Thank God – It Was an eBay Fluke!

I had a bad week recently.  Really bad.  I barely made a profit on eBay for the week and was feeling pretty lousy.

I was unsure if it was my items, eBay, or the failing USA economy.  As it turns out, it was me as I had expected and hoped.  I just got greedy and went for some bad products.  Problem corrected.

I was recently asked about my intentions to quit my day job since I have considered this option in the past.  I am not currently considering it.  Especially after my recent low-profit scare!  I still need the stability of my real job and, quite frankly, with the economy they way it is I would just prefer make all the money I can while I can.  Who knows where we will be 12 months from now.

Wish me luck!

And remember, use this link and go buy DropShipping Sucks.  It is what I used to get started and you should too.  Plus, when you use my link I earn money.  [smile]

Buyer’s Remorse? Naah. But I am no longer using WorldWide Brands for eBay.

In my last post I mentioned that I got some software from Christopher Bernard the guy behind the Dropshipping Sucks website.  This software allows me to find products on different wholesalers and other places with great speed and ease.  It also allows me to research products which I must admit I have not done yet.

I love the software.  It is very cool and I find myself using it even to find products I buy for myself.  It is just very good at finding products for cheap.

However, there has been one downside.  A little while ago I bit the $299 bullet and invested in a company called WorldWide Brands.  I was and am still happy with it as clearly a lot of thought and time has gone into the development of their product.  I am just not using it anymore due to my using Chris’ software.

I read through the user agreement and I cannot resell my login to anyone else.  So I guess I am stuck with something that I no longer use.  I will not call it a $299 mistake because as I said, before I got this software I was using WorldWide Brands somewhat to find products for my eBay sales.

On that note, I do seem to have peeked somewhat.  I am consistantly selling and making money on eBay but I do not seem to be able to take it to the next level.  I am almost certianly going to try selling elsewhere maybe on Amazon or on my own website.  Yikes!  I would have to build a website!

I suppose it is goodbye forever to my $299 but I have benefitted from the experience.  Now I must get back to eBay.  And, unfortunately, to my real job which I STILL have.

Wish me luck!

eBay and Me are Doin’ Swell!

Well, if you read my blog you know recently I had a little slump selling on eBay.  But things seemed to recover quickly.

Lucky for me, they have stayed that way.  And while I still do have some total product flops every once in a while, actually it is fairly common, I am back making profit.  I just love profit but who doesn’t?  I you don’t love profit then feel free to send me yours!

So, even with some listings that end without bidders, boo, I am still ending well into the profit and am actually paying some bills now.  Lucky for me this wordpress site is free or I would be doomed!  J/K

My most recent flop product, after the body lotion fiasco, was a dumb Elmo toy.  I thought it was so cute and let’s just say that the retail price on the thing was basically $20, and that is what Walmart was selling it for, and I got the cute little animated guy for $5.  Actually I got 7 of them at that price of $5 each.  I guess I could return them to Walmart for $20 each and say I lost my receipt.  J/K  I would not do that!

I listed little Elmo on eBay with a buy-it-now of $10 + $5.95 S&H, which would have me profiting about $7 each, and he did not go anywhere.  But that is ok, I will take Chris’ advice from his Better Sources guide and save it for the Christmas season.  Then I am sure it will sell but I thought if I could offer a lower price than Walmart I could maybe sell them now.  Oops!  Sorry Elmo, nobody wants you.

I have to get back to my auctions now.  I just wanted to keep the blog alive and remind those of you who are struggling that everyone has some flops.  You just need to keep at it.  I mean if I, the super eBay guru with a whole month of success, can have a flop then so can anyone.    Maybe this is going to my head a bit.  I guess when I look at my feedback score and my total profits I am still a newbie.  But hey, I am profiting and my feedback is getting higher all the time!

Wish me luck and I will do the same for you!

Day 12: What the heck? A call from DOBA?

Today I saw on my caller ID that the drop ship sourcing company DOBA called.  What could they want?

For those of you who don’t know, DOBA was my first choice and first attempt to use drop shipping to make money on eBay.  Take a look at my about page.  It didn’t work out and I am very surprised to see them calling and very curious too.

If anyone reads this, and I now know that at least one person does besides myself, then can you share in my comments section your experiences with DOBA?  Have you had any luck with them?  I thought their prices made it impossible to profit.  Do you know why they could be calling me?

On to better subjects, my good pal eBay!

I have listed more auctions but do not have any bids yet.  This is ok as last time my auctions got most of the bids in the final moments so I am going to cross my fingers and hope that the items I listed are not just too late for the season.

From my conversation email with Chris from dropshippingsucks.com I have some products lined up just in case.  I was hoping to cash in on the holidays one more time with some 3-day quickies.  I will keep you posted.

I am going to again skip a day on the picture as I am really running low.  Maybe I can pester Chris to make more but I think I pester him enough.

Wish me luck!  I will write tomorrow!