Titanium eBay:: A Tactical Guide to Becoming a Millionaire PowerSeller (Paperback)

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Product Description

Take it to the next level.

People who earn a living selling their wares through eBay are identified on the site as "PowerSellers" and awarded formal designations based on their monthly gross merchandise sales. There’s Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum—and at the very top of the food chain is the Titanium level, for those who generate gross monthly sales of $150,000 or more.

Titanium eBay: A Tactical Guide to Becoming a Millionaire PowerSeller is for everyone who aspires to reach the highest level of success within eBay, whether they’ve been selling through eBay for years at the Platinum level and want to learn how to grow their business, or they’re just starting out with ambitious plans. With over 60 chapters, coverage includes:

• Organization
• Product selection and pricing
• Advanced listing and selling strategies
• Auction management
• Brand building

About the Author

Skip McGrath has been an eBay PowerSeller since 1998. He is a registered eBay Trading Assistant, has lectured at eBay’s annual convention and training event, eBay Live, and is the author of The eBay PowerSeller’s Manual—one of the best-selling books on eBay — as well as five additional eBay titles. In 2000, he launched The Auction Seller’s Resource website and began publishing The eBay Seller’s News, a monthly news letter for professional auction sellers. He also writes the "Auction Tips" column for the PayPal periodical.

Product Details

• 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: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #363,826 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	A reviewer in Atlanta - See all my reviews

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.

30 of 31 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

By	John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

27 of 29 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

By	Shawn Soszka - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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!!!