The eBay Millionaire: Titanium PowerSeller Secrets for Building a Big Online Business

258 Pages·2005·1.76 MB·English

by  Amy Joyner

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MILLIONAIRE
TITANIUM
PowerSeller Secrets
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amy joyner
John Wiley & Sons,Inc.
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MILLIONAIRE
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PowerSeller Secrets
for Building a Big
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amy joyner
John Wiley & Sons,Inc.
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Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Joyner,Amy.
The eBay millionaire :titanium powerseller secrets for building a big online business / Amy
Joyner.
p.cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13 978-0-471-71216-9
ISBN-10 0-471-71216-7
1. Internet auctions. 2. eBay (Firm). 3. Businesspeople. 4. Success in business. I. Title.
HF5478.J69 2005
658.8'7—dc22
2004029128
Printed in the United States ofAmerica.
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To Bruce—Your love makes all things possible.
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Contents
PART ONE
Building an eBay Empire
Introduction 3
The Power ofthe Titanium Secrets 9
Getting Started 13
Sixteen Essential Steps to Launching Your eBay Business 17
PART TWO
The Titanium PowerSellers
PROFILE 1 A City Discount 25
PROFILE 2 AuctionDrop 37
PROFILE 3 Carsyours 47
PROFILE 4 Cord Camera 59
PROFILE 5 Dealtree 71
PROFILE 6 Designer Athletic 81
PROFILE 7 eMoviePoster.com 93
PROFILE 8 eValueville 103
PROFILE 9 Glacier Bay DVD 115
PROFILE 10 Grapevine Hill 127
PROFILE 11 Hess Fine Art 139
PROFILE 12 Inventory Solutions 149
PROFILE 13 1StopAuctions 161
PROFILE 14 Pugster 171
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PROFILE 15 Rock Bottom Golf 183
PROFILE 16 SCGaynor Auctions 193
PROFILE 17 Sell2All 205
PROFILE 18 zTradingPost 217
PART THREE
Putting the PowerSeller
Techniques to Work for You
Fifty Strategies for Successful eBay Selling 229
Resource List for Building Your eBay Business 235
Acknowledgments 239
Index 241