What is a Trading Assistant?
Posted on January 9, 2006
A trading assistant is an experienced eBay seller who helps sell your items for you on eBay in exchange for a commission. An interesting article from the Record-Journal tellss the story of Martin and Cheryl Adamo, a couple who work as trading assistants and sell items for others on eBay. They auction items for others in exchange for a commission.
The job of eBay trading assistant is easy to define, he said "It means selling things for other people, on commission."The article says they have sold over 5,000 items so far. The Adamo's say they only work with items expected to be worth $50 or more -- otherwise it isn't worth their time.That could mean selling most anything, from collections of first-generation Cabbage Patch dolls to sports memorabilia. The Adamos and, eBay says, about 16,000 trading assistants across the country get rid of things their clients want to sell, under a variety of agreements on how the money is split.
"The trading-assistant stuff has really taken off," Cheryl Adamo said. She works about 30 hours a week on eBay, and has also taught courses for others on how to use the service. Martin Adamo is a certified public accountant by day.
Not everything is a gold mine. The Adamos generally work on consignment with items expected to sell for $50 or more.You can find a information about eBay's Trading Assistant Program as well as a trading assistant directory on eBay's trading assistant website."A lot of stuff's just not worth taking," Cheryl Adamo said. "Sometimes it's stuff that will sell for, like, five bucks, and it's not worth it for them to pay the fees on that or for us to make that little money, between the photos and the research and all that."
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