Could you a fortune in your home? Madam, the $25 million in the year on eBay shows your best tips for making money online - and says, most people have at least $3,000 in the value of positions "just lying around."
- Linda Lightman, a 53-year-old eBay expert, has your luxury consignment stock, Linda's stuff, in a multi-million dollar business
- The Mother of the two, who lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received her start selling their sons' video games on the web site 15 years ago
- Linda always your best tips for a top eBay seller in the celebration of the site 20. Anniversary
Linda Lightman, a 53-year-old eBay Seller life in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has your luxury consignment stock, Linda's stuff, in a multi-million dollar business in the course of 15 years.
The mother of two, got her start to sell their son of video games, said Daily Mail Online: "Most people do not know that the average household has more than 52 products with a value of more than $3,000 just lying around your house to sell.
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| Linda Lightman, a 53-year-old top eBay seller |
Treasure Hunter: Linda Lightman, a 53-year-old top eBay sellers, is running the mission shop Linda's stuff, makes 25 million dollars in sales in one year on the e-commerce website, "but
you must not limited to what in your house. Branch. You can make money selling other products on eBay," she added.
For Linda, a former labor and employment lawyer in New York, it all began, as you ran from video games and began with the sale of her own clothes, shoes and accessories.
"I was always so passionate about fashion and for me it was a no brainer," she said.
"Within a few weeks, my friends asked me to sell their clothes, and so on. Word-of-mouth is a very powerful marketing tool and it spread quickly. I immediately knew i was on something."
Up to 2006 it had 20 employees and went Linda's stuff in a 5,000 square meters of office space; today, the company is still thriving, almost a decade later, by an impressive 25 million dollars every year.
Business model: Linda said that prospective eBay sellers should be your research and understand the marketplace for the objects that you wish to sell,
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| Linda said that prospective eBay sellers should be your research and understand the market place for the objects that you wish to sell. |
"We approximately 5,000 pieces per day with approximately 140,000 unique items listed on a website," the Brooklyn Law School alumna said.
"Linda's stuff is a real cult of the type for some people, please visit our web site and you will see the new things we daily lists and sell."
e-auction house eBay was born in September 1995 that the French Iranian-American entrepreneur Pierre Omidyar, has 157 million customers and 25 million sellers worldwide.
And as far as Linda, the money is there for the taking over who knows - or are willing to learn - what makes a good sell. A pair of shoes is sold on eBay every two seconds in the United States - and a mobile phone every four seconds, and Linda has shared their top tips for becoming a best seller.
1. Do your research
"even if you may be familiar with the product, it is important to inform yourself about the market," said Linda to daily mail online, recalling that you, you should ask yourself: "Is there a market for the item you are thinking of selling?""eBay is an incredible marketplace, because they are likely to find a buyer for almost everything you think to sell.'
The Lawyer-turning-eBay star devices, you should 'learn how to price through research, what similar products sell for".
2. Select a size user ID
"Clearly, I wish I had this advice," said Linda."For me, I chose Linda's stuff, because at the time it was just my own things. Then I had known I had more wisely."
It is all about the pictures! Quality is the key
3. Use high-quality images and detailed descriptions
"It's all about the image. Think of the potential buyers cannot see or touch the item, so that it or they rely on your image. Quality is the key", Linda. "You don't have to be a professional photographer - I certainly was not when I started. But you want to a razor-sharp image."The business woman also advised users, the "many images".
"Get up close and personal with the element," she said. "As all of the details that a buyer would want to see."
And while the pictures are of the utmost importance, Linda says that the most successful eBay sellers are those who write detailed descriptions of their products.
'Describe, describe. The pictures are great, but you need a great description to highlight the element," she said. "The point is new or pre-loved? It has tags? What is the substance contents? What are the measurements? The more you are, the better."
The site is competitive, so that the seller must make sure that your products.
"Write a great title. Don't waste the 80 characters words like "wow", said Linda. 'Make sure the Designer Name, size, color, style, and other identifiers that buyer was looking for."
4. Customer Service is the key
Linda recommended that sellers should clearly state the conditions for the payment, Shipping & Returns and always be prepared to ask questions of potential buyers"."Even if you have the information in your description, the buyers often want to know additional things," she said. "Remember, the customer is always right!"
5. The timely, reliable, "
as soon as the Buyer has paid for the item, be prepared to pack and ship to you quickly and in the manner agreed in your entry," she said, indicating that the seller should "Pack the element already'.And while Linda found that buys such as free shipping, she said, if you charge, you should "reasonable".
6. A lot of fun
one of the reasons why Linda is so successful is that they really love what they do.The contractor advises eBay users on "Expanding our horizons thinking" on the sale of its products, the use of social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
"Also, remember that eBay makes selling incredibly easy on your smartphone, so sell", she added.
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| Linda advised that sellers should remember that the 'customer is always right' |
Linda has become an expert in the field of use of the e Bay-Plattform and she remembers how quickly you got hooked.
"I was fascinated with every aspect of eBay the model - as the right pictures, write the perfect list and market each element to ensure that my friends and I get the most money for you," she said.
"I was, until you nearly every room in my house was filled with boxes and clothes from friends and friends of their friends. My home was 100 percent eBay."
soon enough, Linda thought it was time to take things to the next level.
I was fascinated with every aspect of eBay, the model
"if the company is growing on my ability, only list and pictures, I quickly abandoned a display to rent, my first employee from a local art school", she said.
"I also took the help of my husband - together, we made a leap of faith with Linda's stuff and never looked back."
Her husband of 26 years, Fred, a graduate of the Columbia Law School as the current eBay CEO Devin acceptable joined Linda's stuff in 2003, and is President of the society.
Her oldest son, Max, 25, recently his mother company as Vice President of Business Development for working on an investment banking house in New York for two years.
"It is a great honor to work with him and we now have a true family company," said Linda. Meanwhile your other son, Jonathan, 22, only study is completed and to a private equity firm in New York.
Family affair: Linda's company has grown rapidly over the 15 years, and her husband Fred (right) joined the company in 2003, as President of Linda's stuff
and Linda's company has grown faster than you can ever imagine.
"I didn't know how great my company went to, so we moved to offices four times in less than seven years," she said. "We had a first 5,000 -square-foot location, then 12,000, then 25,000 to 93,000 square feet of our new home."
"We have really grown in leaps and bounds - I had my instinct more."
instead of "e Bay-Auktion original format, Linda's Store sells items immediately at a fixed price. The "Buy It Now" -function, the first time in November 2000, the preferred option for a large majority of the seller: 70 percent of items sold on eBay are sold in this way - and 80 percent are new.
"I didn't know how great my company went to
"eBay has always been to connect buyers and sellers around the world - but the nature of the products and the format has as eBay has grown over the years," said eBay's former CEO John Donahoe, CEO, the links in the July 2015.
"I remember constantly surprised at how powerful it was for the connection of the buyer and the seller around the globe." Linda
praised the e Bay-Plattform for your to reach an audience of 155 million customers around the world. This was one of the web site of the characteristics in the past 20 years after John.
Linda, the right to the school, because they thought this was it, what "traditional success" looked like, says that she has learned, it is important to do what makes you happy.
"People say that if you do what you love and love what you do you never work a day in your life - I never thought, until I started Linda's stuff."
It is one of 25 million eBay sellers around the globe. Twenty years after its inception, the site has 800 million records on a specific point in time. It was more than $660 billion in sales in the 21. Century
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