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Auctionbytes-Update, Number 191 - May 20, 2007 - ISSN 1528-6703     Previous Story | Contents | Next Story


AuctionBytes Feature: First Item Sold Online
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com

May 20, 2007
Reading AuctionBytes: AuctionBytes Feature: First Item Sold Online

Do you remember the first item you ever sold online? Let us know by sending an email to ina@auctionbytes.com and we may publish your story. Today we hear from Carlos Gutierrez who got his start on eBay with a very personal and unique item.

My combat boots from Iraq.

I took my pair of boots, washed them, then I tool images of my wearing them in Iraq. I also stated the number of days I wore them etc. It was an entire history of the boots with images. Then I cleaned them and took very nice pictures of clean boots.

I think they sold for almost retail cost. This is how I got started.
Carlos Gutierrez
http://www.cdphonehome.com

About the author:

Ina Steiner is Editor of AuctionBytes.com and author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). She has a background in marketing and research in the high-tech and publishing fields. If you have story ideas, comments or questions, send them to ina@auctionbytes.com.


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