Mirra is my 2.4 lb black Chihuahua, and I am just along for the ride.  Mirra was a replacement for my daughter who went away to college.  When we picked her up, Mirra weighed 9 oz and my daughter wanted to name her Killer and put a spiked collar on her, but I nixed the idea.  Mirra never asks for money, keeps her room clean, never talks back, goes to bed when told, and gives me unconditional love.  She knows when I am getting ready to leave the house and sits under the chair where her pet carrier bag sits (which by the way I sell on eBay on Mirra.n.me).  And of course, I cannot leave a cute dog that is looking at me with her big brown eyes.  We go everywhere together.

I have worked in corporate America in the high-end retail packaging industry for the last 20 years.  It is a great environment in which to sell.  Modern technology is fabulous. 

Selling at home was a great segue into selling on eBay.  My husband and I started our eBay business in December of 2004.   It was my 77-year-old mother, Ann, who inspired us to consider a career selling on eBay.  I figurered if she could do it, I could do it.   The first few weeks were a learning curve.  But we became Bronze Power Sellers within 5 months, and then 4 months later we became Silver Power Sellers. 

In January of 2006 my daughter, Lia joined the team.  It has been a traumatic experience, just kidding!  It has been great having my kid around, occasionally we argue about business things but we have so much fun together.  Her insight and hard work has been invaluable towards growing our eBay business.  Only one year after she joined the team we are Gold Power Sellers and we are continually growing.  Making eBay a family business was one of the best decisions I have made.

We love selling on eBay.  It is great meeting people via the Internet from all over around the world, learning new languages, the excitement of the selling, and the treasure hunt for new merchandise to sell… it was as though eBay had been created for us.  Acquaintances would ask what we do for a living, and my answer would be we sell retail packaging all over the country.  Now we say, let me tell you about eBay and selling all over the world.

From a single website, so many lives have been changed.  Through eBay we can follow our dreams, realize our goals, and have a grand time selling.