Hercules: The World's Biggest Dog Ever According to Guinness World Records
Hercules was recently awarded the honorable distinction of Worlds
Biggest Dog by Guinness World Records. Hercules is an English Mastiff
and whas a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds.
With "paws the size of softballs" (reports the Boston Herald), the
three-year-old monster is far larger and heavier than his breed's
standard 200lb. limit. Hercules owner Mr. Flynn says that Hercules
weight is natural and not induced by a bizarre diet: "I fed him normal
food and he just grew".... and grew. and grew. and grew.
Kell: Slightly Smaller, But the World's Heaviest Dog
Hercules' sheer volume may have won him the Largest Dog world
record, but the Heaviest Dog title still rests with Kell who
weighed in at 286 pounds in August of 1999. This English Mastiff,
however, only has a 32-inch neck - far less than Hercules' 38-incher.
Think about that for a second though - 32 inches is a standard waist
size for a man!
Proud owner Tom Scott said Kell is two years old and is expected to
continue to grow for the next two years. Kell needs to be fed 100lb of
beef every week, and drinks gallons of goats' milk to stay healthy...
So hopefully Tom Scott is a wealthy man, because most would go broke
feeding this monstrosity!
Tom Scott said: "People cannot believe the size of her. When we go to
the vet in people stop and stare and they even gather outside the vet's
to get a look." Surprising huh?!
Orignal From: World's Biggest Dog, World's Heaviest Dog
Mittwoch, 30. April 2008
GET PAID to shop on Ebay! Seriously!
You shop on Ebay so why not get PAID for it?
SERIOUSLY!
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2. Shop! Bid or Shop as usual.
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A little more detail:
Visit BigCrumbs.com before shopping, and click on the retailers link to shop, it will lead you to the actual website then go about business as normal!
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I would greatly appreciate it if you would mark me as the one who referred you - enter "Click2GetPaid2Shop" as the Member Name! :)
**Also for all you SELLERS out there, see my other GUIDE "How to Save $$ On Ebay Listing Fees" - and if you found this information helpful, please click so below!
Thank you and HAPPY EBAYING! ~ Angie (Kneehigh-to-a-Grasshopper)
Orignal From: GET PAID to shop on Ebay! Seriously!
SERIOUSLY!
I found a website that pays you to shop online, no paperwork to keep up with, no rebates to mail in. It is just THAT SIMPLE! No catches! It is just FREE money for doing what you already love to do: SHOP! Same concept as Credit Card companies that give you cash back for purchases, only this is just sign up for FREE, click on the links to your favorite stores (such as Ebay, Old Navy, GAP...and so many more!) and shop, bid or buy as you normally do!
A little adds up fast! See for yourself!Enter www-dot (www.) in your browser window and paste this link:
BigCrumbs.com/Crumbs/frontpage.jsp?r=Click2GetPaid2Shop
And you are on your way to making money with your run of the mill Ebay purchases and hundreds of other online retailers!
Simple to do:
1. Click! Use the links on BigCrumbs to visit your favorite retailers such as Ebay
2. Shop! Bid or Shop as usual.
3. GET PAID! BigCrumbs pays you monthly by Paypal.
A little more detail:
Visit BigCrumbs.com before shopping, and click on the retailers link to shop, it will lead you to the actual website then go about business as normal!
You bid or buy as you normally do on Ebay, or purchase and pay with other retailers - just like normal. You will recieve credit in your BigCrumbs account within days!
Each month, BigCrumbs will send you a Paypal payment for your total rebates!
So there you go! Try it out and see for yourself:
Bigcrumbs.com/crumbs/frontpage.jsp?r=Click2GetPaid2Shop
I would greatly appreciate it if you would mark me as the one who referred you - enter "Click2GetPaid2Shop" as the Member Name! :)
**Also for all you SELLERS out there, see my other GUIDE "How to Save $$ On Ebay Listing Fees" - and if you found this information helpful, please click so below!
Thank you and HAPPY EBAYING! ~ Angie (Kneehigh-to-a-Grasshopper)
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COMPLETE LIST OF_DR. SEUSS BOOKS!!
HERE IS A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL THE DR. SEUSS BOOK
~~~IF THIS GUIDE HELPS YOU, PLEASE CLICK YES BELOW AND LET ME KNOW?~~~
BOOK LIST & YEAR IT WAS PUBLISHED:(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
1 -- And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (1938) 2 -- Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1959) 3 -- The Butter Battle Book (1984) 4 -- The Cat in the Hat (1957) 5 -- The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book (1966) 6 -- The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1968) 7 -- The Cat in the Hat Song Book (1967) 8 -- The Cat's Quizzer (1976) 9 -- Come Over To My House (1966) 10 -- Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973) 11 -- Dr. Seuss's ABC (1963) 12 -- Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (1962) 13 -- The Eye Book (1968) 14 -- The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938)15 -- The Foot Book (1968)16 -- Fox in Socks (1965)17 -- Great Day For Up! (1974)18 -- Green Eggs and Ham (1960)19 -- Happy Birthday to You! (1959)20 -- Hop on Pop (1963)21 -- Horton Hatches The Egg (1940)22 -- Horton Hears A Who (1954)23 -- How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)24 -- Hunches in Bunches (1982)25 -- I Am Not Going To Get Up Today! (1987)26 -- I Can Draw Myself (1970) 27 -- I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today (1969)27 -- King Looie Katz27 -- The Glunk That Got Thunk28 -- I Can Read With My Eyes Shut (1978)29 -- I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (1965)30 -- If I Ran The Circus (1956)31 -- If I Ran The Zoo (1950)32 -- I Wish I Had Duck Feet (1965) 33 -- The King's Stilts (1939)34 -- The Lorax (1971)35 -- Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now! (1972)36 -- McElligot's Pool (1947)37 -- Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (1970)38 -- My Book About Me, By Me Myself (1969)39 -- Oh Say Can You Say (1979)40 -- Oh, The Places You'll Go! (1990)41 -- Oh, The Thinks You Can Think! (1975)42 -- On Beyond Zebra (1955)43 -- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960)44 -- Scrambled Eggs Super! (1954)45 -- The Seven Lady Godivas (1939)46 -- Shape of Me and Other Stuff (1973)47 -- The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961) 47 -- The Zax 47 -- Too Many Daves 47 -- What Was I Scared Of?48 -- Ten Apples Up On Top (1961) 49 -- There's a Wocket In My Pocket (1974)50 -- Thidwick, The Big-Hearted Moose (1948)51 -- The Tooth Book (1981)52 -- The Tough Coughs as He Ploughs The Dough (1987) 53 -- Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958)53 -- Gertrude McFuzz53 -- The Big Brag54 -- You're Only Old Once! (1986)
With millions of books in print, and nearly all of his 50-plus titles still available for sale, Dr. Seuss was, up until his untimely death in 1991, by far one of the most prolific living writers in the world. In fact, his GREEN EGGS AND HAM is the third largest selling book in the English language.
Born Theodor Geisel in 1904, Dr. Seuss has lent his talent to advertising campaigns of the 1940s, political cartoons for PM, and a 1935 comic strip for Hearst publications called HEJJI, about a young lad's travels through the mythical land of Baako.
Commendations awarded to Seuss include an Academy Award for best documentary short subject of 1945 for his writing and production of the propaganda piece YOUR JOB IN GERMANY (aka HITLER LIVES). He also wrote (but did not create) GERALD McBOING-BOING, a 1951 Oscar-winning cartoon. Seuss was awarded an honorary Pulitzer Prize in 1984 citing his half-century contribution to "the education and enjoyment of America's children and their parents.
Orignal From: COMPLETE LIST OF_DR. SEUSS BOOKS!!
~~~IF THIS GUIDE HELPS YOU, PLEASE CLICK YES BELOW AND LET ME KNOW?~~~
BOOK LIST & YEAR IT WAS PUBLISHED:(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
1 -- And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (1938) 2 -- Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1959) 3 -- The Butter Battle Book (1984) 4 -- The Cat in the Hat (1957) 5 -- The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book (1966) 6 -- The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1968) 7 -- The Cat in the Hat Song Book (1967) 8 -- The Cat's Quizzer (1976) 9 -- Come Over To My House (1966) 10 -- Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973) 11 -- Dr. Seuss's ABC (1963) 12 -- Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (1962) 13 -- The Eye Book (1968) 14 -- The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938)15 -- The Foot Book (1968)16 -- Fox in Socks (1965)17 -- Great Day For Up! (1974)18 -- Green Eggs and Ham (1960)19 -- Happy Birthday to You! (1959)20 -- Hop on Pop (1963)21 -- Horton Hatches The Egg (1940)22 -- Horton Hears A Who (1954)23 -- How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)24 -- Hunches in Bunches (1982)25 -- I Am Not Going To Get Up Today! (1987)26 -- I Can Draw Myself (1970) 27 -- I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today (1969)27 -- King Looie Katz27 -- The Glunk That Got Thunk28 -- I Can Read With My Eyes Shut (1978)29 -- I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (1965)30 -- If I Ran The Circus (1956)31 -- If I Ran The Zoo (1950)32 -- I Wish I Had Duck Feet (1965) 33 -- The King's Stilts (1939)34 -- The Lorax (1971)35 -- Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now! (1972)36 -- McElligot's Pool (1947)37 -- Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (1970)38 -- My Book About Me, By Me Myself (1969)39 -- Oh Say Can You Say (1979)40 -- Oh, The Places You'll Go! (1990)41 -- Oh, The Thinks You Can Think! (1975)42 -- On Beyond Zebra (1955)43 -- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960)44 -- Scrambled Eggs Super! (1954)45 -- The Seven Lady Godivas (1939)46 -- Shape of Me and Other Stuff (1973)47 -- The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961) 47 -- The Zax 47 -- Too Many Daves 47 -- What Was I Scared Of?48 -- Ten Apples Up On Top (1961) 49 -- There's a Wocket In My Pocket (1974)50 -- Thidwick, The Big-Hearted Moose (1948)51 -- The Tooth Book (1981)52 -- The Tough Coughs as He Ploughs The Dough (1987) 53 -- Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958)53 -- Gertrude McFuzz53 -- The Big Brag54 -- You're Only Old Once! (1986)
With millions of books in print, and nearly all of his 50-plus titles still available for sale, Dr. Seuss was, up until his untimely death in 1991, by far one of the most prolific living writers in the world. In fact, his GREEN EGGS AND HAM is the third largest selling book in the English language.
Born Theodor Geisel in 1904, Dr. Seuss has lent his talent to advertising campaigns of the 1940s, political cartoons for PM, and a 1935 comic strip for Hearst publications called HEJJI, about a young lad's travels through the mythical land of Baako.
Commendations awarded to Seuss include an Academy Award for best documentary short subject of 1945 for his writing and production of the propaganda piece YOUR JOB IN GERMANY (aka HITLER LIVES). He also wrote (but did not create) GERALD McBOING-BOING, a 1951 Oscar-winning cartoon. Seuss was awarded an honorary Pulitzer Prize in 1984 citing his half-century contribution to "the education and enjoyment of America's children and their parents.
Orignal From: COMPLETE LIST OF_DR. SEUSS BOOKS!!
Christmas Made Easier
Organizing Gift Giving
In real life the holidays are difficult , fun, harried and expensive.
Over the years ;our gift lists grow .New friends; new in-laws ; births ; teachers -etc-
This is meant with all caring ; make lists .
List -1- people
group by families
List -2- Amount you can spend
and charge.
List-3- Allocate an amount to
each group.
List -4- Decorations
List -5- Wrapping - A-paper
B-tape
C-stickers
tags
List -5- Cards
This will give you a good base from which to plan your expenditures.
Now you know sis gets approximately $$ ; sis likes ??? - look.
Same with all on your list.
Know you will not find everything ; that is really not the issue. Getting a list ; ges a frame- fill in the picture.
Best friend loves dogs; think creatively ; buy her something for herself with a dog theme.
A DVD; A piece of jewelry; a cute sweatshirt. This may surprise you - just how much people enjoy that you found a gift in their area of interest.
You will have many areas based on the person ; remember that your list has humans on it.
That is so obvious when spoken ; but in practice it means think personal interest.
As you find items ; check the persons name. It really takes less time to do it as yo.u go along .
Starting a couple of months before ;you will allow yourself time to leisurely find gifts .All will not be perfect ; all will be remembered .
You will have a gift for all on your list ; all family and friends will have a gift from you.
Have A Merry Christmas ..........
Orignal From: Christmas Made Easier
In real life the holidays are difficult , fun, harried and expensive.
Over the years ;our gift lists grow .New friends; new in-laws ; births ; teachers -etc-
This is meant with all caring ; make lists .
List -1- people
group by families
List -2- Amount you can spend
and charge.
List-3- Allocate an amount to
each group.
List -4- Decorations
List -5- Wrapping - A-paper
B-tape
C-stickers
tags
List -5- Cards
This will give you a good base from which to plan your expenditures.
Now you know sis gets approximately $$ ; sis likes ??? - look.
Same with all on your list.
Know you will not find everything ; that is really not the issue. Getting a list ; ges a frame- fill in the picture.
Best friend loves dogs; think creatively ; buy her something for herself with a dog theme.
A DVD; A piece of jewelry; a cute sweatshirt. This may surprise you - just how much people enjoy that you found a gift in their area of interest.
You will have many areas based on the person ; remember that your list has humans on it.
That is so obvious when spoken ; but in practice it means think personal interest.
As you find items ; check the persons name. It really takes less time to do it as yo.u go along .
Starting a couple of months before ;you will allow yourself time to leisurely find gifts .All will not be perfect ; all will be remembered .
You will have a gift for all on your list ; all family and friends will have a gift from you.
Have A Merry Christmas ..........
Orignal From: Christmas Made Easier
HOW TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING EBAY AUCTIONS
This is the third in a series of Guides on successful eBay techniques. Please see my first and second Guides, HOW to FIND eBay AUCTIONS and HELPFUL TIPS on SEARCHING, and MORE Helpful TIPS On SEARCHING & FINDING eBay AUCTIONS, for more information.
I am happy to provide this series of Guides on successful eBay techniques, provided by:
The Winged Phoenix
My suggestions are based on my years of experience on eBay. These methods work, and I share them with you so you, too, can increase your odds of finding and winning eBay auctions. (Please see my two prior Guides (HOW to FIND eBay AUCTIONS and HELPFUL TIPS on SEARCHING, and MORE Helpful TIPS On SEARCHING & FINDING eBay AUCTIONS).)
Your bidding strategy will affect how many auctions you will win. Why? Because most people follow the same bidding patterns, which don't optimize their chances of winning. Here are some winning bidding techniques:
1. Don't just bid the minimum auction price. Why? Because most people will do that, so you need to beat them at their own game. For example, if the auction starts at $0.99, most people will place one bid at $0.99, and then wait to see if anyone else bids later. If someone else then bids, the $0.99 bidder will place another, single, but slightly higher bid. This is not a successful bidding strategy. A better bidding strategy is to place a first bid up to the maximun you are willing to pay for the item. How? By using eBay's bidding system. If the item starts at $0.99, and you are the first bidder, and you are willing to pay up to $5.00 for it, then plug the $5.00 amount into the eBay bid box. EBay will then place the lowest bid to get the auction going ($0.99), and keep the rest of your $5.00 secret, until someone else bids. Then, if (for example) someone else bids up to $2.00 (and even if they bid at the last minute), eBay will bid for you at the next bidding increment (probably another $0.25), so you will then win the auction at $2.25. How can this work? Because your bid was first, and you told eBay you would pay up to $5.00 for the item, your bid (all the way up to the $5.00 limit you set) will be "first in line," even if another bidder bids at the last minute.
2. Don't bid just to "keep track" of an item you are interested in; protect your bidding. Why? For two reasons: First, eBay already has another way for you to "keep track" of items you are interested in (it's called a "Watch List"); and second, every bid you place highlights an item (drawing attention to it, and possibly attracting other bidders) (see number 3, below). As to the eBay system of "keeping track" of items, this is done by placing an item on your own, personal eBay "watch list." You do this by clicking "Watch this item" in any eBay listing (it's in "blue" at the upper right hand side of every eBay listing, right above the "Seller information" box). Click this box, and the item will be placed on your watch list, which you can access from your "My eBay" page. You can then pay attention to what's on your "watch list," rather than placing bids as a way of tracking what you're interested in.
3. Keep your bidding "to yourself"- this will help you win more auctions. Why? Because every bid you place highlights an item, drawing attention to it, and possibly attracting other bidders, and possibly raising the final sale price. As to the question of placing bids early or waiting until the last minute to bid, there are two schools of thought. Sellers encourage early bidding, because they like to see interest in their items, and that interest may translate into a bidding war and/or interest in other items the seller has for sale. EBay also encourages early bidding, because it increases the likelihood an item will sell (meaning sales fees for eBay), rather than someone having an item on their "watch list" but forgetting to bid (meaning lost sales fees for eBay). Some savvy buyers believe in bidding at the last minute or close to the last minute (for example, in the last hour of an auction), because potential bidders tend to follow what other people do (just like most people standing in a long checkout line at the supermarket, even though other checkout lines are shorter). If you follow this line of thinking, then you believe that people may be more likely to bid on items that already have bids, even if the same item is listed by the same seller at the same starting price right below the one with the bid. If you are looking to gain an edge on bidding, consider this bidding strategy.
4. Don't bid in even amounts. Why? Because most people bid in even amounts, and you may be able to beat them by bidding in UN-even amounts. For example, if an item starts at $0.99, and you are the first bidder, and you plan to place a "maximum bid" (like we discussed in number 1, above), consider not placing your maximum bid at $5.00. Instead, place the maximum bid at (for example) $5.27. True, that is $0.27 more than you planned to use as your maximum bid, but think of it this way: Since most people bid in even amounts, don't you think they will set their maximum bid at (for example) $5.00 - and do you really want to lose an item for $0.27? Also, remember that your bid (if it is the first bid on the item) will have priority over any other bids up to that amount - so, even if someone else bids $5.27 at the last minute, you will win the item for your maximum bid of $5.27 because your bid was placed first. (Note that this "priority" of bids rule can mean that you could lose an auction if the bids are the same amount. For example, if an earlier bidder set their maximum at $5.27, and you came in at the last minute with the same bid amount ($5.27), your last-minute bid will not be the winning bid, because the prior (first) bidder's bid has priority. This doesn't happen very often (that two people have the same "maximum" bid amount), and is even less likely to happen if you choose UN-even bid amounts.)
CONCLUSION: Using different bidding strategies will likely increase your chances of winning eBay auctions--no matter what you're bidding on!
Look at my other Guides by clicking on the link below:
The Winged Phoenix - GUIDES
and thanks for looking!
Copyright 2006 The Winged Phoenix
Orignal From: HOW TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING EBAY AUCTIONS
I am happy to provide this series of Guides on successful eBay techniques, provided by:
The Winged Phoenix
My suggestions are based on my years of experience on eBay. These methods work, and I share them with you so you, too, can increase your odds of finding and winning eBay auctions. (Please see my two prior Guides (HOW to FIND eBay AUCTIONS and HELPFUL TIPS on SEARCHING, and MORE Helpful TIPS On SEARCHING & FINDING eBay AUCTIONS).)
Your bidding strategy will affect how many auctions you will win. Why? Because most people follow the same bidding patterns, which don't optimize their chances of winning. Here are some winning bidding techniques:
1. Don't just bid the minimum auction price. Why? Because most people will do that, so you need to beat them at their own game. For example, if the auction starts at $0.99, most people will place one bid at $0.99, and then wait to see if anyone else bids later. If someone else then bids, the $0.99 bidder will place another, single, but slightly higher bid. This is not a successful bidding strategy. A better bidding strategy is to place a first bid up to the maximun you are willing to pay for the item. How? By using eBay's bidding system. If the item starts at $0.99, and you are the first bidder, and you are willing to pay up to $5.00 for it, then plug the $5.00 amount into the eBay bid box. EBay will then place the lowest bid to get the auction going ($0.99), and keep the rest of your $5.00 secret, until someone else bids. Then, if (for example) someone else bids up to $2.00 (and even if they bid at the last minute), eBay will bid for you at the next bidding increment (probably another $0.25), so you will then win the auction at $2.25. How can this work? Because your bid was first, and you told eBay you would pay up to $5.00 for the item, your bid (all the way up to the $5.00 limit you set) will be "first in line," even if another bidder bids at the last minute.
2. Don't bid just to "keep track" of an item you are interested in; protect your bidding. Why? For two reasons: First, eBay already has another way for you to "keep track" of items you are interested in (it's called a "Watch List"); and second, every bid you place highlights an item (drawing attention to it, and possibly attracting other bidders) (see number 3, below). As to the eBay system of "keeping track" of items, this is done by placing an item on your own, personal eBay "watch list." You do this by clicking "Watch this item" in any eBay listing (it's in "blue" at the upper right hand side of every eBay listing, right above the "Seller information" box). Click this box, and the item will be placed on your watch list, which you can access from your "My eBay" page. You can then pay attention to what's on your "watch list," rather than placing bids as a way of tracking what you're interested in.
3. Keep your bidding "to yourself"- this will help you win more auctions. Why? Because every bid you place highlights an item, drawing attention to it, and possibly attracting other bidders, and possibly raising the final sale price. As to the question of placing bids early or waiting until the last minute to bid, there are two schools of thought. Sellers encourage early bidding, because they like to see interest in their items, and that interest may translate into a bidding war and/or interest in other items the seller has for sale. EBay also encourages early bidding, because it increases the likelihood an item will sell (meaning sales fees for eBay), rather than someone having an item on their "watch list" but forgetting to bid (meaning lost sales fees for eBay). Some savvy buyers believe in bidding at the last minute or close to the last minute (for example, in the last hour of an auction), because potential bidders tend to follow what other people do (just like most people standing in a long checkout line at the supermarket, even though other checkout lines are shorter). If you follow this line of thinking, then you believe that people may be more likely to bid on items that already have bids, even if the same item is listed by the same seller at the same starting price right below the one with the bid. If you are looking to gain an edge on bidding, consider this bidding strategy.
4. Don't bid in even amounts. Why? Because most people bid in even amounts, and you may be able to beat them by bidding in UN-even amounts. For example, if an item starts at $0.99, and you are the first bidder, and you plan to place a "maximum bid" (like we discussed in number 1, above), consider not placing your maximum bid at $5.00. Instead, place the maximum bid at (for example) $5.27. True, that is $0.27 more than you planned to use as your maximum bid, but think of it this way: Since most people bid in even amounts, don't you think they will set their maximum bid at (for example) $5.00 - and do you really want to lose an item for $0.27? Also, remember that your bid (if it is the first bid on the item) will have priority over any other bids up to that amount - so, even if someone else bids $5.27 at the last minute, you will win the item for your maximum bid of $5.27 because your bid was placed first. (Note that this "priority" of bids rule can mean that you could lose an auction if the bids are the same amount. For example, if an earlier bidder set their maximum at $5.27, and you came in at the last minute with the same bid amount ($5.27), your last-minute bid will not be the winning bid, because the prior (first) bidder's bid has priority. This doesn't happen very often (that two people have the same "maximum" bid amount), and is even less likely to happen if you choose UN-even bid amounts.)
CONCLUSION: Using different bidding strategies will likely increase your chances of winning eBay auctions--no matter what you're bidding on!
Look at my other Guides by clicking on the link below:
The Winged Phoenix - GUIDES
and thanks for looking!
Copyright 2006 The Winged Phoenix
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MAKE MONEY BY SELLING YOUR HAND CRAFTED ITEMS
MAKE MONEY BY SELLING YOUR HAND CRAFTED ITEMS
Is it possible to make money on eBay selling your handcrafted items? The answer is: that depends.
It depends a great deal on the uniqueness of the item. That is, is it something people want and is "hard to find"? Hard to find is difficult to define exactly. What is common in your area may not be available in another.
For example, I make miniature doll quilts but not just any doll quilts. I make cathedral doll quilts in colors that I have researched and know that doll collectors want. I make them in sizes that I know they want. They are not the easiest craft to make and not the hardest either. Some would say they are rather tedious. Luckily I find them relaxing and have always found a market for them here on eBay.
They do sell, but not for a lot. So yes, I make money on ebay by selling my hand crafted items. But this is strictly a hobby for me. If you are already selling your crafts elsewhere - at seasonal shows and fairs, you have a good idea what your items are worth.
You also know that having a magazine pick up on your items and printing instructions for them in their publication, or offering a kit from you does a lot to boost your sales volume in hand crafted items. You also might be teaching your craft to others at a college or privately at home. This all works to your benefit when dealing with the public "live". But doesn't necessarily translate over to eBay.
Or maybe your craft is just "pick up work" for you. That is how I view mine. I take a work in progress along wherever I go, if possible. Waiting at doctors' offices, when I do a booth at a fair and so on. The time goes faster doing this and of course the end result is a completed piece that I can then keep, give away or sell.
Please don't expect that your items will make you tremendously rich on eBay. They probably won't. True I have sold queen sized quilts that I have handmade on here for hundreds of dollars, but that isn't the norm.
Oft times your item goes for the first bid, so make it one that you are comfortable with or you will be disappointed in what the item goes for. Then again if you list it too high, no one will bid. There are so many others doing the same thing you see. So you have to have something extra special about your items to have them go.
This is not said to discourage you. I have made sales on eBay with some of my craft items and the items went for more than I could have ever have hoped for elsewhere. There are many crafters on eBay that are satisfied with their sales level here. And they don't just sell on eBay. They sell elsewhere too.
Orignal From: MAKE MONEY BY SELLING YOUR HAND CRAFTED ITEMS
Is it possible to make money on eBay selling your handcrafted items? The answer is: that depends.
It depends a great deal on the uniqueness of the item. That is, is it something people want and is "hard to find"? Hard to find is difficult to define exactly. What is common in your area may not be available in another.
For example, I make miniature doll quilts but not just any doll quilts. I make cathedral doll quilts in colors that I have researched and know that doll collectors want. I make them in sizes that I know they want. They are not the easiest craft to make and not the hardest either. Some would say they are rather tedious. Luckily I find them relaxing and have always found a market for them here on eBay.
They do sell, but not for a lot. So yes, I make money on ebay by selling my hand crafted items. But this is strictly a hobby for me. If you are already selling your crafts elsewhere - at seasonal shows and fairs, you have a good idea what your items are worth.
You also know that having a magazine pick up on your items and printing instructions for them in their publication, or offering a kit from you does a lot to boost your sales volume in hand crafted items. You also might be teaching your craft to others at a college or privately at home. This all works to your benefit when dealing with the public "live". But doesn't necessarily translate over to eBay.
Or maybe your craft is just "pick up work" for you. That is how I view mine. I take a work in progress along wherever I go, if possible. Waiting at doctors' offices, when I do a booth at a fair and so on. The time goes faster doing this and of course the end result is a completed piece that I can then keep, give away or sell.
Please don't expect that your items will make you tremendously rich on eBay. They probably won't. True I have sold queen sized quilts that I have handmade on here for hundreds of dollars, but that isn't the norm.
Oft times your item goes for the first bid, so make it one that you are comfortable with or you will be disappointed in what the item goes for. Then again if you list it too high, no one will bid. There are so many others doing the same thing you see. So you have to have something extra special about your items to have them go.
This is not said to discourage you. I have made sales on eBay with some of my craft items and the items went for more than I could have ever have hoped for elsewhere. There are many crafters on eBay that are satisfied with their sales level here. And they don't just sell on eBay. They sell elsewhere too.
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