I have looked at many peoples store site on e-bay I think they have to be making money right. How do they do it. What is the catch to making a profit on e-bay with all the fees and problems with customers if they dont want the product after they get it with return policy and pay-pal policy.
      Answer1:If you want to earn serious money from eBay, you need to have a well-thought out business model. Selling on ebay is getting tougher -- just look at the number of auctions that closes without a bid. Go to the boards on ebay and you will hear even oldtimers complaining about how stiffer competition plus higher fees make it so much harder to sell on ebay.The key success factor is: Sell products that people actually want. One success model of ebay is the couple Jay and Marie Senese (username jayandmarie) of the 1-cent CD fame. They have the highest positive feedback number of all sellers on eBay. Their business model is to buy very low cost CDs in bulk (those that CD stores sell in their discount bins) and offer them on ebay at a starting price of 1 cent http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/con... Their success is based on the fact that they stumbled on a sustainable business model with products that people really want. eBay has several ways for you to determine exactly what the hot items to sell on their marketplace: Items In Demand = the most popular items currently within that particular category. To see the In Demand page, go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/sell... Hot Items by Category Report = a monthly report that lists the fastest growing categories on eBay for the previous month. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/what... and select "Hot Items by Category" from the menu on the left. eBay Pulse = "a daily snapshot of current trends, hot picks, and cool stuff on eBay". Go to http://pulse.ebay.com/ to see eBay Pulse in action. Merchandising Calendar = eBay promotes specific categories on its home page each month. Savvy eBayers know that this home page exposure results in more interest in such categories. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/cale... to view the current Merchandising Calendar.
      Answer2:ya you can make good $$$
      Answer3:eBay is a Market. Plain and Simple. It is a place where buyers and sellers gather for haggling over merchandise and prices. Making money all depends on if you can sell something for more than what you bought it. You have to factor in competition, demand, etc... It can be done, but its not easy to walk away with profits that let you live the easy life.Well, maybe there a few masters and plenty of jacks.
      Answer4:Yeah Ebay is ok but its not what it used to be and its very hard to make money on there now.There are a ton of scams out there too. I find the best things to go with are things like affiliate marketing on clickbank.com. They dont sell anything they just host other peoples products and you get a commission for every one you sell.Now, of course, getting people to buy them is what you need to learn. I work from home myself doing affiliate marketing but I wont pitch you anything I do. But my buddy Mack has a website where he teaches people how to do affiliate marketing.I learned a ton from that guy and hes probably the reason I make close to $200k/yr. online. If you want to check out his site heres the link:www.MassiveOnlineMoney.comHope that helps,JC