Can you make a living selling on eBay?
Candidate John McCain made the statement that "1.3 million people are making a living off eBay. Most of those are in the United States of America." How true is that?
Slate columnist and Newsweek business columnist Daniel Gross asks and answers that question in one of his columns. This figure comes from a 2006 study, he says, which showed that 1.3 million people use eBay as their primary or secondary source of income. He concludes that the numbers actually making a living are indeed smaller when you consider how many power sellers there are, what it takes to achieve those levels and look more closely at the date.
Some RVers do make money on eBay. What has worked better for RVers is to make an arrangement with an antique store dealer or a dealer who has items that would sell on eBay and manage their auctions for them. That way you aren't hauling a lot of inventory as you travel or having to haunt yard sales and auctions for inventory.
Nancy used to find old books in the library give-away boxes or on the shelves where they sold books for a dollar or so. She then would sell them on eBay and made enough to pay for their satellite Internet service. She recently told me that libraries have gotten wise and now sell these more valuable books themselves; they are harder and harder to find.
eBay is a viable way for RVers to make some extra money. Can you make a good living off it? Read the article and decide. Jaimie Hall Bruzenak
For information on Jaimie's 2nd edition of Support Your RV Lifestyle! An Insider's Guide to Working on the Road, see RVBookstore.com
Slate columnist and Newsweek business columnist Daniel Gross asks and answers that question in one of his columns. This figure comes from a 2006 study, he says, which showed that 1.3 million people use eBay as their primary or secondary source of income. He concludes that the numbers actually making a living are indeed smaller when you consider how many power sellers there are, what it takes to achieve those levels and look more closely at the date.
Some RVers do make money on eBay. What has worked better for RVers is to make an arrangement with an antique store dealer or a dealer who has items that would sell on eBay and manage their auctions for them. That way you aren't hauling a lot of inventory as you travel or having to haunt yard sales and auctions for inventory.
Nancy used to find old books in the library give-away boxes or on the shelves where they sold books for a dollar or so. She then would sell them on eBay and made enough to pay for their satellite Internet service. She recently told me that libraries have gotten wise and now sell these more valuable books themselves; they are harder and harder to find.
eBay is a viable way for RVers to make some extra money. Can you make a good living off it? Read the article and decide. Jaimie Hall Bruzenak
For information on Jaimie's 2nd edition of Support Your RV Lifestyle! An Insider's Guide to Working on the Road, see RVBookstore.com
Labels: eBay, John McCain
posted by Jaimie Hall-Bruzenak at
7:45 AM
2 Comments:
Interesting article, Jaimie. Even more interesting and informative are the posts to the discussion forum. eBay apparently is no longer an on-line flea market. It's a full-time business opportunity. The posts give some alternatives to selling on eBay that I will check into.
JayCee
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Anonymous, at June 15, 2008 2:23 AM
It is a full-time business opportunity for many people.
Let me know what you find out about some of these other opportunities. (calamityjaimie @ gmail.com) Put alternatives to eBay in the topic line or something similar.
Good luck! Jaimie
By
Jaimie Hall-Bruzenak, at June 15, 2008 12:09 PM
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