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

Sun Jun 26 17:47:30 UTC 2011

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/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
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