Marc Sampson’s Blog

If you are a regular listener of eBay radio, and tried to listen to the broadcast since last Tuesday, 3rd November, you will have realised it is no longer where you would expect to find it. Both Griff and Lee, the presenters, have been saying there is going to be some changes, but never actually [...]

Hello,
Welcome to the first post about product sourcing for your online auction business.   Remember, I am going to write about my own personal experiences and tell you and show you what I do.  This way you know that you are getting information from a real eBay powerseller, as it is the same methods I have used.  I [...]

Hello,
Welcome to the first of a series of posts that I am going to write which will help you get starting selling on online auction sites such as eBay and for those already selling, learn strategies you probably are not using.  I do not know yet how many posts this seres will be, but I [...]

Hi all,
This is a very quick post.  If you have read any previous posts of mine, you probably know that I listen to eBay radio regularly.  I was listening just now, and thought this particular segment of a recent show would be very useful to my blog readers.  Here is the link to listen to [...]

Hello blog readers,
I just made a quick video to illustrate a very simple eBay listing technique that I have been using.  I’m sure this has helped increase my sales and contributed to me getting powerseller.

One thing I didn’t mention is that video is that, because most people will bid on an auction as the listing [...]

Hello,
It has been too long since I last made a post, so to all of my regular readers, I apologise, but you will understand why in just a minute.
At the end of my last post, where I explained about how I met my May eBay challenge, I hinted that I would set myself a June [...]

As of EOD 31st May
Target: £330.00
Actual: £441.14
WOW, I must have done something right this month, I smashed my target figure.
I’ve only been doing what I have been writing about on my blog over the last couple of months.
What do I think has been the most successful tactic? – I believe it has been not over [...]

As of EOD 21st May
Target: £231
Actual: £283.60
Looks like I will reach my target.  Only need to sell another £60 worth of items with still more than a week to go.
So far my May eBay challenge updates, have been to do with increasing traffic to your store or listings.  In this post, I want to share [...]

As of EOD 17th May
Target: £187
Actual: £180.70
Since I last made a post, I have done a couple of things to help increase traffic to my listings.
I have continually added new products to my store, as usual.
I have been increasing my twitter followers which in turn will increase traffic to my eBay store.   I now have [...]

As of EOD 13th May
Target: £143
Actual: £132.03
Since my last update, I have been, apart from the obvious listing of more products, been continuously looking at more ways of driving traffic to my store, and hence my listings.
Now this post covers something that I touched on in a post for my April eBay challenge, but I [...]