There are many ways to start a home business online, and few
are easier than eBay - the world's largest online auction
site. However, there is one critical condition - you have to
know what to sell and how to sell it. That is exactly what
David Guindon's software program Hot Item Finder claims to
do.
After purchasing the software, I had huge hopes of it
delivering on it's promise of finding hot items on eBay.
Though there were times when certain features would not
work, I found Dave to be quick to not only fix the problem
but also offer a new updated release for everyone. In fact
free updates for life is one of the major benefits to Hot
Item Finder.
You may not have heard of David Guindon. Currently working
on a master's degree in electrical engineering, he developed
Hot Item Finder to aid his own eBay research. Since then
he's gone on to earn a reputation for quality and
creativity.
Hot Item Finder makes doing research on eBay a snap by
allowing you to search for products by keyword or category
and then filter the search based on the number of bids, the
current price, and more. But what I especially like is the
category search by completed listings. I can pick a
category, tell the software that I want auctions already
completed with 20 or more bids and voila! I have a hot list
of products I know are selling as well as links to the
completed auctions so I can see what makes them sell so
well.
Dave promises on his website that you can "find all the hot
items on eBay in minutes." Well, it may take just a little
longer than "minutes" but I created lists of products
amazingly fast.
I will say, it took me a few tries to get the hang of the
software, but after playing around with it I was moving
around like a pro. I have no doubt that anyone, regardless
of experience, can use Hot Item Finder to it's fullest
potential and find out exactly what to sell and what to
steer clear of.
I think the filtering feature is what really makes Hot Item
Finder powerful. Frankly, you can find all the same
information on eBay, but that can be very tedious and
labor-intensive. Simply being able to filter out items based
on bids and selling price is a huge time-saver. This
software tells you what's selling, for how much and what
people are willing to bid. It's fantastic marketing
intelligence. I used it to auction 18 items. All 18 sold
with double-digit bids and closed within 5% of my target
price range. I was hooked.
One improvement I think that can be made, however, is
somehow listing the starting bid along with the closing bid.
This way, as a seller you can quickly see how effective some
listing strategies are over others. But who's being picky?
Finding the right products to sell on eBay is obviously
critical to success. Sifting through thousands of auctions
at eBay to find a few winners can be overwhelming and
possibly discouraging. Hot Item Finder makes the job the
proverbial "piece of cake" - and does it with style. You can
check it out by going to http://www.hotitemsnow.com.
Overall, I have to say that Hot Item Finder is an absolute
MUST GET.
Hopefully one day, Dave will figure out a way to make Hot
Item Finder even more explosive by somehow including other
auction sites such as Yahoo Auctions and Amazon Auctions.
Until then, Hot Item Finder more than fits the bill.
Chris Custer is a freelance writer and publisher of the eAuction Gazette, a newsletter that provides tips and techniques for auction selling success. Subscribe by going to http://www.eauctiongazette.com
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