9 REASONS TO DO JOINT VENTURE DEALS ON EBAY

9 REASONS TO DO JOINT VENTURE DEALS ON EBAY
BY: SYDNEY JOHNSTON
ebay is the most popular home business in the
usa, but it's not without its problems. many
HAVE TRIED TO SUCCEED BUT HAVE FAILED DUE TO
confusion over what products to sell, giant
numbers of competitors, copy and picture theft
FROM OTHER SELLERS AND EBAY AND PAYPAL THAT EAT
into profits.

ONE WAY TO AVOID THIS SWAMP, THOUGH, IS TO DO A
joint venture with established ebay sellers.
this allows a jv partner to build her own
MAILING LIST AND SELL PRODUCTS OFF EBAY.

there are multiple advantages to this way of
DOING BUSINESS ON EBAY:

1. the biggest uncertainty for would-be ebay
SELLERS IS WHAT PRODUCTS TO SELL. SOMETIMES
vendors risk large sums of money on untried
products, only to lose their investment, become
SOUR AND GIVE UP. WITH A JOINT VENTURE THERE IS
no risk except for a few hours of time.

2. SINCE THERE ARE NO AUCTIONS LISTED ON EBAY,
no one can steal copy or pictures from jv
sellers - because there is nothing to copy. in
EFFECT, WE BECOME INVISIBLE - NO ONE EVEN KNOWS
we exist and this hidden aspect has many
advantages.

3. ebay jvs are usually done with a digital
product that can be instantly downloaded. this
IS GREAT FOR ANY ENTREPRENEUR BECAUSE
inexpensive autoresponders mean that her entire
business is handled via autopilot. contrast this
WITH THE USUAL WAY OF DOING BUSINESS ON EBAY
which involves mailing dozens, hundreds or even
thousands of boxes.

4. ebay and paypal have lots of rules. it's easy
to break some unwittingly, and even the most
HONEST SELLER DOES SO FROM TIME TO TIME. A JV
merchant isn't answerable to ebay, however, but
only to her customers.

5. a jv seller never directly lists on ebay,
thus avoiding ebay and paypal fees.

6. successful powersellers have large numbers of
customers and there are lots of administrative
DETAILS INVOLVED. IMPLEMENTING A SALES SYSTEM
can cost time and money because without
attention to detail packages won't be mailed in
A TIMELY FASHION, PAYMENTS WON'T BE ACCURATE,
items will be sent to the wrong buyers, and so
on. a jv partner eliminates all of that because
ALL TRANSACTIONS CAN BE FUNNELED THROUGH A
hands-off system.

7. EBAY SELLING LIVES OR DIES THROUGH THE
'feedback' system. negative feedback can kill
sales instantly and lack of feedback causes
BUYERS TO HESITITE AND CHOOSE OTHER SELLERS.
feedback is totally irrelevant to a joint
venture seller because she is using the
REPUTATION OF CAREFULLY CHOSEN OTHER SELLERS.
she knows in advance that their feedback is high
quality or she doesn't do deals with them.

8. inexperienced sellers sometimes drag wiser
merchants into price wars. in a panic over
SALES, THEY FOOLISHLY SLASH PRICES, BEGINNING A
chain reaction that results in bare bones bids
that allow no one to make any money. a joint
VENTURE SELLER FLOATS SERENELY ABOVE SUCH
hiccups in the marketplace.

9. BEST OF ALL, A JV SELLER DOESN'T SETTLE FOR A
one time sale. she concentrates her efforts on a
mailing list of happy customers that she can
SELL TO AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. IN THIS WAY,
not only is she ensuring repeate profits, but
she gets paid for creating this list, rather
THAN HAVING TO PAY SOMEONE ELSE FOR NAMES.

with its 147,000,000 registered users, ebay is
THE BEST SOURCE OF TARGETED, NET-SAVVY BUYERS ON
the web. by putting together joint venture deals
with established sellers, anyone can add large
NUMBERS OF QUALIFIED BUYERS TO THEIR DATABASE
efficiently and inexpensively.

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