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Selling Digital Downloads Via eBay Classifieds Is Still A Crap Shoot
by Tim Knox
Last week I told you that eBay had decided to ban the sale of digital downloads via its traditional auction system. This means that digital media sellers will have to deliver their goods via CDs or DVDs, or post them for sale on the eBay Classified system. This week I'm hearing from lots of folks who have tried to post sales to the eBay Classifieds only to be denied the privilege of doing so or having the ad cancelled by eBay for policy violations that no one - not even eBay staffers - seem to understand. Once again eBay has everyone confused and upset. Same stuff, different day.

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5 Tips That Will Improve Your eBay Business
by Jason James
If you are experiencing serious difficulties selling on eBay, you may be missing some of the subtleties that separate successful auctions from low-bid auctions. Here are five tips you should always follow when you sell on eBay...

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Do You Pay Taxes On eBay Income?
by Tim Knox
Last week's column on whether you were required to report income earned from eBay sales to the IRS sparked a number of additional questions and comments from eBay sellers who were hoping that I could somehow validate that their eBay activities were mere hobbies instead of actual businesses and therefore not susceptible to IRS taxation.

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How to Navigate the eBay Rapids Successfully
by Greg Gunn
The growth eBay has experienced in the last few years is astounding. Five years ago, the sales activity on eBay was a trickling stream compared to the Class V rapids it has swelled to today.

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Taxing Your eBay Profits
by Tim Knox
As a small business person-slash-advice columnist I dread the first quarter of the new year. Not because in my mind my own business fortunes start at zero again every January or because I have already dismissed every New Year’s resolution I made when the clock rang out the New Year. No, the reason I dread the first quarter of the new year is that my email box floods with questions about business taxes and the IRS, my two least favorite subjects on earth. It’s not that I am opposed to paying my fair share of business taxes. It’s that I consider the IRS to be a little like Beetlejuice, the movie demon who appeared only after his name was called three times in a row. My fear is if I write too many IRS columns their dark agents may appear on my doorstep, ready to drag me away to an uncertain fate.

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The Business of Identity Theft
by Tim Knox
The allure of PayPal is that it does not require the seller to have a bank merchant account through which to process credit cards. Anyone with a verifiable email address and bank account can use PayPal and the service can be implemented almost immediately after registering.

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Do I Really Need A Business License and Tax ID?
by Tim Knox
I've gotten quite a few emails recently from ebusiness owners who seem to think that just because their business is conducted online or from the comfort of home that the rules and regulations that govern brick and mortar businesses do not apply to them. The ebusiness questions I get most often do not involve building websites or conducting ecommerce...

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Turnkey Dropship Websites Save You Time, Trouble and Money
by Tim Knox
Lucky for you and me there are now a number of companies on the Web that can help folks like us set up a turnkey dropship website without ever breaking a sweat.

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