Umuda Yolculuk

You know how many people in the U.S. earn their livelihood with the help of eBay? According to a new survey in July 2005 by ACNielsen, a leading research, a staggering 724,000 Americans respond that rely on eBay for their main or supplemental income. Apart from these professional sellers, another 1.5 million people confirmed that generate additional revenue by selling products on eBay. Last year alone, around 150 million registered users have sold over U.S. 34 billion U.S. dollars worth of goods on eBay.

Is not it amazing? Why entrepreneurs are flocking into eBay? Some reasons are fairly obvious. Starting a business on eBay is easy and quick? Not require large investments? Anyone can start a business on eBay, does not require special skills? You can sell practically anything on eBay? With your eBay business can have flexible working time? You have an already established market of over 150 million people and counting? eBay gets 1.5 billion page views each month. You get access to this massive traffic almost paying nothing. Therefore, it is not surprising that someone with less tendency to jump your own business in this great opportunity. However, there are two major problems that many of the applicants to find eBay sellers. The first is to sell and the next is where to find it. What to sell? According to Forrester Research, a leading research company, this year, product categories purchased by women will have the greatest growth in online retailing. Some categories are already receiving more than ten percent of its total sales over the Internet, including: hardware and software, tickets, travel, books, electronics, cosmetics and fragrances, toys and video games, and flowers, cards and gifts.