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Is Amazon the new eBay for 3rd-party sellers? Here eBay PowerSeller and new Amazon convert Gary Richardson discusses the differences between eBay and Amazon, and why Amazon is such a great marketplace.

When you're trying to come up with products to sell on eBay it seems you have the same sources available to you that everyone else does (yawn). Those include yard sales, flea markets, closeouts, wholesale lots, and droppshippers. Estate sales may be another. As you can imagine, as the number of eBay sellers grows, the competition for products to resell grows. What if there was some other product source that most people were ignoring? Maybe there is.

Do you collect comics for fun or profit? Well if you're like most collectors, it's a little of both. Regardless, if you think that one day you may sell some or all of your comics (and it seems many of us do) you may want to learn more about "slabbing." Slabbing is the process of having your comics professionally graded, and then encased between two sheets of hard plastic (some sources identify this plastic as "Barex", but there's some controversy as to what type of plastic it is). A special paper that prevents acidification is tucked into the comic as

Working for yourself at home is great but what about benefits such as vacation time, health insurance, disability coverage, and all the other perks you get when you work for a big company? Must you give those up for the freedom of working at home? Not if you telecommute. While telecommuting used to be rare, and something only a lucky few people who had computer-related jobs could do, all that's changed.

Want to make a mint on eBay? Thought so. Here are the best sources to help you on your way, based on our years of experience writing books and articles about eBay. They’re in no particular order

Do you sell on eBay or Amazon or other online venues? Then you should be reading blogs for ideas of products you can sell. Reading blogs can help you discover what other people are thinking about, hoping for, and dreaming of. They can be a great way to spot emerging trends, and therefore product ideas that others aren’t tapping into yet.