Issue #13

SaleHoo Success Story "SaleHoo are fabulous and have become mainstays of our business!"

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On eBay, a flat-panel LCD TV sells every 35 seconds

Member's Story

Hi I'm Ricky - an eBay seller and SaleHoo member from Australia.

When my daughter was born I wanted to provide an opportunity for my wife, Ally, to stay at home with our new baby. The problem was, achieving this on one income simply wasn’t possible - so I began to look around for a home-based business opportunity.

Ally had a background in sales, and I had already sold a few things on eBay and built up good feedback, so we eventually decided eBay would be a good place to start.

When did you join SaleHoo and what do you like about it?

We SaleHoo in August 2009, attracted by the promise of good wholesale leads with user reviews. From the outset, SaleHoo seemed perfectly oriented to our business. We also loved the idea of SaleHoo’s member forums, where you can ask a question and have it answered promptly by a like-minded seller.

While our main reason for joining SaleHoo was to find wholesale suppliers and honest reviews, we also faced a number of other challenges with our business, such as avoiding scammers and learning how to go about the setting up our eBay listings.SaleHoo has been extremely useful to overcoming these challenges. The information on how to deal with taxes was a God-send! On the forums we received even more advice on tax by reading posts from other sellers based in Australia.

Shortly after joining SaleHoo, our business grew from making $300/month profit, to $4,000/month profit. SaleHoo’s education has been the greatest contributing factor to their ongoing eBay success, and in early 2010, we were thrilled to reach Gold Power Seller status.

Our future plans are to focus on improving our time management and accounting. At this stage, our eBay business has replaced Ally’s income, and it shouldn't be long before it will replace mine too!

Ricky and Ally Gravolin (AU)

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Hi I'm Carolyn. My sister and I joined SaleHoo a year or so into our joint eBay selling venture when our original suppliers decided to go in other directions and stopped offering the products we needed. We are delighted with SaleHoo, as it has provided us with reputable, dependable companies offering quality merchandise and services. As a result, our company Bootsies-Boutique.com is going from strength to strength!

What Do You Like Most About SaleHoo?

SaleHoo gave us rated lists of wholesale companies and drop shippers. They were fabulous and have become mainstays of our business and for others to whom we make recommendations.

I worked in the non-profit area for 20 years, but gave it up to gain more flexibility to care for family living in several places. In 2007, I began selling on eBay with my sister Bootsie. We first stepped into eBay selling things from around our home, but it wasn’t long before we found a successful niche in Plus Size Ladies clothing. From there, our store began to take shape by selling items reflective of Bootsie’s personality: Classy, frugal, creative and charismatic!

At present we are Bronze Power Sellers and are very pleased with the way their business is growing. Of course, selling on eBay is not without its challenges, and we have had to overcome the hurdles of eBay’s fees, and finding trustworthy suppliers.

Despite this, the people are what makes selling on eBay enjoyable. Building relationships with both customers and suppliers is one of the most important factors in the success of our business.

What Advice Do You Have For Aspiring eBay Sellers?

Try to do the best you can for a sale, one listing and customer at a time… There will be highs and lows, check your stats, but don’t dwell on the negative issues. Learn from them, alter where needed and keep going!

How Does SaleHoo Help You Maintain Your PowerSeller Status?

We have found SaleHoo’s email newsletter and regular blog updates very valuable for solving problems, they are a great resource for ideas, vendors and trends!!

We are now focusing on the marketing of Bootsies Boutique, and have a few tricks up our sleeves for branding our company with a professional presence.

What supplier type is best for you? Next up in the newsletter series we will be reviewing the pros and cons of all the different supplier types we've covered so far and explaining what supplier type is best for what selling style. At the end of this newsletter, you will feel very clear about what type of supplier will be most beneficial to your business goals. See you then!

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