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The eBay Entrepreneur: The Definitive Guide for Starting Your Own eBay Trading Assistant Business | 
 enlarge | Author: Christopher Matthew Spencer
Publisher: Kaplan Business
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 781544
Media: Paperback
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7.1 x 1
ISBN: 141958328X
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.87
EAN: 9781419583285
ASIN: 141958328X
Publication Date: September 4, 2006
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Product Description
eBay Trading Assistants are experienced eBay sellers who indicate their willingness to sell your items for you, for a fee. It’s a great service for people who want to sell items on eBay, but lack the time or know-how to do it themselves. eBay Entrepeneur will guide would-be eBay Trading Assistants in setting up successful eBay Trading Assistant businesses.
Topics include:
-Planning, starting & executing a profitable Trading Assistant business -Finding the best clients -Low-cost marketing programs -Unlocking unlimited free publicity -Avoiding technology pitfalls -Streamlining day-to-day operations -Profiles and case studies of the most profitable home-based success stories
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 A MUST HAVE for Those Considering an eBay Trading Assistant Business June 25, 2008
Karen Swett
Are you considering starting a trading assistant business on eBay? Then do NOT pass up this book...which is the definitive work on this business model.
Clearly written and organized, and thoroughly covering every aspect of developing this kind of business, The eBay Entrepreneur will guide you to building a strong foundation for your business.
Written by one of the most successful trading assistants, in fact, one of the FIRST trading assistants and pioneer in this industry, who continues to operate his business to this day as well as instruct others. It will become a reference book that you'll keep on your desk and refer to over and over. You will NOT be disappointed.The eBay Entrepreneur: The Definitive Guide for Starting Your Own eBay Trading Assistant Business
Learned alot, good read too December 26, 2007
Pam S-G (Seattle, WA)
I've read a lot of eBay selling books, and this is not one of them. Instead this book is how to set up and run your own eBay Trading Assistant business. It doesn't teach you how to take pictures or word your eBay listings. It does cover the nuts and bolts of setting up and running your business including incorporation, renting space, negotiating leases, advertising, and so much more. Lots of good suggestions. The information about setting my rates alone made the price worth the cost.
I've been selling on eBay for a while, and am thinking about taking the next step and moving it from a hobby to a business. A very informative book that will help me be successful if/when I decide this is the path I want to take.
 Full of Fluff! Highly Over Rated. June 11, 2007
Mr. Majestik (Bakersfield, CA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mr. Spencer has apparently done well running his company. His book, however, it mostly the tired old stuff like: How to lease commercial space, How to buy real estate, how to buy a computer, what kind, how many megs memory, how to get connected, and on and on about stuff most everybody already knows, or can easily find out. (online, and updated info at that). Sure, there are some nuggets. About 3 type-written pages worth. It's a real chore to buy the book and spend all your time sifting through the rubble. He also warns you about wasting "your" time, and he should take his own advice.
He's proably a great guy, but certainly not a concise author. I'd pass....
What a wonderful starter guide for ANY entrepreneur that wants to start a service business! April 15, 2007
Jeff Lippincott (Princeton, NJ USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a really good book for someone who is interested in starting a service business. I can't praise it enough in the few paragraphs I'm writing in this review. Regardless of whether or not you want to start an eBay Trading Assistant business, but you KNOW you want to start SOME small business selling your services, then I highly recommend you get a copy of this book and read it and study it. Much of what is covered between its covers applies equally to just about any start-up. And the author does a wonderful job spoon-feeding us the material.
My background is NOT in retailing. And eBay is one big online retail store. So I'm not going to say how good or bad it is to get involved with retailing. And if you become a Trading Assistant, then you are getting involved in retailing even though the main thrust of your small business will be simply providing a service.
I will say that I haven't been convinced that becoming an eBay Trading Assistant is something I would want to become or that I would recommend to my SCORE clients to consider becoming one. What I do recommend is that any owner of a retail store should consider having someone on the payroll who can do what an eBay trading assistant does. And by reading this book you will get a pretty good understanding of what a trading assistant does.
Although I liked ALL 23 chapters, my favorite chapters were 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14-17, 22, and 23. These I consider to be the universal topics regarding how to start a service business.
Last Fall I had to help put on a SCORE seminar about selling on eBay. I read a few books on the subject (including this one), got a couple of magazines on the subject, and scoured the Net for articles on eBay. I also signed up to use eBay and studied the eBay site. What I learned in preparing for the seminar was that eBay is always changing. I doubt the instant book is still up-to-date since it was written a couple of years ago. But the basics covered in this book are definitely current and well worth your time to read if you are thinking about becoming a trading assistant. 5 stars!
One word, "Awesome!" March 18, 2007
Imaawesum (Orange County, CA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very informative, most of the information is right on target. An easy book to read. Straight to the point. Some of the information is slightly dated, but everything about the internet especially eBay changes so fast. Highly recommended reading for anyone who wants to take eBay to the next level.
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