Ebay Power Seller Profits

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Happy New Year Everybody!
With the New Year, comes a new change in shipping rates for all UPS and US Postal Service Sellers using Priority Mail.

These rates went into effect 1/4/10.

For the new USPS carrier rate changes go to

http://www.usps.com/prices/welcome.htm

For UPS carrier rate changes go to

http://www.ups.com/rates/

Most of my shipping is done thru USPS Priority Mail and the rate is now based on weight and zone of delivery desination. No longer will a 1lb Priority Box go to California for $4.80.

Please make sure to update all your listing to cover the increase in postage.

eBay is the place to be if you are planning to open a business for selling your product or just about any product. The fastest growing online retail phenomenon, you can also become a part of it as well. You can start an eBay business selling products lying discarded at your home or you can start by selling products that you have knowledge of. The opportunities offered by eBay are huge because since its inception in 1995, the global customer base is 181 million and it is growing by the day. In December 2008, one of the top 5 hottest selling items on the eBay was vinyl records and this just goes on to prove that anything can be sold on eBay.

You can start an eBay business with just about anything from vinyl records to rare LP’s and from discarded and unused Christmas presents to used laptops. It is the largest common marketplace where you can not only do a garage sale but also make some profit from it. Statistics say that 724,000 sellers on eBay are from the US and these people draw their secondary and in some cases primary source of income from this mega marketplace. There are almost 3 million products on sale on eBay from Britain alone, so you can imagine how many products are being put on sale or are being sold on this website every day. Read the rest of this entry »