#2216 - Q&A: "Ebay selling feels less personal now..."
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Longtime listeners know that I got my start in the world of entrepreneurship when I was 19 and learned to sell on eBay. Today, a caller wonders: “Has eBay changed? It feels less personal.”
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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| 0:41.0 | Long time listeners know that I got my start in the world of entrepreneurship |
| 0:45.0 | when I was 19 years old and learned to sell on eBay. |
| 0:50.0 | Now, you know, eBay.com had just come out at the time. |
| 0:53.5 | This was approximately 100 years ago. |
| 0:56.5 | Electricity had also just been invented. |
| 0:58.5 | Commercial air travel was still in the early days for the most part we got around with horses. |
| 1:02.5 | But, you know, things were just kind of evolving. |
| 1:05.5 | Like it was getting better, but, you know, early days, right? |
| 1:08.5 | Listen, in all seriousness, it actually was a different world. |
| 1:11.5 | You know, maybe not for all those reasons, but in terms of eBay and selling online, |
| 1:16.5 | it was very, very different than it is now. |
| 1:19.5 | I mean, this is going back well over 20 years now at this point. |
| 1:22.5 | So, of course, eBay is still around today, depending on how old you are, |
| 1:25.5 | depending on how engaged you've been with, you know, the world or online commerce and such. |
| 1:30.5 | You know, your relationship with eBay may be different than mine. |
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