Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 336 pages
- Published by: Kaplan Business September 4, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 141958328X
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1419583285
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Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 7.1 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
eBay Trading Assistants are experienced eBay sellers who indicate their willingness to sell your items for you, for a fee. It’s a great service for people who want to sell items on eBay, but lack the time or know-how to do it themselves.
eBay Entrepeneur will guide would-be eBay Trading Assistants in setting up successful eBay Trading Assistant businesses.
Topics include:
-Planning, starting & executing a profitable Trading Assistant business-Finding the best clients-Low-cost marketing programs-Unlocking unlimited free publicity-Avoiding technology pitfalls-Streamlining day-to-day operations-Profiles and case studies of the most profitable home-based success stories
About The Author
Christopher Spencer is a former celebrity manager and lifelong entrepreneur. He started selling on eBay in 1998 and quickly grew his online business into a major enterprise. Chris is the president of his own corporation, The Spencer Company, based in Burbank, CA. He founded this firm in 1988, at the age of 18, as a direct marketing company. His hobby of selling on eBay took off in 1999 and landed him in the December 27, 1999 issue of
Time magazine. Committed full-time to eBay since 2000, Chris is now a Shooting Star member (with over 10,000 feedbacks) on eBay, an official eBay University Instructor, and a Certified eBay Educational Specialist, ranking #4 among certified eBay trainers nationwide.
Reader ReviewsThis is a really good book for someone who is interested in starting a service business. I can't praise it enough in the few paragraphs I'm writing in this review. Regardless of whether or not you want to start an eBay Trading Assistant business, but you KNOW you want to start SOME small business selling your services, then I highly recommend you get a copy of this book and read it and study it. Much of what is covered between its covers applies equally to just about any start-up. And the author does a wonderful job spoon-feeding us the material. My background is NOT in retailing. And eBay is one big online retail store. So I'm not going to say how good or bad it is to get involved with retailing. And if you become a Trading Assistant, then you are getting involved in retailing even though the main thrust of your small business will be simply providing a service. I will say that I haven't been convinced that becoming an eBay Trading Assistant is something I would want to become or that I would recommend to my SCORE clients to consider becoming one. What I do recommend is that any owner of a retail store should consider having someone on the payroll who can do what an eBay trading assistant does. And by reading this book you will get a pretty good understanding of what a trading assistant does. Although I liked ALL 23 chapters, my favorite chapters were 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14-17, 22, and 23. These I consider to be the universal topics regarding how to start a service business. Last Fall I had to help put on a SCORE seminar about selling on eBay. I read a few books on the subject (including this one), got a couple of magazines on the subject, and scoured the Net for articles on eBay. I also signed up to use eBay and studied the eBay site. What I learned in preparing for the seminar was that eBay is always changing. I doubt the instant book is still up-to-date since it was written a couple of years ago. But the basics covered in this book are definitely current and well worth your time to read if you are thinking about becoming a trading assistant. 5 stars!
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