If you are selling on eBay or Amazon – you may not realize it, but you are self-employed. You may also have a job that pays you a salary, which means you are part-time self-employed. If this is your situation, or if your online business is your only venture, what do you need to know to be self-employed and be successful at it?

Skip McGrath and his wife Karen have been running a successful business on eBay since 1999 and Amazon since 2006.  During that time they have written many books about being successfully self-employed.

Taken directly from his blog post, Skip points out – “The first thing that most newly self-employed individuals struggle with is the self-discipline. Every day (preferably in the morning) you have to think through all the stuff you need to accomplish – write it down and then start doing it.”

He goes on to say “If you choose to just wing it, you will look around one day and everything will be falling apart.  It really takes a lot of discipline to do the above – but it is absolutely essential if you want to succeed.”

Read his article How to be Successfully Self-employed .  You will be glad you did.

You can also sign up for his free blog to get new information regarding any online sales venture at – Tips, Tools, Information and Resources for Beginning & Professional Sellers

 

Source: Blog | Amazon Seller Resources and Tools