1. A Journey With Chris Smith
Ebay selling
A Journey With Chris Smith

2. Areas of discussion Disclaimer My Journey (Real Quick) Goal Setting
Arbitrize Tips
eBay Selling Tips
Other Tips
Resources

3. My journey Sold sports collectibles full time on eBay (2004-07)
Middle school teacher
First daughter born in December 2010
The Art of Failing
Signed up for coaching in October 2012
First sale on December 26, 2012
Turning point (My “Why”)
Retired from Teaching in August 2013
Coming up on 3 Years of Being My Own Boss

4. Goal Setting A ship at sea analogy
A Great Goal: Specific time, date & amount (if appropriate)
Bad Goal: I want to make more money
Good Goal: I want to build my business to be making $1,000 per day in profit by July 31st, 2016
Business Growth Exercise
Page 1 – How I am currently performing
Store 1 does this, Store 2 does this, Store 3 does this…..
Page 2 – Ways I know how to make money
eBay / Arbitrize, Shopify, Amazon, FBA, T-Shirts, Author, Blogger, YouTuber, etc.
Page 3 – Redefine Goals
Individual goals for current streams of income
Establish YOUR “Why?”
Vision board, “Act as if……”
Are you a professional or an amateur?

5. Arbitrize tips Perfect Business Model To Scale Listings Pricing
Arbitrize suggestions posted
High sell through ration items
Merchant Words / Terapeak
Pricing
Niche stores are typically less sales but higher margins
High Volume accounts are typically lower margin profits on the front end
Back End Cash / Gift Card Discounts
Back End Cash – Capital One Spark card is 2% (Averaging about 100 per day)
Gift Card Discounts – Check with Palmer about current rates
Don’t Go Crazy Uploading

6. Merchant words Product Searches Larger Than Next 5 Platforms
Halloween Example
Costumes, Candy, etc.
Inflatables (high demand)
Black cat inflatables
Keep Digging
Page 120 of Key Word
Popular Key Words

7. Business Account Open a “main” Amazon Business Account
EIN needed (free from IRS)
Create sub-accounts
Multiple for high volume sellers
For multiple stores
Open a “Retail” Prime Account
Share the Prime Benefits with your sub-accounts
I use the Gmail +1 trick
I use my eBay stores as my Amazon store name.
For example: Underwear Surplus Inc
Underwear Surplus: for eBay / PayPal
for Amazon
You are able to edit the “from” in Gmail settings if you need to send an to Amazon
Upload resale certificate to your account

8. Ebay selling tips Niche Stores (Branding & Selling)
Logo (Fiverr)
Facebook Page
Scarcity Tactic / Sales History
Out of stock inventory settings on eBay
Quantity Manager
Optimize Titles
Sells 3 times (remove manufacturer’s name / model number (if appropriate) and add features)
Add Pictures
Google Images, Videos, etc
Sell Through Ratio
Some people in this group push for an 80% sell through ratio
Promotions / Mark Down Manager

9. Other tips Multiple streams of income / Eggs in a basket
Four eBay Stores
Amazon Drop Shipper
Amazon FBA Seller
Made a KILLING on black cat inflatables purchased at Dollar Store
Coaching Websites
Affiliate Sales
Fiverr Sales
Be a student of the game
Outsource via software or virtual assistants unwanted tasks
Pay hundreds per month in automation tools
Pay two full time Virtual Assistants
Replacemyself.ph
Protection
Form a LLC
Get liability insurance
Give back

10. resources Tools (Not Affiliate) Facebook Groups Blogs My websites:
Quantity Manager
Merchant Words ($9 per month)
Facebook Groups
eBay: Thrifting Groups, Drop Shipper Groups & Tools
Amazon: Silent Sales Machine, ScanPower
Blogs
Skip McGrath (eBay)
eBay’s Seller Growth Blog
The Amazing Seller (Amazon Private Label expert)
My websites:
ChrisSmithBlog.Com
NinjaAuctionSecrets.Com/Arbitrize ($97)
ShoeStringSelling.Com/Arbitrize ($197)