Ebay is a great place to start for online entrepreneurs. Here is a place that allows you limitless traffic and an immediate source of potential clients. That is the pro and con using Ebay as a way to make money. You can easily become lost in the limitless amount of "junk" or "treasure". I find that many Ebay start-ups lose their creativity along the way. They end up settling for a product that is supplied by various people in the market. In order to make any profit one would have to go directly to a wholesaler-- forget drop-shippers-- and that can be extremely expensive and risky.
I find the best method to use on Ebay is to focus on branding. Here begins the process of what I like to call ibranding. Ibranding is the process of using what you have to create a brand seemingly out of nothing or "thin-air".
This method can be achieved in a number of ways. Just look at Ebay as an opportunity for you to exert your creativity to the masses. Be different. Sell something that means a great deal to you, or an item that you can take pride in creating. There are so many other sellers teeming to sell the same products (aka iPods, TVs, Books, etc) and where do you fit in that equation?
If you are serious about doing what you love for a living leave the preconceptions at the door. Dare to be different. Don't listen to any one person, but do what your intuition tells you. Believe me it is there for a reason.
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