| ironshovel | 08-31-2015 06:26 PM |
Dave in Montana says HI
Bought both books several days ago and joined the forum.
Would like to intro myself.
Retired a few years ago and am thinking of using Amazon and eBay to supplement my social security. Have had an eBay account for years but have not sold much.
Decided that if I got active, there might be a chance of being banned. So, decided to be proactive and learn how to handle that if it happens.
Udemy had a sale on courses reduced to $10 so bought a number of courses on eBay selling, drop shipping, Amazon FBA etc. to get a good start.
My background is software and web development. I am familiar with most of the techniques in the eBay Stealth book - just never applied them to the problem of being banned on eBay. Looks like great material.
One of the secrets to success is to learn from other's experiences. I have read a few of the posts on this forum and am (starting) to understand a little of what can happen.
I hesitate to actually apply any of the stealth techniques until I actually need to. Maybe when I learn a bit more. Maybe do some just for sport once I am sure it will not impact my existing eBay account.
Right now I am studying the eBay API (Application Programming Interface) to create some software to automate my listings along the lines of some of the Udemy instructors. Usually they show you proof of income at the start of the course. Later they show you (and explain why) you should setup your eBay sales pages in a certain way. I figure if that is what they did to make money, it is worth a try. Just automate it and scale it up to a decent income.
I also have a software design to scrape Amazon sales pages even though Amazon frowns on doing that.
One of the Udemy courses is how to sell on eBay and use Amazon as a drop shipper. Item has to be marked as a gift and cost more than $35 to qualify for free shipping for example.
Anyway, this looks like a great forum and I am looking forward to participating. Now to find an avatar to use
All the best,
ironshovel/Dave in Montana | 
