Making Money Online, At Home, and With Blogging

Get Motivated To Work At Home

Hopefully you made your list of goals and are working at accomplishing each one. What? You haven’t even started?

1. Take a moment to focus on what you need to accompish today, this week, this month, this year.
2. Prioritize your goals. What really needs to happen today? What do you HAVE to do within the week. And what would you love to accomplish this year?
3. Take the first step today to reach at least one goal. This may be a simple step but “a journey begins with one step.”

Sometimes our goals seem so out of reach it is tough to invision our goals actual being reached and therefore our motivation dwindles. Don’t think you can make it happen in 1 day, a week, or even a year. Sometimes taking little steps to achieve your goals is all it takes. Do nothing today and that is one more day lost toward your goal. Do something today and that is one more step toward your goal.
Are you ready to move forward?

Selling On Ebay

I took the leap and started selling on ebay and have sold a few things. I can already see that you have to have a really unique item to sell to get any bids. There are a lot of sellers on ebay and you have a ton of competition. One good way to do good is to charge actual shipping. There are so many sellers on ebay that charge way too much for shipping. Like , $30.00 for shipping a handbag!! Come on! I also noticed that there are a ton of sellers on ebay who are saturating ebay with a ton of cheap items that are worth nothing. I am just trying to clean out of storage and maybe make some extra money. You could make some really good money on ebay if you treated it like a full time job. You have to have a great camera too. I have had a couple of things listed that did not sell and I know that it is because of the pictures. I just do not have a good camera right now and will relist the items when I can take better pictures.
If you have the time and patience than ebay might be a good home based business for you. I am just doing it part-time right now and hope to do it full-time soon.

Wordless Wednesday

Bamboo Placemats that I am planning on deconstructing and making jewelry out of!!! When I get some time!

Busy Bee At Home

I have been so busy!! I have been doing some sewing for myself for a change!! You can see some of the things that I have been sewing recently on Cloth Diapers Blog and I have been getting stuff ready to join this great direct selling party plan called FLIP — You can make a ton of money with this home / catalog party plan. It has a very low start up cost and is full of the best adult toys on the market. You will have no problem selling this stuff. It will sell itself. Go to Fun Lovin Parties for more information about this fun way to make money!! It is adult toys and such. I really like the different ways that you can make money with this. They even drop ship so I can sell on ebay to make even more money!!

Working At Home With A Toddler!!

I am up early trying to get some work done before my little one wakes up! I thought that the older he got the easier it would be for me too work at home! Man, was I wrong! He wants more attention now more than ever. I have to chase him all over the house because he gets into stuff, he just wears me out. I can work really early in the morning , nap time, and really late at night. So basically — I GET NO SLEEP AT ALL! I have tried everything to try and keep him busy while I try to work. He does love the Backyardigans and Barney, but they only last a half hour. I did luck out and got him a bunch of Barney videos , but he does not watch them for very long. So I guess that since I want to work at home, I will just have to get used to no sleep.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO ENTERTAIN A LITTLE ONE WHILE YOU TRY TO WORK AT HOME.

Sell Sterling Silver Jewelry




Wholesale Silver Jewelry featured by Plum Island Silver Company



Make money selling silver jewelry!

They have over 6000 in-stock sterling silver jewelry items. A 108 page catalog. Same day shipping. They have a great drop shipping service. They have been in business for 12 years. You can sell the items online at auctions or on your own site( or create a free store at ecrater.com) , have home or catalog parties, sell at flea markets, and the ideas go on.

Check it out - You can create a new account for Free and they will send you one free catalog.





A True FREE Home Business

I know that everyone has heard of drop shipping products. You see people at online auctions, like eBay!, selling drop shipped items all of the time. Drop shipping is where you sell an item that the wholesale supplier has in stock and then they mail it for you. This is awesome for people who do not have a lot of space. There are many drop ship programs out there that charge you fees and cost you a lot , but I am going to give up my secrets of the FREE way to do it. I have used several drop ship companies for the last several years and they do not cost a thing! Why pay for a drop ship membership when you can get it for free and I am also going to share my favorite FREE online auctions and marketplaces! You will be up and running by the end of the day and it will not cost you a dime!
A TRUE FREE HOME BASED BUSINESS!

The first thing is to find the companies that will drop ship for you with no fees. It took me a while to find these companies and a lot of people would not tell who their suppliers are, but I feel confident in telling my blog readers my suppliers. These companies have such a variety that we will be still selling different items.
LIST OF MY favorite DROP SHIPPING COMPANIES:


Empire Pets they sell a huge variety of pet supplies for wholesale and they will drop ship. Just pay shipping and free sign up.

IWDSC Drop Ship This is one of my faves! They have a huge variety of items that are neat. You will see what I mean when you check out there site. Free sign up and free drop shipping.

Polka Dot Petals has the best handbags there are at low wholesale prices.

A1A Gifts Online is the best of the best. They have over 3,000 items for you to sell, free sign up and free drop shipping. Just pay the low shipping. I love this company and have used them since 2002! I have sold a lot of their items! I have never had any problems with them and they have very fast shipping. I love them . I really cannot say enough about them, they are great!

Nugin
is an awesome dropshipping program. You sign up at the wholesale program link. They have free sign up and no drop shipping fees. They offer really neat and unique items ,like swords and more. THE ONLY BAD THING ABOUT THEM IS THAT THEY JUST RECENTLY RAISED THEIR SHIPPING PRICES. SO YOU HAVE TO FIGURE THAT IN. I have used them a lot though and love them. Their swords are so unique that they sell really well.

MayDay Industries survival supplies sell well. They have a $20.00 minimum on their drop ship orders, but that is easy to overcome.

Trademark Commerce has the best poker supplies, billiard supplies, sporting goods, swords, and more. Free sign up!

Gems on Display supplies for the jewelry selling person. Free sign up and no drop ship fees.

Stealth Wholesale has great items for you to drop ship after you sign up for free.

Dhanish free drop shipping of jewelry

Purse Sale has great handbags for you to sell. I have used them several times.


Now that I have given you most of my suppliers , I am now going to give you some free places online for you to start selling them!! You can sell them anywhere online, but right now I am wanting to give you free places to sell them!

Ecrater is the best free online marketplace. You can set up your own store, add your own items with pics, they have paypal and google checkout integrated into their shopping cart software, and they are free! I have used them for a while now and love them. My store is For The Birds

Goth Auctions is totally free and really a niche auction site , but I have had great experience with it.

Gothic Auctions is another free auction site that is a niche one. I have sold a ton of items on this one!! I love it. Swords, handbags, books, home decor , and make up sell great on this one. My daughter also sold a bunch of clothes and shoes on there!

HomeSchool Auctions is a great place to sell textbooks. I have sold a few on there,but not in a while.

EPagan Auctions a new age and pagan geared auction site. I have sold some books on there and some herbs.


There are more free online auction sites out there,but I only listed the ones that I have personally had experience with and that I know anything about. Some of the FREE auctions sites out there just look too new and I feel a little nervous about. But these that I listed have been around for years and i have had experience with and love them.

WELL NOW THAT I SPILLED THE BEANS ON HOW YOU CAN START A FREE HOME BASED BUSINESS - I GUESS THAT YOU NEED TO GET TO WORK !!

AFTER YOU ARE DONE COME BACK HERE AND IN THE COMMENTS SHARE YOUR LINK TO YOUR NEW STORE OR AUCTIONS!

Sell Candle Making Supplies

Do you like candles and making candles?? Do you have a website or blog where you think that you could sell candle making supplies? Do you have an eBay account where you think that you could sell candle making supplies ? Than this drop shipping account might be one for you to try - Creative Illuminations. They have no minimums and it is an easy format to use. You can sign up for free. I love this program because they have all kinds of different kits to choose from and you can also get just the candle wax if you want. They have a great selection.

Dreamseeds


Dream Seeds has some of the most beautiful jewelry, wands, keychains, and more. They are all one of a kind and hand made. I just love them. They have an awesome wholesale/dropshipping program. The very first order has to be more that $100.00 though, but then after that initial order you can order as much or as little as you want. Unless you sign up just for the dropshipping program and your credit card gets charged for the wholesale price plus 15% and the shipping. Great for selling on ebay. Their wands sell great. I guess because of the Harry Potter craze.

Thursday 13 - 13 ways to promote your blog for free!


Ways to promote your blogs and sites for FREE!
There are many ways to promote your sites and blogs for free.

1. Join message boards and have the link to your website in your signature.

2. Add your links to search engines - like Google.

3. Join Topsites .

4. Have your email signature be your link to your site or auctions.

5. Print out some business cards and put them on bulletin boards at stores, laundries, etc.

6. Make sure when you send out your packages you have put a note in there with your site info and thanking the buyer.

7. Start a new Blog!

8. Add your link to free link pages.

9. Do link exchanges.

10. Apply for awards. So as you can see there are many ways to promote your sites and auctions for FREE! And I am sure that after reading this you will most likely come up with some of your own.

11. Join social networking sites like technorati, mybloglog, digg, and more.

12. Start a Blog Carnival .

13. Do Thursday 13!!!

Now Get To Work!!