August,
2007
I'm still pumped up from attending eBay Live & am so looking forward to Live 2008 in Chicago. Kyle & I will make it a big trip to also visit his family there & mine in Detroit.
After spending much of the last several months dressing up the listings and eBay pages for my fellow sellers, I decided to finally revamp my site & eBay materials. Since my eBay sales are split between client items & my design, it was also time to update my marketing focus.
June,
2007
I
just got back from eBay Live in Boston. What
a fantastic experience! In addition to being
featured on 2 websites (dekoopman.net/category/ebaylive/ & boston.com/business/),
I spoke with dozens if not hundreds of my
fellow sellers & eBay staff.
One
thing that especially thrilled me was to learn
eBay now has an eBay stores Certified Designer
designation. I tested and was accepted today
(6/19):
I
am so excited about this! I've been designing
stuff for eBay sellers since 1999 and have
been doing much more in the last few months.
This certification gives me a bit more credibility,
so I'm a happy designer!
May,
2007
I was invited to join eBay's Voices of the Community, a focus group of sorts representative of eBay members. eBay flew me to their San Jose headquarters with a few other eBay members to discuss various eBay issues. I am SO HONORED to be given this opportunity to be heard by eBay staff!
December,
2006
We
changed our eBay ID to GOing1nceLLC from GOing1nceAMC
to reflect our business status as a new LLC
in Arizona..
November,
2006
GOing1nceAMC
just had its best sales month ever in October!
A couple new clients and a couple previous clients
had us list a lot of interesting items - art glass,
pottery, milk glass, model trains and, of course,
more Mafia memorabilia. Thank you, clients, for
allowing us to work with you!
With
some of the October profits, we decided it was
time to invest in a membership in the Metro Tucson
Chamber of Commerce. I'm excited to attend Chamber
events and meet my fellow business owners and
build up our business in selling items for Tucson
businesses on eBay.
June,
2006
I
(Sally) am off to eBay Live with 15,000 other
eBay members! This annual convention is the most
motivating experience I have all year - I'm so
looking forward to meeting with my eBay friends,
learning more & seeing Huey Lewis and the
News at the Gala!
May,
2006
GOing1nceAMC
sold the largest item it ever had listed on eBay
- a manufacturing furnace measuring approximately
25' x 8' x 8' and weighing several tons. Our client,
Tucson's Technology Research & Development
Istitute (TDRI),
sold this to raise money for the institute.
March,
2006
A
couple weeks ago, I was featured on a local news
report about eBay on KOLD-TV, Channel 13. I wish
I could have gotten a few more words in about
my business of selling other people's items, but...
We
haven't had many client items to sell the last
few weeks, but I've been teaching eBay classes
at Pima Community College, training some people
on using Blackthorne Pro (eBay auction management
software) and creating a CD for myself & to
sell to other eBay teachers to give to students.
January,
2006
We
reached 1000 feedback on eBay!
September,
2005
I
(Sally) became an eBay Education Specialist
recently. An ES is one who trains and passes
a test to be authorized to teach about buying
& selling on eBay (using eBay-approved
content, of course).
In
August, I began teaching classes about eBay
at Pima Community College - and I have many
more scheduled through next April. Some
of my classes will be about the basics,
the others will be using the "The Basics
of Selling on eBay" ES materials.
June,
2005
Wow!
eBay Live was, as expected, fantastic! Ten
thousand eBayers descended with us upon
San Jose for a few days of learning more
about eBay and hanging out with our fellow
eBayers. One of my faves: the US Postmaster
General actually was one of the speakers!
(Guess the PO does recognize how much business
we eBay sellers give to the USPS!)
Of
course, we're already looking forward
to Live '06 in Vegas next June!
May,
2005
We're
featured in Michael Miller's new book, "Making
a Living from Your eBay Business" from
Que Publishing. GOing1nceAMC is shown as an
example of eBay sellers who are Trading Assistants,
selling items on consignment for other individuals
and businesses.
In
Michael's last books, "Tricks of the eBay
Masters", several of Sally's eBay tips
were mentioned and a brief profile of us was
also included.
We're
gearing up to go to eBay Live next month -
and spend some time visiting CA & NV.
We'll not run any eBay listings thru most
of the month, but will return on the 4th of
July raring to go!
February,
2005
We're
listing more items than ever each week now on
eBay. We continue to list items from the estate
of Joseph Bonanno as well as items from a few
other clients. We're hoping to open a store-front
location this year so that clients can bring
their items to us to list on eBay. We already
have plans to attend eBay Live in June in San
Jose. (This is eBay's 10 year anniversary year.)
January,
2005
We
relisted the home of the late Joseph Bonanno on
eBay as an eBay real estate advertisement. Again,
more press - and again we helped at the open house
and made arrangements with our local Borders Book
Store to run a book signing of Bill Bonanno's
new book, The Good Guys. See the home here.
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November,
2004
We
advertised the home of the late Joseph
Bonanno on eBay and received much
local and national press. We also
helped at the open house.
October,
2004
Well,
we beat our own best sale record
- a lot of vending machines for
$4600! The buyer drove in from Arkansas
to pick up the lot to take back
home for his vending route there.
August,
2004
Nothing
to do with business, but everything
to do with GOOD THINGS! My daughter,
Nicole, gave birth to my first grandchild,
Grace Angelina Konz!
July,
2004
Some
of our auctions are receiving local
and national media attention. Why? Visit this
page.
June
24-26, 2004
Kyle
& I attended eBay Live in New Orleans.
I received an award from the Seller's
Assistant User Group for my participation
on the eBay Seller's Assistant Pro discussion
board and as a beta tester. (SAPro is
the eBay software I use to manage our
auctions.) If you'd like to read about
our weekend or see some photos of the
event, go here.
June
9, 2004
GOing1nceAMC
achieves 500 feedback and is proud to show
off the "purple star" eBay designated
for that level of achievement.
March,
2004
GOing1nceAMC
sold its biggest surpise item ever - a deck
of cards for over $2500! See them here.
March,
2004
SoAzAuctions
changes its eBay name to GOing1nceAMC and its
website to GOing1nce.com. This is a step towards
the expansion of Sally's and Kyle's eBay auction
consignment business.
November,
2003
SoAzAuctions
listed and sold its highest-price item on
eBay thus far - a vintage Heywood-Wakefield
dining set with 8 chairs.
Arizona
Daily Star, Tucson's morning newspaper,
published the following article on the front
page of its business section. Several new
clients contacted SoAzAuctions (our former
name) to use its services.
A
Tucson woman has been recognized as eBay's
PowerSeller of the Month for September.
Sally Milo, sole proprietor of SoAzAuctions,
sells consigned items on eBay for local
businesses and individuals. She is also
the full-time eBay auction manager for Arizona
Stamp & Coin. PowerSellers must sell
a minimum of $1,000 per month and maintain
at least 98 percent positive feedback on
transactions. There are about 75,000 eBay
PowerSellers nationwide.
Sally
Milo is recognized as the eBay PowerSeller
of the Month. The community message boards
on eBay linked to this article:
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Profile: Sally
User ID: SoAzAuctions & AZSC
A
few years back, Sally launched her eBay
career when her friend, Wayne, called
upon her computer/web-savvy and sharp
graphic designer skills to help run
his eBay auctions. She bought a Coke
can bank to learn a bit about eBay and
then started listing coins for Wayne's
company.
Today
she manages both Wayne's eBay business
and her own-with the help of an assistant
on each. Sally has learned a lot in
her short, brilliant career on eBay.
"I
wish I knew from the beginning about
auction management software," Sally
tells us. "I listed every item one-by-one
with the SYI form for the first couple
of years, then used Mister Lister for
about another year. I investigated various
software when Mister Lister was discontinued
and went with SA Pro (Seller's Assistant
Pro). It's knocked off about 75% of
my auction management time spent!"
Sally
spends about two to three hours per
week on the PS board and about six to
ten hours per week on the SA Pro board,
which she considers to be her home board.
"I'm
proud that I'm a frequent contributor
to the SA Pro board and have published
an SA Pro Quick Start Guide" Sally says.
"I've found SA Pro worth many times
its monthly fee."
Sally
also turns to PowerSeller Support from
time to time. "Once, on a watch selling
for several thousand dollars, we received
a BUY It Now from Europe. Our TOS instructs
international bidders to email us first,
but this bidder had not. I checked his
recent bidding history all for the same
brand of expensive watch and then called
PS Support. They checked my suspicions,
NARUed him and gave instant credit on
our fees," she says.
As
a graphic designer, Sally offers this
bit of advice. "Your eBay ID is a brand
name. Use your logo. Give your auction
pages a consistent look, using the same
design template where possible. Having
a recognizable look adds to your professional
appearance and makes you look familiar
from time to time."
Sally's
top selling tips are:
1) Represent your items accurately.
Do what you say you will, when you say
you will.
2) Answer all emails. Bidders appreciate
your help and chances are, they'll look
at your auctions in the future.
3) Keep the lines of communication open
with bidders before, during and post-auction,
especially the newbies.
Sally
thinks it's helpful for PowerSellers
to remember what it's like to be a newbie
and treat the ones they run into the
way they would have liked to be treated.
Sally shares the honor of PowerSeller
of the Month with her two assistants,
Kyle and Kevin. Congratulations to you
all and best wishes for your continued
success on eBay!
June,
2003
SoAzAuctions
is recognized as an eBay PowerSeller.
This status is awarded to eBay sellers
who sell a minimum of $1000 per
month of items on eBay over a 3-month
period.
March,
2003
SoAzAuctions
is created to list and sell items
on eBay for clients on a consignment
basis.
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