I may get fine for meet up eBay buyer at MRT
I just found out that I can be fined up to $2,000 for meeting up eBay buyer at MRT station to complete the transactions.
I’m selling second-hand stuff at eBay, mostly computer part, CD, book, stamp, phone card, etc.
walao, like that how?
Got to meet up outside MRT station, bus stop or shopping centres??
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pHing
Since July 08, local classifieds backed by Hardwarezone, has been re-design and relaunch entirely to provide better selling and buying experience.
I like the easy and simple method for posting new ads. pHing have a nice clean user interface. New seller want to post ads are required to register and verify mobile number is a good feature to prevent fraudsters.
I would like to suggest the followings to pHing team:
1) Increase Posting Quota
Currently, we can post up to 10 ads within 24 hours.
This limits is too low.
I think, 24 posts within 24 hours is more reasonable.
2) Feedback System
Just like eBay, we can leave feedback to sellers or buyers after transaction is done.
This is good way to build up reputation and trust to help shoppers to make better decisions.
Welcome to visiting my pHing store.
Lastly, Thank You pHing to provide a selling & buying platform.
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Entrepreneur. Why Not?
Recently, I was invited by a friend to an entrepreneur workshop.
In the workshop, the speaker share with us many reasons for wanting to start own business.
In fact, one reason is a good enough for us to start own business.
I don’t know about others, but I’m start getting tired of the nine to six rat race and are thinking about starting own business.
I keep thinking about this, because I understand that I will never be freedom when living monthly salary. But what business would I want to start?
Before quit your day job to start business, take the time to evaluate yourself and think the process through step by step.
Get some papers and pen, and start writing down questions like: “What, Why, When, Where and How?”
Refer to this basic guide for beginners to do planning.
Write down all your possible answers to the questions. Note down everything, no matter how silly or unimportant. Put all your ideas and desires on paper that answers any of the questions.
By the time you have completes all that, you should consider attending ACE entrepreneurship training and workshops to learn about entrepreneurship and create networking opportunities that can help you to execute you plan.
Currently, ACE is running a nationwide contest for the public to send in ideas on how to increase Singapore’s attractiveness to do businesses and encourage more entrepreneurs to step out comfort zone to venture overseas.
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Selling Ang Pow on eBay
Some people collect stamps, some collect coin & currency notes.
I used to collect magnetic Transit Link card and public phone card. I have hundred of Transit Link and public phone cards in my collections. If you’re interested to own them, welcome to visit my eBay store.
One special group of collectors is looking forward the Ang Pow (red packet) in this Chinese New Year festival. Not the money inside, but the Ang Pow of special and unique designs that they are looking for.
Read the news in CNA: Avid Ang Pow collectors source for special ones from abroad.
Usually, days or weeks before Chinese New Year, we can easily ask for free Ang Pow from restaurants, hotels, banks, restaurants, supermarkets and shops that you patronized. Many merchat also giving out Ang Pow as token of appreciation or a gift for your shopping.
Most of the time, we can get the free Ang Pow from restaurants, hotels, banks, restaurants, supermarkets, telecoms, manufacturers, shops and etc.
Few days ago, I started a small test on eBay by selling unused Ang Pow. Just wanted to see how well it sell on eBay.
There are few eBay sellers are focusing on that festival niche already and more than 200 items listed when I searched the term Ang Pow on eBay Singapore.
But very surprising that within a day, 10 of 23 of my Ang Pow listing has been sold.
The strategy is simple, using low price to attract customers to buy something which I got it for FREE. 
My objective is clear unwanted stuff from my store room and earn a few good feedbacks along the way.
Don’t be afraid to try things out. Sometimes the only way to make progress is JUST DO IT.
This is post of OPAD Day 10.
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Starting An Online Business
As I frequently mentioned in my Chinese language blog on doing online business. There are many different online businesses that you can start easily, for example selling on eBay, doing affiliate marketing by selling Amazon products or open your own shopping store using shopping cart software.
The first thing you can do in creating online business is to make sure that your website is properly designed. I suggest getting a good tool that can help you to manage your online business.
Using good software to can help you to create efficiencies in your business that will truly benefits you when running the online business. Good online business system not only easy to install, must be also user friendly.
As a new online business startup, spend money to get good software can help to free up more time, so that you can focus in doing critical and important tasks, for example sourcing popular products to sell, running marketing campaign or promotion to push the sales, manage your inventory, provides good customer services and ensure quality assurance.
As the Chinese proverb saying goes: 工欲善其事，必先利其器, roughly translate as Good tools facilitate good works.
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