Titanium eBay:: A Tactical Guide to Becoming a Millionaire PowerSeller [Mass Market Paperback]

Skip McGrath (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 6, 2006

An estimated 600,000 people earn a living selling their wares through eBay[registered]. eBay[registered] identifies these individuals as 'PowerSellers' and awards them formal designations based on their monthly gross merchandise sales. The first four designations include Bronze ($1,000 per month in sales), Silver ($3,000 per month in sales), Gold ($10,000 per month in sales), and Platinum ($25,000 per month in sales). At the very top of the food chain is the Titanium level, awarded to those who generate gross monthly sales of $150,000 or more. "Titanium eBay[registered]: A Tactical Guide to Becoming a Millionaire PowerSeller" is for everyone who aspires to reach the highest level of success within eBay[registered], whether they've been selling through eBay[registered] for years at the Platinum level and want to learn how to take their business to the next level, or whether they're just starting out, but have ambitious plans for their business. Coverage includes: organizing your eBay[registered] business for growth; product selection and pricing; product acquisition; advanced listing and selling strategies; growing with automation; auction management; brand building; and, managing your business for growth. With 60 chapters that leave no stone unturned, this is truly the business bible for eBay[registered] PowerSellers.

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About the Author

Skip McGrath has been an eBay(r) power Seller since 1998. He is a registered eBay(r) Trading Assistant, and has lectured at eBay(r)'s annual convention and training event, eBay(r) Live! He and his wife, Karen, started selling antiques and collectibles from their antique shop in the early days of eBay(r). After gaining experience from hundreds of successful auctions, Skip wrote his first book in 1999, The eBay(r) Power Seller's Manual. The eBay(r) Power Seller's Manual has been continually updated and is still one of the best-selling books on and about eBay(r). Over the past four years, Skip has written five additional eBay(r) titles: * The New Basic Seller's Guide to eBay(r) * Selling Antiques & Collectibles on eBay(r) * The Wholesale Buying System * How To Start and Run an eBay(r) Consignment Business * 99 Tips for eBay(r) Buyers & Sellers In early 2000 Skip also launched The Auction Seller's Resource website (www.skipmcgrath.com) and began publishing The eBay(r) Seller's News, a monthly newsletter for professional auction sellers. He also writes the "Auction Tips" column for the PayPal periodical

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Alpha (June 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592574335
• ISBN-13: 978-1592574339
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #594,371 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Skip McGrath was born in Oakmont , PA right at the end of WW-II. He dropped out of high school in the tenth grade to join the US Navy, serving two tours in the Vietnam theater. After the Navy Skip found himself a job as a technical rep for an international company where he traveled and lived abroad in a number of countries for the next ten years. Later he worked his way into the marketing department, eventually ending up as a VP of International Marketing for a fortune 100 company.

In 1999, Skip decided to bag the corporate world, hanging up his three-piece suits for jeans and t-shirt when he and his wife, Karen, started an eBay business working out of their home. For the past 11 years Skip has run several successful businesses on eBay, Amazon and from four websites.

Skip wrote his first book in 2000, The eBay PowerSellers Manual (now out of print). Since then he has written several books including the best-selling Titanium eBay and Three Weeks to eBay profits. In 2009 he collaborated with his daughter-in-law Lissa McGrath to write The Complete Idiots Guide to eBay.

Skip still sells self-published books and training courses from his website under his name and still sells on eBay, Amazon and from his websites.

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63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beginner or seasoned pro, this book can help you, January 3, 2007

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This review is from: Titanium eBay:: A Tactical Guide to Becoming a Millionaire PowerSeller (Mass Market Paperback)

First, let me qualify myself. I've been selling on eBay for several years now and attained the level of Gold PowerSeller this past summer. That basically means I average over $10,000 in monthly sales. I bought this book because I attended a session hosted by the author at eBay Live! in June and thoroughly enjoyed it. It covers everything you need to know about setting up your business, equipment needed (whether shoestring budget or optimal setup), finding product at a price you can afford AND make a profit, tools to use, how to price, how to market and tons more. You only need a few of these gems to make a difference, but there are plenty to pick from. It's well written and easy to understand, whether you're a novice or a seasoned eBay pro. What it WON'T do is tell you how to obtain an eBay ID, set up a seller account and that sort of thing. But there are scores of books that tell you that, in addition to the eBay help pages.

This book isn't for the casual eBay seller. If you just want to sell a few things out of your attic instead of holding a garage sale, don't bother. But if you're serious about building an ongoing eBay business, this book is a must-have.

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book I've Seen In One Critical Area, August 13, 2006

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Titanium eBay:: A Tactical Guide to Becoming a Millionaire PowerSeller (Mass Market Paperback)

There are a lot of books that tell you how to be a PowerSeller on e-Bay, and even more that tell you how to get started selling on d-Bay. This book skips the beginning stuff and presumes you have some idea about how to sell something on e-Bay. This book is concerned with taking you up to the maximum levels. At first he talks about some of the business aspects you will have to address as your business grows to this size.

The business aspects are fairly standard, picking a name, setting up the business, accounting, insurance, and your permanent business partner - the IRS.

It's after that section, along about Part 2 of the book that he gets into the real key to being a Titanium seller, Product Selection and Pricing. e-Bay is just about the closest the world has ever seen of a perfect marketplace. The internet has provided a communications medium that it instantaneous, free, and worldwide. And you need to find a product that you can sell, in volume (Titanium level is $150,000 per month.), without everyone else jumping on your parade and selling the same product for a few cents less until there is no money in it for anyone.

He doesn't tell you what such products might be. If he did, mobs of people would be selling just what he says, and the profits would go away. YOU have to find something of your own, something that you can control the pricing, something that other people won't jump all over.

What he does do is give you some ideas about where to look and what to look for. If you can apply what he says, you can come up a winner. These pages, from page 69 to 240 are worth the price of the book many times over. The rest of the stuff you have to do, but this product part is critical. And this part of his book is the best I've ever seen.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "Must-Have" book for anyone serious about eBay Selling!!, December 16, 2006

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Shawn Soszka "Dr. Shawn Soszka" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Titanium eBay:: A Tactical Guide to Becoming a Millionaire PowerSeller (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read many books on eBay selling and subscribe to most of the newsletters. Some books are full of straight-up nonsense, or good for a specific aspect of eBay, or just a marketing scheme for you to buy yet more books (or services) by the author. Skip McGrath's book is different; it is by far the most comprehensive book I have read about REALLY selling on eBay. We're talking jaw-dropping ideas here. Just about every aspect of eBay selling is covered in this 540+ page book. It seems like he's seen (and probably done) it all. He has the skinny on the best picture taking techniques, specific wording for dealing with dead-beat, non-paying bidders so you get your listing fees back asap, etc. He really covers it all!!! Okay, stop reading,buy this book, read it, and come back here and tell me how right I am!!!