ASAP-sells-IT Item of the Day - Rolling Stones Henry Diltz Signed Photo

ROLLING STONES Keith Richards Ron Wood Henry Diltz Signed Framed Photo # 8 / 100

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How Many Items Will You List?

List up to 1000 Items free on Tuesday November 8th.

Good Luck,

John Paul

25% Off Sale on Shipping Supplies - Sunday 10/16

If you're running low on shipping supplies or want to stock up for the upcoming Holiday Season head over to Quality Shipping Supplies today. They are offering 25% off of everything on their website. I always use Quality Shipping Supplies to order my shipping labels and packing tape. Orders always arrive quickly and they offer great customer service. Just enter promo code SUNDAY25 at checkout.
Put those shipping supplies to good use. Check out My Top Ten Thrift Store Items To Resell on eBay to help you locate merchandise to sell on eBay.

Good Luck

John Paul

Ralph Lauren - Double RL (RRL)

The Ralph Lauren Company is made up of a variety of brands, the first was Polo launched in 1967. Other brands include the Purple Label, Black Label, Ralph Lauren Golf and many more. The moust sought after Ralph Lauren brand on eBay is the Double RL brand (RRL). The clothing line for males only is mostly western wear and very rugged. It is inspired by Ralph's massive ranch in Telluride, CO.

RRL is only sold in RRL stores and select high end Ralph Lauren boutiques. The prices are very high so this is not an item you will find very easily, but I have had some luck especially recently as shown by my recent RRL completed auctions. Spent about $60.00 total on these items, not a bad profit as I made back my original investment with the sale of 1 pair of jeans. (click on the pictures for a larger view)

Something to be aware of if you find a pair of RRL jeans. A lot of the jeans are meant to look worn and distressed. So if you find a pair with holes or even dirt spots on it they were probably meant to be that way. So don't pass them up because you think they are damaged, trust me they will sell.

Here are some of my previous Ralph Lauren Posts. (If you are only going to view one link check out the March 2011 sale of a RL jacket)

Thrift Store Find of the Month March 2010

Thrift Store Find of the Month March 2011

2010 Ralph Lauren Winter Olympic Knit Hats

Good Luck

John Paul

Virtual Online Learning - Self Promotion Friday

If you are not a member of Virtual Online Learning founded by eBay Hall Of Famer Danna Crawford then you better sign up right now so you can particapate in Virtual Speak UP.

Virtual Online Learning or VOL is a great group of people helping each other become more successful on eBay. I have been selling on eBay for over 10 years and it has become my full time job. I know eBay inside and out and I know how to make money on eBay so I wouldn't waste my time if I didn't believe in this group. If you read my posts you can see that I practice what I preach, I am not one of these bloggers who lost touch with eBay and are only looking for people to click on links and promote items. All of my post are backed up with my own items that I sell.

This is taken from http://virtualonlinelearning.blogspot.com/ about tonight's Speak Up.

We are live, the first Friday of every month! Call in Tonight and join us for our Virtual Speak Up and promote your Business! Open Mic for 5 to 10 min depending on how many callers we have BUT the main thing is for you to be a part of the show and receive your spot of FREE ADVERTISING!

Our sessions are free for downloading at iTunes and many of us bloggers at VOL use the segments as blog posts. We embed the player (which you can do too) into our blog posts and BLOG about a few of the callers so, don't miss this awesome chance to CALL in and SPEAK UP!

VirtualSpeakUp.com Mark your calendar now, the first Friday of every month:
8:00 PM EST
7:00 pm CST
6:00 PM Mnt
5:00 PM pst

NOTE: follow our members tweeting using the hashtag: #volm We may be tweeting about YOU when you call in :-)

Get Those Ugly Christmas Sweaters Ready

I write about this every year, so start planning now if you want to make some extra money for the Holidays. The best way to make money on eBay during Christmas time is to know what the hot products will be for shoppers. It is usually a few new items every year. In 2008 it was the Nintendo Wii or the Snuggie Blanket. In 2009 it was the Zhu Zhu Pets. But there is one item that is searched for year after year on eBay and that is Ugly Christmas Sweaters.

The term ugly Christmas sweater is always one of the most popular on search engines during the Holiday season. Likewise those searches will lead people to eBay, to find the tackiest sweaters out there. Colorful green and red sweaters with Christmas themes like snowmen, reindeer and elf's will bring in top dollar on eBay. Why are these items so hot?

The main reason people buy these sweaters is to wear them to Holiday office parties. A lot of companies give prizes to the employee who shows up in the ugliest Christmas sweater.

So now is the time to look for them at thrift stores and gargae sales. Or even make them yourself. The uglier the better. Just find some gently used sweaters (cardigans are popular at thrift stores and red or green would be perfect) and add christmas items to the sweater. The sweaters that typically do the best have ornaments hanging off them, or light up. If you are creative and have the time you can make some good money. It's best to start listing these in November because Holiday parties can start in early December and if you wait longer then list them as Buy It Now.

Good Luck
John Paul

Past Christmas Related Blog Posts
What to sell on eBay at Christmas Time

Virtual Online Learning Monthly Blog Challenge

I am very excited to participate in the http://www.virtualonlinelearning.com/ Blog Challenge. The goal of the challenge is to add 5 new blog posts today (September 30th 2011.) I took the summer off from blogging, but I am back now with a lot to share.

A little info about Virtual-Online-Learning (VOL).

VOL is run by Danna Crawford aka Power Selling Mom. If you are not familiar with Danna, then you should visit her main website http://www.powersellingmom.com/. Danna is everywhere you look when it comes to eBay. Danna is a member of the eBay Hall of Fame and has almost as many followers on Twitter as some Hollywood celebrities, so she must be doing something right. Click here to follow me on Twitter and help me catch up to Danna.

For a $99.99 LIFETIME membership fee you get so much information. So check it out and enjoy my posts today. As always your comments to my posts make this blog more interesting for everyone and keeps me going. Thank you for your support.

eBay Title Character Increase from 55 to 80

I was actually excited about an eBay udate for once when i read they were increasing the amount of characters in the title from 55 to 80. Then I started to look at my items in search fresults and they just look awful.

I did not realize that when eBay changed the title character limit from 55 to 80 that they would cut off the words when they show up in the search results. It looks really bad especially when some of the really important keywords in the title are the ones you can't see or even worse they are cut off so you only see a few letters of the actual word.

Oh well another thing that will waste more of my time. I will have to make sure that I stick to the 55 character limit, so my search results look normal.

Here is a quick video that might be some inspiration to those who are or want to run an eBay business but think you do not have the time.

http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/05/13/youve-got-rob-dyrdek/

"Everybody has the exact 24 hours 365 days a year to accomplish anything they want"

Thrift Store Find of the Month - April 2011

Rapha Cycling Jersey
Purchased for $4.99
Sold for $142.50

My Top 10 Thrift Store Items to Resell on eBay - 2011

Good Luck

John Paul

Thrift Store Find of the Month March 2011

OK, I am back to posting my top Thrift Store Find for each Month at the end of the month. This month was a very successful month with 3 finds with at least a $115.00 net profit. The top sale for the month was: Purchased for $10.00

Sold for $325.00

Net profit: $287.56

You should know by now reading my blog that I don't mess around. Why not join my new mailing list by sending an e-mail to asapsellsit@aol.com with the subject subscribe. I will send out 1-2 e-mails a month with info to help you become a better ebay seller.

Vintage Ralph Lauren colorful items are huge sellers on eBay. head over to Terapeak and run a search for lauren 1992 and look at some of the sales. $1,000+ for some sweaters and jackets. Anything with the Polo teddy bear on it are good sellers as as well. So keep an eye out for unique RL items.

Good Luck John Paul

Save Up To 60% On Terapeak - Sale Ends 2/24/11

This is a great deal and if you are serious about being sucessful on eBay you need Terapeak.

Hurry Sale ends tommorow 2/24/11 at midnight. Click the Terapeak box below to sign up. This is one of my favorite eBay tools. A MUST HAVE.. I know this was a short post, but I didn't want to take up too much of your time with the sale ending soon.

Selling Limited Edition/Regional Beer on eBay

There's no other way to put it, but people love beer. That's why Micro-Breweries are popping up everywhere in the US. There are thousands of Beer festivals every year in every state. Heck I even subscribe to Draft Magazine.

Brewers are always coming out with new brews in limited editions and most are only sold regionally. So eBay is a great place to resell some of these beers if they are available in your region.

Some of the more popular breweries that release limited editions that do well are

Sierra Nevada

Dogfish

Sam Adams

Russian River

Brooklyn Brewery

Limited edition beers are typically released in 750ml bottles. So you won't find these sold in 6 packs they will be sold individually.

Of course you are not selling these to drink, you are selling them because they are collectible. You must list the item in the collectible category and state the following in your auction

– The value of the item is in the collectible container, not its contents.

– The container has not been opened and any incidental contents are not intended for consumption.

– The item is not available at any retail outlet.

–The seller will take all appropriate steps to ensure that the buyer is of lawful age in the buyer’s and seller's jurisdiction. In general, this is 21 years of age.

– Both the buyers and sellers ensure that the sale complies with all applicable laws and shipping regulations

Why Does My Item Have Multiple Bids and No Price Increase

You might have noticed in the past that one of your eBay listings has multiple bids, but the starting price has not increased.

Ever wonder why this happens. There are a couple of reasons.

1. The bidder might have realized that they want to increase their first bid or more likely
   
   
2. The bidder has placed multiple bids to try and discourage other bidders from placing a bid.

As shown below the same user id has placed 4 bids on my item.

The auction ends tonight, so we'll see if his strategy pays off on this item.

John Paul

Setting eBay Goals

My eBay business is much more productive when I set goals. I know selling on eBay is very unpredictable and 1 week I can have a bunch of new consignment clients and 50 new thrift store finds. So for me it is hard to set goals far in advance, but I find that I get a lot more done when I set goals for the day or even for the upcoming week. One example is yesterday I participated in eBay Power Listing Day "PLD" Challenge on Virtual Online Learning. My goal was 15-20 new listings of old items that I had lying around. I beat my goal for the day and listed 21 items from scratch in about 3.5 hours.

If I didn't start my day with a goal in mind I might have listed a few items then jumped to something else then started researching new ways to make money on eBay. Too much wasted time and by the end of the day I would of felt like I didn't accomplished much. So for 2011 try and set at least 1 goallllllll for each day and challenge yourself to meet that goal.

Here are a few listings from my fellow Virtual Online Members who participated in the PLD Challenge. As you can see by their feedback rating they take eBay seriously. So check out the listings below if not to bid at least to see how sucessful eBay sellers list.

Fine Line Jigsaw Puzzle I LOVE A PARADE Johnson 750 New

R.E.M. Live At Olympia Dublin 2007) promo stickered CD

Lot of 72 Hot Wheels 1st Editions, Series,1991-1998 MIP

Good Luck,

John Paul

www.ASAPsellsIT.com

Happy New Year!!!

I'm back and looking forward to making 2011 the best eBay year ever. For my loyal followers I apologize for the lack of posts over the last few months of 2010. My wife and I just moved into our first home in October in a completely new area and I have pretty much been a Full-Time Stay at Home Dad while we have been settling in. Between taking care of our 7 month old boy all day and working on the house and my eBay Consignment Business www.ASAPsellsIT.com I have had little time left to thrift and write about my Thrift Store Finds. And I honestly did not want to post a bunch of junk or affiliate links just to have some content on my blog. So hopefully I still have some people checking in once in a while because I am going to try and get up a minimum 3 new posts a week in the new year.

A good way to start off the new year is by checking out one of my older posts from September 2010 about my Top 10 Thrift Store Tips. I needed to go over these again myself since I have not stepped foot in a Thrift Store for quite a while now. I really miss it, the thrill of finding something that you know will bring in a nice profit is a great feeling.

Good Luck,

John Paul