Most people when buying something online will buy repeatedly off the same site if they’ve had good experiences. So despite the fact their may be products cheaper elsewhere, most people are too lazy or scared to buy from a ‘new’ seller.

Ebay is a classic example. Many people automatically assume ebay is the cheapest place for everything. They don’t even research anywhere else. I know that, because I used to think like that.

I’m going to give you guys a link which I know has products for cheaper prices than on ebay;
http://www.dealextreme.com/

As you’ll see from their site, they offer free worldwide delivery and extremely competitive products, with discounts for buying in bulk. These guys mainly ship computing/electrical stuff from Asia, but I use them all the time and have never had any problems. Beware though, if you’re buying in huge quantities and running up bills of $100+ there’s a good chance you may have to pay customs taxes, etc…

It’s a simple case of checking out ebay, making a list of prices for certain items, comparing them with prices from the site and then doing the math. If you can undercut other ebay sellers, you’re basically guaranteed sales.

A good example would be to bulk purchase 25 x 2TB hard drives and sell them individually on Ebay for a profit of $500+, not bad for a couple of hours work.

Don’t try and tell me you don’t have an old phone or computer or cd player lying about the house. LIAR!!

Get you’re ass in gear, get that stuff on ebay or craigslist and sell it. It only gathers dust and takes up space otherwise. Unless it’s a collectable or has sentimental value, the only thing stopping you from getting rid of this stuff is pure laziness. I know because I’m just like you, but I do my best to sell any junk I don’t want.

Not only can you get rid of it on ebay/craigslist, you can also make money from it! Everyone’s a winner – you get rid of the stuff, you get paid, the buyer is a happy and ebay take a small cut of the dosh.

That’s what affiliate programs do – they pay you if you earn sales for them. Some sites, like LunarPages or Thinkhost for example, will pay you up to $97 for a single referral.

So if you tell people about a good host you recommend and they use you’re affiliate links (like I have added above) and sign up, you can earn mega bucks for simply telling people about a site.

Clickbank and Commission Junction are just two affiliate networks who display a list of sites that run these types of programmes. Big sites like ebay and amazon also run their own affiliate programmes who’ll pay you for giving them sales.

I guess you are in effect, getting paid on commission, just like one of those salesmen, going around ‘door to door’ selling bibles. The more doors you knock on, the more books you’ll sell

Check out wickedfire which is an affiliate marketing forum where you’ll find all sort of interesting people and programs.