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Archive for November, 2007


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1. “Buy It Now” + “Guest Buying” = a flood of customers
2. The search engines hate me!
3. Quick tips:
   - See a Nintendo Wii? Buy it NOW!
   - Over 1,000 of your colleagues agree…


The new eBay feature called “Guest Buying” is good news

eBay is introducing a new feature called “Guest Buying“. This means that even customers without a full eBay account can now purchase items being sold on eBay with a “Buy it now” price. Store listings and fixed price listings are also eligible.

What are the implications?

This means the pool of buyers just got WAY bigger! That’s good news for all of us in my opinion.

Click to read more about the eBay Guest Buying Program right on eBay.com.

Join eBay’s official discussion of the new “Guest Buying” Feature on Wednesday, November 28th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Pacific time. Even if you miss it live you can read the questions and answers left by others using that link.

My thoughts? This means more leads for my eBay sales funnel and I don’t have to pay a dime for it. That’s good news in my opinion. The buyers won’t be able to leave feedback which introduces an interesting spin, but we’ll see how that all plays out. For now I really like this idea.

What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below.


The latest newsletter

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1. Selling homemade DVD’s on eBay
2. Questions from readers
3. Quick tips:
   - Two great things that go great together…
   - Adding pics to eBay auctions without wires!


Can you really sell your own homemade DVD on eBay?

Every few weeks or so I get an email from MySilentTeam.com contributing expert Terrance about another great example of someone selling a simple home made DVD successfully on eBay. He’s got a great book about it and it’s inspiring some cool success stories.

The beauty of having your own DVD to sell on eBay is the ease of adding inventory (just burn more copies) and the high profit margins. You don’t have to be technically skilled either - you can keep it all pretty simple.

Here’s some recent results from one fan of Terrance’s approach to eBay success:

Hot air balloon dvd selling on eBay

You may think that $14.95 is a small profit, but keep in mind you can make as many different DVD’s as you want and there are over 12 other ways to profit besides just selling them on eBay. You could start a membership site, or have a related simple webpage with additional info covered with Google Adsense ads, or start a mailing list for enthusiasts…the ideas are endless. A DVD is a great niche product to build a business around.

Don’t worry about editing. Terrance does virtually NO editing on some of his most successful DVD projects. It can be as simple as point, shoot, and rewind if you want to cut something out.

Looking for ideas? Terrance suggests hitting local events and festivals. Interview the enthusiasts there (always ready to talk) and take footage of the sights and sounds. True fans will eat it up. For more ideas check out Terrance’s book. If you want to discuss these ideas (and other creative ways to profit on eBay and the Internet) you need a membership to MySilentTeam.com. About 1,200 members gather there to learn details on ideas like this one, interact with experts, and discuss strategies in our forums.

Want more ideas? Check out the video I made several months ago with many other examples of successful homemade DVD sellers on eBay. Click here to watch it

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1. Can you help this eBay seller? (conclusion)
2. Questions from a reader
3. Quick tips:
   - Videos get clicks


Price increase warning for MySilentTeam.com

We will be continually raising the price of membership on MySilentTeam.com.

Don’t kick yourself later. We have an amazingly high customer satisfaction rates and continue to get raving reviews from members almost daily. You can jump on the membership forums and hear from the members themselves how motivating, inspirational, instructional, and creative our content is.

“I’ve gotten so many good ideas in just
the first few days - what a wonderful
site!”

If it’s not the best investment you’ve ever made in your online career just let us know. We’ll happily refund your admission fee and part ways…

“Better than a college degree because
the teachers are all DOING IT not just
teaching it!”

But this is fair warning. The price will be adjusted up to where IT SHOULD BE as we add in bonuses and add value to the site.  Join here:

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Some stats of interest:
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o Over 30 of the most successful and best people you’ll ever meet are our contributing experts
o We are currently investing in a dedicated server to accommodate the expanding site

See you on the inside…

Jim Cockrum

Proud Founder of http://www.MySilentTeam.com


The latest edition of the newsletter is online

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In this newsletter:
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1. Can you help this eBay seller?
2. Date set for membership price increase on MySilentTeam.
3. Quick tips:
   - It’s the simple stuff that really works
   - Gas prices got you down?


What would you tell this eBay seller?

I’ve just found an eBay seller that I think will inspire and challenge you!

    Here’s what they are doing RIGHT:

  • making a nice steady AUTO PILOT (hands free) income. 100% automated
  • the only product they sell is delivered via email to buying customers
  • they’ve been doing it for awhile! They have over 4,000 feedback comments since 2003
  • as an example, yesterday, Nov 4th I totaled up their FRONT END profits to be about $100 (about average)
  • BACK END profits (much higher recurring profit) from a membership site related to their product
  • It’s a great example of a business using some of the “Silent Sales Machine” techniques I teach in my best seller sold only at SilentSalesMachine.com (a little plug can’t hurt)

    I’ll give you a link so you can see this creative eBay seller in a moment…but before I do here’s my request:

    This seller could still use a little help!

    With a couple of simple tweaks to their business this seller could be making a lot more profit for NO LESS daily work. What simple improvements would you suggest to triple their results literally OVERNIGHT? Use the creative ideas you’ve learned from this newsletter and from the SilentSalesMachine.com book and share your thoughts with the rest of us!

    I’ll reveal my answer in an upcoming newsletter, but first I want to know…what do you think?

  • HERE’S A LINK TO SEE THIS SELLERS ACCOUNT ON EBAY: CLICK HERE
  • HERE’S A LINK TO SEE ALL THE SALES FROM THE LAST 30 DAYS: CLICK HERE
  • To leave a comment or read the ideas others have submitted please click on the “comment” link just below this article.

    JIM’s OFFICIAL RESPONSE IS COMMENT #64 but don’t skip the other fantastic contributions that left very little for me to say! Click the “comment” link below to read the replies or leave your own.