I have had many customers write and ask how I got started selling on eBay. So I thought I would share my story with everyone.

We first registered with eBay in November 2002. With in a couple months I thought I would try my hand at selling. I first started with some old items we had around the house. I was amazed at how well they sold and instantly got hooked. So for about 6 months I kept listing more and more items. But since I was working a full time job ( a real Job) it was difficult  to keep making so many individual listings. So I needed to find an item I could stock and sell over and over with out making individual auctions everytime. Since I had just bought a postal scale from Staples I thought everyone on eBay needs a scale to sell their stuff. So I started searching the internet to find postal scales I could buy cheap enough to sell on eBay and make a few dollars. After searching for hours I came across a site that was selling 25 lb postal scales by the case. The case had 12 scales and they were running a special with free shipping. So I spent a few hundred dollars and bought 1 case. As soon as I received them I put them on eBay and sold out in a couple days. So I immediately went back to the site and bought 2 cases. Got them in and sold out quickly. This time I went to buy 3 cases but the free shipping offer was gone so I wrote the company and asked if they would extend me the free shipping again and the owner called me and said he would. During our conversation he asked why don't you just buy a palet of scales. I told him that I could not afford to buy that many. He said if I gave him $1,000 down he would give me 30 days to pay the balance. I asked him why he was making me this offer because he did not know me. It turns out he was trying to grow his business and was willing to take a chance that I was honest. I was also worried that I would send this guy $1,000 and never get any scales. To make a long story short I sent the $1,000 and received the scales. I sold them in less than 30 days and paid him. Over the years we have become good friends.

By the start of 2004 our business was doing very well. I was adding more scales to our line up and our business was growing every month. In March of 2005 the business had grown to the point I retired from my (Real Job) and sell on eBay as my full time job. Today we sell thousands on scales every month. eBay is still a big part of our business but we also sell scales on other sites and we also have our own web site. We also have many wholesale customers all over the world that buy scales in bulk from us.

My business is based on one policy. Offer a good product at a fair price and give customers the best service possible.

The reason we have been successful on eBay is we are honest in all our dealings and try very hard to meet and exceed our customers expectations on every transaction. We grew our business over time and at a pace we would not jeopardize service.

I hope you enjoyed  reading our story and wish you all the best selling on eBay. It is a wonderfull place to buy and sell and meet some of the best people on this earth.

Ed Zaker