Date:  May 2012
From:  Stuart Turnbull
Subject:  Learn My Profitable eBay Arbitrage Secret ~
Selling Vintage & Antique Prints for Incredible Profits!

Last week I made over $600 on eBay ~
My secrets revealed!

As you can see from the below screen shot, I sold nine of the ten prints I listed for a total of $604.38!
(click on the image to enlarge it)

After allowing for eBay and PayPal fees, the cost of the prints and mats,  I banked a very cool profit of just over $400!
Not bad for a few hours “work”!

Now,  if you are anything like I was when I first discovered this business on eBay your head will be in a bit of a whirl at the moment!

You are excited at the thought of selling pieces of tattered paper for hundreds of dollars but the questions keep coming:

RELAX!

My new video series Print Sorcery is all about sharing my knowledge and experience to help you use eBay to supplement your day job or pension or even to grow your own full time business if that is what you want.

First things first,  why do I sell vintage prints on eBay and why should you consider doing the same?

On the face of it, making money on eBay is simple, all you need to do is find out what sells well, negotiate a deal with a wholesaler to obtain inventory, list it and collect your money!

Of course it isn’t quite this simple, if it was we’d all be selling high end electronic goods and be making tens of thousands of dollars profit.

The reason why is simple ~ it is because of competition.

Competition drives down the prices of these consumer goods meaning that unless you can negotiate the very best deals with the manufacturers it is impossible to make a profit.

Most of the top selling niches on eBay are dominated by a few big players who make a profit despite selling at rock bottom prices because they leverage their huge buying power to negotiate the best deals directly with the manufacturers.

It is impossible for the little guy to break into this business because even if he could obtain a supply of inventory (which often he cannot) he can’t hope to beat or even match the prices paid by the big players.

So do you join the masses trying to eek out a meager living as your profit margins are squeezed ever thinner or do you go against the herd and focus your efforts where you won’t be wiped out by the competition?

My advice is to focus on vintage collectibles.

Their rarity means that you don’t have the mass competition problem. Although there are hundreds of successful sellers on eBay selling vintage prints, it is extremely unlikely that the exact same print is being sold by more than one seller at any one time.

Since there is no mass competition, profit margins are a lot healthier (I’m talking 200%, 300%, 400% and more!)

Vintage prints are easy to source. You don’t even need to leave home! So no more scavenging amongst piles of worthless rubbish at boot sales and thrift stores.

Once purchased they are easy to store as they take up very little space.

They are simple and cheap to package and ship. No need for bubble wrap and peanuts – all you need is an envelope!

This business is fascinating to do – every print is unique and there are a million different subjects just waiting to be discovered!

This business model is based on arbitrage, which is all about exploiting the price differences of identical items in different markets.

I unearthed a searchable online resource at addall.com where anyone can find and buy the printed work of almost any artist you care to name. There are literally hundreds of thousands of printed works —  many long since out of print.
 
You can buy these for a few dollars, get them delivered to your door and have them quickly listed on eBay and selling for ten, twenty, even thirty times your purchase price in a matter of days!

Why does this work?

There are two main factors at work here:

1 eBay’s massive traffic.

2 The ability to include high-quality images of the prints in your auction descriptions.

Obviously, eBay has massive traffic and addall.com only receives a tiny fraction of the traffic that eBay receives. Consequently, it is possible to buy an old book full of vintage prints and flip the exact same book on eBay for a profit, although much higher profit margins can be achieved by selling the prints individually.

It is important to include high-quality images in auction descriptions. This is another ‘eBay factor’ that works in the seller’s favor; the ability to include high quality images of their prints in their eBay auction descriptions.
 
It is said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words,’ and this is certainly true when selling art on eBay.

eBay is THE place where millions of collectors gather, hoping to find rare & unusual items to add to their collections.

How can YOU cash in on this method?

To research the value of any find, simply run an “advanced search”  on eBay and select the “completed listings”  option.

This will bring up all recently-closed auctions and fixed price listings.

Search the category “art from dealers and resellers>prints.“

As you peruse this list, you will see many old prints changing hands for incredible prices.

You can further refine your search to zero in on the prints most likely to be taken from old books and most likely to yield a healthy profit.

Having built a list of sought-after print niches in this way, the next step is to find out of print books containing similar items available cheaply online, and this is where addall.com comes in.

It is vital that you do your research BEFORE sourcing prints.

You must establish that a healthy market exists before buying any items for resale (this rule applies to ANY item you buy to resell on eBay).

To help you out with YOUR research, I created a video series that teaches you to successfully research, buy and ultimately sell your own prints at incredible profits!

In my new video series, you can watch over my shoulder and learn the precise techniques I use when researching prints AND successfully sourcing the books they originally came from.

Additionally, I will reveal several very successful eBay sellers who have been selling in this niche successfully for years.

The videos are jammed packed with tips, tricks and techniques that I incorporate daily in my own vintage & antique print selling business!
 
I invite you to watch the two videos below.
 
In the first video, I demonstrate searching through the eBay Completed Listings to find a likely candidate to further research on addall.com.
 
In the second video, I step you through my research and thought processes in finding the actual source of the print. Once I have identified the print’s original source, I then find a very affordable copy available for sale, and I purchase that same book!
 
As you can see from these videos, I am teaching you the EXACT methods I use each and every day in my own print selling business.
 
Not only will you learn many creative research techniques and shortcuts, but you will benefit from my years of experience – thus avoiding many of the pitfalls and mistakes made by people starting out fresh in this niche.

Regular Price $47 Today $27 Yes, Stuart! I am ready to learn all your secrets!

What’s included?

My multimedia training series includes SEVEN videos + SIX PDFs demonstrating:

 
Setting up optimal search criteria on eBay & addall.com
 
An in-depth look at some successful sellers on eBay who are using this exact business strategy
 
Additional search techniques you can employ on addall.com FIRST thus allowing you to take advantage of arbitrage to its fullest extent
 
A way to further generate ON-GOING income from your SINGLE purchase - I teach you research methodologies & several ways to implement this strategy
 
Accompanying PDFs that illustrate each of the optimal search criteria & research techniques via step-by-step screenshots and written instructions
 
A glossary of terminology used by professional booksellers when listing their books for sale
 
A guide to the best eBay listing practices and how to prepare a print to obtain the highest profit potential
 

Regular Price $47 Today $27 Yes, Stuart! I am ready to learn all your secrets! I understand that I will be given immediate access to all 7 videos (available to view online), and the 6 PDFs once payment has been made – even if it’s 3 o’clock in the morning! I further understand that you guarantee my complete satisfaction and that I may request a refund, for any reason whatsoever for the next 60 days!     Note:All seven videos are viewable online via links on the download page, and the PDF guides may be viewed online OR downloaded, saved to my local computer and read at my leisure. I further understand that I will need Adobe Reader in order to open and read the PDF documents. I can’t wait to learn your print selling profit secrets!