Is There Life After eBay?

Written by M A Dorman


Almost all sellers recognize that eBay is whererepparttar traffic is. And in auctioning, whererepparttar 108936 traffic is,repparttar 108937 money is also.

So why bother with any place but eBay? Because eBay is alsorepparttar 108938 place of highest fees and not alwaysrepparttar 108939 best place for your items.

Not all of your products may be best suited for listing on eBay. The ROI is just not attractive for items with a small margin. Then too, eBay limits your ability to attract potential buyers to your web site so that you can up-sell or cross-sell. Their restrictions and myriad rules narrow your opportunities and may even cause you to be unwittingly suspended from that site!

If not eBay, then where? There are many other avenues or venues for auctioning, selling, generating leads, gaining exposure, and converting inventory to cash. Let's talk about other auction venues first.

There are literally hundreds of auction sites, sales sites, and classified ad sites, many of which are free to list on. Some few are even free when you sell. Of course, most ofrepparttar 108940 upgrade features are extra and are to be paid for by you.

Let's start with those other auction sites. These are generally allotted into layers or tiers based on number of items listed, number of members and/or traffic density.

There are only a few second tier sites. These are considered second tier since they have size, name recognition and some appreciable traffic - thus better sell through rates.

The first one that should come to mind is Yahoo Auctions. Listings are only 5 cents and there are occasional Free Listing Days (FLD). A small core of loyal members prefer it to eBay, citing lower fees and good sell through rates.

Next is Amazon Auctions. Listing is still free, butrepparttar 108941 final value fee (FVF) is steep, particularly for those lower cost or low margin items. Again, a small core of loyal members find it a good place for upscale books and items whererepparttar 108942 FVF doesn't cut quite so deeply intorepparttar 108943 profit. Below this level arerepparttar 108944 third tier, general sites. These sites come and go although a handful have been around for several years without makingrepparttar 108945 big time. Each has a loyal group of followers or boosters. Most are free to list with a small or medium FVF.

How To Earn A Fortune By Giving People What They Want

Written by Jeff Smith


In 10+ years of educating myself about topics such as personal development, marketing, sales, internet marketing, product development - I've depended ALLOT on learning from others.

In that time I could literally count on my two handsrepparttar number of products that REALLY impressed me by getting right torepparttar 108935 point and delivering as advertised.

Tens of thousands of books, seminars, workshops, newsletters,magazines...

And less than 10 times I could think of where I've been "taught" what I wanted in a purely efficient and content- rich way.

How about you?

How much time have you wasted wading throughrepparttar 108936 forest looking for a branch of knowledge in total frustration?

Like anything else, where there's a problem, there's an opportunity.

Understand what value your knowledge provides to your customers, deliver it quickly, and you can rake inrepparttar 108937 profits, make a massive difference in people's lives and set yourself aside from 90% of your competition.

So how do you improverepparttar 108938 value of your products?

First, make sure you know exactly what your market wants.

90% of low performing products suffer from 2 factors -repparttar 108939 developer doesn't understand what their customers want or they don't have enough experience in their topic to provide real value.

If you don't knowrepparttar 108940 real reason why your customers badly want what you have to offer - FIND OUT NOW!

This is why I often recommend people write their sales letters, web pages, press releases BEFORE developing their products. It'srepparttar 108941 moment of truth, whererepparttar 108942 rubber meetsrepparttar 108943 road, so to say.

If you want more information on how to find exactly what your customers want - then you'll find 40 techniques you can use today here: http://www.infoproductcreator.com

Second, don't rely on flash or personality alone.

I see allot of people saying that you can develop your own product, newsletter, etc.. with JUST personality.

Personality is important - it's what creates loyalty, it's how you get attention, but personality is most effective if it helps communicate what your market wants to know... you have to provide value.

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