Entrepreneur Secrets: Who’s the next Jeff Bezos?
February 19, 2017
By Jerry Bellune
You know Jeff Bezos’ amazing Amazon.com story.
He started selling books online from his garage.
Amazon made him a digital billionaire retailer.
Now teenagers are following his lead.
They sell teen stuff to other teenagers online.
Laura Rose started selling her own clothes online.
She profited by getting rid of unwanted garments.
Her first sales netted her about $40.
She’s now made over $60,000 on eBay to pay for:
- Her university education.
- Three luxury vacation trips a year.
She’s been to Italy, Spain, France and Holland.
She’s a third-year business management student.
Her friends may envy her success, she says.
They don’t envy the time and effort she puts in.
Here are her 10 tips for selling on eBay:
- Sell by auction format starting at 99¢ or less.
- Sell only good quality used items.
You don’t want complaints or negative feedback.
- Make your subject lines enticing.
- Use well-lit product photos on plain backdrops.
Or photos of you modeling an item yourself.
This gives buyers an idea of how it will look.
- Offer your items at peak viewing times.
After school or work and evenings are best.
- Build a reliable seller reputation.
Buyers will talk about you, Make it good talk.
Search engines will help if they get no complaints.
To build a positive online reputation:
- Solicit feedback and act on all complaints.
- Track your sales and where they come from.
- Respond quickly by packing and mailing orders.
- Offer free postage as a sales incentive.
- Never offer anything you’ve already sold.
You can’t afford to disappoint your buyers.
- Mail when you promise – or sooner,.
- Don’t fret if items don’t sell for all you hoped.
It’s a competitive market, Don’t be disheartened.
Next: How would Donald Trump run your business?
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