Time's important right! If you're going to make money from the comfort of your own home with "a product" then you're going to need something to sell. And to a targeted niche market that has the desire and capacity to purchase your product.

Preferably, something you have unlimited supply of, packs well, doesn't have a large amount of competition and most importantly you can make a decent amount of net profit. Any ideas?

What that product is? Well that's the golden question. As you read this, millions are pondering that very question. But once you've found or think you've found it, here's where ebay comes into the marketing picture.

The first thing about ebay is that there are a lot more concentrated buyers. I've read that up to 85% of people normally surfing the internet are looking for free information.

At ebay concentrations of buyers are looking to buy so you don't need to advertise to find buyers, they are right in front of your auction.

The second thing is that you can literally put your item up for sale to a global audience in a matter of minutes. You can accept payment in a variety of currencies and the only time you need to leave home is to post the item.

If you deal in digital items, you don't even need to leave home.

The only skills to be successful on ebay, apart from procuring a "killer product" are:

a. Be able to take good photos and upload them onto your own server. From there you upload them to your ebay auction.

b. Write good compelling sales copy that has the ability to convert auction visitors to buyers. Learn basic HTML code to enhance your listings.

c. Successfully manage your auctions. Ebay's feedback system does a good job in keeping high business standards in regard to buying and selling. Items need to be wrapped and posted within a reasonable time and feed back must be left that can be viewed by everyone.

When you think about it, it doesn't really get much easier for mothers who are at home with children to at least start and try this form of online marketing.

You don't need to spend any money with ebay opening an account and even if your item doesn't sell, the listing costs are minimal. You can persevere and try other marketing methods or try a different product.

Once you've found a good product, the ultimate goal is to have as much of your business automated as possible and again is why selling on ebay excels.

If you're continually selling the same product(s) or similar, you only need to hit the "sell another item" button to start a new auction. Most of your time should only be on procuring your product(s) and/or posting them to customers.

Once you have a system down you can work as much or a as little as you want, all from home.

Starting out small like trying to make $20 a day or an extra $50 a week will show you very quickly what works and what doesn't work.

A couple of hours a day on your ebay business can ad substantial extra weekly income once you've got your system.

Strive for automation and efficiency and you'll find ebay to be one of the best marketing mediums for mothers to sell from home.

Again if you deal in electronic items then you save considerably more valuable time to spend with your family.

And this is the real beauty of ebay. The time, cost and risk savings.

(c) copyright 2005

Miha Thornton
Mothers of Home Based Business Resource Center
Empowering mothers to make money at home

http://www.mothersofhomebasedbusiness.com/