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  1. Ecom man

    Amazon/Ebay sales v own website

    Been screwed over too many times by scamming buyers. On eBay what they say goes and sellers have no protection against unscrupulous buyers. On my own site I have total control. Sure people can still file charge backs with their credit cards fraudulently but my biggest thing on eBay was PayPal...
  2. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    I am located in the U.S. I only advertise in the U.S. at this time.
  3. Ecom man

    Amazon/Ebay sales v own website

    I started out with search ppc and it has been profitable from day 1. After 3 months or so I set up a display ad for one of my products. In 3 hours I burned $1,000 had 2000 visitors and not a single sale. Average time on the site was under 3 seconds. I thought I had done something wrong so when a...
  4. Ecom man

    Amazon/Ebay sales v own website

    Nope didn't use anything. Just followed the step by step tutorials by Google and tweaked from there. First thing I learned, don't use display advertising.
  5. Ecom man

    Amazon/Ebay sales v own website

    I sold on eBay from 2008 until February of this year. I did about 250k in sales last year on eBay. In February I set up my own website. Had very minimal sales in February as I learned the ropes of ppc etc. Sales on my own website so far since starting in Febuary... 238k. I will have sold more in...
  6. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    On eBay or PayPal you can print shipping labels directly on those sites. You get a discount on the shipping and free tracking numbers (at least with the USPS). It automatically uploads the tracking into eBay and PayPal so you are covered if someone claims they didn't receive an item. People can...
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    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    Some sellers will throw that into their title so if someone searches for "wholesale x" their listing will pop up as well. It's just a little trick to help get their listing seen more often. You never buy directly from alibaba. They are just a selling venue just like eBay or craigslist. You...
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    Best Way To Stash 500k In Banks?

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    I would never stash any amount of money(over a few thousand) in anything not making money. Why would you want to lose money each and every year because of inflation? If that is your choice, a good option to spread your risk would be cdars. http://www.cdars.com/ It is an easier way to spread...
  9. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    Sorry for the delay in responding. My wife has been in the hospital for the last 3 days. Most Chinese supplier won't have a problem with you selling on Amazon or eBay. If push comes to shove you could always just look up a website that sells products similiar to you and give them that. Most...
  10. Ecom man

    Pricing and Psychology

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    Thanks for all your information and your site. Loads of wisdom there and here. Is there a price point where dropping the .99 makes sense? I have products ranging from 29.99 to 199.99 and I wasn't sure if over a certain amount should be just dollars and drop the cents or leave the .99 on...
  11. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    The mediums are 10.65 with commercial pricing (can get it through using shippo for labels). A lower priced larger item would have to have massive margins to cover fees and shipping.
  12. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    I ship using padded flat rate, cardboard flat rate, medium flat rate, and large flat rate. I'm sure that someone could save a couple bucks on shipping by buying their own boxes, weighing each package and doing different shipping for each item. In my opinion it is just so much easier to have 2...
  13. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    I would not sell anything before getting samples and testing them personally yourself. It seems to me that it might be better to start selling on a small scale in your country via Internet, flea markets etc. to get some money flowing. Ask every customer what they like about the product and don't...
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    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    Without knowing the exact products or the product dimensions it is hard to tell if you are being overcharged or not. If you could give general dimensions per product it would make it easier to tell if you are being gouged. Ask your supplier what would be the charge for DHL shipment or for EMS...
  15. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    I did some checking and most definitely not a product I would recommend. Searching for "fishing line" on eBay has over 80,000 buy it now listings. You would have a very difficult time getting your listing to show. The other issue is Sales numbers are not very high at all. I just recently...
  16. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    If you are buying labels through eBay or PayPal you are getting commercial base pricing I believe. I currently use Shippo for my website shipping. There are no monthly fees and they give commercial pricing. They charge 5 cents a label I believe.
  17. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    For anything I ship worldwide I just choose the option that buyer is responsible for any import duties or taxes. I'm not sure if you can do that in your country or not but it works in the U.S.
  18. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    For your basic title there are 1,400+ buy it now listings. That is your problem. Your listing is lost in the sea called eBay. Even if I wanted to buy your product it would take me hours to scroll through the other listings to find yours. You either can do something to get your item to be the...
  19. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    You have to see what you are comparing prices to. You have to double check and make sure you are comparing apples to apples. If you are trying to undercut Chinese sellers prices that is not likely going to happen. If other U.S. sellers have it at a certain price point then they are either buying...
  20. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    If it is forbidden in country but not by eBays TOS that is probably how they are getting away with it. Otherwise they are just selling until eBay shuts them down and then setting up new accounts to sell once the original ones get shut down.

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