Customer Reviews

Selling Online 2.0: Migrating from eBay to Amazon, craigslist, and Your Own E-Commerce Website

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I liked this book. I'm not a fan of online retailing. But it can be done, and if a book does a reasonably good job introducing the reader to some good information on the subject, then I feel obligated to write a short review and post it on Amazon. This book is well written, well outlined & organized, and fills a void in the literature available on online retailing.

A few years ago I read and reviewed Unofficial Guide to Starting a Business Online (Unofficial Guides). I think I gave that book a 4-star as well. It did not fair as well with some other reviewers. But I think they were unjust. The instant book being reviewed probably could be called "Part II" of that book in my humble opinion. It adds information and updates information so the reader in 2009 is pretty informed on the topic of setting up a retail sales site or presence online today.

The Table of Contents (TOC) for this book is quite detailed. It will tell you exactly what is covered in this nice little book. I encourage you to take a look at the Search Inside feature Amazon offers for this book. It is there you can see the TOC for free.

Four other books that will probably interest you if you are into online retail sales are: Sell on Amazon: A Guide to Amazon's Marketplace, Seller Central, and Fulfillment by Amazon Programs, Make a Fortune Promoting Other People's Stuff Online: How Affiliate Marketing Can Make You Rich, ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income, & craigslist 4 Everyone. They will supplement the material covered in the instant book being reviewed. I have posted reviews for each on Amazon. 4 stars!

This book was of interest to me because I am always looking for new ways to expand my small eBay business and my website. It helped on both fronts - it was informative, up-to-date, and encouraging. It also covered some of the other sites you can potentially use to sell products - Amazon Marketplace, Yahoo, online classified (i.e. Craigslist) and several others. There are pros/cons given for each, and the fee structure(s) associated with selling on various sites. I found the fee tables particularly helpful when grouped together, because you could see the real difference between the sites' costs. The book is quite reader-friendly - it's easy to understand an implement. It would be best suited for people who are already on eBay and actively selling; it didn't seem like a good introduction to the web/eBay/ecommerce and was for slightly more advanced users. I wish the author would have expanded a bit more beyond the big three (eBay/Amazon/Yahoo) and maybe delved deeper into alternative sites (i.e. Etsy, iOffer, etc) so we could know a bit about these smaller alternatives.

I've got to recommend this too

This seems to be a book that covers all the bases - selling on Half, Amazon, eBay. It assumes you know about selling on eBay and it IS informative

Is it worth purchasing? Well, a lot of this is very basic (overview of eBay) so maybe if you can find this at the library

I did like Miller talking about eBays history and the changes that have made it more difficult to make money on the site for smaller sellers (particularly good on eBay - and talking about why fixed price auctions are the way to go - and showing why through figures)

Its a quick read. I would recommend the book highly. But then, its an overview of Amazon, eBay, Half, CraigsList..

An informative book nonetheless. I would have to recommend this

Several chapters are now out of date due to changes on ebay amazon on yahoo overall good information.

On page 3 the author says:
"This book is for serious and experienced sellers who are ready to move to the next level of online selling."
But there is a lot of information about selling on E-Bay.
At first I thought the book was going to be over my head but so far the information is easy to understand.

I should have listened to the other reviews with the same results. This book is only good for a person who has never turned on a computer. Way to basic and vague.

The book should tell the truth behind the seller performance ( they do not have a phone to speak with the sellers ) .... at amazon and how amazon is abusing its power. check amazonresellers dot info
or amazon dot pissedconsumer dot com or erlove dot com/the_amazon_con dot php
there are tons of websites telling the truth about how amazon makes money with the sellers money.
Go to sell elsewhere like ebay or open your own store in the beginning is more difficult but at least you see your money. By the way , all the big sellers on amazon are somehow related with amazon.