Note: They are accepting all applications right now for a limited time, but are particularly looking for male and Hispanic members. If you are male, register by clicking here. If you are Hispanic, register by clicking here. All other groups, click here to register.

I’m sure there are countless ebooks out there that will promise to help you earn money on eBay… if you pay them for the information. I’ll just give you some free information here, in the form of a few steps. These steps helped me become a Power Seller (when I was an active eBay seller).

1. If you are already have an eBay account that you use to buy things, register for an eBay account that you will use exclusively for selling. It just makes everything neater, more professional, and easier to handle when tax season rolls around.
2. Use clear photos of your items. If you can, use a white sheet or a clean table top when you take photos of your things. You don’t want anything to distract from the item that is up for auction. So if you’re taking pictures of a pair of shoes, don’t take the photo of the shoes in front of a pile of other shoes.
3. Be as clear and concise as possible in your title line. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve snagged items at ridiculously low prices because the seller put something like, “black sandals” in the subject line. Use all of the space that eBay gives you! If you want to get as many viewers as possible, write out, “Black strappy sandals w 2″ heel sz 7 NEW” in your title (or whatever is fitting for your item)
4. Ship immediately after receiving payment. On eBay, your feedback is your reputation and it can make or break you. Shipping out fast will increase the chances of your buyer leaving good feedback.
5. Keep your eBay income in two separate piles. You decide what percentage works best for you financial needs. With one of the piles, visit garage sales and Good Wills to buy more things to sell. To make money on eBay, you need a constant supply of things. Unless you plan to sell everything under your roof, you need to find outside sources to keep your supplies up.

Stock photo agencies are websites that “stock” photos from digital photographers all over the world.  This is where you come in.  In order to stay in business, and stay “fresh,” stock photo agencies need a constant flow of new photos.

How does it work?   You take digital photographs (of just about anything and everything you want to), and submit them to stock agencies.  If your photos are approved by the agency, your photos will then be available for buyers all over the world.  You get paid commission for every purchase and download of your photo.

This can be a very lucrative home-based business for anyone interested in digital photography.  The only real requirements are a digital camera and an internet connection.

There are some rules about the business, though.  If you’d like to make this your home business, I suggest you learn from Chris.

(P.S. I believe in Chris’s system so much that I’ve made his ebook the latest Featured eBook at momportunity.com!)

Nielsen studies television viewing by asking households across the country to keep viewing diaries or to attach data-collecting boxes to their family televisions. They study consumers in the same way. Nielsen supplies some families across the country with home scanners — hand-held devices that allow the study participants to scan the bar codes of the items they buy (everything from generic canned peas to plasma televisions).

What does Nielsen do with the data they collect from Homescan studies? They report back to manufacturers, and the data ultimately influences what products are made and sold.

They can’t do this alone, however.  Nielsen needs participants for this program. Registration is completely free. What’s in it for you? Well, Nielsen doesn’t pay in the form of cash. BUT if you are an active participant in the program, Nielsen will reward you with points that you can redeem for electronics, jewelry, household items, toys, and a lot more. In my opinion, that’s just as good as cash, because you can earn free things that you can give away as gifts (which takes that burden off of your wallet). Influence the products made and sold.  Join Nielsen’s Homescan Consumer Panel. Click Here to learn more!!

The Basics

Cash Crate is technically a GPT (“get paid to”) site.   The site’s owners pay members to “complete offers” that are listed on the site’s “Offers” page.   Basically, members visit other sites, register for newsletters, registration, or trial offers, and Cash Crate pays the members to do so.    Registration at Cash Crate is free.

Never Pay a Cent

While the offers that require a credit card (such as trial memberships) do have higher payouts, it’s not necessary to use your credit card at all.   In fact, the mom that I mentioned above made her huge $800+ checks without ever paying a cent to anyone.

Get Paid for Referrals

Cash Crate pays its members a generous $1.00 to refer others to the site.  To earn the $1.00 referral fee, just use your unique referral URL (provided to you by Cash Crate after you register).   There’s a $5 ebook that lists 20 ways you can find more referrals (which means more money) when you register with Cash Crate.  If you’re interested in learning 20 new ways to find more referrals, get your ebook to learn how.

How Cash Crate Pays

Cash Crate sends out checks every month.  There is a $20 minimum payout, which means that if you earn at least $20 in earnings in any given month, you will receive a paycheck the following month.    If your earnings fall short of the $20 mark, Cash Crate will hold those earnings, and roll them over to the next month until your earnings add up to at least $20.

Earning Potential

Cash Crate is not a job or a business.   There’s no guaranteed pay.  What you earn depends on the amount of time and dedication you put into it.    An easily-discouraged person will take a month or more to meet the minimum pay out, and will give up after a couple of weeks or month.   A determined go-getter will easily meet the payout minimum in an hour or two.    If you find clever ways to refer others to the site, you could find yourself earning hundreds or thousands of dollars per month.    Ultimately, the earnings are up to you: If you need $50 per month to treat your family to a dinner out, Cash Crate can provide that.   If you need to earn over $1,000 per month for utility bills or car payments, you can earn that with Cash Crate, too.

Final Word: Is Cash Crate a Scam?

In my opinion, in order to be classified as a scam, a company needs to have taken money from you without giving you anything of comparable or higher value in return.  Cash Crate is the exact opposite:  Registration is free, and they pay you to complete free offers and refer others.

If you’re interested in earning easy money with Cash Crate, register for your free account today.

Good luck and let me know how it goes.  Send your Cash Crate success stories to me!

Beginning June 16, eBay is doing its part to help out those who are hurting because of the economy.   Members can now list five items for sale every thirty days with absolutely no insertion fees applied to those listings.  I just tried it myself, and was tickled to see the message saying, “Your balance after this listing is $0.00.”

To learn more about this exciting new offer from eBay, you can read about it here.

If you don’t have an eBay sellers account yet, click here to open your free account today.

If you’re an eBay seller with a great success story, momportunity.com wants to hear from you!  Are you a Power Seller?  Tell us about it!    Did you buy something at a garage sale and found out it was worth big bucks on eBay?  Let us know!  Send your eBay success stories to me here, and use the subject “eBay success story.”

With the holidays coming, I urge you to set up your own FREE account, and start earning cash-back on your Christmas shopping (and the Christmas shopping that all your referrals do!). Want more info? Click here to read more about the company.