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eBay - Part Time or Full? How to
Decide.
Going full-time as an eBay seller is living the
dream: making a real income, working from home, being your own
boss and all the rest of it. It's the promise of a million
scams, and it's finally come true - at least for
some.
What they don't tell you in the success stories,
though, is that becoming a full-time eBay seller is by no
means for everyone. You really, really ought to try it
part-time before you even consider taking it up full-time, and
even then, caution is advisable. Before you burn your
suit, here's a list of questions you should ask
yourself.
How Much Do I Earn From eBay
Now?
Work out how many hours a week you spend doing
eBay-related things (be honest here), and divide it by the
average amount of profit you make in a week. If you were doing
full-time hours, would you earn as much as you earn
now?
Do I Have a Good Job?
Think about what you might lose if you give up
your job to focus on eBay. If you're in a well-paid job with
good promotion prospects then it's well worth reconsidering:
you might get a few years down the line and wish you'd stayed
in your traditional job, as you'd probably be the CEO by
now.
Would I Really Make Much More
Money?
Unless you're selling a large quantity of small
goods, most of what you do on eBay will be waiting for
auctions to end - and you can wait at work just as easily as
you can at home. This is why whether you would make more money
on eBay really depends on what kinds of items you're selling -
for low value items, going full-time could be a good move. For
high-value ones, the chances are you'll hit the limits of how
much money you have to invest in inventory long before you hit
the limits on your time.
Is my Home a Good Place to
Work?
Quite apart from anything else, you might find
that the dream of home working is more of a nightmare in
reality. People can start to depend on you to get things done
that need to be done during the day. If you have a wife and
children then they can resent the fact that you're in the
house but refuse to have anything to do with them for large
parts of the day. Giving in to any of these things and
stopping work for a while will cause your profits to
fall.
Can I Survive if it All Goes
Wrong?
In the end, would you be able to get by if you
had a month or two where you sold literally nothing? Or would
you be desperately looking around for a job and cursing the
day you ever discovered eBay? That's the real
test.
If you made it through all these questions, then
I guess you're cut out for the eBay life - and even if you
didn't, you'd be surprised just how far you can get part-time.
In our next email, we'll show you how to think like the eBay
elite: the PowerSellers.
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