Flat-hunting in Penzance

I am in a hotel in Penzance, looking out over the pretty harbour on a calm, sunny evening. But it’s been a stressful 24 hours. Flying Ryanair is enough to raise anyone’s blood pressure at the best of times, but our plane was not able to land in Newquay last night because of bad weather […]

Getting used to ebay

I have spent most of today reading pages of advice about buying and selling on ebay. There is a lot to get to grips with and it’s not all as simple as you might think.
Take recorded delivery, for example. If you don’t have proof of delivery, you have little recourse if your buyer says that […]

Growing confidence in my business ideas

I am feeling much more confident about my business ideas now that I have spent a few weeks mulling them over. At first I had no real idea how I would go about making any money (other than temp jobs or waitressing) but now the ideas are starting to flow.
The majority of my ideas are […]

First ebay selling experience

Within a few hours of putting my first item (a DVD) on ebay I started to get offers to buy the thing right away. Initially I responded to these offers in good faith, telling Buyer A what Buyer B had offered and so on. But all the time I was wondering why they weren’t just […]

Making money from ebay

I have made my first foray into selling stuff on ebay. I have started small with a humble DVD but I can see the possibilities for making money if you can source the right products. This certainly deserves consideration as a future income stream. I have some ideas about products, but I will need to […]

Professional blogging

I have been reading about professional blogging as a possible income stream for my portfolio. It takes time - maybe a year or more - to build up enough traffic to bring in a decent amount of money, provided you can create something that attracts people in the first place.
When I first started this blog, […]

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