David Wirtenberg is a 28 year old eBay powerseller who has sales of over 10 million dollars per year.  His business is selling Engagement rings, wedding bands and other jewelry.  His eBay userid is outrageousauctions, and he utilizes eBay to generate new traffic.  Most of his auctions set out at $0.99 and he claims that he often loses money as a result of trying to offer his customers the lowest possible price with the highest degree of customer service.  David went into selling jewelry online without any prior knowledge of the industry and is now one of eBay’s best success stories, literally making millions of dollars per year.

2.) Marat Denenburg

Marat was a Rutgers University student who got into eBay through his own desire to purchase cheap electronics.  By discovering a cheap resource in overseas refurbished disk drives, Marat started making a profit by adding value to the disk drives with new covers.  Today, Denenburg does between 50 and 80 sales per day and averages over $4,000 in sales.  By further negotiating volume shipping discounts, he has further increased his profits and is able to offer free shipping.  He sells under the eBay power seller name, narro. 

3.)Eran Dekel

This 30 year old man operating under the eBay powerseller account decolofashion has made a name for himself in the discount designer menswear business driving over 2 million in sales per year.  By selling his clothing at below retail prices, but still at a hefty profit, Dekel is able to drive sales he was never able to see offline.  While he admits there are many difficulties to selling clothing online, he brings repeat customers by doing as much as possible to ensure risk free shopping.  Like many other eBay entrepreneurs, Dekel was able to drive additional traffic and sales by creating his own website which has increased his success exponentially.

EBay Tip #1

Making Money By Utilizing Overseas Resources:

4.) Amy Mayer and Ellen Navarrow

Amy and Ellen approached making money off of eBay from a fresh perspective, choosing to start their online store as a depot for consignment of individuals and high-end retailers.  They sell the unsold or slightly used expensive clothing of their customers, who drop it off on location to their storefront.  They then sell the items on eBay for a profit that both they and their clients benefit from.  With over 1.4 million dollars in sales, these girls continue growing their business by offering eBay selling classes, and by franchising out their business plan. They operate under the eBay account expressdropchicago.

5.) Jay and Marie Senese

With the eBay username jayandmarie, this couple is famous on eBay for selling CD's starting at one cent.  They have the highest possible feedback rating of any ebayer, as the result of gathering over 250,000 unique satisfied customers.  Bringing in millions of dollars in sales per year, Jay and Marie were able to eventually sell their eBay business for a hefty profit of $5 million dollars.  Not surprisingly, the business sale took place on eBay, becoming one of the highest amounts paid on the site.

6.)Chris ad Lisa Rush

Operating under the eBay name hifisoundconnection, this duo has sales of over 8 million dollars per year.  With a demographic of 15-25 year olds, they cater to a generation of consumers who don’t want to wait.  By providing them with good service, their home and auto stereo eBay business has continued to grow and is currently one of the biggest selling teams on eBay.  These young millionaires also stress the

importance of growing your brand and reputation online in order to induce repeat business 

EBay Tip #2

Niche Markets & No Reserve = Big Business

7.) Tiffany Tanaka

Another great example of an eBay power seller who took a different approach to making money off the site is a woman from Hawaii named

Tiffany Tanaka, 24.  Operating under the eBay seller name weselthings4u and the website wesellthings4u.com, Tiffany owns an eBay drop off store that sells things on consignment.  Her primary customers are those who understand the power of eBay to sell products, but don't have the resources or desire to sell the things themselves.  Tiffany's business makes her and her customers money.  With sales of over 2.7 million dollars, Ms. Tanaka is poised to be one of eBay’s greatest success stories.

8.) Diane Bingham

Diane Bingham, after coming out of rehab in 1998, decided eBay would be a great place to start her own online business.  Now, with over 2 million dollars in business every year, Diane's company, From Global To You, is the largest antique furniture dealer on eBay.  She has grown her business organically and credits her success to customer service, a trend echoed by nearly all successful eBay entrepreneurs. 

9.) Crystal and Steven Holt

The Holts own Movie Magic USA, based in Denison Iowa and operate under eBay id moviemagicusa.  This couple sells videos and DVD's online and specializes in hard to find movies.  In September of 2002 they started selling videos and movies they found from a distributor and started making a profit.  While scared to be full time entrepreneurs, the Holts continued to grow their business and currently do over a

million dollars in sales a year.  The Holts secret in selling harder to find movies is that they have built themselves into a niche industry, and have become known as the go-to providers of anything obscure or unique. 

EBay tip #3

As long as it’s unique, anything can be sold on eBay: