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I have just written a lengthy article about making money with storage locker auctions. Storage locker auctions have been around a long time. Flea market and second-hand store dealers have used them as a source of profits and eBay sellers jumped on them shortly after eBay was founded. Although they have been around for years, this is still a great way to find goods to sell on eBay. It is not uncommon to purchase the contents of a storage locker for $200 and turn that into $2000. Here is a link to read the whole article.
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The Complete eBay Marketing System is a printed instruction manual that will teach you all aspects of selling on eBay and running a full-time eBay business.
Free eBay Wholesale Information for Sellers
One of the best way to find wholesale sources is to look where they advertise. There is a great little wholesale magazine called Web Wholesaler that you can subscribe to for FREE. Besides some great articles and information, each issue is loaded with advertisement from wholesalers who are looking for people like you to buy their products to sell on eBay and Amazon.
Web Wholesaler only promotes FREE SUBSCRIPIONS for a short period every few months. After that you have to pay to subscribe –so don’t want to take advantage of this offer.
Here is the link to a Free Web Wholesaler Magazine Subscription
I also recently published a free eBook, 44 Wholesale Sources for eBay and Amazon Sellers. Here is a link to the web page. If you scroll to the bottom there is a link to download the free eBook.
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Take a look at the Complete eBay Marketing System by Skip McGrath. The Complete eBay Marketing System was just updated for 2010 and includes free access to Skip’s Wholesale Resources members-only site.
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Last week, I told you to watch for the Proven eBay Course-II. That course is now live!
What is the Proven eBay Course-II?
Last year I teamed up with Jim Cockrum to bring you the Proven eBay Course-I. It was a huge success for the approximately 100 readers who signed up.
The Proven eBay Course-I (PEC-I) was a complete eBay niche business from start to finish that anyone could set up and start making money their first week. Dozens of people who took advantage of it earned –and are still earning, thousands of dollars per month.
Jim is about to launch the Proven eBay Course-II. Like the first one, this is a complete eBay business that is already being done by others including some major PowerSellers. Yet, it is a business with an unlimited market and plenty of room for new sellers.
What do I get with the Proven eBay Course-II?
With PEC-II, you get everything you need to start your business. You will learn
- what the niche product is,
- where to get it,
- how to buy it
- how much to pay
- how to sell it
- and how much to sell it for.
The course consists of an audio seminar where two eBay PowerSellers are interviewed. They explain the entire program. You also get a complete transcription of the audio interview so you can read it and refer to it later. Then there are several eBooks with additional instruction. And most importantly, there is a forum where you can post questions and get answers from the experts. you even get links to the author’s auctions so you can see exactly how she is selling this product.
With margins being squeezed on eBay, you need a product that still delivers high margins so you can cover fees and expenses –and this is a niche product that does that. It doesn’ t matter where you live –small town or big city –you can do this. And if you are outside of the US, it should work in your country too.
It is not unusual for sellers to make margins as high as 65% or even more on this product. And the sell through rate is quite high –much higher than the average sell through rates on eBay today.
Will this niche become saturated with this program?
NO! Jim and the author are limiting how many people can buy the program
So click here to read about the Proven eBay Course-II.
(Note – it is not necessary for you to have taken the earlier PEC-I. this course will give you everything you need).
If you want to do this it is important to jump in early, because as we did with PEC-1, we are limiting this to very few sellers as we don’t want to trash the market.
And REMEMBER – This course comes with a money-back guarantee if you are not happy for any reason.
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Last year I teamed up with Jim Cockrum to bring you the Proven eBay Course-I. It was a huge success for the approximately 100 readers who signed up.
The Proven eBay Course-I (PEC-I) was a complete eBay niche business from start to finish that anyone could set up and start making money their first week. Dozens of people who took advantage of it earned –and are still earning, thousands of dollars per month.
Jim is about to launch the Proven eBay Course-II. Like the first one, this is a complete eBay business that is already being done by others including some major PowerSellers, yet it is a business with an unlimited market and plenty of room for new sellers. With PEC-II, you get everything you need to start your business. You will learn what the product is, where to get it, how to buy it and how much to pay and how to sell it and how much to sell it for.
With margins being squeezed on eBay, you need a product to sell that still delivers high margins so you can cover fees and expenses –and this is a niche product that does that. It doesn’ t matter where you live –small town or big city –you can do this. It is not unusual for sellers to make margins as high as 65% or even more on this product. And the sell through rate is quite high –much higher than the average sell through rates on eBay today.
So watch this blog –or even better, sign up for my FREE Newsletter, The eBay and Online Sellers News and you will get first crack at signing up. If you want to do this it is important to jump in early, because as we did with PEC-1, we are limiting this to very few sellers as we don’t want to trash the market.
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Unlock Your iPhone
First let me explain what unlocking means: Unlocking means breaking free from your current carrier. Another internet slang term you may have heard for this is “Jailbreaking.”
Once you unlock the iPhone you will be able to use any SIM card….
…from any carrier in your iPhone. Obviously Apple and AT&T don’t like this very much. They want to keep you captive to their service.
If you bought an iPhone, it comes locked to the AT&T network in the US and other networks if you are located overseas. Basically, your iPhone is locked to the carrier where you bought your iPhone. Therefore it’s not possible to use any other SIM card in your locked iPhone.
AT&T typically requires you to buy a 2-year contract when you purchase your iPhone. Unless you unlock the phone you will only be able to use the original AT&T service.
After researching 3 or 4 different solutions, I found the one called Unlock Apple that I liked the best and it’s really worked for me. This is the same application used by Apple Store employees.
Here are some of the benefits:
- You will be able to use cheap local (pay as you go) SIM cards in the phone, and make phone calls at cheaper local rates, instead of using the expensive roaming services)
- You can use the iPhone on cheaper networks. You can use more then one phone number on the iPhone, and switch your SIM card at any time you wish.
- Of course you can always use the original AT&T ( or O2) SIM card after unlocking. The unlock does not affect the way your iPhone works ( if you use a good unlocking service) it only enables the phone to accept any SIM card.
- No iTunes Sync or Airplane mode issues
- Other benefits of unlocking your iPhone are the addition of Cydia and installer on the unlocked iPhone.
- FULL Unlock for Any Network! Worldwide!
- ALL Functions Working!(Includes 3G Data network and GPS!)
- Unlock solution for latest 05.11.07 Baseband
- MMS/SMS + Instant Messenger + PUSH notifications
- Very Easy unlock, no knowledge required! Anyone can do this.
- No Signal Loss like other Unlocks available!
- Instant Access to 1000’s of iPhone Applications!
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Click here to see a free video about unlocking your iPhone
I wanted to remind my readers that Jennie Hunt’s Summer Toy Guide is only available for a short while longer. If you were wondering what kind of info you get, this is just a tiny sample.
Below I’m listing out 5 of the items from this last week’s Toy Guide weekly report so you can get an idea of what is included.
These items are currently selling on eBay!
Even if you don’t get in on the Summer Toy Guide, you can find these items at yard sales or thrift shops and resell them for profit… but, if you do decide to join us with the Summer Toy
Guide, you will receive a weekly list of 25 used toys for 3 months just like the ones I’m mentioning below.
You can get immediate access to the Summer Toy Guide Here:
Alright – let’s get to what’s selling!
The following items are CURRENTLY selling on eBay! If you can find them at decent prices, now is the time to consider reselling them on eBay. (If you want to see the item on eBay, just type the item number into the eBay search box)
1. Loopin LOuie Game by Milton Bradley 1992 L@@K COMPLETE
Item number: 220598746628
Ending Price: US $30.00 with 1 day left
Starting Bid: US $.99
# Bids: 12
Don’t pay more than: $3-$5
Notes: Board games are easy to find at yard sales and thrift shops. In fact, even if you find INCOMPLETE games… often you can sell the pieces for more than you paid originally. I always see
board games for $1-3 at yard sales!
2. LITTLE TIKES DOLPHIN WATER SLIDE – HTF
Item #: 320526057256
Ending Price: US $41.00 with -1 day left
Starting Bid: US $9.99
Bids: 8
Don’t pay more than: $5-10
Notes: Little Tikes can be a great seller on eBay! The vintage stuff is usually relatively inexpensive at g-sales and can turn around quickly on eBay.
3. Dora Friendship Adventure Doll (34″ tall)
Item: 200466252563
Ending Price: US $35.00 with 1 day left
Starting Bid: US $.99
# Bids: 8
Don’t pay more than: $5-$7
Notes: The thing with selling used toys on eBay is that often once a toy is a solid seller… it remains a solid seller for a long time! This is not true of new toys – where the market is constantly changing. (If you have sold new toys during the holidays you know exactly what I’m talking about!) Because used toys stay valuable longer, you have more time to find the toy… making it much easier to find inventory at yard sales. You might think Dora is out – and a lot of the Dora merchandise is… but, when you find
a gem like this that doesn’t seem to be available anymore – it’s worth getting! This particular doll is available on Amazon from a private seller for $379 and it is the only one on amazon! Definitely worth keeping a watch for.
4. “Elsie The Cow” Borden’s Play Bottles/Carrier
Item #: 140403552658
Ending Price: $42.97 with -1 day left
Starting Bid: US $14.99
# of Bids: 7
Don’t pay more than: $5
Notes: Finding vintage items like this are usually plentiful at estate sales or at g-sales in retirement communities. Many times people have held onto the toys their kids played with for their
grandkids.
5. Craftsman Kids Work Bench Tool Bench + Tools Weed Eater
Item #: 140403522184
Ending Price: $26.04 with -1 day left
Starting Bid: $19.98
# Bids: 6
Don’t pay more than: $5-$10
Notes: Kid you not… I found this SAME workbench at a yard sale a while back for $7 and it came with a huge supply of tools too! It didn’t have the weed eater – but, for $7, it was a steal for
resell. In fact, I actually ended up not listing it on eBay and bringing it to consignment instead and made a nice profit without having to hassle with shipping.
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Used toys are a great niche to get into for the summer months. You can find inventory that you can list and resell immediately! It’s a win-win.
The 5 items I listed above were from a recent list of 25. You can get a list like this every week for the next 3 months for just $27 if you get in on the Summer Toy Guide.
I have had so much trouble working the past few days. I would be sitting here working when all of a sudden my wife Karen would hoot out loud or fall into paroxysms of laughter. Somehow she accidently came across an obscure forum on Amazon for the Textbook Buyback community. (Who knew?).
It all started with a forum post where the poster asked the question “Is it OK to sell a text book that was used to bludgeon loud library patrons over the head to get them to shut up?” This seemingly innocent question started a series of posts and replies that went into the hundreds and became hugely humorous. The forum went viral and well beyond the textbook buyback community. Posters were making up humorous mystery stories about people being bludgeoned by textbooks. Others were reviewing textbooks to determine which one would make the best bludgeoning tool.
People all over the country were following the posts and literally rolling on the floor laughing until this morning when the entire series of posts and replies were deleted. My wife did have a few from here email file where Amazon emails posts to you.
Here is a small sample:
Martin S. – I glared at the geek sitting across from me on the bus.
“You think you’re better than the rest of us?” I challenged him.
He looked up at me, startled. “What?”
I pointed at his iPad. “You think you’re better than the rest of us?” I repeated. Other passengers on the bus caught the spirit and began staring down the coward.
“Look, I don’t want any trouble,” he said.
“You already bought your way into trouble,” I jeered. I looked around the bus and asked in a loud voice, “Anyone else here think they’re being treated like bull’s pizzle by this Apple wonk baring his wares right in our face?” You could feel the heat in the bus go up a few degrees. I’d stirred the pot, but good.
The geek tried to put his iPad away, but I wasn’t done with him.
“Why are you riding buses?” I demanded. “You’ve got an iPad. Shouldn’t you be in a Maserati, or have a chauffeur? Why’re you brandishing that thing in this death-by-diesel bus?”
The other passengers could smell blood. This was too easy. I pulled out a textbook.
The geek’s eyes widened when he saw the textbook: he knew he was being shaken down for his iPad, and there was nothing he could do about it. I laid it out for him.
“You want to get out of here in one piece? Why don’t we remove the occasion of the problem?”
“You mean, give you my iPad?”
“Exactly.”
“I’ve got a better idea,” the geek replied. He flipped the iPad through the air to his left, and it was snatched up in mid-flight by this huge lug of a man I hadn’t noticed earlier.
“The iPad’s yours!” the geek cried out to Man Mountain Mike’s clone, “but this guy” he pointed at me “said you’re a drooling idiot!”
When I woke up in the hospital several days later, I asked the nurse what happened.
“You were in for a textbookectomy,” she said.
“Where’d they remove it from?”
“Where DIDN’T they remove it from,” she corrected. “I guess your attacker got carried away, though. We did an iPadectomy on you as well.”
“Then I was right,” I gloated with satisfaction. “That guy WAS a drooling idiot.”
A shadow crossed my countenance as a huge orderly walked past my bed. As the nurse departed, the orderly turned toward me: it was that huge guy from the bus, now wearing hospital scrubs. His security tag said “Lenny,” with no last name.
“Lights out,” he whispered as he approached, gripping a Physician’s Desktop Reference in one beefy hand.
Moral of the story: iPads are so cool!
Amanda W — The driver looked in the back seat. The duffle bag was unzipped. She quickly pulled the sides together covering the hard bound edition of Shakespeare’s Complete Works and the sawed off OED.
“Stay quiet back there. There’s a police check point ahead,” she said to the passenger in the back of the SUV.
It was a hot summer night, the driver was sure the WriterGal was hot under that blanket, but what could be done. She had to get out of the city before Martin Selbrede’s people caught up with her. That incident in the back of the restaurant had to be cleaned up and quickly.
The driver thumbed the small hardbacks in the map pocket. She hoped she didn’t have to use them, but she was prepared nonetheless.
The driver inched the car forward again. One car in front of her now. She was glad the windows were tinted, but she was starting to rethink that. The level was just past legal and she really didn’t want any problems. She touched the books again, reassuring herself that all would be fine.
Now it was her turn. She pulled up to the officer and rolled down the window.
“Have you been drinking this evening?” the officer asked routinely, though that flashlight was really bright.
“No, Officer. Just headed to a friend’s home,” the driver said.
“License and registration, please.”
The driver reached into the glove box, cursing when she saw the copy of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tale Tell Heart. She grabbed the registration quickly and closed the box hoping he didn’t see. Then grabbed her license from her purse.
As the driver handed everything to the officer, she noticed the flashlight was now pointed at the glove box. She grabbed The Blue Day Book from the map pocket and threw it. She missed purposefully, distracting him. He had gone for his copy of Fahrenheit 451 Collector’s Edition. She punched the gas. The police weren’t able to get into their cars quickly enough without hurting someone else. She dodged the lumber truck crossing the road just in front of her, slammed on the brakes, and opened the passenger side door. The truck finished completely blocking the road. Jennifer threw the keys into the woods, jumped into the SUV, and they were gone.
WriterGal would be safe for another night.
WriterG. Amanda Thanks! Does that make us (or rather you and Jennifer) like Thelma and Louise? If so, perhaps you should have driven that car off a cliff.
I love being the villain. I feel like Butch Cassidy! But instead of running out with guns blazing, I’m rolling out of a vehicle (hopefully with at least a couple of Signet Classics strapped to my belt).
WriterG. <Grumbling> I’ve got some old Houghton-Mifflin Literature Works Teacher’s Guides (parts 1 and 2) with that barista’s name on it and two hands itching to help them make their acquaintance. And Martin, if ya know what’s good for ya, you’ll quit askin’ questions or you’ll get the same. Ya get me?
Martin S. Groggy. Can’t open my eyes. What hit me? I could hear the beep of EKG machines and doctors ordering nurses around. My tongue was stuck in my throat, feeling like a big dry Biscotti that hadn’t been properly chewed.
“What happened?” I asked weakly.
“You ask too many questions,” a stern male voice said. “Shut up. We’re trying to stitch you back together. 40 ccs of Kahlua, stat.”
“Was it WriterGal?” I asked.
“I told you to shut up.”
“Where am I?” I tried to force one mucus-glued eye back open.
“Special Municipal Trauma Unit VOWG3,” a concerned female nurse said, bending over me, talking through her mask.
“VOWG3?”
“Victims Of WriterGal Three,” she explained. “It’s a massacre out there. We’ve set up medical depots around the city. You were lucky you were within a half-mile of this place or you wouldn’t have made it.”
“He’s finally stable,” the presiding doctor announced. “Let’s move on. Dump those pieces of Houghton-Mifflin textbooks we extracted outta him, they sicken me.” The room became quiet. But I still heard breathing — and it wasn’t mine. I turned my head painfully to the side to look.
There was that huge orderly from last week, from that iPad incident on the bus, coming toward me.
I blacked out before he reached me.
Martin S. – “What do you mean, you can’t take that SUV out?!” I shouted over the tracer fire. “You’ve got 48mm antitank artillery out on the line!”
“Tried that,” Sergeant Koller yelled back. “The inside of that SUV is lined with textbooks. The shells bounce right off ‘em. Nothing can stop WriterGal’s Happy Bookmobile.”
The sky was an angry red, filled with smoke from a city aflame. Every time the SUV broke clear of a roadblock, a tanker trailer would jack-knife in its wake, blocking the road while going up in a scorching ball of fire.
“Sergeant,” I shouted, “what about that Chinese proverb: kill the chicken to scare the monkey!”
“I’ll try anything!” he yelled back. He quickly assembled a ten-man detail and barked out his orders.
“We need you men to go out and find a chicken. Don’t come back here without one. Move it!” The soldiers hurtled out of there in Jeeps on steroids.
The sergeant turned toward me.
“Okay, what was that second instruction? Scare the monkey?”
I shook my head. No wonder WriterGal had brought the city to its knees.
“While you’re at it, why don’t you rub bulkhead softener on the shells so they’ll penetrate the textbooks?” I asked sarcastically.
He sent another dozen men scrambling to find bulkhead softener.
Bruce M. – I lay awake angry and in pain in the recovery room after having my grandpa Groucho’s shnoz rearranged into a less noticeable form, my upper lip still stinging from the laser hair removal.I was waiting for nurse Amber to bring me some Morphine. I grinned wickedly thinking about how I wouldn’t get caught as I watched my old face splashed across the news report looking for the fugitives known as Groucho and Blankethead. I hope WriterGal got away after clobbering Martin. Man was her aim good! Thankfully the laser eye surgery worked and I wasn’t seeing two of everything. Just then my old friend Lenny wheeled another patient into the recovery room. I stared for a minute ,trying to focus on the face. Wait…it couldn’t be! It is!
As I stared at Martin’s unconscious form, my mind began to race. What if he wakes up and recognizes me? Just then I noticed a shelf with a large copy of an OSHA guide on the shelf. I had a score to settle with Martin and I needed to buy myself time to get discharged and escape before being found out….
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WriterG. – As I sank behind the Starbucks, I heaved a ragged breath and slowly pulled off my gloves. Even with the thin gloves, my knuckles were still a mass of angry bruises. That Martin would have a skull like a cement block. But he had it coming to him. I warned him, didn’t I?
I glanced at the few pages left of Literature Works. Still smoking, their edges a dull red like the sunset warning of a coming storm.
I checked my backpack. Only one chem textbook left. I needed to reload. I needed to get to my arsenal of the far north side. But there were at least 300 cops between me and my armory.
I sighed, wondering if Jennifer was all right. I needed to find her and fast. I checked the alley. Only a wino lay by an overturned garbage can, a Venti cup in hand. The coast was clear.
Martin S. — The news spread fast. The Marines had captured the SUV, and I needed to be there when they peeled it open. I broke every traffic law in the book, even using my cell phone in a school zone, to get to the scene of the capture.
I hopped out of the jeep in time to see the Marines cracking open the door. They backed away, confused. I looked inside the SUV.
It was empty. Just a blanket in the backseat.
“Who was driving this thing?” the Marine next to me asked. And without warning, a monkey flew out of the SUV and bounded out over the heads of the Marines, hightailing it for the nearest building.
Sergeant Koller walked up behind me and clapped his hands together. “Okay, we scared the monkey. Should we skip the chicken?”
I shook my heads, wondering where those two fugitives had slipped away to. By now they’d had plenty of time for plastic surgery, tanning booths, tattoo parlors, piercings, hair extensions, bunion cream, and God knows what. I reached into my pocket to pull out the bad check WriterGal had written me.
“It’s not over yet,” I whispered in determination, staring at the scrawled “X” on the signature line. “It’s ‘homo indomitus’ time.”
I contacted Amazon for a comment but they didn’ t respond. I suspect some lawyer read these at Amazon and became worried over liability is someone was suddenly bludgeoned to death by a text book and they could be sued.
Recently I announced my new affiliate program and had about 90 people sign up. Most of the folks who signed up understand how affiliate marketing works, but I did get email from a dozen or so folks who asked how to promote their affiliate links.
How to Make Money Blogging From Home is the title of one of my best-selling books that I released late in 2009. In the book, I explain several ways of monetizing a blog for income –but the top way is with affiliate marketing.
Making money blogging
It is no secret that thousands of people make money blogging…but many more thousands of people blog and don’t make a dime. In many cases it’s just that they don’t want to –they are blogging strictly for fun. And that’s all right. Blogging can be a great way to connect with other people who share your interests or to reach out to friends and family. But in these hard times, who wouldn’t appreciate some extra money every month?
If you are not familiar with affiliate marketing, it is nothing more than earning money in the form of commissions for recommending a product. And blogs are one of the best ways to do that.
Finding Affiliate Programs That Match Your Blog Topic
The most important thing you have to do to make money blogging from affiliate programs is find programs that relate to the content of your blog. If you were writing a blog about cooking, then you wouldn’t want to promote my affiliate products about selling on eBay. Instead you would look for programs that promote cooking gadgets, gourmet foods, and so on.
However you if were blogging about way to make money working from home or eBay or other related topics, then my affiliate program would be a good fit.
There are several affiliate networks that represent hundreds of companies. Some of the larger ones are Kowabunga, Share a Sale and Commission Junction. Just Google those names and it will take you right to the site.
Amazon & eBay Affiliate Programs
Amazon and eBay both have affiliate programs. These can be really great because those two sites have a wide variety of products you can promote. No matter what your topic is, there is probably a book or gadget or product of some type that relates to your subject. For example I saw a blog about travel to Spain. In the margins were eBay banners for luggage and other travel products. When people reading the blog click on those banners and buy something on eBay, then that blogger makes money.
My book, How To Make Money Blogging From Home takes you through the simple and almost free way to set up your blog, how to find subjects to write about how to get traffic to your blog and several ways that you can make money from your blog.
A few days ago I told you about the FREE Video series that would show you how to make money by outsourcing online business tasks.
The sooner you see this the better.
Click here to see the last free video in the series
Facts I learned about outsourcing from these videos:
1. The most successful online marketers leverage inexpensive virtual workers.
2. There are tens of thousands of virtual workers wanting to work for
you for as little as $2/hour.
3. Virtual Workers = They Do The Work, You Make The Money!
And now you can get first-hand coaching directly from someone that has
mastered Outsourcing.
But there are limited seats available, so watch this now and decide quickly.
Click here to see the last free video in the series
Skip McGrath
I don’t usually do straight -up promotions in my blog, but this one is so good I want all my readers to check it out. This is a series of 4 FREE videos (about 10 min each), that will open your eyes to some totally new ways to make money online. You will learn how to make more money at what you are doing now and new ways to make money you haven’t thought of.
John Reese has just released a series of eye-opening videos that reveals the “$2 Per Hour” Power Formula. This simple and inexpensive formula is the closely-guarded secret responsible for BIG TIME online money-making.
There are four videos in the series. Two of them are up now to watch and the other two will be released over the next week. Even if you don’t want to buy the program that John is eventually selling, believe me, watching the videos will open your eyes to a new way of doing things.
Here is the link to the first two free videos.
In this series you’re going to learn…
- How to turn 5 hours worth of effort into over 100 hours of results using this simple trick.
- The magical “not-an-iPad” device that turns ideas into auto-pilot cash flow.
- How the wildly successful “Blue Man Group” revolutionized the entertainment industry with this unheard of strategy.
- Why brainstorming new ideas is where all the money gets made and how to spend your time mostly doing that.
- Dissecting the “Big Six” online money-making models to show you how the right system can maximize income potential.And much, much more!
Just click here to watch the first two videos
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