Secrets of the eBay

54 Secrets of the eBay Millionaires
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“You Pretty Much Have the World at Your Doorstep”
Drew didn’t always have it in his mind that he would sell high-ticket
items on eBay. In fact, his initial online pursuit was figuring out how to
save money by streamlining his employer’s sales process, and how to
sell more using the Internet. “I was the sales manager of a manufacturing
company with about 80 field sales representatives,” he says. “My job
was to figure out how to use business-to-business web sites, liquidate our
company’s excess inventory, and work with sales representatives from
all North America. I realized that you pretty much had the world at your
doorstep on the Internet.”