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Selling Online: Beyond eBay

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I normally do not bother to take the time to write reviews because other readers do such a good job reviewing a book but this one seems to have missed. I am not a writer but I do appreciate a well-written book and Lowy book was anything but. It was a low quality, self-published book where they forgot to edit it and stretched every sentence to reach the 135 pages. This book can be summed up in a pamphlet. Save your money buy something else such as eBay timesaving techniques. This book was painful to read. It is not for beginners, intermediate, or advanced sellers. I am a eBay powerseller and I can not think of anytime this book could of helped me compared to the other great books out there.

I have read plenty of books on articles on how to make money online. It is refreshing to have the opportunity to read a book that covers in realistic detail the many ways that there are for making money online.
My favorite parts deal with using affiliate programs to generate income and using an affiliate program for your own web site to increase sales.
Selling Online is not for dreamers, it is meant for people who are serious and have realistic expectations about making money online.

What I liked about the book is that the author shares his personal experience in starting and running his online businesses. Instead of reading about the online giants like Amazon you get to ready about how an average guy started and runs his online businesses. Why go through years of trial and error when you can take benefit from someone else's experience?

Effective online strategies for those who have online experience. What makes Selling Online unique is that the author is engaged in running online businesses.

Donny Lowy really knows his stuff when it comes to selling online. His online business ventures have been featured by many web sites, newspapers, and magazines.

I was impressed with the level of information that is given over in Selling Online.

This could be a good book. There is some good content, but it so overshadowed by the lack of editing, that you will kick yourself for buying it.

This is what I think the author did: He sat down over a weekend, talked into a tape recorder and sent the tape to someone else to transcribe it. He never read the transcription. He just sent it to a vanity press and had it published.

Here's a typical example of the horrific text you will struggle through:
"For instance, if you are serving a market place that is looking to lose weight, the weight loss market place that constitutes the majority of the United States and could constitute the majority of the world for that market, then your market place has the need of losing weight for various reasons. One reason could be social acceptance; another is to be more attractive, which actually is the need of using the formula we used before of always taking the need to the next step to discover the true need..."

The chapters are titled Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, etc. There is no index.

Sorry, this book REALLY needs an editor.

While I primarily sell on eBay I found that Selling Online works just as well for eBay sales as it works for general online sales.
The reason is because the strategies that are suggested are aimed at converting casual browsers into excited customers who will want to buy your products or services.
If that casual visitor sees your products on eBay or on your own web site, you will need the same set of skills to turn her into a buying customer.

As an owner of an online business it's nice to read a book that is based on the actual reality of doing business online.

I can tell when someone knows what they are talking about, and this guy does.

If you have a web site that needs more traffic or more sales, get yourself a copy of this great book.

As demonstrated by the companies such as Amazon and the other thousands of smaller web sites that make money, there is plenty of money to be made online. Selling Online, is a great book that guides the reader step by step through the process of starting and running an online business. It demonstrates how to select a market, how to find sources for products, how and where to advertise, and how to do it in the easiest possible way. If you want a book written for the non pro, but still want a serious book to help you make money online, you should enjoy this one.

If you are considering selling online then you should seriously consider reading Selling Online: Beyond eBay. There is plenty of good marketing advice, including very specific suggestions on getting free traffic and exposure for your web site.
It seems now that the dust has settled that there are plenty of online businesses that are making money, so it is a matter of knowing how they are making money and applying these results to your business.
Selling Online has plenty of good innovative suggestions that are easy to follow and can result in plenty of traffic and sales to your web site.