eBay, Marketing, Affiliate Programs & More . . .

Hello,

I guess when I started this whole blogging thing I should have laid out some type of mission statement or declaration of purpose as to what this blog is all about.

I am going to give you the benefit of my experience in selling on eBay and selling online away from eBay.  I am not going to just hawk products and services - I will only recommend what I know to be a good resource.  If it offends someone that my affiliate link is in the recommendation to a resource, then you should probably read someone else's blog.  I don't work for free and neither should you.

There was a post a day or two ago from a fellow (which is now deleted) who accused me of just pushing products that I've never used.  He said that since the links to the products were affiliate links I couldn't be sincere.  He doubted that I ever actually bought and used any of these products or services.  And he's saying all of this to me, a person he has never met and knows nothing about whatsover, on my blog!  My friend Dale Calvert has a saying that I really enjoy.  Dale says that forming an opinion on something you know nothing about is the height of ignorance.  Well said, Dale.

Several other people have posted wondering why I don't list my eBay seller ID's.  Well, the reason is very simple - I don't want you ripping off my ideas.  You should learn how to do this business honestly the same way I had to learn.  And just copying someone else is laziness.  Now don't get me wrong - I want to be as lazy or lazier than the next person, but in a productive way.  If that doesn't make a bit of sense to you then you really need to click on the link at the right and read Robert Kiyosaki's book, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad".  Then you'll get it!

So if your purpose of responding to something I've written is solely to whine and gripe about whatever it is you whine and gripe about then don't bother.  I don't like that type of negativity in my life and I'll delete the post.  If you don't put a valid email address in your comment, then guess what?  That's right - deleted.  Don't like the rules?  Go start your own eBay blog.

Phew.  I'm through now.

Tiger Todd

Comments

[Freddie Cox]

Hello Tiger Todd,

Thanks for your great site. I enjoyed the interview on eBay radio and really enjoyed the free eBook on your Worldwide Brands site.

I am planning to grow my eBay business beyond selling unwanted items around the house to a more professional, diversified online business. I have been trying to grow my Paypal balance, so that I can use money from it to finance (bootstrap) my ventures.

I appreciate information that I have found on your site. I am to the point when I need to get a tax ID number for my business and license it here in Maryland and honestly, my head is sort of swimming with too much information. But I hope to sort it all out soon.

Thanks again for the great information.

Sincerely,
Freddie Cox

[TurquoizBlue]

I agree with your choice not to share your seller names. You have a right to protect everything you've worked hard to accumulate. But, I disagree that it is lazy to copy something that someone else is doing successfully. It's lazy to attempt to copy it exactly, but smart to copy what is making that person a success and personalizing it for your own business/product.

TurquoizBlue

[Alan Lewis]

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