Step 12:
Nobody ever said selling on eBay was easy. I don’t think I’ve ever said that. If I did, I take it back. I remember talking to the PowerSellers I met at a convention in Atlanta and thinking that many of them looked really tired. When you’ve been selling for a while, even on a small scale, you begin to know why. You have to make yourself stay up late to pack boxes so you can ship them out in the morning. You have to sometimes force yourself to run to the post office before it closes so you can get some of your purchases out the door in a reasonable amount of time. You compulsively check your auctions to see if any inquiries or Buy It Now purchases have been made. You’re continually leaving feedback, answering e-mail, and trying to keep track of who has paid you and who has not.
Why do you do it?
You keep the big picture in mind. If you’re not yet a PowerSeller, you want to start earning at least $1,000 a month in gross sales so you can gain that distinction. Once you have the PowerSeller icon, you want to hold on to it. Once you’ve held on to it for a while, you want to try to support yourself and your family and provide a steady income. Keeping the big picture in mind and reminding yourself of how well you’re doing will make that hard work easier. Just keep reminding yourself how things were before you were selling successfully on eBay, and you’ll find carrying those boxes out to the car less of a burden than you would otherwise.
Nobody ever said selling on eBay was easy. I don’t think I’ve ever said that. If I did, I take it back. I remember talking to the PowerSellers I met at a convention in Atlanta and thinking that many of them looked really tired. When you’ve been selling for a while, even on a small scale, you begin to know why. You have to make yourself stay up late to pack boxes so you can ship them out in the morning. You have to sometimes force yourself to run to the post office before it closes so you can get some of your purchases out the door in a reasonable amount of time. You compulsively check your auctions to see if any inquiries or Buy It Now purchases have been made. You’re continually leaving feedback, answering e-mail, and trying to keep track of who has paid you and who has not.
Why do you do it?
You keep the big picture in mind. If you’re not yet a PowerSeller, you want to start earning at least $1,000 a month in gross sales so you can gain that distinction. Once you have the PowerSeller icon, you want to hold on to it. Once you’ve held on to it for a while, you want to try to support yourself and your family and provide a steady income. Keeping the big picture in mind and reminding yourself of how well you’re doing will make that hard work easier. Just keep reminding yourself how things were before you were selling successfully on eBay, and you’ll find carrying those boxes out to the car less of a burden than you would otherwise.
