Saturday, July 08, 2006

Selling the Unusual -Stanhope , Space Station Kit , Religious items


Hey Blog readers! Today's post is about selling the unusual items on eBay. Often times people think in terms of competion on eBay. I feel whenever possible its a good idea to have little to no competition by finding oddball items and marketing them in creative ways. Recently I decided to persue this strategy a little more and listed 3 new items , 2 had bids within hours! I listed a vintage Space Station Kite, a carved bone rosary bead with a stanhope cross with a picture of the baby Jesus in it, and a carved wood (driftwood I think) sculpture of a Morada, a building used by a secret Catholic Society in New Mexico called the Penitente Morada. I will add some pics for you as soon as Google's pic manager starts working again LOL. I plan to offer more items in my new store category called Strange and Unusual! So stay tuned for that! Some people have asked me "what the heck is a Stanhope?" Well I did not know the term either until a friend told me about it. A stanhope is a term used to describe a small peep hole type window in an item that shows an image similar to a tiny piece of microfilm inside a viewing chamber. They really are amazing. You can do a quick search on the term stanhope on Google and get loads of info! You can see these items and many more at www.Onceuponabid.com (our eBay store). If you are interested in learning more about selling on eBay, my wife is an Educational Specialist for eBay and can be reached at Onceuponabid@hotmail.com . We offer tax consultations for eBay sellers in our eBay store (link shown above). If you really want to learn to sell on eBay and do it successfully we are definately the right people to talk to ! We are powersellers, trading assistants (sell items for others for commission), have an eBay store and a wide range of contacts across eBay seller groups .

1 comment:

Michael said...

Hi,
I guess I have a lot to learn about eBay. I have used it mainly for advertising rather than selling products.
I just listed something unusual that I thought people would be interested in: a $9,500 Filmmaking Workshop on a Greek island.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290128900742&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:UK:31

I see you are at a conference this weekend. Enjoy. I have fun with Squidoo too.

Cheers,