Issue #25

"Before I joined SaleHoo I was all over the place and was being scammed left and right"

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Member's Story

What obstacles in selling online did you have to overcome? How did SaleHoo help?

I am currently studying at the university and I don't have a lot of time to spend on a job outside of home. I decided a few months ago to start selling on eBay. At the beginning, my profit was not so good and I was working a lot to find good suppliers. SaleHoo made my life easier! I don't have difficulty to find good quality products at a low price anymore. In fact, SaleHoo gave me a wonderful bump in the good direction.

I found a lot of suppliers on the website and now everything is going well. The forum is very helpful and people are very generous with their advices. My profit is now so good that I don't even know if it would be better for me to finish my bach at the university. I am thinking of opening my shop in my city. The only thing I have to say is : THANK YOU SALEHOO!

Gabriel Richard (CA)

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Hi I'm Steve Marmas.

I started selling seriously on eBay after being laid off from my job as a director at a well-known global company. Although I had been working in the corporate training industry for 12 years, when I tried to get another job I was constantly rebuffed and told I was over qualified.

Finally, I decided to stop trying to return to corporate training, and changed my focus to my part-time eBay business. My goal was to expand this business beyond eBay into two websites, but I faced two challenges: My lack of experience and not being able to find name-brand products I could buy and sell at a profit.

In September 2006, I discovered SaleHoo and joined with the aim of finding manufacturing contacts. I also tried a number of other wholesale directories but found SaleHoo to be the better of the bunch.

How has SaleHoo helped you grow your business?

SaleHoo’s research lab and education materials have been very helpful to my business so far. In particular, I have learned how to set up an online business and how to sell more successfully on eBay.

Overall, SaleHoo has helped me build up my business and expand my product range and profits. Before I joined SaleHoo I was all over the place and was being scammed left and right by people/groups that told me they would take my eBay business to a whole new level. I lost a lot of money, time and patience. Now I am more experienced, less likely to fall for scams (sometimes over cautious) and have changed my products to make larger profit margins to reinvest into my businesses.

You can check out Steve's eBay Store here:

http://stores.ebay.com/SportsGiftsToday

We know you're still itching to find out more about the red hot success story that is eBay.com - so in our next newsletter, we're going to give some bumper tips on how eBay can work for you, and how to get started!

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