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GoDaddy domains now only $6.95

In this Success Newsletter:

HOT – GoDaddy domains are now $6.95 each – GO NOW
HOT – 30 day FREE eBay Store trial – GO NOW
This week’s classes – Spiritual Entrepreneurs and Home Runs! (remember, if you have Home Runs to share include it in the box during registration)

“Your biggest break can come from never quitting. Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when you keep moving toward the next opportunity. “
- Arthur Pine

Are YOU ready to Choose Success?

Share the Success with friends – forward this onto them or tell them to get their own copy at www.TheBusinessSuccessKit.com

Remember, you can read previous Success newsletters in the OSI Rock Star newsletter archives at http://osirockstars.com/?cat=5

I have some very exciting news that I can’t keep to myself anymore…

Do you want to ask YOUR Success questions and have them answered live by some of THE top marketing geniuses of our time?

Save your calendar spots for next week as we have THE Seth Godin AND Jay Berkowitz (special surprise for Marlene – lol!) coming on the show for our Annual eBay Live Success Week (don’t forget – Blogging training is next week too! Wow!). Both Seth and Jay will be featured speakers at eBay Live in a few weeks and I wanted to make sure you got an advance opportunity to hear these two groundbreaking marketing gurus first! Registration information is coming soon – watch for it and get registered as this one will fill up fast!

We are looking for Home Runs for the show tomorrow – did you buy something at a garage sale or estate sale and were very surprised at the final price – we want to hear about it! Get registered for tomorrow’s class and include your Home Run in the registration box!

Congrats to our Rock Star Charlene!! Her beautiful jewelry (& gorgeous dog) was just featured in Step by Step Wire Jewelry Magazine. We are SO very proud of all the amazing and hard work you do Char – keep it up!! YOU rock!

For those of you following the eBay Live detective drama…new clues have emerged…http://osirockstars.com/topic.php?id=434&replies=25

HOT – GoDaddy domains are now $6.95 each – GO NOW

Do you want eBay to pay YOU to own an eBay Store?

Are you ready to stop giving eBay money and start keeping it in your own pockets?

Then grab your www domain today at GoDaddy while the prices are so low! Use the link here or in the banner to get your $6.95 price.

Go get an outside domain at GoDaddy and have it redirect back into your eBay Store. If your eBay Store’s name is Pink Poodle Purses – than grab www.PinkPoodlePurses.com (don’t forget to grab common misspellings too – otherwise your competition just might!). If your eBay Store’s name is Bobs amazing cartoon books, then grab www.BobsAmazingCartoonBooks.com (you might want to see if www.AmazingCartoonBooks.com is available too!)

eBay refunds you 75% off your FVF’s for Store sales that come from outside of eBay. For those of you who have signed up at www.TheBusinessSuccessKit.com, you know you receive a BONUS day where we walk you through how to do just that – it’s easy. Why are still reading this and giving your money to eBay? Head over to GoDaddy right now and start claiming the money that is yours!

HOT – 30 day FREE eBay Store trial – GO NOW

I can’t believe eBay is offering this again AND it includes opening a Premium Store! (Remember, this is for first time Store owners – not those of you who already know how powerful an eBay Store is!)

From eBay…

First-time subscribers will enjoy a 30-day free trial to a Basic or Premium eBay Store. If you’ve ever thought about opening an eBay Store, this is the perfect time. With an eBay Store you’ll be able to:

Have all your listings in one place, regardless of format
Attract and retain buyers with powerful, exclusive marketing tools
Establish your brand on eBay & customize your storefront
Benefit from dedicated, toll-free customer support.

Also, if you sign up at www.TheBusinessSuccessKit.com, you will receive 5 free Tips on profitably utilizing an eBay Store!

Open your eBay Store today!

New Classes for this week…

Hey…get registered ASAP for this week’s classes. All OSI Live classes are fr-ee to attend and instructions are included during the registration process for both the podcasts and the webinars. Remember, you can either ask a question for our special guest or simply put “I Choose Success” in the question box.

5/29/08, Thursday at Noon pst/3pm est - Spiritual Entrepreneurs - Meet one of my mentors - Jim Folger - a successful entrepreneur, a Pastor, and an amazingly insightful human being. Of all the people in my life, Jim is one of the opinions I respect the most. Hear what I mean by getting registered for this call by following registration instructions below.

5/29/08, Thursday at 3pm pst/6pm est - Home Runs with Mr Customer Service Tim Chapman - Join Mr. Customer Service Tim Chapman as he shares tips on learning about new niches and how to find the home runs. PLUS, hear other great Home Run stories from our listeners.
If you have a Home Run you would like to share on the show, please include it in the box during registration.
Register for this class by following registration instructions below.

You can find out more about these classes, as well as register at: www.osiRockStars.com (scroll to the bottom of that webpage for upcoming classes, details and registration information).

Blessings,

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New Spring hot list from eBay - what the buyers want

In this Success Newsletter:

Weekly Wealth Tip
For our eBay Sellers in Texas
What’s hot for Spring on eBay – what are your buyers wanting to spend money on?
Four Secrets to Successful Negotiating - by Cliff Ennico
Another GREAT idea on using YouTube – you have to see this video!
HOT – 30 day FREE eBay Store trial – GO NOW
This week’s classes – Making the leap & leaving the corporate world, Spiritual Entrepreneurs and Home Runs! (remember, if you have Home Runs to share include it in the box during registration)
New eBay Announcements - Seller Dashboard, free shipping & 15% off your FVF, and Feedback questions answered

Share the Success with friends – forward this onto them or tell them to get their own copy at www.TheBusinessSuccessKit.com

Remember, you can read previous Success newsletters in the OSI Rock Star newsletter archives at http://osirockstars.com/?cat=5

I hope your Memorial Weekend was filled with thanks for the people who have made our incredible country what it is. We are so very blessed.

Wanted to tell you about an amazing eBay seller – John at 3rd Power Outlet. I had emailed him a question about some products that I wanted to purchase…the 1^st email response I received was not helpful, vague, and (according to the reply I sent back) made me think that they didn’t want my money. Ah, not so – I received almost immediately a personal email from the head honcho of the company, John. He took the time to apologize for the automated response, validated my frustration, cleared up the misunderstanding AND offered me a great opportunity to still shop with him that I couldn’t pass up. I was VERY impressed with how John handled his customer service. This message in a newsletter that goes out to tens of thousands of people could have included just the beginning tale if John hadn’t Chose Success and interceded. He knows his goal for his business is to make money and he brilliantly protected his investment by investing a bit of time with a customer. HUGE kudos John for some very impressive and empowering customer retention work you did today (and on a holiday too!).

If you ever want to shop with an incredible eBay seller who will take excellent care of you and your purchases, definitely head over to 3rd Power Outlet and see what John has for sale today (among alot of cool bling and outdoor items and athletic gear and biker items, he also has some wonderful pink breast cancer products as well). He rocks!

We have a brand new Rock Star!! Congrats to two of our incredible OSI Rock Stars, Cristina and Bryan Heim of www.FlightlineFabrications.com who just welcomed Conner to their home – check it out!! http://www.flightlinefabrications.com/ci/Connor%20Video%20I%20with%20Music/Connor%20Video%20I%20with%20Music.htm (with Bryan’s permission of course)

And I am SO proud of all of our Rock Stars – they are Choosing Success and amazing things are happening…

Cindy Shebley of www.CloverCityConsulting.com – one of our amazing Rock Stars and photography genius:

· Was just interviewed by Newsweek about eBay

· Also received a photo credit on Newsweek for a picture she took

· AND just got her first book deal – woohoo (more details are coming). She will be a published author under the Amacon publishing house.

HUGE congrats Cindy on all of your incredible accomplishments – can’t wait to hear more!

And before we get to this week’s announcements, you might want to check out the OSI Rock Star post at http://osirockstars.com/topic.php?id=434&replies=25 to find out a secret! Not a Rock Star yet? You can also see the video hint on YouTube at http://youtube.com/watch?v=EzrcQifEpCc and join Rock Stars at www.osiRockStars.com We would love to have you join in the fun and Success of Rock Stars today!

Weekly Wealth Tip

Just received Jamie’s eBay Store’s newsletter. Jamie is one of our amazing Rock Stars, Stage Manager for the Motivational forum and owner of DreamBuilderCds . Jamie’s newsletters are one of the things I look forward to each week…always so inspirational, and today’s was no exception. If you would like to get on his great newsletter list, sign up at: http://stores.ebay.com/Money-Maker-Business-Opportunities

Thanks Jamie!

Weekly Wealth Tip

“What we ponder and what we think about sets the course of our life. Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish, we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish, we can start a new activity. Any day we wish, we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year.

“We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause. As Shakespeare uniquely observed, “The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves.” We created our circumstances by our past choices. We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today.”

from Jim Rohn

10% OFF - All Buy-it-Now and Store Listings at DreamBuilderCD’s

For our eBay Sellers in Texas

Just received this very exciting email from one of our Success eBayers:

Please join The Dallas eBaybes & eMales, nation’s largest ebay seller Meetup group, on Wednesday, May 29^th to spend an evening with “Griff,” Dean of eBay Education and Sr. Manager of Community Outreach and other members of eBay’s Community Outreach Team including Rachel Makool, Garnor Morantes, and Stacy Stella.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to get up close and personal with eBay! The event will include a buffet dinner, educational sessions and a Town Hall style meeting.

Special Guests include…

Jim Griffith, “Griff” — Dean of Education & Sr. Manager Community Outreach, voice of eBay Radio & author of The Official eBay Bible

Rachel Makool — Senior Director, eBay Global Community Development

Garnor Morantes — Manager Community Input (eBay Voices Program)

Stacy Stella — eBay Community Outreach

DETAILS: Cost

$18.00 includes reserved seat and buffet dinner.

$5.00 includes non-reserved seat and beverage (non-alcoholic) Payments to be made in advance via Paypal. * Seating is limited, so make your reservations early!

Date: May 29^th

Time: 6:00PM – 9:00PM

Place: Canyon Creek Country Club; 625 Lookout Dr., Richardson, TX 75080

Please visit our website to join and RSVP today, or visit us on eBay –

http://ebaysell.meetup.com/119/

http://groups.ebay.com/forum/Dallas-Ebaybes-Amp/Home/100021783

For more info email Melinda @ galleriagifts@gmail.com

What’s hot for Spring on eBay – what are your buyers wanting to spend money on?

From eBay…The eBay merchandising team combs trade magazines, gathers predictions from respected industry experts, and looks at eBay sales data to determine what’s in demand. Here’s the scoop on which hot products will be promoted on the home page, emails, and buyer catalog this season. See this extensive, powerful list at: http://pages.ebay.com/sell/whatshot/index.html

Four Secrets to Successful Negotiating - by Cliff Ennico

THE Cliff Ennico has done it again – great article on negotiations:

“I have been running a fairly successful business for some time now, but I know I can do better. The problem is that I don’t like to negotiate – I end up giving up way too much because I find the process so unpleasant. Do you have any tips that will make me a more successful negotiator without becoming an S.O.B.?”

Negotiating is one of the three most important business skills (the others are…

You can read the rest of it at: http://osirockstars.com/?p=551

Another GREAT idea on using YouTube – you have to see this video!

I love how people are starting to understand how powerful YouTube is in marketing their business. Here is a great example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qM_5ZeA2OU

HOT – 30 day FREE eBay Store trial – GO NOW

From eBay…

Have all your listings in one place, regardless of format

Attract and retain buyers with powerful, exclusive marketing tools

Establish your brand on eBay & customize your storefront

Benefit from dedicated, toll-free customer support.

Also, if you sign up at www.TheBusinessSuccessKit.com, you will receive 5 free Tips on profitably utilizing an eBay Store!

Open your eBay Store today!

New Classes for this week…

5/27/08, Tuesday at Noon pst/3pm est - Making the Leap and leaving the corporate world! This is going to be a great hour - meet Richard Kuipers of Windmill Trading who recently left a 6-figure job to become a full-time entrepreneur. Hear the why and how and where he is headed on this amazing call to start the week. Get registered by following registration instructions below.

You can find out more about these classes, as well as register at: www.osiRockStars.com (scroll to the bottom of that webpage for upcoming classes, details and registration information).

New eBay Announcements

The Seller Dashboard is Here – The new Seller Dashboard is now available to everyone with at least 10 DSR’s. I love this new part of eBay that allows you to see your current account standings including DSR’s, PowerSellers, search standings and more. Check out more information at: http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200805.shtml#2008-05-23094928 And see your Seller Dashboard at www.ebay.com/sellerdashboard

Offer Free Shipping and Get 15% off your Final Value Fees from May 23-June 1 – Although, as the Rock Stars learned through DSR training, offering free shipping alone won’t raise your DSR’s, it can’t hurt! Take advantage of this money back offer from eBay for the next week. See details at http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200805.shtml#2008-05-22170559

Feedback Changes – Common Questions Answered – many questions have come up since the new feedback changes went into effect – read this informative update at http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200805.shtml#2008-05-22155259

Blessings,

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Business Insurance - by Cliff Ennico

YOUR INSURANCE BROKER CAN SAVE YOUR BUSINESS . . .

“I’m just starting a small service business. Even though I’ve formed a limited liability company (LLC) to run the business, I know that I still need insurance. But what kind? I’ve spoken to at least three insurance brokers about my needs, but their advice so far has been all over the place. Do you have any suggestions?”

First of all, congratulations on realizing that you still need insurance even though you form a corporation or LLC for your business. A lot of people don’t know that – they think the corporation or LLC will be enough to protect them from legal liability. But it’s not true – even with a corporation or LLC:

· you are still personally liable for negligent acts or omissions you yourself (as opposed to your business partners) commit;

· you are still personally liable for any business debts and obligations (such as your lease, or a bank line of credit) that you personally guarantee; and

· your business assets (as opposed to your house and other personal assets) are 100% exposed to business creditors, lawsuits and other liabilities.

Self-employed people often don’t treat the insurance profession with the respect it deserves. I know some agents are extremely aggressive in their sales tactics, but sometimes it’s for your own good. Let me tell you how my insurance broker saved my business . . .

When I first started my law practice, I made an appointment to speak to my insurance broker about malpractice insurance – I had always worked for large law firms that provided this coverage, and didn’t know the first thing about it. My broker obtained quotes from several companies, met with me to compare the policies, and together we picked a coverage plan that I felt gave me the protection I needed at a price I could afford.

As I rose to leave her office, my insurance broker said “Sit back down, Cliff. We’re not done yet. I’m not going to let you leave this office until you sign up for disability coverage.”

A little taken aback, I responded “Hold on, I know that’s fairly expensive coverage. Do I really need it? After all, I’m just practicing law – as long as my brain functions and I’m not in a coma, how can I really be disabled enough not to work?”

“Simple. You’re going to spend a fair amount of time working out of your house, right?”

“Right.”

“But you’re not going to see clients in your home, right?”

“Right.”

“So when a client wants to meet with you, what are you going to do?”

“Meet them at their office, or at a local restaurant or diner if they don’t have one.”

“And how are you going to get there?”

“I’m going to drive, duh . . . “

“Okay. So let’s say you break your right foot.”

“No problem. I can still practice law.”

“But how can you drive a car without your right foot?”

She had me there. We looked over some disability policies, and I signed up for the cheapest coverage, as I still wasn’t convinced I needed it.

Fast forward five years – a sweltering hot day in July. I live in a fairly windy part of town, and all of us in the neighborhood have developed creative strategies for keeping the covers on our backyard barbecue grills from blowing away. Mine was extremely low tech – whenever I finished grilling I placed a 35-pound rock on top of the grill cover. That sucker wasn’t going nowhere.

Now, I can’t tell you how many hundreds of times I removed that rock from on top of the grill, done my grilling, cleaned the grill, and replaced the rock . . . all without incident.

Not this time.

Maybe my hands were a little greasy, maybe I was momentarily distracted, but when I grabbed the rock this time it slipped out of my hands and fell five feet . . . onto my bare right foot.

Dear readers, please trust me that you do not know the meaning of pain until you drop a 35-pound rock on your bare foot from five feet up. I was rushed to the local hospital emergency room where they repositioned all the bones and put me in a plaster cast . . . for six weeks.

Did you know you can’t drive a car without your right foot? For six weeks I was totally incapacitated. Oh sure, I could work on the computer, but I couldn’t meet with clients, mail documents out, or perform just about any of the clerical chores that come with a corporate law practice. That disability policy sure came in handy . . . and my broker got a huge gift basket that Christmas.

A good insurance broker is one of your key advisors when you start any kind of small business. Listen to what they have to say. And beware of falling rocks . . .

Cliff Ennico (cennico@legalcareer.com) is a syndicated columnist, author and former host of the PBS television series ‘Money Hunt’. This column is no substitute for legal, tax or financial advice, which can be furnished only by a qualified professional licensed in your state. To find out more about Cliff Ennico and other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit our Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2008 CLIFFORD R. ENNICO. DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.

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Proximity to Pain on eBay

In this Success Newsletter:

What is your Proximity to Pain? – the incredible Seth Godin does it again
eBay’s New International Site Visibility - wow
HOT – 30 day FREE eBay Store trial – GO NOW
This week’s classes – Meet the Rock Star – Web Wendy
New eBay Announcements - Turbo Lister, eBay Giving Works, International Site Visibility

Share the Success with friends – forward this onto them or tell them to get their own copy at www.TheBusinessSuccessKit.com

Remember, you can read previous Success newsletters in the OSI Rock Star newsletter archives at http://osirockstars.com/?cat=5

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.
- Joel A. Barker

Hhhmmm…someone just called me Simon Cowell. Trying hard to not take it personally, I calmly asked her to explain…

She continued her timely American Idol comparison…

Janelle, everyone knows the sites out there that are the ‘Randy’ sites – looks cool, gives people nicknames that makes them sound cool, and possibly even have cool content, but never gives them much more than that to really grow a successful business. There isn’t an emotional investment in seeing the members succeed. Then there are the ‘Paula’ sites which are the worst. Everyone loves getting compliments and praise, but if there is nothing constructive there to help you grow your business, then I am simply paying you to be a ‘yes’ person in my life – a cheerleader. Not everything can always be so wonderful and fun and cute. But you Janelle, you are like Simon Cowell…we don’t always like what you say and we don’t always like how you say it, but we definitely know that your statements are the ones that make or break our businesses. Watching the contestants on the show, their faces turned respectively to each judge…waiting for Randy to call them a ‘dog’, and then for Paula to compliment their outfit, and then for Simon to deliver the words on if they really are heading down the path to Success or not. Any feedback they get from him they know is worth gold, literally. If Randy or Paula offer any advice, the contestant may or may not take it, but they KNOW if they choose to not take Simon’s advice, their singing career won’t be moving further. Janelle your OSI Rock Stars site is that way. You offer us the cheerleading, you make us feel cool, but what you really do is offer strong constructive advice on moving forward in our business. I just wanted to thank you for caring so much about us that you are willing to be like Simon Cowell and ‘booed’ for sticking to your guns and providing us wise and brilliant and right on the money coaching. I know that all of us have the utmost respect for you and your passion to see us succeed. Please know that, just like with Simon, you do make us squirm for putting us under the microscope and calling us on certain things, but that in our heart we know you are right and only want to see us be the most you know we can be. So thanks for being like Simon.

LOL. I love it – I think.

Here is another great email I just received. I love CJ’s Success words and mindset.:

Janelle, thanks for your words about “quit the sniveling” … This is the time to rise to the top, and only those that choose to find the path to the top will win! We almost never know how much further we have to climb to get the top of the road, could be a few feet, or a few miles, and how far you get every day is not as important as making progress on the journey. When adversity hits (or should we say the current economic “slowdown”) I try to ask myself, okay what is the lesson I can learn from this one…looking for the silver lining instead of feeling bad and down trodden about the situation is not only a happier place to reside, but offers a smoother road to the top!

I always go back to my tape player (or CD player) and listen to my favorites…. first and foremost Napoleon Hill, then Lou Tice, and now I’ve added the Secret to my list…I come back inspired and full of energy to “getter done!”

Thanks so very much
CJ

THEN there are the emails coming in about the feedback updates on eBay. eGads people, you can’t be serious. Are you really ok with wasting this much time on fussing about .1%? (I’m not and am kind of annoyed that I have now lost the 3 minutes it has taken to write this part of the newsletter).

Is your goal to make money selling products or to have a perfect feedback score…are you going to spend your time today whining on the boards or making your eBay Store better/sourcing another product/learning how to do a blog. As I told one usually very brilliant and Success minded individual who got caught up in the feedback changes… A perfect feedback score won’t pay the bills, putting your valuable time and energy into selling products will. K, I’m done…but one of our more patient and understanding and brilliant Rock Stars responded in a fashion much better than I am willing to do right now. Thanks Dany for your common sense approach to the feedback changes:

THE CRANKY CUSTOMER RETURNS – A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON FEEDBACK

Some time ago, at an eBay University talk, I heard Janelle say that she gets suspicious of sellers with thousands and thousands of positives and not a single negative or neutral feedback. She wasn’t advocating that you go looking for negatives. Of course not. She was encouraging sellers to keep feedback in perspective.

We are business people. Feedback scores aren’t gold stars on a grade school report card. They are guideposts for shoppers. Potential buyers want to know, “Can this seller be trusted to deliver?” If 99.9% of previous customers say yes - that’s good enough for most people. (Conversely, when 12,368 people out of 12,368 people say, “This seller is no mere mortal – she is a veritable Goddess of eCommerce to me!” – sensible people, ask, “Who’s kidding who?”)

I believe that all the sturm and drang over feedback is exacerbated by the lack of face-to-face contact. As any retailer, from Nordstrom’s CEO to a 7-11 clerk, will tell you: you cannot please everyone. Ever. No matter what you do or how hard you try. Someone is always unhappy and - this is key - it is usually not about you.

We are all the center of our own little universes. If I spend a godawful day in traffic and come home to find that FedEx left my package on the ground and it is wet and soggy and the dog scatters the packing peanuts all over the house - well, I will not be a happy camper and I do NOT want to hear about how much YOU care about YOUR feedback score.

I’m pretty sure I could get thousands of glowing feedbacks overnight by selling $5.00 bills for $1.00. I could probably get straight 5 DSRs as well. I could even corner the market! But I’d still be an idiot. I’m not in business to burn money. Know your goals and work relentlessly towards them. Obsessing about a few unflattering feedback ratings will not create success.

Feedback is saturated with emotion, for both the buyer and the seller. Emotion is extremely powerful, but it is neither right nor wrong. Don’t be sucked in to an emotional minefield. Don’t be so overwhelmed by your reaction to someone else’s emotion that you to take your eye off the ball. Feedback is not what you are in business for. Feedback is just one indicator among many of the health and success of your business. Learn from it and move on. Don’t lose sight of your goals.

–

Dany Byrne

D Byrne Associates

Beginning and Advanced Classes in Microsoft Office

What is your Proximity to Pain?

The amazing Seth Godin is an eBay fan and will be speaking at Live again this year (as well as on our show, but ssshhhh, it’s a secret!). He had a brilliant blog post the other day about ‘Proximity to Pain’ talking about being able to charge more depending upon how close you are to the pain – or point of need - part of the buying process. He uses many great examples like: Scalped tickets cost more than ones bought in advance, by mail. You can read the entire post at http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/05/proximity-to-pa.html

Seth’s post got me thinking (which he is really good at doing)…how could YOU use this simple yet powerful statement to source for eBay. What kind of products would bring you closer to the ‘point of need’ and make you more money?

I got on a waiting/pre-order lists a few month’s ago for a Wii Fit – as soon as I heard they had an official US launch date. I paid $89.99 – they launched yesterday and are SOLD OUT. The ‘point of need’ has hit eBay. They are selling for $175+ now.

One of my favorite lotions that I have used for years was just sold to a big company, who immediately stopped production. Normally I would pay $4-5 for a jar on eBay. NOW if you can find it, the jars are selling for $10-20 on eBay. Point of Need.

And it doesn’t mean you have to sell scarce products – it can also mean fulfilling a desire or fixing an immediate fear or concern through different marketing.

One of our Rock Stars sells the most amazing product – MP3’s and CD’s of various sounds that help babies sleep – www.PediaSleep.com I guarantee that his product could be priced even higher. Why? What parent wouldn’t give a king’s ransom at 3am after listening to their colicky baby crying for the past 5 hours for a product that would stop the crying? He helps them make that decision to part with their money by offering up testimonials by other parents who delight in telling anyone who will listen that they bought the product and how fabulous it worked for them during (this is key) their ‘point of need’ or ‘pain’. He also offers instant downloads to help a parent in ‘pain’ make that decision even quicker. (you can learn more about digital downloads at www.EasyE-Junkie.com) If Andrew simply had a website that sold CD’s with sounds, he wouldn’t be pushing the product closer to that proximity of pain.

Do you have products that are already close to the proximity of pain?

Could you make your current products fill that need through different marketing?

I love Seth Godin…

eBay’s New International Site Visibility

We LOVE eBay’s new International Site Visibility upgrade (except I wish it was in more categories, but I am sure eBay will get there). You can read about our previous post on this powerful new opportunity here: http://osirockstars.com/?p=539

eBay is hosting a workshop to talk about it tomorrow at 10am pst/1pm est – you may want to check it out if you have any further questions.

As Rock Stars we have already done a training class on this profitable upgrade with Denise of Terapeak. You can find out more information and watch this amazing interview at:

eBay’s International Site Visibility with Terapeak - http://osirockstars.com/?p=541

Join Denise of Terapeak as she brings brilliant insight into the eBay’s new International Site Visibility upgrade. She covers:

What is International Site Visibility
Fees
Facts and Figures about eBay UK
How to upgrade to international research on Terapeak
Using Terapeak to find profitable new venues
Live comparisons

Also, see our Rock Stars in action. MS Leo is already rockin the international profit channels with this recent email we received:

The UK Site Visibility option is up and working - at least in the Sell Your Item form.

Here is my test auction - regular Auction Style. I haven’t tested it on Store Inventory yet. It should be interesting. I like days when i feel smart. lol .10 for the auction (media) and .10 for the upgrade.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160242759614&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

Here is the General search I did on the UK site for the word “msleo”

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=msleo

Then I did a search for the word “test” in the music category.

http://search.ebay.co.uk/test_Music_W0QQcatrefZC6QQdfspZ32QQfromZR40QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQga10244Z10425QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZ11233QQsaobfmtsZinsifQQsbrsrtZd

For additional information on this powerful upgrade, check out eBay’s announcement today about it: http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200805.shtml#2008-05-20104047

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New Classes for this week…

5/22/08, Thursday at Noon pst/3pm est - Meet the Rock Star - Web Wendy

Web Wendy is a true Rock Star - eBay Education Specialist, Trading Assistant, amazing Stage Manager on the Rock Star Forums. Come learn what makes this Star shine.
Safe your spot by following registration instructions below.

You can find out more about these classes, as well as register at: www.osiRockStars.com (scroll to the bottom of that webpage for upcoming classes, details and registration information).

New eBay Announcements

New sign-in for eBay’s Turbo Lister - http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200805.shtml#2008-05-20174146
New enhancements for the amazing Giving Works Program - http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200805.shtml#2008-05-20145636
International Site Visibility Upgrade is finally available - http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200805.shtml#2008-05-20104047

Blessings,

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New eBay Policy Changes

In this Success Newsletter:

HOT – 30 day FREE eBay Store trial – GO NOW
Speaking of eBay Stores – the ‘Best in eBay Stores’ winners announced
This week’s classes – Spiritual Entrepreneurs with Robin Cowie, Sourcing at Trade Shows – Part 2, and Meet the Rock Star – Web Wendy
Recent eBay Announcements – These are some VERY important & dramatic ones, make sure you are familiar with the upcoming changes (especially the links one – eeks!)

Share the Success with friends – forward this onto them or tell them to get their own copy at www.TheBusinessSuccessKit.com

Remember, you can read previous Success newsletters in the OSI Rock Star newsletter archives at http://osirockstars.com/?cat=5

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
- Willis Whitney

Wowie Zowie – that about sums up today. Pretty sure there has to be a full moon – lol.

Okie…here goes:

I highly advise you check out the policy changes below – remain calm and in your seat at all times. I promise you that, like with all dramatic changes at eBay (and even a few of the not dramatic ones) that I will have Success & Profit answers for you when the time comes (July). No need to exert energy in fussing about it now – deal? I already have some great ideas for the Rock Star class I am putting together to help you Successfully deal with these new changes.

Two – I got my Flip Video Camera and SO love it. Promise to put up some videos soon (taking one of my super cool new