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Be: “The Neighborhood eBay Guy”

I have a simple sticker on the back of my ford explorer that promotes my eBay website. It’s nothing special – just the website name “eBaymysteries.com” in plain white letters – and it probably gets me jack squat for traffic to my website, but I kid you not, it is because of that small sticker that I have built up this reputation as the “eBay guy” in my neighborhood.

Every time I go to play basketball at the park, go out to eat, go to a friend’s house, or hell – even when I get pulled over by the cops, I get asked, “Hey man, what’s the deal with that sticker on your truck?” It’s a beautiful thing. I never really have to go out of my way to let people know what I do, or have to throw myself out there because people come to me. People ask me about my job. It’s similar to a video phenomenon on YouTube. I don’t really have to tell anyone what I do because everyone does it for me.

I’ve gotten a lot of different eBay jobs because of this reason. As a matter of fact, I’m working on a huge project right now selling an old timer’s 60 year old book collection because when he asked someone where he should go or who he should see to sell his books on eBay for him, that someone said my name.

Now am I telling you to go put a sticker on your car too? – No (although it’s still probably a good idea). What I’m saying is let it be known in the neighborhood that you know a lot about eBay. Every chance you get, mention that you have been making money on eBay lately. Once you have obtained enough knowledge on eBay selling you can talk about it for days about it.

I always like to start conversations about eBay by stating all the ridiculous stuff that gets listed on eBay. I will be like, “Hey you know people are actually selling Imaginary friends on eBay!” (True story BTW) Just this last week there was an episode on SportsCenter that reported a story about a man who was selling his loyalty to the Chicago Cubs on eBay and I think the bid was up to $500 or something. Stories like that are a great way to break the ice and start a conversation about eBay.

Just some things you can do to let it be known you are the man for everyone’s eBay needs:

·         Get business cards

·         Make t-shirts

·         Create a Website

·         Attend eBay Seminars

·         Put ads in Local Newspapers

There’s an endless amount of ways to get your eBay name out there. The best ways are the ones that make it so you don’t have to do any of the work. Let word of mouth let the neighborhood know that you are the man for eBay selling in this town!