About 7 years ago I became a Silver level Power seller, I was selling 2k worth of goods a month for 3 months in a row. I got a welcome package and all. But I wasn't able to keep that level of selling up for more than a month or two more and lost my power level status. I don't remember all the details, but there was a special customer service number I could call for Ebay problems.   

Now that Ebay reports income more than X number of transactions or 20k a year, I don't want it. I try to keep a low profile with the IRS in regards to my Ebay sales.

with my personal accounts like you i try to keep it under 200 transactions and 20k a year as  or whatever the threshhold is; i really dont sell too much stuff personally; to but for my business i have no choice but to go WAY over that. that 20k figures in ebay fees and shipping fees plus teh cost of the actual profuct your selling so even if your making good margins your not gonna make barely anything off ebay turning over 20k in business. just gotta bit the bullet pay the taxes and actually do real business on ebay if you wanna make any money

TC, look forward to your book comming out, always enjoyed your blog and thought it was quality content so would love to give the book a read. If you wanna send over a copy pm me and I'd be happy to give it a read and a review and a plug on FreeStorageAuctionLists. Also, if your looking for affiliates to sell the book for you I'd be interested in doing that as well. I imagnie you already know this but would recommend commission junction or clickbank.

Hey guys, I've been sellingthis ebook for a while on my sites but never really done a big marketing push, just figured if they sold they sold. I recently uploaded the ebook onto the Kindle KDP marketplace and decided to put a bit of effort into marketing it...a bit late I knw as the storage auction craze is and has been on the decline for a while.

Anyhow, the book is for sale on amazon for $2.99, however if you have a Prime account it's free to you. I also run promose as often as I can giving the book away for free. If anyone is interested in being an affiliate or buying resale rights so you can sell it yourself on your stie nad keep all profits get in touch.

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Make-Money-Storage-Auctions-ebook/dp/B00A0245Z4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357163826&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+make+money+with+storage+unit+auctions

store me makes a good point. i would say 30% of the books are really vague and basically nothing but a sales presentation for you to buy their program for $99 that gives you inventory sheets and a bunch of other stuff you cna find free online. im not knocking anyone as i have my own storage auction book and lets be honest pretty much any how to guide is rehashed info you can find free on the net but as long as its a good written book someone consolidates all that info for you so you dont have to search it all out individually.

my book is how to make money with storage unit auctions. it was on the list. i dont have any upsells for programs its just the book. i sell mine on amazon for 2.99 however i offer it free to prime members as a kindle download and i also run the specials giving it away for free as often as they will let me.

i havn't really made too much of a marketing push to sell my book and just recently laoded it up to the kdp kindle marketplace on amazon. i think glendon cameron really led the pack in terms of books nad youtube vids and stuff but i feel like i was one of the first people out there with an ebook as my ebook was out before any of the tv shows came on.

does someone have to buy a book? absolutely not, someone could browse this forum for a half hour and be prepared to go to their first auction but some people like all the info to be consolidated and neatly packaged for them and find value in paying for that.

people rag on usps but they are reliable 99.9C% of the time. i have sent thousands of packages in the last year and i think i had one lost. the savings of sending usps over fedex or ups more than paid for me recouping that buyer. downside to usps if you have aproblem you can open a claim but that is a joke dont even bother.

fedex and ups charge more for residential nad have gas surcharches. if you have rural buyers you will definately lose money on the shipping as it costs more.

one thing i hate about fedex is the quotes are always wrong they always under quote. i also hate them for their cod they csot my business 7k dropping off merchandise nad not picking up checks. they offered me $200 to remedy the situation

i dont think ebay would allow it. ebay is big on buyers knowing exactly what they are getting. many people used to do like mystery boxes and things like that nad i think ebay did away withthat and a storage unit is essentially mystery box. also those could pretty much be only local shipping as once it cmoes into freight shipping all theprofit from 99% of units is out the window

nice come up with teh bike. i dont actively go to dumpsters or cruise neighborhoods looking for junk but if i see something interesting on the side of the road or in a dumpster ill definately grab it and try flip it on craigslist