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I’d used PayPal to pay for items online before, but I hadn’t used it as a merchant. When I researched in the eBay community, there was a lot of complaining about the fees PayPal charged and resentment because it was owned by eBay. So I looked around for another option and came back to PayPal as the pick of the bunch.

Here’s why:

1) Sure, it’s never fun paying fees – but banks actually charged MORE for a merchant facility and I still had to set up a payment gateway.

2) Because PayPal and eBay are owned by the same company, as soon as a payment clears PayPal I know about it in my eBay back end management system.

3) Unlike direct bank deposits where customers sometimes forget to provide any details, it’s easy to match who paid for what in PayPal. It saves me a HEAP of time and frustration and I actually now prefer it to bank deposits.

With the company structure, accounts and payment methods settled, I now had to decide what to sell.

When deciding what to buy, we went back to the Soggy Sandwich book, where Janiece advises “Always do your homework before you go out and play” and “Choose items that interest you”.

We did our homework on tools to help us and then signed up for a subscription to a software program called Auction Intelligence.

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