eBay Nostalgia

Today I signed up with The Art of Books.com (or AOB for short). This is a bookseller’s Cadillac of databases for iventory management. It allows you to list on several online selling venues and manages post sales tasks. There is definitely a learning curve involved in the beginning of using the progrm, but well worth the effort. We only started selling on Amazon a few months ago. We have sold children’s books exclusively on eBay for over five years. We have been Powersellers for almost that whole time. eBay has been good for us. I almost felt as if I had betrayed eBay by lsiting my books elsewhere. However, there is a truism in life that never changes and that is that everything changes. It was time for us to expand our bookselling business. We still highly recommend eBay as a great way to start a family business. eBay is a selling venue that is quite forgiving in listing mistakes. We have trained five of our children in entreprenuerial skills through our use of eBay. Our three oldest children are all self starters and independent. They are optimistic about their futures and plan to succeed without being tied to a j-o-b. In fact, our 13 year old son has started a website/graphics business. He is doing very well with it. The seven year old jumps on the computer to list every day. He types all the needed information, and then is rewarded by being allowed to play one of his computer games. Now, I know I had no idea how to type when I was seven. Did you? My 16 year old could be a librarian. He is very adept at viewing and pulling titles in record time amongst thousands of volumes. I was impressed by his knowledge of books. I like that he likes books! So, as much as it saddens me to leave selling full time on eBay, I have fond memories of the flexibility eBay has afforded us in creating a home business. We have learned lessons abot online commerce that we never would have learned if it were not for eBay. We are grateful.

Power Sellers on eBay
Michael & Julie Anna Schultz
Collectors and consultants of fine out of print children's literature
Owners of Book Jewels for Children
http://www.BookJewelsForChildren.com

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