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Don’t Be Afraid to Grow

Step 6:
eBay millionaires are different than you and me. Yes, they have more money. But they spend more money in order to get more money. They aren’t afraid to buy merchandise in bulk, even if it’s uncertain how they’re going to sell it. They order hundreds of Priority Mail boxes at a time, even if they don’t have hundreds of items immediately ready to ship. They buy new product lines they’ve never sold before. When something doesn’t sell, they don’t despair; they put it up for sale on their eBay Store for a few cents and leave it up for sale indefinitely.

The point is that you need, as one e-commerce merchant told me, “to plan for success.” It’s well and good to put ten items online each week when you’re starting out, but you’ll never have a chance of selling more merchandise if you don’t put as much as you can online in the first place. Think like a successful merchant, and invest a few dollars in your eBay business up front. You’ll at least be giving yourself a chance to succeed.