2. Making $ on The Internet How to make some cold, hard cash online
3. Course Description Learn about the safe way to reach millions of people to sell your items. This class will show you three of the most popular Internet sites that willhelp you sell anything you’d like: eBay.com, Half.com, & Craigslist.org. Bonus Material (time permitting)
4. About the Instructor Bob Miller Native Pittsburgher Background: Technical Architect, Entrepreneur E-mail: bob.miller@connectedcafe.com Phone: 412-567-3934 What I do now: Affiliate Niche Marketing Search Engine Optimization Local Google SEO for Business Clients Website Creation / Enhancement
5. What About You? Your Name Your 30 second ‘Elevator Pitch’ Why you decided to take this class What you intend to do with the info What service (eBay / Craigslist) will you use? What will you sell? When will you start?
6. Class Structure Casual Environment Questions Encouraged (raise hand) Scheduled break every 50-ish minutes Take breaks as needed (no hand raising) Relax, Have Fun, & Learn!
7. Class Information We’ll only scratch the surface More Research @ Home Learn with Google / Bing / Yahoo! Be careful of information found Buy a book? (‘Dummies’ Books are great) You need to have a plan of ACTION
9. eBay – What is It? An online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide. Founded in 1995, eBay is one of the notable success stories of the dot-com bubble; it is now a multi-billion dollar business with operations localized in over thirty countries
10. eBay - Introduction Online Auction Site Started in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar First known as ‘Auction Web’ Worldwide Presence More Background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay
11. eBay – How Do I Get Paid? One word: PayPal.com Open a PayPal Account (not a Bank) FREE Business Account Can be used for more than eBay What do I need to ‘activate’ PayPal account? Attach Bank Account It is safe – I have had a PayPal account for years Verify Account 2 small deposits to account After 60 days you can apply for a debit card
12. eBay – Getting Started An account with eBay is required to buy/sell Insertion Fee (50 FREE each month for most item categories) Final Value Fee (9% of item sales value & shipping fee) Why are fees so high? eBay pays webmasters & others to bring traffic to your auctions An Account with PayPal is strongly suggested (get paid) eBay’s Quick Start Guide http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/howtosell/quickstartguide.html
14. Half.com – What is It? Half.com is a subsidiary of eBay, in which sellers offer items at fixed prices, usually items that have a UPC, ISBN or other kind of SKU, rather than rare, old or collectible items. The items available on half.com are limited to books, textbooks, music, movies, video games, and video game consoles. - Wikipedia
15. Half.com - Introduction Online Reseller Site Owned by eBay Sells Books, Music, Movies, Video Games Been Online Since The 80’s Allows you to list items for sale No Listing Fee!
16. Half.com – Getting Started An account with eBay is required to buy/sell Leverage your eBay Account to sell on a second site! Half.com Help Desk (See Selling:Getting Started) http://pages.half.ebay.com/help/index.html
18. Craigslist – What is It? Craig Newmark began the service in 1995 as an email distribution list of friends, featuring local events in the San Francisco Bay Area, before becoming a web-based service in 1996. After incorporation as a private for-profit company in 1999, Craigslist expanded into nine more U.S. cities in 2000, four in 2001 and 2002 each, and 14 in 2003.
19. Craigslist – Introduction FREE Online Classified Advertisements Bring Sellers & Buyers Together Started in 1995 Worldwide Presence More Background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist
20. Craigslist – Getting Started Create an account Post while logged into your account Post each item only once Posts last for 45 days You can delete and repost
21. Craigslist – Beware Buyers/Sellers that contact you at a distance The check is in the mail… You pay the shipper and send it to me… If it sounds: too good to be true (probably is) ‘fishy’ (run!) Help! Trust your ‘gut’ Ask a friend (lifeline)
23. Don’t give up your day job - Yet Takes time to get started making $ (not long) Most people do this ‘part time’ Most people make ‘part time’ $ Some people make ‘full time’ $
25. Bonus Material Other ways to make money online Online Surveys Blogging Affiliate Marketing FOREX Trading Google Adsense Writing Articles/ Web Content Clickbank CPA Offers
26. Bonus - Online Surveys Be careful – some services are frauds www.SurveyMastermind.com ‘Google’ other survey services