10 Real eBay Success Stories
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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:
10.) Dave Novak
This eBay seller realized the power
of niche markets and used it to his advantage to develop an eBay business
selling spas and showers for millions a year. He furthered his
online success into selling tutorials for how to build a business online,
through eBay or otherwise. He teaches that there is a technique
and hard work involved in creating an online business, but advocates
for being passionate about what you do.
Ebay Tip #4
Ebay can be a Matchmaker and Moneymaker:
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