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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