Hi,
I am sorry to say that I have to stop comments at the moment on my blog as I am getting loads of spam. I am looking at ways of brings this back, but until then I have stopped this.
Sorry
Andrew
As an eBay Education Specialist one of the question I am always asked is how do I know if My Product will Sell. Well today I am going to do a short lesson and show you a few steps you can do to see if other people have had a sucess.
First you need to go to eBay site for your country and log in.
Next you need to go to advanced search. And fill out the form. For my example I chose Baby Feeding Bottles (Why - pass)
When you put your words in the search you need to choose “exact phrase” And then the important button to choose is “Completed Listings” one you have done this press return or search.
After a few seconds I saw this
This tells us that there were 58 results in the last 30 days for Baby Feeding Bottles that have finished on the site.
Next we look down and can see this
We need to change this sort to highest price first.
The final window we see is this :
Wow we see lots of items have sold (these are in green) and not only sold most have mutiple bids on them. This tells me that if this was an item I would be selling then it is a big YES. This simple thing takes you only a few minutes and will show yes or no Will My product Sell
Happy online selling
Andrew Milburn and My Auction Empires
Well we are at UK Trade Show number 10.
This one takes us all the way into lovely wales For the Wales Spring Fair 2009. 
The Show runs between 18th - 21st January 2009.
Venue Cymru Llandudno
01938 555313
Info@walescraftcouncil.co.uk
http://www.walescraftcouncil.co.uk
Another posting bought to you by Andrew Milburn and My Auction Empires
Hi,
Just to let you know I will be doing a three week training classes on eBay and the basics of buying and selling on ebay.
The classes will be on : Wedneday October 8th , 15th, 22nd between 7.30pm and 9.30pm. They will be held at Emmanuel Christian Centre, in Lichfield. This will be a free class as it is aimed to reach out and help the community around the church.
Numbers will be limited to around 25.
For more information, please email me at info@myauctionempires.com
Happy eBaying
Andrew Milburn
A few weeks back I mentioned that eBay were thinking abd talking about introducing a new kind of search function here in the UK.
This new eBay search will automatically fill in what they thats ebay ’think’ you’re looking for. it works a bit like those sites that as you start to type in a name it fills out the rest for you. Well I am pleased to tell you this search is now up and running and as a seller I am mega happy, well very very happy.
Why am I so happy, well think outside the box, something as regular readers know I am hot about. As I was do an ebay class I asked one the girls in the class to name a niche and she said Candles. So I typed candles in and below is a bit of what came up in the search
- Yankee Candle
- Scented Candles
- Jo Malone Candles
- Candlesticks
- Candlestick holders
- Church Canles
-Smelly Candles
Etc
Etc
Have you spotted as a seller why I am so happy?…………..
Well first off if I was already in the market of selling candles it gives me further keywords I might have missed out, or it might give you other brands you had forgotten, and it will give you further candle niche products to sell. Thanks to eBay they have done all that research for you.
Now you might be thinking about going into another niche, well go along to the search function type in a word and see what comes up, My guess you will have your main products and plenty of sub-niches.
The time taken not very long.
The Cost. Well nothing eBay has done this research for you.
What have you got to lose? Go try it now
Another eBay tip bought to you from
Andrew Milburn and My Auction Empires
Do you have a favorite resource that you use on eBay or your chosen online platform? If so please leave me a comment and tell me what it is, and why you like yo use it - Yes you are allowed to use affiliate links, but again do not spam.
Many Thanks and Happy eBaying
Andrew Milburn
Well can you believe it another UK Product Source for you. Again this one is in the gift industry, covering all age groups and tastes as well as all price ranges.
The Company I am talking about is :
Lesser and Pavey
Leonardo House
Fawkes Avenue
Dartford Trade Park
Dartford
Kent
DA1 1JQ
01322 279225
If you are attending the Autumn Fair at the NEC in Birmingham between September 7th - 10th you can visit them in Hall 5 on Stand E05 - F03.
Another Uk Product Source from My Auction Empires and Andrew Milburn
The UK Product Source I would like to tell you about today has been in the Product Source and Supply buisness since the early 1990’s.
The company is called Fiesta Collectables and they supply a complete range of giftware
and collectables, with prices to suit all budgets and clients.
They sell things such as :
Bronze scultptures,
Gemstone Globes,
Pewter Products,
Nature Mirrors,
Gemstone Pendants,
Fairies,
Snow Globes,
Stained Glass Products,
Plus many more fantastic products. You can cotact them by either going to their :
Website : http://www.fiestacollectables.com
Snail Mail Address : Fiesta Collectables, Unit 11, Lopen Business Park, Lopen, South Petherton, TA13 5JS
Phone : 0845 072 3525
That was another UK Product Source bought by Andrew Milburn and My Auction Empires.
Hi,
This post is a bit different and if it upsets people then I am sorry. (But will only blog like this if it is very important and it will not be a regular thing).
While out in our village today I met a young mum, and she was asking me about using ebay to raise money to buy a hearing aid for her two year old girl. These aids cost around £1,000 each.
She knew I did eBay and that I was an education specialist, and asked for some advice, but she explained she could not pay me a lot as she did not have much. I told her I would help out at no cost.
I spent some time today chatting with her and showing her eBay and other online places where she could raise money. I also explained how we could write to local firms and VIP’s and ask them to donate items for the auction.
When I got home I thought what else could I do, and I thought I Know I will do a blog post and put a PayPal donation button in it.
If you feel able to help in any way by donating any item either big or small, I shall add it to the fund - and I have also told her she needs to open a special bank account where she puts this money and it needs to have several people sign it. Until this has been set up the money shall stay in my own PayPal Account, in case things do not work out, and I shall return the funds to people if this is the case. Sorry to put a negative side to this, but you do need to be so careful these days. action Once again if you feel you can help here is the donation button.
Hi,
Over the next few weeks, having taken advice from Janelle Elms of OSI RockStars I am changing parts of this blog.
For example I have bought a new domain name and will be using this for my Education Specialist Program, and this will be a static site with just a few articles there, but the base will be the classes I teach. this will be on LinfordDirectTraining . com (This is NOT live yet).
And I have bought another name for my Trading Assistant business. This is on Trading-Assistant-In-Staffordshire . com again as yet this is not live.
Then I shall use this blog, to post hints and tips, product sources etc, and as the two new ones will be more static I shall not have to spend loads of time on them, just updating when I add new classes etc.
Happy eBaying
Andrew Milburn
