I get the gripes and complaints from eBay members. I have been at the end of many suspension and account closers. Back in 2004 I was doing at least$700 a week selling DVDs. Easy.
I had an account with an overseas supplier and was buying and selling cult and b grade movies just as the boom started. I got shut down because an Australian company got the rights to a movie I was importing. Ebay took the film down, I relisted it and argued that it was a legitimate item and that I had the rigt to sell my own personal property. Ebay took it down again (second time). Gues what I did, I figured that I was getting in trouble due to the item not starting that it was an import and not the version being sold in Australia. eBay for a third and final time took it down and suspended my account.
I was off eBay for many years until one day I started this account.
But in saying that, other sellers have thrived, I would believe the stories of ebay not playing fair if I didn't personally know a seller who makes 80 to 90 percent of her sales off this site and lives in a very nice apartment overlooking the beach at The Entrance in NSW.
Her product is her passion and nothing beats loving what you do, so that might be a small part to her survival.
It is possible, like I said I attend alot of seminars for online selling and they all state eBay as a very powerful tool. I would be very willing to share my steps if I knew exactly what they were to reach a successful online retailer goal.
I have been told many times that the first 18 - 24 months should be used to aquire stock. Unload all the profits back into the business, this is all done BEFORE you would consider leaving your job........
Step 2???????????????????
