After my first successful eBay experience, selling three ordinary key chains that I found
at home, I understood that it was a goldmine.

I began exploring the site, researching what else
I could sell there and pretty soon I realized that
there are buyers for almost anything - something that naturally made me very happy.

Without wasting time, I started scanning my home, grabbing anything that I could put my hands on, items that were just lying around for years, with no use, collecting dust.
I took pictures of my items and posted auction ads.

Nearly two-thirds of the items that I put up for sale, have been grabbed by eBay bidders and I was quite surprised to see that some of the auctions performed exceptionally well, leaving even more dollars than I expected, in my pocket.

My life changed completely.
I was doing very well on eBay…and still kept my Yellow Pages day job, so I had two separate salaries. Not bad…

My working habits also took a sharp turn.
I adopted a new routine.

Each morning I got up and drove immediately to a couple of meetings with Yellow Pages clients.
Then, I drove to the office and spent most of my time monitoring my eBay auctions, how they performed and how many bidders they attracted.

This was exciting!

At any given time I had lots of live auctions, so there was a lot to monitor.
I also used my time at the office to continue my eBay education, learning new auction strategies, reading selling tactics and finding new interesting niches.

It was an ideal combination.
In the mornings, I gave two hours of real, productive, concentrated Yellow Pages work time and afterwards I dedicated all the rest of my job's work time to my eBay business.

My manager didn't know what I was doing in my cubicle and never bothered to check up on me (big mistake…).
He probably assumed that I was doing research, making phone calls, preparing materials for meeting, etc.

Well, you know what they say about assumptions…

Anyway, with my daily two hours, I still managed to deliver the minimum level of Yellow Pages sales quota each month, so nobody in the system actually suspected me that I was using my company's time and resources for my private eBay activities.

After a few weeks of success, my home well dried up.
I finished selling all the junk that I’d accumulated in my home for years and I was left with no items that I could auction.

I started to visit the local flea market every week.
Pretty soon, after gaining some experience, I became an expert in buying $5 items and selling them for $20 or more.

I also contacted friends and started to cooperate with them.
They gave me their junk from their homes and I gave them 50% from the selling price of each item that was sold successfully.

It was truly a win-win for both sides.

My friends received easy money for their junk, without the hassle of learning how eBay works, taking pictures of their items and uploading them to the site, while I got a steady stream of great sellable items without the need to pay for them in advance.

This was fantastic and it made all involved parties very happy.

But it didn't stop there.
Soon enough, I learned even more great ways, outside eBay, to make even more money on the net.

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