3 Powerful eBay Image Hosting Services

More and more people are using eBay to make extra income in addition to their regular nine-to-five jobs. It’s imperative that you make your eBay listing stand out from the crowd for a greater chance of success. One way to do this is to include vibrant, beautiful pictures of your products. Potential buyers want to know that the item they’re buying is in pristine condition (unless it’s listed as damaged of course) and good images will convey that. eBay allows users to have one free listing using their image hosting so it’s important to know all your options. To save money, you can use other image hosting services including:

PhotoBucket

PhotoBucket is a great choice for all your eBay image hosting needs. You can also sign up using your Facebook account which is always an easy option. Members get 25 MB free with an annual membership costing $25 per year or a little more than $2 per month. If you need a little help, PhotoBucket offers users a tutorial as well.

Image Shack

Image Shack has a long list of included features including no limit on how long photos can be hosted, simple and intuitive interface and you can also upload as many pictures as you want. Cool right? The best part of Image Shack is the fact it’s free and there is no limit on how many pictures you can upload. This is great if you want to include lots of images in your eBay auction.

Ink Frog

Ink Frog gives eBay sellers a two week free period to test out their service. Afterwards, you’ll pay $5 per month. You can store up to 400 photos for this price.  That should be more than enough for all of your auctions.

Make a budget, do your research and find out which eBay image hosting service is rightfor you. Don’t forget, your potential buyers want to see lots of pictures of the items you’re selling. You need to convince them that you’re selling high-quality wares - that is what will set you apart from the competition online. Trust me, I’m an eBay Power Seller and including pictures is one of the easiest ways to have more success online.

Posted on behalf of Adam Ginsberg by the Adam Ginsberg Team

Adam Ginsberg is helping people become financially independent with his resources like eBay templates, eBay software and eBay tools. If you want to know more about his resources you can listen to some testimonials of his satisfied customers or read his book, “101 secrets of an Auction Millionaire” for some inspiration.

The Ginsberg Roadmap to eBay Success

When Adam Ginsberg started selling pool tables on eBay, all he was armed with was an idea and the determination to succeed.  With hard work, dedication and a constant endeavor to improve his business strategies, Adam rose to become one of the top sellers on eBay.

Today, Adam helps thousands of people script their own eBay success stories through his mentoring programs. And, while his programs include complete details from setting up an eBay account to making it to the top sellers’ list, Adam shares his three basic principles for achieving success in your own internet business venture.

  

Research

Research is the key tosuccess in any business. The more in-depth your research, the less are your chances of making a mistake in your business venture. Start by asking yourself questions like “what is it going to cost to start your business?” and then list every possible cost that you are likely to incur, starting from the cost of setting up a website, which again will include everything from your internet cost, website development cost, electricity to run your computer and home office, etc. etc. As we said—get as detailed as possible. Once you have the costs figured out, you can do two things: figure out the profit margins you’d want to earn from selling your products, and figure out a way to constantly reduce unnecessary costs, which will help you earn better profit margins. Similarly, you could research about the products or services you want to sell, your competition, how to improve your services, etc. The more you research the better your business will get.

Plan

After you have done your initial research, make a plan of action for your business. Plan every last detail about how you’re going to launch your business, when you’re going to do it, where you’re going to do it, who your target customers are and how you’re going to reach them. Again, the more detailed the plan, the better your chances of tasting quick success. 

Evaluate

Once your business is live and has been running for a few months, revisit your research and your business plan and see if everything is going according to your plan, how good your research was, how successful were you in implementing your plan, if anything had changed in the market that could affect your business. And, if need be, realign your plan according to how your business is running and where you’d like it to go.

These three basic strategies alone are good enough to help you start any business make a success out of it. But, if you’d like to know more about Adam Ginsberg’s secrets of a successful online business using eBay, check out his eBay tools and resources. You can also read Adam’s blog or see some testimonial videos.

Choosing the Right Professional Advisor

We cannot stress enough on Adam Ginsberg’s advice on hiring a qualified professional to manage your finances, or to at least plan your investments for you to achieve your financial goals. As suggested in some of our posts in the past, it’s better to hire a professional simply because you will probably never be aware of the various ways that you can invest your money safely, for it to grow steadily and for maximum profitability. 

The next question or two that would probably pop up in your mind would be ‘how do I know who is the right person to advise me?’, or ‘what kind of a financial adviser do I need?’ Adam Ginsberg, the highly acclaimed internet entrepreneurship coach and author of “The Secrets of an Auction Millionaire”, offers a few pointers on how to choose the right financial advisor and the right kind of financial advisor to suit your investment needs.

Let’s talk about choosing the right kind of advisor first. When it comes to hiring someone to manage your finances and investments, you have two choices: hire a financial planner who will lay down the blueprint to achieve your financial goals by telling you where you should invest and how much, or hire someone who will not only plan your investments but manage themtoo. The first kind will evaluate your current situation, understand your financial goals in the short-, medium- and long term and formulate an investment plan for you to follow. These professionals usually charge by the hour, and you could always get your finances re-evaluated every few months, or years to check if you are on track with your goals or if you’d want to reset them. The second kind of finance professionals are the ones who do everything for you from panning your investments to building up and managing your portfolio in accordance with your pre-determined financial goals. These guys normally charge an annual fee of a few thousand dollars, or a percentage of your portfolio’s value to do the work for you. Walter Updegrave has provided some great information on how and where to find a good financial planner in his article on CNN Money.com. 

The next step is to choose the right kind of financial planner. In short, there are money managers who will charge you a fixed fee to manage your finances, and then there are those who will charge you a fee and also get paid commissions on the various products that they make you invest in. Adam says it’s a matter of personal choice what kind of an advisor you’d want to go with: one who’ll charge you for what he does for you, but without any vested interests, or one who will recommend his products but you may end up paying less from your pocket. Again, Walter Updegrave has offered some insightful information on this subject as well, which you may find useful while choosing your money manager.

Check out Adam’s blog and website for more useful tips and his eBay resources on how to make money online.

Ginsberg’s Investment Tips for Women

While we have, in the past, talked about Ginsberg’s views and tips on saving for retirement in general, this post deals purely with why saving for retirement is different for women than for men and Ginsberg’s suggestions on how women can gradually start building up a healthy retirement fund for themselves.

A simple fact that sets women apart from men is the difference in life expectancies. While a man has an average life expectancy of 76 years, a woman’s is slightly more than 80 years, which means that women need more funds for retirement than men, at least 4 years’ worth. This difference alone could work out to a few hundred thousand dollars. Another challenge that women face sometimes in their lives is that they sometimes give up their jobs or take a long sabbatical to raise a family, which puts them behind on their incomes and saving goals. 

Adam Ginsberg, the leading internet entrepreneurship coach, offers a few pointers that could be useful for women to save for a happy and comfortable retirement. 

For starters, don’t be afraid of the numbers. Research has shown that more women think that calculating investment goals and crunching numbers to achieve those goals can be a complicated and tedious job. Well, nothing can be further from the truth. All it takes is determination on your part to sit down and understand investment basics like interest rates, various investment options like IRAs, Mutual Funds, 401(K) and the like. You can even take the help of professional financial planners to know what your investment goals should be and how your investment money should be distributed.

Secondly, if you are planning to take a break from your career, make sure to understand how much money you’ll need to put away for your non contributing period in your retirement funds when you do start to work again. The figures may be a bit daunting, but don’t stress over it. You can gradually increase your contributions by 1–2% every quarter till the time you reach your goal, and it wouldn’t feel like a burden.

Third, find ways to supplement your income, and consequently your retirement fund. Adam suggests the internet as a great source of additional income, so that even if you do need to top working for a period of time to raise a family, you can still stay home and earn money on the internet. As an option you can check out Adam Ginsberg’s eBay resources to supplement your income from eBay.

Adam Ginsberg is a pioneer in eBay entrepreneurship and his eBay tools and software are being used by thousands to script their own eBay successes. For more information visit Adam’s blog here.

3 Ways to Build Online Wealth

Due to the decline in our economy, more and more families are looking for ways to increase their cash flow. Going to school and getting an upgrade in your education is one way to do this but it can takea lot of time and financial resources. Another easier way for you to increase your cash flow is to build online wealth. 

My name is Adam Ginsberg and I work withpeople just like you to build online wealth. I started off in a similar situation selling pool tables out of a mom and pop shop looking for new ways to build my income. I sold a pool table online using eBay and my online wealth degree got started. Brick and mortar stores are not the only option anymore. We can use online platforms such as eBay to sell products and services. What are you passionate about? What services and products can you offer? Now is your time to do what you really love. 

Here are 3 ways to build online wealth:

1. Define your niche. Don’t be like every Tom, Dick and Sally on the Internet. Set yourself apart from the competition and sell something different. We’ve all had moments where we thought, “If I only had a …”, life would be so much easier. We all can’t’ come up with Facebook, but we can get creative and think up something new and useful. 

2. Don’t be boring. Don’t be afraid to step outside your comfort zone or think outside the box. Once you define what you’re going to sell online take a look at the competition. Your online wealth strategy depends on it. 

3. Get Educated. If you don’t know anything about eBay or other e-Commerce platforms, now is the time to get educated. Take an eBay learning program and learn everything you need to know about how to sell online. You can’t get started building your online wealth without education. You can also look into getting an online wealth mentor who has been down this road before. 

My hope is that you take this information and start building your very own online wealth formula.  I love working with entrepreneurs just like you. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to comment below or contact me via my blog.

 

About Adam

Adam Ginsberg is a wealth of experience when it comes to making money online. You can find him online and also check out his secrets of an auction millionaire.