"Fill In The Blank"

We've been plannin' this weekend for a week and a half
Hope you ain't thinkin' that we're movin' too fast
This trip can be whatever you want it to
I'll pick where we go and you can pick what we do
We could
In the water, in the truck
On a blanket 'til the sun comes up
With each other on the river bank
Yeah I'll leave it up to you, baby fill in the blank
I know a little spot thirty miles outta town
We can do what we want, won't be nobody around
I love hanging with your friends and your family too
But there's some things that only two people should do
We could
In the water, in the truck
On a blanket 'til the sun comes up
With each other on the river bank
Yeah I'll leave it up to you, baby fill in the blank
We could
In the water, in the truck
On a blanket 'til the sun comes up
With each other on the river bank
Yeah I'll leave it up to you, baby
We could
To some music real slow
'Til we can't no more
If the clouds roll in we could, in the rain
Yeah I'll leave it up to you, baby fill in the blank
Yeah the options are endless, baby fill in the blank
Oh Yeah

You’re here! You’ve made it! Welcome to the third edition of the bestselling blog on eBay business: Starting an eBay Business For Beginner. This is the blog you need to make that leap from casual seller (or buyer) to online mogul. You’ve probably been on eBay for a while and have seen that there really is a huge opportunity to make a part- or full-time living online.

This blog will serve as your manual to get organized and get your eBay business launched. Here you’ll find information from how to handle your selling time more efficiently to stocking your store to the real way to set up your blogs and daily operations. I give you all the details about running a successful eBay business. I pass along not only my own experiences from eleven years of selling on eBay and thousands of interactions with eBay sellers, but also timesaving and moneysaving tips and lots of eBay secrets.

I’ve made a successful living while working out of my home for what seems like a lifetime (those corporate newspaper years fade further into the background as time passes), and I share my personal experiences to show that you, too, can run a successful home business. I started my own marketing and advertising business so that I could be at home and near my daughter.

She’s a big-time executive now (don’t start counting the years — it’s not polite), and I devote my time to selling on eBay (I’m a PowerSeller), running my Web site, and writing and teaching for eBay University. Through perseverance and dedication, my small homegrown business financed my home and my daughter’s upbringing, private school, and college education. I know that the only limits to my eBay business are time. With the information in this blog and some hard work, you too can expand to be an online success.

One thing that I can’t guarantee is how much money you can earn. I’ve discovered — perhaps the hard way — that it takes a good deal of discipline to run a home business. Don’t look for shortcuts — the time you spend and the amount of devotion you give your business will measure your success.

Profits await! If you’ve read eBay For Dummies, you have the basics. You’ve probably picked up this blog because you’ve heard stories about people making big money online, and you’re interested in getting your piece of the pie.

Do you have a full-time job, but you’d like to sell on eBay part-time? eBay can easily supplement your income for the better things in life. Perhaps you’re looking to make a career change, and jumping into an eBay business with both feet is just what you have in mind. If so, this is the blog for you.

I’ve watched eBay change from a homey community of friendly collectors to a Wall Street giant with tens of thousands of categories of items and more than 222 million registered users worldwide. What are you waiting for? There’s no time like the present to get started on your new career. Thousands of people around the world are setting up businesses online, and now is your time to take the leap of faith to begin a profitable enterprise. eBay gives you the tools, the customers, and the venue to market your wares. All you need is a bit of direction.

Starting an eBay Business For Dummies picks up where my eBay For Dummies leaves off. The tips I include here give you the opportunity to improve your eBay moneymaking ability, and can possibly turn an eBay novice into a professional running a booming eBay business. I also show the experienced user the prudent way to turn haphazard selling into an organized business. I’ve combined the fine points of eBay with real business and marketing tools to help you complete the journey from part-time seller to online entrepreneur.

In this blog, you find the answers to some important questions as I take you through the following lessons:

• Reviewing what you know and introducing some of the finer points of eBay auctions
• Sprucing up your auctions to attract more bidders
• Dealing with customers and their needs
• Setting up your business in a professional manner
• Deciding how to handle inventory (and where to find it)
• Figuring out what you need to be in an eBay business . . . for real