Getting Started with eBay

Trying to get out of the habit of doing too much reading, so I bought just one book on eBay strategies so I can get started. How to Buy, Sell & Profit on EBay was an easy read and gave some useful tips such as:

• pick the one item that you think can't possibly sell, and place it on eBay. When this sells (to your amazement), it will demonstrate how effective eBay can be.
• go through your own house first. When you run out of things to sell, go to garage / sidewalk sales to look for other items.
• Unlike most other businesses, you can start listing on eBay for 30 cents. Better to start listing items and make mistakes rather than wait to post the perfect listing.

I'm going to start with books since my wife and I love to read and we have more reading material than we can ever get through. We're also trying to split up the responsibilities so that I do the technical stuff and my wife handles the creative end.

So why not give it a try? I'll have at least five items listed by midnight tonight.

P.S. I also read through some reference materials on tax liens / deeds yesterday and this morning and am ready to take next steps. More details in next posting.