What is the best way to start earning money online?

June 28, 2007 by Bob 

OK, so you have been thinking about how nice it would be to earn a little money online, but you wonder - “how do I start?”  Right?  Well, let’s talk about that.  Let me look at how I first got started.

It was back in 1998 or so (maybe it was ‘97) when I made my first dollars online.  How?  I did it on eBay!

While my days of selling on eBay have long since passed, I do believe that it is a great place to get started and learn the ins and outs of online selling.  Even for advanced sellers, eBay is a great choice.  A lot of people earn millions of dollars on eBay, believe me.  I started out when eBay was still young, and I made a few extra thousand dollars per month, but by the time I quit selling on eBay, I was earning well into the 6 figures per year.  When you are doing that kind of volume, it is not an easy job, though.  It takes work, it takes patience, and it takes an ethic to do the job right.  If you can’t commit to that, you won’t make it to the very top levels of eBay selling.  I finally quit because I was just doing it for too long, working too hard, etc.  On an average day, I would deal with 500 to 1000 e-mails having to do with my eBay business.  By that time, also, I had my own websites that were doing very well, and I elected to sell on my own, without eBay.

So, over the next week or so, I will be covering eBay, with some stories of things I did on eBay, etc.  I will also be happy to answer questions for anybody that wants to ask!  Just leave a comment with your question, and I’ll do my best to give you a straight answer!

Bob
About the Author:  Bob Martin is an American who has been living in the Philippines since the turn of the 21st Century. Bob is an Internet Entrepreneur, and earns 100% of his income online. Bob earns through a number of different methods including e-commerce, Advertising, Informational Products and others.

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4 Responses to “What is the best way to start earning money online?”

  1. Graham on June 29th, 2007 8:36 pm

    Hi Bob
    Ill be very interested in these post’s

  2. Tina on June 29th, 2007 11:37 pm

    Hi Bob,

    Congratulations on this new site! Very informative! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. More power to you, Bob! :-)

  3. jerico on June 30th, 2007 7:59 am

    Wow, this is a really interesting topic. I love looking for stuff on Ebay.com and ebay.ph and dreaming that some day I can make money selling on these sites, especially at Ebay.com. Can you please give us some tips on the best items to sell. I also would like to know how you get stuff to put on Ebay.

  4. Bob on June 30th, 2007 9:02 am

    Hi Graham - I can write an awful lot about eBay! I sold on eBay for about 7 years, and for 4 of those years that is exclusively how I made my living!

    Hi Tina - Thanks very much! All the best to you and Ken.

    Hi Jerico - OK, stand by for a number of articles about eBay. I honestly believe that you can make good money on there. I’ll try to cover everything from how to purchase items to sell on eBay, up to collecting the money from your buyer.

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