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Brad Schepp is the author of 14 books including the bestselling eBay book, eBay PowerSeller Secrets. He has worked as an editor for several Fortune 500 companies including McGraw-Hill and Time Warner. He's a graduate of Rutgers College. Brad's latest books are eBay PowerSeller Million Dollar Ideas, and How eBay Really Works. The second edition of eBay PowerSeller Secrets will be out this November. You can order Brad's books through the website he shares with his lovely wife and coauthor Deb, www.bradanddeb.com, or through retailers such as Amazon.

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Ebay: Water Your Roots!
Brittany's gum, Elvis' water cup, someone's soul, the virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich--these are just some of the eBay auctions that made the company a household name. But all that is changing fast, as eBay marches ahead in its quest to become Amazon lite--just another retailer on the web. Read
By: brad schepp | 01/07/2008 | ECommerce
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An Ebay Powerseller's Secrets for Selling on Amazon
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. Read
By: brad schepp | 28/10/2007 | Home Business
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Track Down Hidden Products to Sell on Ebay
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. Read
By: brad schepp | 07/10/2007 | ECommerce
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The Nasty Little Secret About Making Money on Ebay
For our books eBay PowerSeller Secrets and eBay PowerSeller Million Dollar Ideas my wife Deb and I interviewed hundreds of PowerSellers. Male, female, young, old, couples, single folks--they ran the gamut. Some make the PowerSeller minimum of $1000 per month, while others gross millions. Despite their differences they all had one thing in common, and this is the thing that few other eBay experts will tell yo Read
By: brad schepp | 07/10/2007 | ECommerce
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Comic Book Collectors' Dilemna--to Slab or not to Slab?
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 part of this process. Slabbing protects the comic from weather extremes, mositure, dust, and all the other things that can decrease a comic's value. Read
By: brad schepp | 07/10/2007 | Hobbies
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Free List of Companies With Telecommuters
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. Read
By: brad schepp | 07/10/2007 | Home Business
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The 10 Best Resources for Ebay Sellers
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 Read
By: brad schepp | 07/10/2007 | ECommerce
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Ebay or Amazon? Which is Best for Sellers?
Should you sell on eBay or Amazon? If you’re a small e-commerce company which channel is best? It’s a question more and more businesses are thinking about these days, and there’s no easy answer. However, based on our many interviews with eBay PowerSellers, as well as with folks at Amazon we can offer some guidance. Read
By: brad schepp | 07/10/2007 | ECommerce
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Use Blogs to Find Ebay Products to Sell
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. Read
By: brad schepp | 07/10/2007 | ECommerce