Comments on: Is eBay The Biggest Untapped Online Money Making Opportunity?

By: Ray Johnson

Ray Johnson — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:52:32 +0000

Great tips and a well written article! Your blog is definitely worth visiting again! All the best to you and a huge load of success!

By: Kevin James

Kevin James — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:14:40 +0000

Hi Yaro,

I’m in a mastermind group with Andrew and he’s shared a lot more of the ‘behind-the-scenes’ info with our group.

Yanik Silver and Dan Kennedy are using Andrew’s system which in itself is an incredible endorsement of how useful it is.

Andrew’s a straightforward guy who doesn’t blow his own trumpet loud enough in my opinion. Every time our group meets he produces incredibly ingenious marketing ideas that blow us away.

I’m using Andrew’s H3 system in a small way for my mortgage loan officer business and it’s phenomenal. I’m getting a steady stream of leads for about a buck a day.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:44:47 +0000

I listen to Andrew Locke on his podcast “Renegade eBay Sellers” and I must say that some of the “techniques” he recommends are either on the edge of ethics for eBay or word for word complete plagiarism of other sources. He has a great way of presenting the information however and you can not shoot the messenger. Andrew is only sharing knowledge, which is the definition of Information Marketing. Where he gets his information and how much he makes by re-presenting it to a new audience is his own business. If you did not know the information prior to hearing it from Andrew, then you received your moneys worth. There can be no dispute about the immense marketing power eBay can generate. Using that power for your own betterment is the trick! eBay is the 400lb Gorilla in our marketing world, it would be a mistake to turn your back on it!

By: Vern at Aim for Awesome

Vern at Aim for Awesome — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:11:23 +0000

Ok Yaro, SPILL IT! Where would I go to find the cool add a photo to the comment section plugin at WP? Is there such a thing or did you have that custom programmed? Vern

By: Floyd Craig

Floyd Craig — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:00:25 +0000

Hi Thanks for the info on ebay. I’ve been thinking about ways to utilize ebay. Floyd

By: Suzanne Wells

Suzanne Wells — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:56:15 +0000

Interesting post. I an an active eBay power seller. I use eBay to build my mailing list as well, but using indirect methods. My second business is eBay Coaching. I prefer to give away my ebooks (filled with links to my coaching sites and resources) rather than focus on selling them. A taste of some good information leaves them hungry for more.

There are some guidelines set forth by eBay regarding post-transactioanl marketing, and as an active power seller, I am careful to abide by these guidelines. eBay has an anti-spam policy (located here http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/rfe-spam-ov.html) so to protect my seller account and reputation, I don’t spam.

But yes, after selling 13,000 items you better believe I am keeping a list for down the road. The power is in the list.

Regarding your comment “most sellers are too lazy to optimize an auction” – I couldn’t agree with you more. That is the roadblock of my coaching – you can talk a blue streak and tell sellers every secret in the book. The question is, will they get off their duff and to what you suggest? In my experience, and overwhelming NO is the answer. Most are even too lazy to start a blog directed towards their target market.

ITA, information marketing is the key. Visit my blog link above and just look at how much information I give away for free, just to entice sellers to learn more!

Regards-
Suzanne Wells

By: Fred333

Fred333 — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:14:05 +0000

Some very good tips in there. I have used ebay on a couple of occasions and had some pretty good success.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:05:46 +0000

I don’t think Yanik Silver uses this system, unless something has changed recently. When Yanik interviewed Andrew he said he didn’t use E-bay (same with Dan Kennedy) and about a month later Yanik put out information about an auction he was testing using Andrew’s system. Yanik was trying to auction off his car. Both Yanik and Kennedy/Glazer interviewed him, it doesn’t mean they are actively using the system.

I’m a member of both of their monthly programs, I’ve never heard anything from them that they are.

John A – what is you typical opt-in rate on your auctions? How many auction views lead to opt-ins? I would like to know if it is working better than my own “homegrown” system.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:22:29 +0000

There are a lot of product searches on eBay. That much at least is true.

As for the rest, his basic method is a well-known spammer’s scam which is prohibited by the eBay’s user agreement and is on dangerous legal grounds. The short version is: do not sell e-books on eBay to get emails for a marketing list.

By: Old School Marketing Can Help Low Traffic Bloggers | Stephan Miller

Old School Marketing Can Help Low Traffic Bloggers | Stephan Miller — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:55:54 +0000

[...] started out on the internet as an Ebay Seller/Shareware Author. Yaro Starak already covered how using Ebay can bring traffic to your blog. It is something marketers have been doing for a while. I sell out our old inventory for low prices [...]