If you are business proprietor or a novice looking to become your own boss, eBay is a great place to get started, to hit the ground running, learn the ins and outs and get your feet wet with minimal upfront cost and little financial risk. Running your online business through eBay is incredibly easy, because eBay is an online forum that caters to just about any kind of customer, from rare and vintage clothing, books and collectibles to brand name electronics and appliances to new and used electronics. It is even a great place to buy big ticket items such as cars, industrial equipment and real estate. If you can successfully create on online business plan centered around these big ticket items, the rewards for a rather modest investment of time and energy can be astronomical. Here are a few things you can sell on eBay and score huge profits with for merely being the "middle man" in the transaction.
CARS, TRUCKS AND MISCELLANEOUS VEHICLES
eBay has its own online division dedicated to selling and auctioning vehicles of all kinds, in all conditions, from classic cars to utility trucks to motorcycles, snowmobiles and just about any other conveyance you can possibly imagine. With this category, there are two ways to run your operation. One is as a "flipper" where you try to acquire the vehicle at a bargain price, put in a little work and money to increase its value, and you try to sell it at a premium for maximum profit. This can be quite lucrative, but very time consuming. The other way is to operate your online eBay business as a vehicle broker, where you run the listing, facilitate all interactions between the owner and the buyer, and often you will need to provide a reliable, trust worthy escrow service for the transfer of funds. Ultimately, this is best used for specialty cars and very valuable classics that the owner doesn't want to necessarily trust to the vagaries of the Internet. Your payment will usually be either a flat fee, or a certain percentage of the final sale price.
REAL ESTATE
Like the previous category, real estate is a big ticket item that can reap generous profits for your, but you need to tread carefully. Unless you own the particular property outright, you will need a Realtor's license to sell real estate on behalf of the owner. So, with this category, it really only is ideal for real estate "flippers" that can manage to find property at a bargain, invest a little money into it and turn it around for a profit as a Sale By Owner. Though this can be incredibly profitable, there are many laws that vary from state to state that you need to consider. Consult a lawyer before hand to discuss the specifics of your situation.
INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
Many of the large tools and equipment that makes factories function are sold in good condition after they have become "obsolete" by industry standards, even though they remain in perfect working order. Many of these are sold off at auction for a considerable discount, but can be turned around and sold for a healthy profit to small, independent manufacturers that are less concerned with maximizing output.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Find Muscle Cars For Sale Easily
Buying muscle cars usually involves working through classified ads, either local ones, or nationwide ones like the Thrifty Nickel papers, or online classified advertising listings like Google Sales, Yahoo Sales, and Craigslist to find muscle cars for sale.
Local classifieds may work for you if the car you want to buy is available from a local seller. It may not be though, particularly if it's a car that was never made in large numbers, or a car that's simply old enough to qualify as "vintage". At that point, you need to broaden your search horizons, and look farther afield. And that usually means going online.
Google, Yahoo and Craigslist replicate the formats of classified ads, even down to breaking them down regionally, but you'll still have to work directly with the seller. If you want some third party escrow protection, the best place to go is eBay.
EBay seems to be a counter-intuitive place to buy cars, but it's a good venue to find muscle cars for sale. And not just any cars, but cars meeting specialized tastes and market niches, like vintage muscle cars and hot rods.
A lot of car buyers are nervous about buying a car that they can't test drive, and while there are hazards to buying a car online, they're not as pronounced as many people seem to think. EBay and specialized car sales sites like CarsOnline all offer buyer protection programs of various sorts.
If you're buying through eBay, which has the most extensive set of protection programs, your options include a $20,000 vehicle protection program, a conditional guarantee by the seller, and a roadside assistance program good for the first 30 days of ownership, bought through Hagerty Plus, a nationwide auto services broker.
Before you finalize your purchase, you'll want to do a title search and check out blue book values; most online car dealerships give you direct links to this sort of information. You'll also want to check out CarFacts.com, which, for a small fee, allows you to get the entire accident history of any car you have a VIN number for. This is a great way to suss out cars that have had serious mechanical issues and verify that the seller is telling the truth.
When looking for a muscle car, be aware that you're looking for something that is, ultimately, an investment. Muscle cars date back from a time when raw performance mattered more than amenities, and compared to a lot of modern sports cars, muscle cars seem lacking in conveniences. On the other hand, they do have a feeling of raw power when a V-8 engine revs up and propels a solid steel chassis down the road at 90+ mph that really can't be replicated with modern over-engineered cars.
Muscle cars appeal to a certain masculine primitivism, and are pure testosterone poisoning cast into solid steel. As you hunt muscle cars that are for sale be prepared to compete with other muscle car fans as there's nothing remotely like these old hot rods being made for the market anymore.
Local classifieds may work for you if the car you want to buy is available from a local seller. It may not be though, particularly if it's a car that was never made in large numbers, or a car that's simply old enough to qualify as "vintage". At that point, you need to broaden your search horizons, and look farther afield. And that usually means going online.
Google, Yahoo and Craigslist replicate the formats of classified ads, even down to breaking them down regionally, but you'll still have to work directly with the seller. If you want some third party escrow protection, the best place to go is eBay.
EBay seems to be a counter-intuitive place to buy cars, but it's a good venue to find muscle cars for sale. And not just any cars, but cars meeting specialized tastes and market niches, like vintage muscle cars and hot rods.
A lot of car buyers are nervous about buying a car that they can't test drive, and while there are hazards to buying a car online, they're not as pronounced as many people seem to think. EBay and specialized car sales sites like CarsOnline all offer buyer protection programs of various sorts.
If you're buying through eBay, which has the most extensive set of protection programs, your options include a $20,000 vehicle protection program, a conditional guarantee by the seller, and a roadside assistance program good for the first 30 days of ownership, bought through Hagerty Plus, a nationwide auto services broker.
Before you finalize your purchase, you'll want to do a title search and check out blue book values; most online car dealerships give you direct links to this sort of information. You'll also want to check out CarFacts.com, which, for a small fee, allows you to get the entire accident history of any car you have a VIN number for. This is a great way to suss out cars that have had serious mechanical issues and verify that the seller is telling the truth.
When looking for a muscle car, be aware that you're looking for something that is, ultimately, an investment. Muscle cars date back from a time when raw performance mattered more than amenities, and compared to a lot of modern sports cars, muscle cars seem lacking in conveniences. On the other hand, they do have a feeling of raw power when a V-8 engine revs up and propels a solid steel chassis down the road at 90+ mph that really can't be replicated with modern over-engineered cars.
Muscle cars appeal to a certain masculine primitivism, and are pure testosterone poisoning cast into solid steel. As you hunt muscle cars that are for sale be prepared to compete with other muscle car fans as there's nothing remotely like these old hot rods being made for the market anymore.
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