Online there are a handful of eBay membership sites, showing you how to succeed on eBay. There's no doubt about it, eBay is a brilliant opportunity that you can use to maximise your online sales, run a home business or just clear out your house from unwanted goods.
Ideally an eBay membership site would guide you though everything you need to know from registering on eBay to becoming an eBay powerseller. So, Firstly the most important two questions I'd ask are:
1) Who's behind the site?
Anyone can claim to be an eBay expert, but there are truly only a few people who have had a positive effect on my eBay auctions - Brian McGregor, Mark Kenny, Tim Knox to mention a few names. There a lot of other people out there - claiming to be experts who I found offered recycled material with is not really relevant or even upto date.
So before I'd join any eBay membership I'd ask the following questions.
a) What have you done on eBay & what did you sell? b) Are you still trading on eBay? c) When did you register on eBay? d) Is your information relevant to my local eBay or only useful to eBay.com? e) Can I see your eBay feedback ranking? f) What's included in my membership fee? g) How long has your site been running?
These should give you a pretty good idea of what the sites like. Also, see how long you have to wait before you get a response back as this will be a good indication of the service you'll receive.
2) Membership Fee?
How much do you expect to pay or more importantly how much do you expect to make? If your membership fee is $197, that's not a problem as long as you learn enough to make that back.
I've paid thousands before for courses & membership sites & it's not been a problem as long as you put into action what you learn to make that membership fee back - Otherwise you might as well throw that membership fee away.
Also, be clear to find out if the fee is a one-off fee, a re-occuring annual fee or a re-occuring monthly fee. Can you pay via paypal or only via credit/debit card & also find out if it's possible to cancel or is there a minimum term to membership.
3) Whats included in my membership fee?
There are many avenues of how you can make money from eBay, from selling your own goods, by becoming an eBay Trading Assistant or by referring eBay to friends & family acting as an affiliate to eBay.
So what does the membership site focus on. Is it all of the above (and more ideal!) or is it purely a site for selling on eBay. This is not necessary a bad thing, as long as the membership site focuses on your needs.
Ask yourself what your needs are. Do you want to
* - Learn to sell on eBay * - Drive traffic from eBay to your own website * - Become an eBay PowerSeller * - Become an eBay consultant * - Sell digital goods on eBay
Additionally, does it offer you specific goals & help you set targets for your sales or just general advice. Most people need some serious motivation to put advice into action.
You'll also want to find out are the materials available in .PDF files, eBooks, Articles, Audio files or Camtasia Videos. Ideally you want a complete mixture of the above, plus some kind of personal consultation whether by email, though a members forum or even by phone.
4) How often is your content updated?
Ideally, the answer should be weekly or even daily. One of the main reasons to join an eBay membership site is to learn of the latest auction trends & niches so that you can cash in on them.
eBay membership sites should also contain
* - Articles on marketing on eBay * - eBay ebooks & special reports * - eBay blueprints for selling successfully * - Interviews with successfull eBayers
Also, your eBay membership site should include reviews of the latest auction products so you can get an honest opinion before you part with your cash.
5) How long has the site been established?
The longer the better most would would assume, but if the site is not updated regularly any information may be out of date. So, look out for eBay membership sites that are ran by high-profile marketers. Do a bit of research by googling the name of the owner or the site name to see the results. You should quickly establish the credibility of any site online.
6) Does it have a referral program?
If you find the site invaluable & recommend it to friends, family & collegues do you get rewarded for this? Enquire it they run a referral scheme, so you can recommend the site to others.
One things for sure, once you start selling successfully on eBay people will contact you to enquire how your achieved success. Depending on how whether they are competiting with you or not you may want to share your secrets.
7) Special Offers
Finally whatever digital products I purchase, whether an ebook, special report or access to a membership site I always try to get a special offer. So, don't be shy. Look on the website to see if there are any special offers or even email the owner of the site & ask. The worst they can say is No, & you'll join at regular price.
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