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7 Simple Steps To Profit Without Your Own Product
by Clifford Mee
Most people do not succeed on the internet because they are selling products no one desperately wants. If you want to be truly successful sell only things that people really really really want to buy!

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Is The eBay Fee Increase Actually Good For Business?
by Tim Knox
This will be the fifth rate hike in as many years for the auction giant and should really come as no surprise. Price hikes are a normal course of business. It was the size of the hike that has many sellers upset.

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The Myths and Magic of eBay Drop-shipping Vendors
by Kirsten Hawkins
If you’ve never heard of drop shipping, then prepare to be impressed - it sounds like every eBay seller’s dream. With drop shipping, you don’t have to keep any stock at all. You simply list auctions for what your drop shipper sells, without actually seeing it yourself.

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eBay - Part Time or Full? How to Decide
by Kirsten Hawkins
Going full-time as an eBay seller is living the dream: making a real income, working from home, being your own boss and all the rest of it. It’s the promise of a million scams, and it’s finally come true - at least for some.

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Starting Your Own Home-Based Business
by Bob Hamilton
Starting your own home based business can be a scary experience. However, there are several actions that you can take which will help to reduce that risk. This article will focus on some of the actions that are recommended before you actually start your business.

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Auction management Services and Software
by Skip McGrath
Once your eBay business starts to grow and you are launching fifty or more auctions a week (large power sellers routinely launch hundreds of auctions a week), you are going to need some automation and a good system for recordkeeping, launching auctions quickly, organizing and sending emails, posting feedback, keeping track of payments and inventory.

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Protect Your Ideas With Copyrights and Patents
by Tim Knox
A patent is a form of protection granted to an inventor that protects his invention in the United States for up to 20 years from the date of application. Patent law states that, "whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, or any new and useful improvements thereof may obtain a patent." Owning a patent gives you the legal right to stop someone else from making, using or selling your invention (or one that's very close to it) without your permission. However, proving that someone is infringing on your patent is often difficult and usually requires a trial to settle the dispute.

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Do You Pay Taxes On eBay Income?
by Tim Knox
Last week's column on whether you were required to report income earned from eBay sales to the IRS sparked a number of additional questions and comments from eBay sellers who were hoping that I could somehow validate that their eBay activities were mere hobbies instead of actual businesses and therefore not susceptible to IRS taxation.

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