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Auctionbytes-Update, Number 202 - November 04, 2007 - ISSN 1528-6703     Previous Story | Contents | Next Story


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

November 04, 2007
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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 two readers - Steve, whose first sale was a pair of Felco pruning shears, and "PagesBazaar," who sold a cotton "dancing hanky" handkerchief!

Hi,
I have a story about the first ebay item I ever sold. I even have the original picture. It is on a page of my website. Here is the link:
http://www.online-auction-tutor.com/My_First_eBay_Item.html

There is more info about my early days of online selling posted on a different page of the site. Since those days, I have a new desire for teaching others how to buy and sell on eBay, and am currently the top-ranked instructor in the state of Alabama.

Hopefully, if posted, it will motivate someone to keep their eyes and ears open to opportunities that exist on a daily basis. I'm still looking.
Best Regards,
Steve Espinosa
www.online-auction-tutor.com

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My first eBay sale was a cotton handkerchief featuring a picture of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing. It sold for $35.00 to a customer named Astaire. It was my first sale and her first purchase. We were both worried that something bad might happen since neither of us had a record. Amazing how we remember our "firsts".
pagesbazaar

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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