eBay and Paypal fee Calculator
May 15th, 2009
If you’re like me, you like to know what things cost before you buy them. Which makes eBay and Paypal a bit of a problem. Yes, we know what the percentage that they’ll be charging us is, but there are a bunch of calculations that come into play and adding them all up and figuring them all out can be a pain. So, I thought it was pretty cool when I found this next tool. So cool, in fact, that I want to share it with you.
It’s called, simply, eBay and Paypal fee calculator. It’s a great little tool. Very useful.
Big Bucks with Big Bucks Flips
May 11th, 2009
I’m sure that, by now, you’ve heard several stories about people who make their living on Garage Sales. Gary at Auction Rebel does a challenge every year where he tries to beat a goal. This year, I think he’s at $15,000. It’s not full time, but that’s just his income from Garage Sales. The bottom line about garage sale buying is that you need to know what you’re buying. The same goes for auctions and estate sales. You just have to know what you’re doing.
If you want to learn and avoid some of the hard knocks that some encounter, may I suggest a product? It’s called Big Bucks Flips. It’s a “simple, step by step guide to rescuing vintage items from yard sales and garage sales then selling them for incredible profits on eBay!” In it’s pages, you’ll find ways to identify the things that will bring big bucks. You’ll find the best ways to sell those items and the research you’ll have to do to get top dollar.
Big Bucks Flips is not a cure-all guide. There aren’t any of those out there. At least none that I’ve seen. What Big Bucks Flips is, however, is a consolidated guide on buying and selling items that you find at garage sales, auctions, and estate sales. It’s a pretty cheap guide (only $19.95 at publishing) and might make you that much or much more in the first garage sale weekend of the year. What are you waiting for? Get it, read it, then pick up the paper this weekend and start hitting a few garage sales. As you go, you’ll learn even more and you’ll watch your profits soar.
More Free Pictures in Collectibles, Art, Antiques and Pottery & Glass
February 12th, 2009
eBay has announced that you’ll soon be getting more pictures in four categories of the US site.
From the Announcement:
Hello everyone…I’d like to share some news regarding fee changes for eBay-hosted pictures that we’re making in the Collectibles, Art, Antiques and Pottery & Glass categories. The first eBay-hosted picture in an item is already free.
Effective February 18, 2009, we are making all additional pictures, Picture Pack and Gallery Plus FREE for listings in all four categories on the US site (www.ebay.com). This includes all formats and all durations.
That’s pretty cool. You can read the rest of the announcement where they go into a little detail on why they are doing it, but it’s a pretty nice step in a good direction for sellers. At least, sellers in those categories. At a guess, this is likely a test and if it goes well, might be rolled out to more categories further down the line.
eBay Coupons: The Myth
January 23rd, 2009
It seems like very year around the holidays, people start looking for eBay coupons. I can understand that. You want to save a little money. You want to get the best bang for your buck.
But, you’re barking up the wrong tree.
Let me see if I can explain here. eBay is the marketplace, not the merchant. Think of it as a giant online flea market (which it really is). The company that owns the land the flea market is on (the eBay website) isn’t selling anything but booth space. They have very little control over the prices that are charged and how each booth holder or merchant handles things like returns and custom orders.
And most importantly, in this case, they can’t issue a coupon code or discount code for the flea market since they will then have to reimburse the merchants for the revenue lost.
This is why eBay Coupons are very seldom issued. And when they are, they are issued to eBay users that are active. They aren’t a free-for-all coupon code. And the merchant will still be expecting to get the full price that was paid. Any discount that the coupon affords will have to be taken from eBay’s fees or straight out of eBay’s pockets. It doesn’t make very good sense for eBay to issue coupons very often.
So, if you’re looking for eBay coupons or eBay discount codes, you can keep looking if you like, or you can accept that in 9 out of 10 instances, if you haven’t been notified by eBay about a code, you won’t be finding one.
OffSite Backup With Mozy & 10% Coupon
January 13th, 2009
One of the more important habits to have if you’re selling on eBay or other places online is to backup your data. I’m sure you’ve all got good recordkeeping habits, or you should, but what happens if all that good recordkeeping goes up in smoke? Will you be able to restore it? Will you be able to start over and know where everything is?
If you’ve answered no to either of those questions, you really should be thinking about a backup system of some sort. I personally use Mozy Online Incremental Backup. It’s a nifty little application that you download onto your computer that runs on a schedule. At it’s scheduled time, it incrementally backs up all the data that you have it set up for and stores it on their servers. Backing up Incrementally means that it only transfers the data that has been updated since the last time it was backed up. So, if you’ve only updated your listings list, it will only upload that file. It saves you on bandwidth and gets it done faster. Efficiency!
And, for the month of January, 2009, they’ve issued a coupon to save 10% off of their already low, low prices. Or, they have a free option if you can keep your backup files under 2GB. The coupon code to enter is JANUARY. Here’s a link for it. Use Code JANUARY for 10% off annual and biannual services. Go and give them a look if you need a backup system. It’s horribly convenient and helps give you some peace of mind if something bad does happen.
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