While the success experienced by eBay sellers continues to draw attention, what is usually left out is the corresponding growth in competition. eBaybusinessbook.com has introduced innovative methods for outselling the competition.
Most eBay sellers are highly educated entrepreneurs. They have access to hundreds of eBay books, eBay software packages, and eBay ebooks, which guide them through their eBay business.
The level of information available does place those eBay sellers who have access to it, at an advantage. But since the majority of this information has been disseminated throughout eBay forums and chat rooms the applicable value of it has dropped.
Practical advice and guidance has always been what has distinguished one eBay seller from the next one, but this advice and guidance decreases in value as more eBay sellers have access to it.
So in response to this there are now various sources of eBay business information which have set up methods to limit the access of this information.
There are paid membership sites, and eBooks, which provide eBay sellers with advanced business strategies to outpace their competition.
But even this type of exclusivity has a downside to it. Since as more eBay sellers access these ideas by paying for them, then those same ideas decrease in value as more competitors have access to it.
To counter this trend eBay authors and consultants have made sure to update their writings and resources.
“What was once effective on eBay diminishes as time passes, since more and more eBay sellers are trying the same strategies,” said Donny Lowy, who is the author of Secrets of eBay.
One interesting site is
which provides an eBay book which is periodically updated by the author, Janiece Smith, an experienced eBay seller.
Another component of her business model is that she provides a member’s section where updates can be accessed by eBay sellers.
While this approach is not infallible it does accomplish two important things.
It limits access to information by charging a price for it, and provides updates which can help eBay sellers try out new selling strategies which their competitors have not yet learned.
“The key to growth with any business is to be able to develop strategies that allow you to stay one step ahead of your competition.”
One method that eBay sellers use to distinguish their business from the competition is through the products that they sell. But this method alone does not always sufficiently alone help them stand out.
The reason for this is because it is up to the eBay seller to market their merchandise their products in a way that attracts attention. Now compound this with the thousands of other eBay sellers selling products in the same category.
At the end it comes back to the ability of an eBay seller to have a strong grasp on selling strategies that will enable him or her to stand out from the competition presented by other eBay sellers.
Donny Lowy is the CEO of
, an online wholesale and closeout business, and
, an educational site for the wholesale and closeout business.
