[Nfb-krafters-korner] EBay_ Reflections from Lynda commentgs JK

Blindhands at aol.com Blindhands at aol.com
Fri Jul 1 18:16:15 UTC 2011 

Yes,
 
it is Tonia@  I am sorry that I got the state wrong, but she is doing  
excellent and such a great person and help to all of us that needed it!!!
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 6/30/2011 11:58:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
slerythema at gmail.com writes:

Joyce,

Is this perhaps Tonia Gatton? She teaches computers  for the Department for
the Blind in Kentucky.

Cindy S.

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>  Blindhands at aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 1:48 PM
> To:  nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner]  EBay_ Reflections from 
> Lynda commentgs JK
> 
> 
>  Linda is correct on that the EBay Pilot Program has been a 
> challenge  to all 
>  that was chosen.  I have heard 3 people from my  group have 
> been taken out  
> of the program due to not  meeting goals.  
>  
> As Linda said we have a weekly  one on one mentorvia telephone 
> that is at  
> least one  hour.  We have every other week an hour discussion 
>  among   the 
> members that are in the Pilot program.  I  have arranged once 
> a week an  hour 
> with 2 of the ones  in the group and myself to work on getting 
> around and  
>  problems with JAWS and the EBay site.  Our mate Tonia, who 
>  teaches computer  to 
> the blind in Virginia has helped me out a  lot and Tonia hit 
> Top Seller and  
> will be speking at  the Convention.
>  
> Joyce  Kane
>  _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
>  Blindhands at AOL.com   
> 
>  
> In a message  dated 6/26/2011 7:37:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>  riverwoman at zoominternet.net writes:
> 
> I want  to add to  Joyce's information about eBay at Convention. It is 
> WONDERFUL -   and I really want to encourage you guys, if you 
> are at all 
>  interested, to  learn about eBay. I just love doing it, but 
> it  is a STEEP 
> LEARNING CURVE  to do it successfully.
>  
> For those interested, you can have a look at  what I have put  
> together so 
> far 
> for my eBay store. I currently have  95  items listed in it 
> and my goal is 
> to 
> have  200 items listed at all times.  But the things is, I 
> keep  selling the 
> things, so that is a good problem to  have.  My  focus is on 
> HEALING ARTS 
> GEMSTONES, Fine Art, and  HANDMADE  JOURNALS, and VINTAGE 
> collections. I 
> gave  
> my store the name _The Zen  Meditation Garden_ but that may  
> change as I try 
> to think of something that  would be  better and fit my theme 
> of merchandise.
> 
> I have to  say that  after the training we had in Baltimore I really 
>  struggled 
> with it. I was  listing and working hard, but nothing  was 
> happening enough 
> to 
> make it  worthwhile  for me.
> 
> Finally, by April,  I just about gave up as  I  had worked 
> very hard and had 
> very little to show for  my hard work.   We had the training, 
> and then, we 
>  were left to struggle it out on our  own.  This was 
>  discouraging to say the 
> least. I felt lost at sea,  adrift.  There was no follow-up 
> after we left 
> other than a couple  phone  conversations between ourselves. 
> We needed HELP 
>  from someone who was  successful at eBay but that was not 
> what  we had afte 
> we 
> left the training  sessions.
>  
> Finally, a month ago, we were put in a mentoring program and   
> I am in a 
> group 
> of 8 of the 16 people who attended.  All 8 of us will reach  
> the goals, or 
> have exceeded the  goals we have set for our business.   This 
> has made all  
> the 
> difference.
> 
> In the past 30 days I have  sold  nearly as much as I had sold in the 
> previous 120 days  total. The mentoring  has been the KEY to 
> doing this 
>  program. Without it, I would not be doing  eBay at all by now 
>  because I was 
> not having results that would motivate  any  sensible person 
> to continue on 
> with it.
> 
> In  the future, if they  continue to do this program, I think it is 
>  essential 
> that the mentoring  start from the get-go - so that  all of 
> the people who 
> participate have the  help that  they need once they leave the 
> initial class 
> room  experience.  This program is not EASY, and it takes an 
> enormous  amount 
> of WORK - I am  working it about 10 - 12 hours a day  
> presently to get the 
> results I am  looking to achieve.  It has started to work for 
> me, and I can 
> now begin to   see that it WILL really GO if I keep my nose to the 
> grindstone.  
> I really  love doing it but it IS a JOB, for sure. I am a  
> workaholic by 
> nature, so  this is a great business  venture for me, but without 
> thepersonal  
> one-on-one  mentoring, I would not be doing it at all by now. 
> I want to see   
> some money come back to me, not just keep going out - I like 
>  rewards for  
> me 
> efforts and I expect them.
>  
> OK, here is my store link so you can  get an idea of what I have  been 
> doing. 
> Right now, I am working on editing  the  "Custom Pages" to get 
> them to all 
> be 
> alike. This  will take me a few  more days to get done - but 
> it is a good  
> start.  ANY suggestions you  have for me are MOST welcome -  I 
> am struggling 
> my way through this just  like everyone  else. And, it IS a 
> STRUGGLE for all 
> of  us.
>  
> http://stores.ebay.com/TheZenMeditationGarden
> 
> Lynda  River  Woman
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From:   <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To:   <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011  6:49  AM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] EBay at  Convention
> 
> 
> >I just  wanted to give yu a  little more update on EBay and Florida
> >  Convention.
>  >
> > Sunday afternoon I believe will be a hands on  class  for 
> EBay.  They  
> > are suggesting you bring a  lap top if  you have it as 
> computers are  
> >  limited in the number they  will have.  I have also seen email that  
> > they would like  you
> > to register for this  particular seminar.
> >
> > They will  be having EBay  discussions on Monday, Tuesday and  
> >  Wednesday.
>  I
> > know on Wednesday it was in the  evening like the same time  the  
> > Krafters Division is  going on.  Thursday I heard in the 
> afternoon  in   
> > the main session they will have 2 people from the  EBay  
> Pilot program 
> > talking  along with our
> >  leader of the  Pilot program Mary Ellen G.
> >
> > EBay  will have a table or a few  tables in the exhibit hall, too.
>  >
> > So that should give you  plenty of opportunities to get  some  
> > information.
> >
> > I have   been very busy with the Pilot program and I am 
> hoping to reach  
> > my goal  in the next few days of listing 100 auctions on  
> EBay.  I have done
> 90
> > and plan on going  over the 100 mark by tomorrow or  Monday.
> >
> > Linda  has done an excellent job being on the Pilot  Program and has 
>  > just recently opened her EBay store.  I heard she  is the first  to 
> > open an EBay store.  We have one of our   coleagues  that 
> has just hit 
> > the Top Seller  status
> > and  for that you have to have X amount of listings  and 
> sold $3000    with
> > excellent feedback  ratings.  My hat goes off to the folks in  this  
> >  Pilot Program that have been working hard to meet their  goals.  We  
> > are all working with the frustrations of EBay  website not  playing 
> > nice with our screen
> reading
> >  programs and  with our constant feed back to the experts hopefully  
> > EBay
> >  will
> > work to make it better  for our adaptive  equipment.
> >
> > PS.  They  said that you need a lap top if you  want to 
> participate  in  
> > the class on Sunday.  That Braille  notes and  that will not work.
> >
> > Have a great time at   Convention.
> >
> > Joyce  Kane
> >  _www.KraftersKorner.org_  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
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