Dog Pictures Fetch Cash on eBay
November 4, 2008
It might really shock you, but one of the simplest things to sell on eBay is bits of paper. But only when you know the right sort of paper to list.
Although the range of items that can be sold profitably is vast, old pictures are perennial favorites. For virtually guaranteed sales, here’s the one subject you should know: dogs.
Yes, I’m telling you it’s true. Dogs can put food on the table — and money in the bank!
You can make a nice little business selling pictures of dogs to dog lovers, and the field is still open to newcomers. So, there’s room for more folks to get in and make money.
Now, here’s the great thing: you should be able to obtain dog pictures and prints–your business “stock”–virtually for nothing.Next, you simply resell the pictures–for a profit, of course–on a site such as eBay.
You might be surprised–or maybe not–to learn that some people who do this make a full-time living at it. Dogs are practically the perfect subject in which to specialize, but some others have proven to do almost as well. Trains and sailing ships, for example.
Where can you look in order to obtain the dog pictures that will sell well for you? The answer? Simply this: photographs and drawings found in second-hand and discarded books.
Fact: You frequently can sell one image that you took from an old book, for several times the cost of the book itself. All you need to do is seek out people who are looking for the subject of a given image.
Dogs have been proven to be one of the best-selling subjects. Some buyers out there will snap up almost any kind of dog image. Many like to concentrate on pictures of a specific breed. For example, a fan of Bernaise mountain dogs may have hundreds of paintings and prints of these huge dogs framed and hanging throughout his home.
It’s not at all difficult to find old books that are full of wonderful images of dogs, even books that were published a century or more ago. Some of them might contain 20, 30 or more such plates.
When you find such a book, you can carefully remove the pages with the illustrations, and mat them them individually. You can sell them for an often incredible markup!–on auction sites, the most famous being eBay.
By the way, the highest prized photos and paintings are those that portray any of the hunting breeds of dog.But photographs and line art of virtually any type of dog can be sold for a good amount on eBay.
Besides the aforementioned dogs, ships and trains, keep an eye out for books with prints of old timey cars, cities and towns, country scenes, and horses. There are other topics that sell well, too.
To be successful in this, you must take time to learn where to find old books with the images that will sell. You must also learn how to remove the images so as to prevent damage. Learning to mount and attractively present your pictures is important to bringing in the high bids on eBay. The authoritative source on all of this is How To Make Money By Tearing Up Old Books And Selling Them On eBay.
This is the bottom line? If you are looking for a new way to make real money on eBay, the dog may truly be your best friend. (And here’s an objective look at the business of selling paper online.)