Paid Opportunities

As you may have known, Kick It Back was down now for a while. They say it is due to all of the changes within eBay, but from what I have seen it has been at least 3 weeks that they have been in a non-working state. This led me to spend more time using BigCrumbs for my shopping.

I guess I have to admit that I was kind of bias towards KickItBack from the beginning. It could have been because they worked flawlessly - payments were made literally immediately, bidding was simple, my referrals actually got counted....

But now I think I can safely say that earning potential may be better with BigCrumbs.

Below you will see my BigCrumbs earnings screenshot -

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While it is virtually impossible to say what you'll make per purchase due to each purchase being unique, I can say this much: I am a bargain shopper. I like to buy items for a penny, a buck or a few bucks with low shipping. I search eBay at weird times to find that $200 pair of boots that has been placed in the wrong category and has no bids. But even as an all-out-sale-shopper, I am earning about $.30 per transaction. In addition I have figured out a few tricks that I will share with you in a moment.

Now let's compair BigCrumbs earnings to KickItBack...
Remember, each transaction is going to be different, so it's hard to show a perfect compairison unless I was to buy idential items through both companies to prove my point. But here's my KickItBack screenshot:

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As you can see, 1.) I buy a lot of accessories, lol and 2.) Look at the difference in pay as a whole.

As mentioned previously, I have figured out a few things that will boost your earnings and ultimately save you even more cash.

First, BigCrumbs earnings are based on the eBay sellers FEES and nothing else. This means you need to know how eBay sellers fees work. Ebay sellers get hit with a massive "final value fee" that starts at 9% of the sale price and can go up to almost 20%!!! Here's the catch, the fees DO NOT include shipping. The fee is only for the winning bid amount. This is why you see so many sellers listing a single lip gloss for a penny then charging $19.99 to ship it when it's only gonna cost them $1.50 to mail.

Anyways, if you look for specific listings that offer low shipping but a higher bid amount, you will earn more money. For example, if you see two listings for an iPod case:

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You will notice the first listing ends in a few minutes and the price is soooo low! Only $2.95!!!
Then you see the second listing with a much higher price of $ 9.95 - ouch!
It's natural instinct to assume it's a better deal to go with the first listing...but if you look at the shipping price, you'll see that you're actually paying $12.90 either way.
So, if you decided to buy the first iPod case, you would be earnings around $.05 cents with big crumbs (or .02 cents with K.I.B). However, if you purchase the second iPod case, which will cost you the EXACT SAME AMOUNT, you will have upped your earnings to almost a quarter!

All this may not sound like a lot of money, but if you make 100 purchases a month (I make about 200), you'll have earned $25.00 instead of $5.00...

But it gets better,
So eBay is so greedy that they can't just be satisfied with taking 9% from their sellers on every transaction: if the bidding goes over $25 eBay takes even more money (which means higher closing fees & more "BigCrumbs "!)



So if you buy something for $30 or more, you can expect to make $.70 - a buck or two. Meaning, if a seller is offering an item for $50 with free shipping, it's much better to jump on the opportunity versus a seller offing an item for $25 with $24.89 shipping because you're going to come out ahead a few cents.

And here's another cool thing with BigCrumbs and their referral program. First, you can help yourself earn referral cash by helping your referrals make money. If your referral is an eBay seller and they have chosen to add their eBay store (for free) to BigCrumbs , you can post their html flash feed anywhere you'd like. So if their items sell, you make $$$.

So all-in-all, I think I will be using BigCrumbs from here on out for my purchases. I'm very happy with the program and can't wait to post my first pay out screenshot!!

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