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Anyone make a living off eBay?
 

With all the time devoted to the game that is eBay / PP ... I'm wondering if there's anyone here who actually makes a living off their eBay sales? That is, eBay is your sole income. If so -- how's that workin' out for ya?

All thoughts / opinions on this subject are welcomed. :D

im trying to... im on summer holidays from UNI and havent got a job, but it is hard when you dont accept Paypal, and every obstacle is put in your path. It also doesnt help having linked accounts either.

I've been doing it for a few months now, It can be pretty tuff if all you have is new accounts with not much selling history, trying to get that rent money out of paypal at the end of the month can be a little nerve racking. But if you got plenty of established accouts, savings and inventory it's not so bad, but its still a good idea to have a second source income just to cover rent and ulities at least, that way you'll be able to keep your sanity when all your money gets held by paypal before your rents due.

I've been doing it for a few months too and jbuntz is right. Couldn't have said it myself!

Full time for 10 years, ive probably logged on to ebay nearly everyday since the millennium but i wouldn't like to be a newbie at it nowadays, its a lot tougher on sellers in the last year or so.

Wow Trotter....you have surely seen ALOT! You've probably been through everything that ebay could throw a person's way.

full time for 4 years and a part time Hobby for 7 years ..same account and paypal almost 11 years now ...

Right now I have one legit account and one stealth account. I am trying to slowly build credibility to both accounts, add more and more inventory, and then eventually get more stealth accounts and build them up as well.

Yeah it's tough in the beginning, no doubt. But I think in a month I'll be in a better place, and then even better the following month, etc. (That's the plan anyway.)

I was laid off about four weeks ago and I'm working on getting my own business off the ground (which has nothing to do with eBay.) But I need capital. It's a slow process. And so this eBay thing is really important for both the short term and for raising the funds for my future business...

:p Here's hoping for success for us all!

I'm making a full time income, well I was until PP shafted me.

Trying to build up to the point where my income is a bit more steady. I live in Serbia half of the year, so dont need much to live on.

Lost my job almost a year ago, now im on the dole which is £40 a week. JOKE.

So at the minute my main income is ebay, iv been through a lot of accounts in the last year. At the minute i have 4 stealth accounts which are all under 2months old. All i got too go on is ****ty vero items,,, and you all know how it goes. Eventually shut down.

So its going very slow but im hoping to make a few pound (£4,000 to be exact) to emigrate to Australia in October with my friends.

Its all riding on these 4 stealth accounts that are off to a rocky start what with vero take downs, ebay is my life at the minute

13 years same ebay account, full time for 4

I wish I could do the Ebay and Craigslist as a full-time job. I have the established accounts, inventory and capital to do it with but I currently have a good paying job with excellent benefits and in this economy that is something you don't want to walk away from. I put in 40-50 hours a week on Ebay and Craigslist and make 3 times my normal wage from work.

Full time since 2002, fully stealth since 2006....being patient gives you big results, dont panic, just think.

I'm trying too lost my biz (real estate related) after 18 yrs. Ive been thrown many road blocks frm ebay/pp. read the guide it helped. im learning something new everyday. i wish there was a way to see who can be trusted on here n who couldnt i have some questions and suggestions and i know everyone is leary..i dont blame them. we all have stealth phone numbers if anyone can share the how to get thru the first month check of sales w ebay even when i sold used junk i got hit. is there a system? im S L OW L Y ....building on 1 real and 4 stealths now.. i want 10 accounts ready and 5 selling . its definitely hard work keeping up w buying accounts..selling etc but i love the challenge. I think its gotta be all stealths except one real to actually buy stuff lol.. especially w vero.

making a hard living on Ebay
 

1 real account
4 stealth accounts

I am trying to do it like many of you the same story I was laid off from my real job. The sh***ty thing is I bought a house and found out my wife was pregnant around the same time. Jbuntz said it perfectly its extremely stressful when you have to count on Ebay and PayPal to put food on the table. Luckily I did really well in Nov and December.

What really gets me fired up is the late night infomercials or that Video Professor guy that sells the DVD promising to teach you EVERYTHING there is to know about Ebay. When people ask me about doing the Ebay thing its hard not to be negative, and I really really feel sorry for the newbies getting there feet wet for the 1st time. The Ebay Stealth Forums helps me keep my sanity more often then not, knowing that there really are other people out there that knows what its like.

Ebay and PayPal will have there day soon or later people are really going to start pushing back.

Uncle Billy

I have a full time job and i do ebay on the side, i have about 8 or 9 or 10 accounts, 2-3 real ones with relative names, the rest are stealth, so far so good in the first month. The only real issue is, i sell vero off the cuff. I wish i could find the magic products these big timers here sell, but everyone is hush hush about their "products" even if it's a vero item lol.. and i know where to get wholesale vero too heh. 1 of my sellers tried to offer me some sunglasses, but seriously you can't sell that on ebay, people know what vero glasses look like heh

Never put all your eggs in one basket, Even a basket as big as ebay. Bad Idea....
 

I was selling on ebay for around 4 years on and off, Made some good money to help SUPPLEMENT my current income (From a reliable long term job).
Im glad I didnt rely on ebay, I was prepared to throw in my job at one point (I was making more on ebay then from my work), But lucky I never, All it takes is one suspensions and your out, I mean even a 7 days suspension can still have a dramatic affect on your income. Let alone a indefinite suspension.

NEVER, put all your eggs in one basket, Especially with ebay. It's just way to risky. Even if your making good money.

Why dont we all get together and do something about this? I've said this in another post... "In great numbers we have great strength".. As individuals were nothing... nobody's...
TOGETHER.. we could be ebays worst nightmare. Even just a few hundred of us uniting & fighting together.

I really do believe we could do something about this.

If you have seen real money on ebay you have a love hate with them because as soon you try to go hard and make some serious cake they slap you in the face with some BS. I had a 100k plan for 90 days (vero) but they put a stop to it at 2k. Sold 15 products in 10 hours ($1400) on a new account prior to knowing THE STEALTH and got a 180 day hold. So it is what it is. Slow and easy is the way to go ask most women. LOL

You can make money without Vero ..but the thing is the lure of the easy money through selling it is too much for most even myself- but i only sold at flea market .. but i took the vero money and invested it legit and so far so good .......the funny thing though is when i hear people say they need their real job as with ebay one problem and your done .. well usualy one problem and your done at your real job too unless you are union ....also if ebay did away with vero -you would not make money as the market would be oversaturated and Asia would be selling on ebay for the same price they sell to you for .. i used to buy my overseas products from ebay and than re-sell at flea market as i couldnt compete on ebay beacuse it was flooded with asian sellers ... i laugh when i hear people talk about vero -trust me let them close down vero and everybody would be selling again and if you were around 5-8 years ago you know what i mean .

Yes and No.

I've been working on ebay on and off since 2003.

Ive sold a ton of stuff, between all of my accounts I've amassed almost 20k feedback.

The last 3 year's I've sold non vero.

I have sold some DVD's within the last year but never too successfully..i usually end up with a inventory of crap i just end up giving to friends.

Vero is like gambling.. some times you just get that itch.. but it is so stressful.

I'm also working on my MBA Degree, and have a full time job at a good company so right now ebay is supplemental income.. pays for my toys :) I make more on ebay then I do at work also.. But I would never (again) just count solely on ebay... been there done that and about went crazy when i got suspended and limited with $15k in my paypal

I've also had a bunch of money limited in my paypal account, This was the first sign I had not to rely solely on ebay. I think ebay is a great place to trade, BUT the drawback is you rely on them and forget to use the other resources you may have, (I have a website which I never worked on, because I didnt need to, I mean ebay was my website!, But now im more focused on running my own website and gaining my own traffic so NO-ONE can shut me down when they please).
Again, don't put all your eggs in one basket, split them over several (ebay, your own webiste, maybe a shop if you can afford it!), then when one of the baskets get pinched, at least the others are still their to support you.

Just like any stock broker will tell ya and the higher the risk the more eggs you might want to have, just make sure they're not egg heads though lol egg heads can be more damaging than beneficial, you gotta stay positive.

...WOOT WOOT, 1 year and 6 months! Making more than my DAD and STEP MOM combined!! ALL STEALTH! :D ! I wanna kiss everyone who created this FORUM!

lol, Wow, thats amazing dude,
1 Question for anyone, If I buy this stealth guide,

How much does it cost (approx) to create 1 stealth account.
I have a static IP (So will need to change this)
I will also need another postal address

Any help, Maybe stealth accounts really are the way forward, I've got tons of ideas of what to do with them!!

150K per year profit... 9 years... just getting started

Im sure the guide is very useful and will buy, but just want to know, after I buy the guide, how much will i have to invest to create 1 Stealth account.
ie: If the guide costs me $37, and it costs me $200 to make 1 stealth account, id probably leave it,
But if it only cost says $50 to create a stealth account I would consider it.

Any ideas?
I live in the UK, have a static IP (I think, but I dont pay for it)
and need another address to register it to.

Any help? If its relatively cheap, Id consider buying the stealth guide, but again, if it costs me $200+ to create 1 stealth account, id leave it.

Any help, greatly appreciated.

200 usd is worthy to invest if you can sell more using the stealth account.It can bring you more profit and more experience.

yes i agree..200usd would be worth the investment if you dont go crazy and get the account suspended and useless..you can get that money back and probably even more..and you would get experience from it.

Cost me about $25 -$30 USD per account( $25 for a gift card- sometimes a free number! or $5 for a number)

For IP changing there is a section on how to change it!
Another address depends on you, I have 2 PO Boxes and 2 UPS Boxes. For deliveries of goods!

just buy the book it is far worth it if your going to sell ANYTHING on ebay. Shoot2kill is correct $37 ebook $28 visa giftcard $5 tracfone with 20 minutes(register online)for 60days BOOM 4 stealh accounts and 1 legit and got all my cash back within 8 days in my account. We need to start a secret society with diamond rings with a stealth crest LOL

I've been fulltime for around a year and 2 months.. Currently running 25 accounts, all stealth.. Doing really well and all thanks to this forum!

My process is open a stelth account every week, store the details and let it age.. That way all i need to do is add a new bank account to verify and we're good to go!

But as they say , do not keep all your eggs in one basket!

Making a lot lot lot more than i ever expected.. my yearly salary in 2 months.. Ebay is the way forward!!

Another thing is you gotta make sure you set a minimum monthly amount you need like say $5000 divide that by 30 you've $166, then figure how many items you want to sell each day say 10, $166/10=$16.60. So then you source 10 products that can be sold every day with a pfofit of at least $16.60. That way you got a clear plan and not just relying on fly by night profits to pay your rent. It's amazing what a little math can do.

A friend of mine is doing eBay full time. I would say his account is rock solid, he has a eBay account manager and PayPal account manager to look after his account. Not a new thing to all of you but I did manage to get his help sometimes like checking my account status etc such as why was my account limited for 180 days etc. I was shocked to hear what was the actual reason that I was limited, trust me, you won't believe it but just had to move on.

One thing I must say is it's easy to start selling on eBay, but it won't be easy when PayPal comes after you for verification and the worst part is, if you fail the verification, you going to get your pocket hurt real deep. I have seens cases where they had their PP account limited for 180days with 22k - 50k in them. But if you're asking for opinion having eBay as the only sole income, it's possible but if there's a chance to have a proper job, I would do both at the same time.

No offense, but someone would have to be an absolute moron to have $25-50K in paypal, thats just insane.

That's why we use multiple accounts so we don't have worry about being limited by paypal, it's all about statistics, how many you have that get limited in a month is all the data you need to figure how many paypals you need to have.

lol. i agree that you would have to be just plain mad to keep that much money in a paypal account. i would never do that.

These people who keeps that much of a money in their account are usually those that's PayPal has been working with for quite some time and never had expected their accounts to be limited in the manner.

but seriously..over 1-2k is already way to much to have it in there..is it really that hard to slowly withdraw it? dang man. i would freaking be so mad if that much of my money is in paypal's hands..

I never let more than a $1000 in there and just quit selling until I get the balance down below $500.

Trying to...just need to get unlimited from paypal so i can buy STEALTH!!! LOL