.html

Now that there are two electronic payment options to choose from for all eBay transactions, merchants can be more flexible and buyers can have more choices.

PayPal has been the primary payment method for quite some time now and it had already built a loyal user base that completely trusts the system.

ProPay has been providing the same online payment processing since 1997, but it is only this year that they have started to integrate with eBay as the alternative to PayPal.

Both PayPal and ProPay will be included in the checkout process at eBay. The buyer will be taken to their secured payment pages in order to complete the payment. So, what is the difference between the two?

One major difference is that ProPay provides an actual account for each merchant or seller at eBay. With PayPal, all transactions of the merchants go through the same stream where all PayPal transactions go. At ProPay, they have created a transaction stream for eBay sellers only.

ProPay considers eBay to be its primary merchant, with all its sellers, their primary customers for their payment system.

ProPay is still restricted by the policies set by the individual credit card companies in terms of Read more »

You should really consider getting wholesale party supplies this season. Here’s some tips:

Quality Issues

Be sure to get only quality sources as it is widely known that buying in bulk may sometimes compromise the quality of the individual products.

Much of this is because of suppliers throwing slightly damaged goods into their wholesale pile. Also, it may get even more damaged during transport.

This is why a customer has to be very careful with ordering something in wholesale by checking everything for damage and other undesirable flaws and making sure that they are handled carefully before the transaction.

Online Wholesale Suppliers

You can also check the Internet for information and even for a wholesale supplier. You can do some ebay shopping to see if there is someone out there that Read more »

There is nothing like a good party to cheer you up. It has always been the event that lifts people’s spirits up.

It could either be a birthday, graduation, reunion, Halloween, Christmas, or just something out of the blue. Whatever it may be, a party is always a good idea.

Halloween was over, and the holiday season is drawing near. So, I thought it is good to publish a post about wholesale party supplies.

However, before any kind of party ever starts, planning and preparation are needed so that it goes smoothly. This goes along with the venue, food, cleaning, decor, and many other factors that can affect a party’s success.

Supplies for a party can be very demanding for an organizer’s budget. Therefore, one has to find the best source available.

Most people get them from retail stores, while others who go for something grander turn towards wholesale. This is where Read more »

Phishing as mentioned before, is one of the most common online scams. Here’s to resume yesterday’s post on What Is Phishing? And How Phishing Works

1. Never click on a link in your email that takes you to a log in page. Type the home site address into your browser if the site is one with which you are affiliated. Look for “https” in the address bar.

2. Online stores, credit card sites and banking sites should have a lock on their sites that shows they are encrypted. These show in the address bar after the page loads. Paypal is a good example of this.

3. Check for “Verisign” approval on the site. If you have never purchased from a site before, follow the Verisign link to see if the site is indeed verified as secure.

4. Check the address in the address bar. Just because you navigated to one page does not mean you will still be on that page when it loads. Make sure the address matches the actual address of the site you mean to visit.

5. If you are taken in and find that your passwords and user ID’s have been compromised, change your passwords as soon as possible and report it!

If you missed yesterday’s post, click here to read it: What is Phishing And How It Works.

You can protect yourself from phishing sites.