Chemists’ bottles are very collectable, especially any that once contained poison which really can go for hundreds or thousands of pounds. By nature, they’re not pretty, just unusual, and appeal to those who collect bottles in general or apothecary bottles in particular.

Something that stands out like a sore thumb on eBay when searching for ‘poison bottle’ is the fact that few specimens go unsold on eBay, except for any that are over-priced or carry a hefty reserve.

Take a look at popular selling poison bottles on eBay and check out similar specimens selling at flea markets where you’ll often find one or two dealers selling nothing but bottles, mainly beer, more often anything bottle shaped. No one can know all there is to know about prices and few offline sellers use eBay anyway, so there’s scope here to buy poison bottles for a few pounds in expectation of prices one hundred times higher on eBay.

Let these recent eBay realisations whet your appetite:

* Described simply as an ‘antique poison bottle’, a nicely illustrated purple bottle fetched $631.

* An amber coloured poison bottle ‘from a tip near NORTH WALES’ made £216

* A ‘Rare Petite Owl Drug Co. Cobalt Poison Bottle’ made $102.50.

* A ‘Beautiful Cobalt Poison Medicine Style Bottle’ listed as ‘ This bottle was found in a creek bed up around Marietta, Ga. Still has some dirt inside that I left for authenticity. I have seen lots of fake imports’ went for $81.00.

Other Things to Know About Poison Bottles

* Colour is important to some collectors, especially cobalt (blue), amber (golden brown), green. Lots of poison bottles feature on eBay and poorly described items get lost in the crowd, so add interest to your listings, instead of describing your stock as blue / orange / green, say Cobalt / Amber / Bottle Green.

* Avoid setting a reserve price on high quality bottles. Look at the mass of sold over failed to sell items at completed auctions and you’ll see good items always sell and at high prices. Reserves are largely unnecessary, they add to your listing fees, and can deter bidders who, seeing two similar items, one with reserve, one without, will invariably opt for the latter.

* Notice how some listings indicate where bottles were found, often on tips or from retired chemists and apothecaries. This adds authenticity - provenance - and helps reduce concern over a proliferation of fake poison bottles entering the market today. Check bottles very carefully, look for signs of age, look for scratches and dents, rough edges where bottles may have existed on stone surfaces or against brick walls for long periods of time. A perfect bottle is rarely an old one.

* Some bottles have labels indicating maker or supplying chemist which also benefits the authenticating process. Check the names for authenticity, ask local historians, search online, look in local Kelly’s and other trade directories from decades ago. Look in history books, check old postcards, look for chemists actually existing in towns and villages whose names coincide with those on your bottles.

* Among the rarest poison bottles are those featuring the skull and crossbones or just a skull which were popular from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s. Few people could read in those days, so the wording ‘Poison’ on a bottle might go unchecked and actually led to numerous accidental deaths at the time, unlike a skull and crossbones which most people associate with DEATH! Other methods designed to distinguish poison from reliable medicines for people who could not read included colouring (most poison bottles were cobalt blue, amber, green), or making them coffin or skull shaped.

* A poison bottle in the shape of a skull was patented in 1894 by Carlton Lewe and became one of the rarest and most expensive bottles, worth between £1,000 and £3,000.

Avril Harper is a business writer and eBay PowerSeller who has produced several guides to making money from eBay, including MAKE MONEY TEARING UP OLD BOOKS AND MAGAZINES AND SELLING THEM ON EBAY which you can read about at:http://www.magstoriches.com 103 POWERSELLER TIPS can be downloaded with other freely distributable reports and eBooks at http://www.avrilharper.com

Snuff is powdered tobacco usually mixed with herbs and spices designed to be sniffed upwards through the nostrils. It has long been viewed a more ‘gentlemanly’ practice than actually smoking the tobacco. Snuff originated in America and became immensely popular in 17th century Europe. Like scent, special bottles were popularised to contain snuff, being usually ornate and often unique and ultimately one of today’s most popular collectibles. Designed to carry in the pocket, most bottles are less than 3 inches long and an inch or two wide.

Many of the most beautiful and valuable snuff bottles were made in China and feature amongst eBay’s highest priced specimens. Most Chinese snuff bottles resemble small vases with tiny stoppers and were frequently made from porcelain, ivory, horn, glass or bronze, and overlaid with delicate hand painting or encrusted with precious stones. The best were hand carved from porcelain and gemstones, or carved and hand hollowed from glass and worth many times more than their modern day glass blown counterparts.

There’s a good following for modern snuff bottles so don’t turn a blind eye to what’s available from craftworkers and glass makers. You’ll find modern snuff bottles will sell well outside their area of origin but be careful not to confuse old with new in your listings. Some enthusiasts collect snuff bottles regardless of age; others want antique bottles aged one hundred years or more.

Although the majority of quality snuff bottles were and still are made in China, some better designs also came from Japan, usually of carved ivory or hand applied lacquer.

The Chinese developed a technique of ‘inside painting’ their snuff bottles to prevent outside decorations being chipped or discoloured when knocked or subject to strong light or heat. Paint was applied using matchstick shaped bamboo sticks with a hooked end to reach inside the bottle, a painstaking process that took weeks or months, sometimes years.

The best of Chinese and Japanese creations are rare and very expensive especially bearing the artist’s signature, as you’ll see from the following recent eBay results:

* Two Antique Enamelled Oriental Snuff Bottles fetched $10,000. These were hand painted types and went at Live Auction.

* A snuff bottle decorated enamel on copper (Japanese I think) went for $4750.00, also at Live Auction. What surprised me here was the surprising lack of detail given about the bottle but the pictures were great and no doubt lifted an otherwise very poor listing.

* Two 19th century jade snuff bottles made in China fetched $4250.00 and $2,100.00 respectively.

Numerous other Chinese 18th and 19th century bottles fetched hundreds of dollars apiece and, in a long list of Oriental snuff bottles, just one failed to reach its reserve and remained unsold.

Other Things to Know About Snuff Bottles

* Snuff bottles rarely go unsold on eBay and often fetch silly-high prices. They really are the kind of thing you can buy, at almost any price high or low, add your mark up and get what you ask, and maybe a whole lot more. Remember that, if two people bid to a specific price at local auction you’re bound to find one more person in this great big world willing to pay just a little bit extra for the item, maybe a great deal more.

* The most expensive snuff bottles are made from porcelain from the late 1600s to mid-1700s.

* The smaller the hole in the top of the bottle, generally speaking the better the quality.

* Another major sign of quality is the size of the interior, bigger generally being more expensive than smaller hollows.

* ‘Overlay’ is a description applied to many valuable bottles and indicates another colour, material or design has been applied over the basic bottle. The more intricate and valuable the coating, the more expensive the bottle is likely to be.

* Quality of carved bottles made from glass, ivory or other materials, lies in the detail and intricacy of the carving and quality of craftsmanship.

* Snuff bottles had separate cap and sometimes their own small spoon. A bottle with top and spoon intact is worth at least two to three times more than snuff bottle minus partner items.

* When buying, compare bottle to cap and spoon, check finer details and design. Very often parts from separate incomplete bottles are partnered, sometimes innocently to create a usable specimen, often fraudulently to maintain value.

* If you can’t tell Japanese from Chinese creations call them ‘Oriental’ instead.

* Keep bottles free from strong light and heat, both of which cause materials to sweat and colours to fade, as well as leading to unsightly cracks in fine layers of paint and other delicate overlay.

* Look for tiny cracks and abrasions in glaze and coating, avoid any that are badly damaged. Snuff bottle collectors are finicky, and even tiny irregularities can deplete value considerably.

* Be on guard against fake ‘porcelain’ and ‘ivory’ snuff bottles which are commonly made from resin, hard plastic or bone. At auction look for ways to confirm items are old, such as letters or receipts relating to whatever is offered.

* Disregard ivory snuff bottles, especially modern creations. Ivory is commonly imported illegally and collected in truly inhumane manner which few people find acceptable, even the most enthusiastic snuff bottle collectors. Some countries tolerate the trade of vintage ivory, in others ivory of any age or form is banned from being sold or entering the country. So you could find yourself selling an ivory snuff bottle only to find it seized by the authorities at the buyers’ end.

Avril Harper is a business writer and eBay PowerSeller who has produced several guides to making money from eBay, including MAKE MONEY TEARING UP OLD BOOKS AND MAGAZINES AND SELLING THEM ON EBAY which you can read about at:http://www.magstoriches.com 103 POWERSELLER TIPS can be downloaded with other freely distributable reports and eBooks at http://www.avrilharper.com

Fans date back many thousands of years but it is mainly those from the 1800s and 1900s that are most collectable today. Though many types and styles of fan appeared over the centuries it is the folding typed that can be splayed out and retracted into a compact stick shape that have proved most popular for users and collectors.

Their purpose was multifold and not always for staying cool in hot climates. They were used as fashion accessories, to hide blushing and facial blemishes, for flirting and to remain anonymous in public.

For us, they have just one main purpose, to fetch high prices on eBay. And they do fetch high prices, especially the most delicate types covered in lace or hand painted or craftsman carved. The more elaborate, generally speaking, the more money a fan will fetch. Most costly of all are fans encrusted with jewels and precious metals as well as some Art Deco and Art Nouveau types by popular artists during the 1920s and 1930s.

Lace fans represent a popular collectible in their own right especially early hand-woven silk lace filigree types. Lace fans, being easily torn and quick to fade, fetch a high premium in good condition. Silk lace was very rarely used and being so delicate few silk lace fans survived the decades unscathed by use or exposure to sunlight and dampness. Those that have survived in good condition are extremely collectable, very rare and incredibly expensive.

In recent weeks some high prices have been raised on eBay for fans I swear are similar to many I’ve seen selling for just a few pounds in local auction.

On eBay, an antique French Lace and Mother of Pearl fan with box recently fetched £180; a folding paper fan with an advertisement for ‘Parfum Pommeia’ made £75, and several late Victorian fans made from paper and hand painted with butterflies and flowers raised over £50 each.

Tips

* Fans often attract heavy bidding, not because they are beautiful or collectable, but because they interest people with widely different collecting tastes. Some people want fans, per se; others collect the theme depicted on fans, such as dogs, Japanese art; some buy for the materials used especially fancy feathers and fabulous lace.

* So when you’re selling, remember always to study possible collecting themes associated with each item and consider listing in two eBay categories: vintage fans under (usually) Collectables > Vanity / Perfume / Grooming > Other Vanity / Grooming, and whatever sub-category attracts the alternative collector. I have though seen fans, especially modern types, listed alongside clothing and accessories, and older fans with advertising or dog paintings listed under Collectibles > Advertising and Collectibles > Animals > Dogs > Breed, respectively.

* Look for quality fans created on delicate hand-carved structures made from bamboo and finely carved wood (sometimes ivory and horn), embellished with hand painted paper and silk or impacted with fine jewels and gold leaf.

* The earliest fans were hand-woven in bobbin and needlelace style often from silk and these are the rarest and most desirable of all collectable fans, also the most expensive.

* Condition is vitally important to price of fans and because they were meant to be used, not stored away, most fans either got broken or discarded when they fell out of fashion. Heat and strong sunlight are the worst enemies of these delicate items, and both cause colours to fade and lace or paper to disintegrate and grow mouldy.

* Fans should be stored in acid-free boxes, placed flat and fully opened, with padding below the bottom fan and more padding with acid-free tissue paper between fans placed on top.

* Never attempt to clean fans with erasers or water, most are extremely fragile and you may cause them to disintegrate.

* Fans should not be opened and framed. Stretching causes stress that tugs at the folds and can cause splitting. Glass covering might keep out the dust, but it also leads to foxing and sweating which destroys and fades delicate fabric on folds and elsewhere, and eventually causes delicate materials to fall away from the fan’s basic structure.

Avril Harper is a business writer and eBay PowerSeller who has produced several guides to making money from eBay, including MAKE MONEY TEARING UP OLD BOOKS AND MAGAZINES AND SELLING THEM ON EBAY which you can read about at:http://www.magstoriches.com 103 POWERSELLER TIPS can be downloaded with other freely distributable reports and eBooks at http://www.avrilharper.com

Lets be honest, despite what all the gurus tell you about how easy it is to make money on eBay it can be hard work.

First of all you have to find items to sell. At first this may not be to bad as most of us have plenty of surplus items in our homes. The problem is that this supply will not last forever and when you find you partner hiding their valuable and the children putting padlocks on their toy boxes you know it is time to start searching elsewhere.

Flea markets and garage sales are good hunting grounds but lets face it this all takes time. When you eventually bring your bargains home you have got to photograph them, write up a convincing listing and set a starting price. How long can that take you if you have 20 items to list? The answer is quite a while.

Providing your item sells you have then got to package and label each item and take them for mailing. By the time you have done all of this you may just be wondering whether it is all worth it.

In some ways selling on eBay is very much like being in a concert orchestra. You could be a cello player in which case you are going to have to a huge cello case around with you whenever you going somewhere to play. On the other hand you could have chosen to play the piccolo, which will almost fit in your pocket when you are travelling. So who has it easier the Cellist or the piccolo player?

In eBay you can be the person that buys individual items to sell on eBay or you can opt to buy similar items in quantity and just relist them as they are sold. And to make life easier why not only sell items that you can pop into a padded bag. You see now how much easier your eBay life can become.

If you can find small items such as DVDs, books or jewelry and buys them in tens or twenties you will drastically reduce the amount of work that you have to put into your eBay business. Some sellers go even further and sell digital products that are directly downloaded by the purchaser.

So if you think you are cellist rather than a piccolo player then take a look at the way you work and see how you can streamline your operation for an easier life.

Dave Bromley is a writer and full-time Internet Marketer who specialises in subjects relating to Online Auctions

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For many of us playing lotto, scratching money tickets and hoping for some kind of miracle is part of a daily ritual. If you get shown a business opportunity you may try it for a few months and if it does not work, even if others are making a very well living at it, we say it just does not work- it’s a scam! You ask Ricky Martin and he may still agree is just “La Vida Loca” without singing it.

Business is truly rough when starting if you are a newcomer, especially if you want to become a power seller on eBay. But do you really need to sell thousands of items to become financially secure and package all those dollars and cents of commissions at the end of each month when finishing accounting? Are there other smarter ways?

There are two hugely successfully ways to achieve fast and simple money through eBay without having to sell or buy anything. Anyone that dares to try the following secrets should stay addicted to them every single month.

It should be a real secret, a secret because I am 99% sure you never had a clue on how to invest totally nothing and turn into $1,500 or a higher profit ranging in the five figures for 12-18 minutes of work once mastered.

Have you been dumped from work for extreme negligence? Are you late for a mortgage payment and have the bank on your back every week? How do you pay your credit card debt in a possible and potential 12-18 minutes of work on average?

The in a nutshell formula to be deleted soon- is that you need to go to eBay. You should find a section on eBay that goes by the name of “What’s Hot”. Once arriving as my last minute check, I got the February report. Once you see the February report, as a PDF- you will search for high price ticket items in order for this secret to work.

As a special favorite, you should search for high priced collectibles. Cards, Stamps, Coins and many but many others that are of joyful need for a special collector. Can you imagine what President Ulysses letters and stamps go for? Say one for $100,000 right now on eBay. Do you think a fan of John F. Kennedy will buy a printed original stamp? A $5,000 stamp of him is being shown on eBay as of the moment I write.

Now, should I stick with stamps, coins and the ones shown as example here? No, look for other high priced ticket items of collection. Key here it must be rare, it must be very limited in quantity and it surely needs to be out of the retail market being sold anywhere offline in the local shop in order for this process to really work.

What do you do now? In a very in a nutshell explanation for the sake of this article- you play the middleman role. Send an email to the seller and tell him that you can buy his entire collecting high priced inventory. All of it for a special price, but that you need 48-72hrs to come up with the funds for it.

You then go to an online database of paid newsletter subscribers that want to receive information on specialty collectable items. You pay a fee for sending 2,000-3,000 emails on leads that are subscribed to their system and assure yourself they are not SPAM addresses. They are actually a few database online that are reputable and that are worth it.

What do you finally do? You work yourself a higher price with the paid newsletter subscribers from that worldwide special database and increase or easily double the price per unit so the gap is big enough so you pay your car issues or your mortgage payment for few month or a whole year depending on the item selected. Once they agree to pay you your fee, you contact the eBay seller by phone or email and finish the deal.

Deals like this take place on a monthly basis. You use the power of a joint venture without having to carry a product or sell anything yourself to make a hefty commission from few minutes of work. At first it could be a pain, but later on it should work if you are patient enough.

The majorities just quit at the first try and shout -waste of time- in their minds without full effort- that is why such secrets these days can be revealed. Many people unfortunately will scan eBay and later deduct and conclude that it does not work, that is why I am an extremely to show this- the majority will not put to practice their own formula with such process. So, if you are worth $0.00 per hour now or are in negative $0.00 right now, does it take money to make money?

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So you’re looking to start an E-bay Business, are you! With more than 430,000 people in the United States alone working full or part time on E-bay, it may be easier than you think to start an E-bay business.

If you feel E-bay is just for selling novelty items, or a low value trinket type outlet, you should look again. An E-bay business can sell anything from trinkets to antiques all the way to automobiles. Some of the most popular of the thousands of categories are automobiles and auto supplies, consumer electronics, computers, clothes and accessories, books, movies and music.

E-bay was started in 1995 and has become the world’s biggest online auction site, selling all kinds of products and services. There is about 1,000 dollars in sales every second. There are 135 million registered users in 32 countries. So you can see how your E-bay business can have a huge exposure.

Before you start an E-bay business you should decide if you want to be a full time business or just a part time hobby. Do you want to work from your home or set up an outside office to work from? Do you want to work on your own or do you want to have employees? Do you want to become a Power Seller or a Trade Assistant?

Actually, it’s really difficult to decide all those things in advance. But you can set them up as goals in your business plan. It really is best to start small. This way, you can decide if you like the challenges enough to go further. There will be many disappointments, but look at them as the learning process. Make no mistake about the fact that it’s become quite difficult to make big easy profits. So Ok it’s easy to start, but you will work hard to find the key to success.

It is a good idea to practice before officially beginning an E-bay business. It’s advisable to first do a few purchases of some things you could use around the house. Give feedback after a successful buy. Note the different experiences you will have with each different auction. This could teach you a lot before you begin selling.

Then, you can start selling. Try different headlines and descriptions on a small scale. Practice taking pictures and try different listing formats. Just sell one or two items at a time at first to get comfortable and confident. This should improve your chances of success for when you take your E-bay business to the next level.

Getting set up with an E-bay business just takes a few minutes. You will need to fill an application online, and supply your name, address, telephone number, a credit card and or a checking account. This is used for identification, as well as payment purposes.

When setting up your E-bay business you should also open a PayPal account. This is the largest worldwide payment service. PayPal was purchased by E-bay when they saw how popular the payment system became. It allows people to use credit cards or their checking accounts to pay you, as well as simplifying your purchases. The fees are very reasonable, and it eliminates the need to have a costly merchant account.

When you set up your E-bay business, remember to set up your “About Me” page, which is a free E-bay feature that allows you to promote your business and yourself.

When you start your E-bay business and succeed in making regular sales, you may want to register with Federal, State, and local tax authorities. You also may want to form a corporation or LLC to protect yourself from any legal liability.

By now you should have signed up for at least 6 online newsletters specializing in E-bay and Auctions in general. From these, you will discover sources for finding products to sell, and especially, some drop-shippers.

Your E-bay business should now something to specialize in. This can be the most difficult challenge you will face with your E-bay business. You need to pick something that you know about, has a profit potential, and is not hard to photograph or ship. Before you put something up for sale look to see what similar items sold for and ask, can I make money with this? A key point to remember is that what ever you offer must fill a need. You must do your research for every item you consider selling.

If your E-bay business makes your purchasing task simple and uncomplicated, you have a much better chance of success. In other words, if you find a niche, then specialize. This means your E-bay business should sell like items. If you sell CD’s, then having CD racks or players would be a good combination. The more compatible items you have on sale, the better your chances of success. People would much rather purchase what they need from one supplier that they have learned to trust.

After you have gotten comfortable with auction formats, and other aspects of your E-bay business remember not to get complacent. You will want to read about any new features, keep in touch with your customers, and also be aware of what your competition is doing.

Now you’re making enough sales to require you to automate. Don’t underestimate the value of simplifying your work through automation. And, you must keep growing by learning and changing to better formats. That’s the only way to take your E-bay business to its full potential and maximize you’re earning potential. Set your goal to becoming a Power-Seller.

by Fred Farah

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All this info is to help you succeed, and the information here should give you a running headstart setting up an online business making money using EBay Auctions.

Are You Getting the Product to Your Customer
the Easy Way or the Hard Way?

If you hope to own an eBay business, and make a full time living at it, you can easily make that dream come true – even if you don’t have a product of your own to sell. eBay provides many people who want to quit their corporate nine-to-five jobs with a way to make a good living, without having to put up a heavy load of start up capital.

This is made possible with the help of drop shippers. Drop shippers send merchandise to the customers of business owners. If you have an eBay business, you are a business owner. This will allow you to offer a wide variety of stock in your eBay store, without having the need to warehouse all of those products!

All you have to do is set up your auction, and sell the product. You then pass the customer’s information on to the drop shipping company. The drop shipper does the rest, and they will even use your company information, as well as your company logo if you have provided it to them. When the product arrives at your customer’s home, they will have no idea that your company didn’t send it. The drop shipper will package, label, and ship the products that you sell, allowing you more time to set up even more auctions, for greater profits.

You must establish a relationship with several drop shipping companies in order to become successful. In the beginning, most companies will require you to pay for the items that your customers order before they are shipped. You need to fill orders in a timely manner, so you should pay for the items with a credit card for speedy service. Eventually, you will be able to have the drop shipper fill your orders, and
then bill you for them later.

When you set up your eBay auctions, make sure that your reserve price is set higher than the price that the drop shipper will be charging you for the item. The idea, of course, is to earn a profit! Depending on the item you are selling, a markup of about 10% should be about right, but you should do some research to see if the item is selling for a lower price in another eBay auction, or through other online sources.

By starting an eBay business using the drop shipping method, there is essentially no financial risk involved. The product will be sold before you pay the drop shipper for the item. This is one of the few businesses where you can actually turn a profit before you have to pay for the products purchased and sold!

by Fred Farah
copyright 2006

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All this info is to help you succeed, and the information here should give you a running headstart setting up an online business making money using EBay Auctions.

logged onto eBay earlier today to check on how the office chair market was looking these days. It had been awhile since I had last browsed the entire ergonomic office chair category. When pulling up the eBay search term “office chair” in the eBay search box on the eBay Store’s Page, I found 2,790 different office chairs. Makes you think, huh? If someone can’t find the right model in that selection of chairs, I am not sure where they plan to go to purchase. You can pull up all types of different models and chair categories when it comes to even the most standard task chair on eBay. When pulling up mesh, leather, executive, fabric, big and tall and even posture knee kneeling chairs, one is sure to find hundreds of listings. for instance, when typing in the keyword terms “Mesh Office Chair” onto Ebay Stores search engine Home page website one can find 305 different models of office chairs. The other day, I had a friend who was searching online for a posture knee chair because she had heard about them from a co-worker. Knowing that I worked in the online ergonomics field, she came to ask me where to go online for office chairs of this type.

I sold several different models of posture knee office chairs in my online eBay store for ergonomic products and directed her there for several models to search from, we usually have 7-8 different models in stock to choose from. She went there and when searching online through eBay Stores today I was slightly surprised to find that not many people actually carried such a model of chair. But when they did, wow, what a deal and a variety. Your average posture knee office chairs come in a large variety of models and have many different functions and options to choose from.

My friend who had just recently heard about these chairs from a fellow employee said that when she first heard about these types of ergonomic chairs, she had figured the price to be probably pretty high for how popular and highly ergonomic they were. Everything that she said she had read about these chairs, even through my own articles on the benefits of posture knee kneeling office chairs had praised the amazing affects that using the posture knee chairs seemed to have on their users. And when looking on eBay, she was shocked to find them at a most reasonable price. For the price of your standard task office chair, one can purchase a posture knee Office chair at a very reasonable price.

For between $100-120 you can get a designer posture knee office chair on eBay, most featuring Free Shipping and a money back guarantee. Of course, as always on eBay with Stores, auctions, or Buy it Now listings, make sure to purchase from an eBay seller with a detailed listing that clearly shows the features, shipping policies and time frame and of course, when shopping on eBay it is best to buy from an eBay Powerseller.

On eBay Powersellers are required to keep continuous positive feedback and sell a certain dollar quota per a three month period and maintain a long-standing track record with eBay as members in good standing for quite some time. When buying office chairs on eBay whether through eBay Stores or Buy it Now auctions, Powerseller status can help you to guarantee you are purchasing from a reputable seller and with get a quality product for a good price. eBay Powerseller status also helps assure the consumer that they can almost always count on good customer service and great shipping rates with a guarantee in order to get the right office chair.

It is clear that the selection of office chairs is large, but can you find the right ergonomic model office chair for you? I guess all that stands between you an the answer is a simple click to eBay’s Home Page. Although I cannot imagine that when looking anytime this week, the second week of April 2007, one would ever find less than 2000 different office chair models through eBay Stores search when using the keyword search term “office chair”.

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When the internet first started it was almost exclusively focused on information and the exchange of data. Little did we know what would soon follow and today we don’t even blink when we tune into our favorite TV shows from the comfort of our own computers. It is likely that the internet will continue evolving and one the most exciting areas of development is in ecommerce and online business.

With some rapid, and highly advanced developments in banking and payment systems, online shopping has become one of the biggest businesses in the world and virtually every major retailer is looking toward the internet for their future success and sustainability. If you are looking for a great internet home business idea that has great short and long term prospects, then your very own online store might just be the answer.

Many aspiring internet entrepreneurs ‘clutch out’ the second they hear the words ‘online store’ as this is almost always associated to the usual hassles of payments, shipping, inventory and finding customers. I agree, this is indeed a real hassle and can become a real nightmare. Although many successful online store owners are doing very well financially, they are faced with the daily challenge of running a major operation. This definitely does not exactly sound like the kind of internet home business idea that would appeal to me.

But, this doesn’t mean that we can’t tap into this huge global market. Is there a way around all the usually hassles of running your own online store? In short there is, but it might not be what you expect it to be. For this to work we have to be able to cut out all the usual pitfalls and the first one is customers. Finding enough good customers on a consistent basis is the major stumbling block for many newbie store owners online. Having a nice looking store or ‘good’ products simply won’t cut it online.

The easiest way around the whole customer issue is to turn to Ebay. Ebay is the largest marketplace in the world and it currently have more than 135 million users from 35 countries. The sheer amount traffic makes Ebay the obvious place to have your store. Think of Ebay as a shopping mall – it attracts all the customers and by simply placing your store in this mall you automatically get all the exposure.

What makes opening your very own Ebay store such a great internet home business idea, is that there is a new way around the traditional Ebay method of store ownership. You don’t have to sell any products! Yes, you don’t have to sell a thing – no inventory, no customer hassles and no shipping or payment issues.

See, Ebay has one of the most lucrative affiliate schemes on the internet and they will pay you up to 65% commission on the sale of items coming from your affiliate links. By opening your own affiliate store and selling other people’s products you can earn commissions without ever having any of the usual hassles. The best part is that (with the help of software) you can quickly set up your store and pretty much leave it to run on autopilot.

Most internet home business ideas requires a lot of actual work while this requires more ‘thinking work’ than actual work. Coming up with unique and clever ideas for affiliate stores will be the real secret to your success and a great way to start is to just think of some of the products that you’ve personally had trouble finding online or off-line. Chances are that someone else will be faced with the same problem sooner or later and by fulfilling this need you can profit handsomely with your affiliate store.

Since Ebay is the worlds largest online retailer you immediately walk into a proven system for making money online. As an internet home business idea, this really is as smart as it gets and the most fascinating aspect is just how underused this idea is. It is still one of the most overlooked opportunities mainly because the majority of people looking for online business opportunities ‘clutch out’ when they see ‘Ebay’ and ‘Store’ in the same paragraph. This idea is well worth checking out and it is very real and ‘alive’ as an internet home business idea that virtually anyone can get into.

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An interesting survey recently revealed that more than 9% of all Christmas shopping was done online. Although this sounds like a very small number, it really is significant in that the projection is that by 2010 more than 50% of everything we buy, will be done online. One of the biggest barriers has always been the issue of security and with the risk being shifted from the consumer to the payment processors, things are set to skyrocket. If you are looking for a unique online business opportunity, then owning your own online store is indeed a very promising prospect.

Before you start thinking of all the hassle involved with running a store – stop! There is an alternative and one that is potentially very lucrative and free from the usually hassle of customers, inventory and shipping which makes this such a unique online business opportunity.

Ebay is the biggest marketplace in the world and with more than 135 million members in more than 35 countries it is probably the widest audience that any market has or will ever have. What makes Ebay really powerful is that it gives anybody with virtually any product the opportunity to own their own store and to sell either their own products or someone else’s products – new or used.

Ebay has been around for a while now and there are many strategies out there for making money on Ebay. Interestingly, 99.9% of them use the same business model and although it works it involves an awful lot of work. Just dealing with customers can be a full time job in itself. While most people try and make money by buying cheap wholesale products and reselling them for a profit, there are a few smart store owners that look at things differently – and they making a fortune without any of the usual troubles involved with running a successful Ebay store.

With this unique online business opportunity you can make money by selling other people’s stuff. Yes, by simply having a store that lists other people’s products you can get paid a commission for every sale made through your store. Ebay’s affiliate program pays a handsome 65% commission, which is huge. Compare this to Amazon’s 5% and you know why having your own affiliate Ebay store can be so lucrative.

The best part about having your own affiliate Ebay store is that it takes very little time to set up and once it is up and running you can pretty much let it run on autopilot. Since products are not passing through your store, there is very little maintenance required from your end. This makes it a system that you can easily duplicate and by getting a little bit creative, you can start to dominate several niche markets with your very own store – selling other people’s products and having them deal with all the hassle of customers, delivery and payments.

There are many opportunities for making money from Ebay, but none are as easy and hassle free as this one. This really is a unique online business opportunity and one that will appeal even to those who hate the idea of having an online store. It really is hassle free, highly lucrative, easy to set up and very under used.

Article by Deon Du Plessis of Sincere-Advice.com
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