This is a follow-up of Ebay Explained 2006 event in Malaysia. It was a great experience to attend such a big event.
First of all, I was not satisfied by the performance of the event organizer. Firstly, they changed the venue last minute. Secondly, many members did not receive confirmation letter. Then, the event was delayed till 3:00pm instead of starting at 2:00pm on that day.
I did not receive the confirmation letter as well, and the organizer had no records of me! Anyway, they still let me in. Otherwise, you would have been reading my complains here. :P
While waiting, I met a few online friends such as CJCM and Colbert.
I met local bloggers at Ebay Explained 2006. From Left: CJCM, Colbert, and me
Ebay Explained! 2006
The Ebay Explained! 2006 speaker was Griff, a guy who looked like Santa Claus. He was a great presenter. His talk was very informative and humorous at the same time.
What did I learn?
Ebay business is just like any other real life businesses, you need a proper business plan, customer service, and so on. It is very important to maintain a good customer relationship. Return customers are big cash.
Ebay is an online business. It is easy to check your competitors’ strategies. Ebay provides many tools to help your online business either free or at a fee.
PayPal for Malaysians
Full PayPal account feature for Malaysians was a hot topic during the FAQ section. The PayPal representative promised to deliver full PayPal accounts features (ability to withdraw PayPal funds locally) to Malaysians by the end of 2007. Let’s wait and see.
If you can’t wait anymore, there is a solution to withdraw PayPal funds from local ATM. Yes, I am using this method. :)
My Ebay business?
I am planning to start my Ebay business soon. Perhaps partner with my friend or work on my own. The products are not tech related but have high profit margin.
Will I succeed? Not sure, but no harm trying. It is important to take the action first, isn’t it?
By the end of 2007? whoa…still long time to wait.. :-( how sad..
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hi liew! eBay is an exciting business!! I’d say ‘just do it’!
Hi LCF,
Thx for the link. I have changed my domain about 1 week ago.
http://www.cjcm2u.com/2006/11/12/ebay-explained-2006/
Appreciate if you can update the new link.. ;)
Yes, take action first and test the market. But becareful with the investment and not gamble your life all at once. If you let doubts hinder you from pursuing goals, you’ll be stuck forever.
It was nice meeting you too !
Nice to meet you too and have a pleasant discussion with you during the seminar.
I’m the guy doing crystal beading business. I’m looking for someone that can sell my products to oversea, see if you are interested.
Steve. Great to see you here. I will contact you soon on some business once I settle down…
LcF,
If you need the dropship services, you can meet me @@
Thanks you …
If you really want to start selling on eBay, go for an eBay class first wor.
I heard that there is one being organised on Dec 17th. Did anyone else hear of it?
The site is http://www.chiica.com
Not sure, haven’t been there, but heard it’s organised by 2 Powersellers.
Anyone has been to it? Got comments? Good? Worth money?
Yah, Attended the first course and worth every penny. I highly recommend them coz they are the ONLY EBAY certified Education Specialist in Malaysia and their cost is dirt cheap. They are the 2 same ladies whom appeared in the Ebay Explained Videos that showed successful Malaysians doing very well online in Ebay.
Their presentations are based on Ebay and not a customize type . So I am glad the infos are updated.
I paid the course only RM550 after early bird discount from RM990 and they are the cheapest or perhaps the only 1 specializes in Ebay coz another seminar charges rm8000 that covers ebay as well .
I manage to get my ebay up and running and made some goods sales. It teaches me the keywords, so that people can search and you get expose , free softwares that powersellers use, paypal issues, powersellers dos and donts , withdraws funds from paypal to Malaysia/USA and more etc
Great stuff.
My brother from kl joined the workshop last month,
Do u know him, fibonacci ? he’s
one of the guys there,
too bad i was busy at that time… he told me the
two presenters were super friendly and very professional.
it was non-stop learning for every single minute according to him…
hope to go there myself to experience it. but so busssssy :~~~~(
i’ve attended the course too last month,
worth the money as they thought me plenty things that i really wanted to know all the while
although don’t have much time, but takes 1 day off to join it
glad to meet up with both of the presenter.
friendly, professional and passionate to explain everything
very motivated to run the business now
:)
looking forward for another session too
sure recommended by my side cos can’t find this opportunity everytime
i heard there’s another session coming this dec 17 too