Embrace the Struggle

Howdy,

We’ve been super busy interviewing the “cool people”. The cool people are business owners just like you.

Hear their fantastic stories of how they started their businesses using the marketplaces and listening to the challenges they’ve had along the way.

Here is 6 to choose from or you can download them all via iTunes here.

Journalist Quits BBC to Sell on eBay

Hear from Jonathan (38,000 feedback on eBay) who quit the BBC after 14 years to turn Plan B into Plan A and the challenges he’s had along the way. Jono is also super-stoked about the 3rd Generation. Listen in right now here.

£2K in their Pockets & Only an Idea

Hear from John from Bamford Trading (+330,000 feedback on eBay) who left the corporate world to go to the NEC with two grand in their pockets and the determination to make it happen.

They have now made half a million orders on eBay & John shares his top tips for business owners just like you.

50% Growth this year?

You can also hear from Ian from Spirit Footwear (32,000 feedback on eBay) and how Ian & his wife turned a hobby into a successful business.

You’ll hear how he’s aiming for a 50% growth this year online, what Magento has meant to his business and how he tackled the warnings from Amazon to update all his pictures in 14 days or less.

Cross Border Trade in Plain English

Cross Border Trade is bounded about by everyone now, but you can hear what it actually means to Nigel from GamesQuest (+61,000 feedback on eBay) and how Nigel & his wife took a hobby of collecting books at carboot sales to a business turning over £1.5M a year.

You’ll also hear how Nigel looks at every phone call as an opportunity and where that can lead to.

Stop Making Support Tickets!

Alex is moving to the 3rd Generation as his current provider told him to stop raising support tickets for something that he paid for. Hear from Alex, how he went from a few pallets to containers and how he deals with a large number of products that vary in condition.

2,000 Orders a Week

And finally hear from Gurpreet who basically though paying software providers a “percentage of sale” was crazy, he processes 2000 orders a week using Magento & M2E Pro and is now expanding out into a trade/whole sale site using Magento.

These are REAL Business Owners Sharing their Story with You.

These are Entrepreneur’s at their finest, no matter what the challenge, they’ll chew it and spit it out and say bring it on.

 

Are you wired that way too?

Listen into the cool people using any of the links above or if you use iTunes, subscribe here and listen to them in the car, train or on the bus.

See you there,

Matt

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