My humble eBay beginnings

7 years ago, I like many people had heard of eBay, but didn't really know what all the hub-bub was all about. But, I'm a digger. That is, I dig for information, pick things apart and in the process I learn.

I saw some real value in eBay when I found some things in my house that sold rather quickly and fairly easily. Soon I had moved out to the garage to look for valuables. If you've sold something on eBay before you understand that first buzz you get when you make a tidy little profit by selling something online. Like other things that give you a buzz, it's addictive.

In my past life I had managed bicycle stores and sporting goods businesses as well as managed restaurants. In fact I was managing a restaurant when I had first started selling stuff on eBay part-time. A buddy of mine had been selling things online pretty regularly for a year or so and suggested I hit the thrift stores in my area to look for things to sell.

Jackpot! Like most people I stuck with what I knew...Sporting goods. I found a nice Taylormade golf bag marked $5, some snow skiis, a hockey helmet, and a Nils ski suit. I left 20 minutes later having spent about $30 total. I headed home and got my ads up right away. The golf bag went for over $50, the skiis $40, the helmet $20 and the ski suit....$125! I made over $200. I was definitely hooked now and needed more. I started hitting what we called the 'thrift store circuit'. I made my rounds through about 20 different thrift stores in and around San Diego county. I bought bicycle clothing (jersey $5, shorts $4 would sell for $15 -$20 each), sporting goods equipment, anything I knew about I could see the value in it. I started spending a few hundred dollars a week, rolling my profits from week to week, and making $500 to $700 a week when I got lucky. Then my habit took me to garage sales and swap meets. I spent every spare moment looking for things that I could turn a profit on. I loved it.

After a year or so of this, and coming off a work-related injury (restaurant) I absolutely dreaded the idea of going back to work for someone else. I told my girl friend that I thought if I gave it all my attention, that I could make my eBay business income, match my regular job salary. And I never went back to that job.

Today, eBay has tens of millions of registered users located in all parts of the world. Also, it turns out that people spend more time on eBay than any other online site, making it the most popular shopping area on the Internet!

What does this mean for YOU!

You probably guessed it. This is the largest and easiest market place to sell your goods and services for EXTREMELY low costs. And it doesn’t take very long to figure it out!

Think about it for a minute.. there will be MILLIONS of hungry buyers viewing your auction listings within minutes.

There are literally thousands upon thousands of people making their living on eBay right now!
So your first task is to go signup at eBay as a registered user, its free. Go here: Sign up for a FREE eBay account here