Our First Guest tonight is a repeat offender, I mean guest, LOL. We had so much fun with Julia Wilkinson that we asked her to come back for this episode to share her top tips for Garage Sale Product sourcing. Click on the house to visit Julia’s site Yardsalers.net where you can purchase a copy of her newest book, “Big Bucks Flips”. If you love the book – Julia has arranged for you the opportunity to become an affiliate and make a commission for recommending it.

Tonight we plan to pick Julia’s brain for her top tips to Source Products at local Garage sales for YOUR eCommerce business.

Our SURPRISE tonight is a regular Contributing Editor, PHAEDRA, our Bonanzle Brainstormer. Phaedra has a TWITTER contest for a FREE Seminar with her – be there and have your twiter fingers limbered up!

Tonight we have TWO special guests.

Guest #2 is Lynn Dralle – AKA The Queen Of Auctions. Click on her photo to visit her website where you can see her latest book, pick up a copy of a FREE eBook about “100 Best Things I’ve Sold on Ebay” from Lynn. You can also join her membership club, The Queen’s Court from there.

Tonight we will be picking Lynn’s brain about HOW to source product for your eCommerce business at Garage Sales around town!

Well, we all knew the folks at Bonanzle were special and this is just another opportunity for that fantastic community to shine! Auction Wally AKA Walt Kolenda, just published another fantastic Examiner Article on this Great St. Jude’s Fundraiser.

This Auction will be another Wally’s invention – the famous ONLINE LIVE Auction on Monday, June 1st, during Walt & Phaedra’s weekly Brainstorming Bonanzle Radio show on the TalkShoe Network.

If you are one of the 3 people on the planet not familiar with the work of St. Jude’s – just click to find out!

Featured lots will include:

• A customized Swarovski Crystal & Silver BraceletJohn Wayne Cowboy Poster
• Swarovski blue sapphire & sterling ring
• 2 beautiful hand carved folk art shore birds
• Canon Pixma All-in-one photo printer
• One of a kind hand made rag quilt tote

…and much more!

You must be a registered Bonanzle Site user to bid so register now. Remember, all items were donated by the owners and Bonanzle is waiving their fees (hint to the other sites! – good PR here!) so 100% of the sale proceeds goes directly TO St. Jude’s for their important work!

You can visit this booth to see all the wonderful items donated for this auction. So visit, register and bid high for St. Jude’s!

SushiBooFay

click on Her Logo Fish to visit her eBay Store!

This day’s victim, LOL, is Cat and she has some great info and stories for you!

1 – Please tell me about yourself and why you are an eCommerce entrepeneur?

The truth? It started out as a way to get rid of a bunch of stuff we had in storage after we sold our convenience stores. Then I started thinking of it as a way to supplement my Pet Sitting income. Now – I find I enjoy the challenge of selling online. I like finding stuff that I THINK will do well – and then seeing if it does. I’ve always loved antiques and this is a great way to incorporate my love of things old with owning my own business.

2 – how did you pick your business name and what you sell?

LOL….the name Sushiboofay comes from a woman I use to work with. She had a real southern drawl — and one day a bunch of us from work went out to eat at a Chinese place and they had a buffet. Someone commented that they had a sushi buffet and in this voice that sounds like melted butter she says…. “Suushii Boo Fay….sounds like a ‘lady of the evening’”…..Years later I still remembered that and how we all loved the name and had a great laugh over it….so when I started thinking about store names….that’s the one I went with!

As for selling – I sell a little of everything. Right now I’m getting into selling records and vintage clothes. I also have some Gone With The Wind plates that belonged to me, but we just don’t have room for – so I’ve been listing them. Next month – it will probably be something else. I love to keep updating!

3 – what online venues are you currently selling on and are there others you plan to expand to in the next year?

I primarily sell on EBay, but I’ve been fascinated by Bonanzle so list there too. I’m also on Amazon and iOffer. I use Sushiboofay on all of the sites right now so people can remember it and easily find me on whatever venue I may be on.

I will probably be on GEMM next. I’ve heard some good things about them and sounds like a great place to list record albums!

4 – What are your goals for your business in the next year?

I really want to push my online business to the next level. I have down as official goal for this year that I would like to make EBay Power Seller by July 1st — got a long way to go, but I love a good challenge!

Cat's Bonanzle Booth

(click on the Bonanzle logo to visit Cat’s Bonanzle booth)

5 – Tell me a favorite story about your eCommerce career.

I don’t really have a story about my career, but I do have a favorite customer. I sold a vintage cookie jar to a woman in Canada. I didn’t have “worldwide” marked, but she bid and won anyway (pretty big amount). She had ONE feedback. I just knew this was going to end badly — but then she wrote that she wanted to give it as a gift to her mother because they had one when she was growing up and it would bring back a lot of memories. I had to rethink the shipping — took about a week to get all my ducks lines up — I still wondered if it was going to turn out well or not….but I took a chance and sent it.

She was just thrilled went it arrived. Gave me some of the best feedback I had ever gotten. THAT made me feel good about taking a chance on someone….knowing there are still some decent people out there and I made one of them happy!

Cat is also a writer and has some of most FUN signature lines on our group. Here is the current one! click on the image to visit her blog.

Cat's Blog