Wednesday, February 2, 2011

What I've learned (so far) about selling coupons

I spent the whole day in bed yesterday. I felt like I was getting a cold the night before so I decided to do something I never do which is try to prevent getting more sick. I normally think I can take some pills and keep moving, but yesterday I slept for almost the entire day. And guess what? It worked- today I slept in and now I feel almost 100%. I think I managed to beat whatever illness was trying to develop. Something I thought about yesterday during my brief moments of alertness was my selling strategy for coupons, so I thought i would write about it today.

I have had moderate success selling coupons on ebay. Some coupons seem to sell quickly while others barely get a glance. It appears that the hot ticket items are pet food and natural/organic foods. Surprisingly makeup products are not as popular as I would have thought. I think that baby products such as diapers would be a big seller, too, however there haven't been many coupons for diapers for me to sell and the ones I have collected I sent to a friend (she better be using them, I even included instructions for her).

I've decided that I'm going to only sell the coupons that have been hot sellers and that I will add a Buy It Now feature so that I can sell them quickly. the Buy It now feature will also allow me to get paid. I am learning that not everyone reads and follows the rules I have. I have had to open three non-payment cases and will probably have to open more today. I just don't understand why people bid and then don't pay especially when the amount is so low.

I'm hoping that my new selling strategy works and I'll be sure to report how things went at the end of February.

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