Issue #33

How to Leverage Your Day-Job into a Successful eBay Business

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Member's Story

My name is Mike and I have been a member of SaleHoo for several months. I was a bit skeptical at first about the site. Most of the sites that I have paid for in the past were worthless. The SaleHoo site is very different from some of the other sites. The prices in the SaleHoo resource guides are very reasonable.

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

Some of the items are controlled by supply and demand and can be at retail prices. At first, I thought the site was turning out to be like the rest. I decided to look into the site further and found several hidden gems hiding within thousands of wholesale sources. When I run out of fresh ideas, I log into the SaleHoo forum to talk about current trends and product ideas. Sometimes when you have sellers block the forum can bring to life new ideas and inspirations. Overall, the site has kept me motivated and provided several good resources.

I would recommend SaleHoo to other motivated entrepreneurs interested in learning about wholesale and creating there very own business. The results will depend on the individual person but SaleHoo has been a valuable tool for our business both financially and emotionally.

Mike Palo (US)

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Hi I'm Rich Curto, a SaleHoo member and home builder (turned successful eBay business owner!) from Illinois, USA.

I began selling building-related supplies on eBay about 3 years ago as a way of getting an additional income stream to tide my family through the winter building down time. I joined SaleHoo at the end of 2007 because I needed to find genuine suppliers for my business and was concerned about all the scams. I also hoped to learn more about suppliers generally and discover multiple online marketplaces.

No one could say that say that eBay is an easy business, and I certainly find keeping my customers happy and maintaining my DSRs, a constant challenge. In the past I have even had to give items away in order to placate customers and ensure they give me high DSR feedback. Although the many and varied whims of my customers is still something I find demanding, I have found the advice and opinions on the SaleHoo forum useful for dealing with these types of situations, plus I appreciate having a "shoulder to cry on". SaleHoo's education material has also been beneficial helping me learn what suppliers I can trust and who to stay away from.

Today, I'm a Top Rated Seller. And despite having to deal with some difficult situations over the years, I have managed to maintain a 100% positive feedback rating which I am proud of. You can check out my stores here: http://stores.ebay.com/Builders-Stuff, and http://www.bonanza.com/booths/richcu

SaleHoo has helped me in three key ways:

To find wholesalers.
To learn from the experiences of other sellers.
Get a heads up on bad suppliers!

In the future, I hope to retire from home building and sell on eBay fulltime, eventually involving my son.

http://stores.ebay.com/Builders-Stuff and http://www.bonanza.com/booths/richcu

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