After much consideration, I have finally taken the plunge. Over the years, I have helped many friends and relatives with their eBay adventures. Even in the most challenging situations, I have been excited to bring the ‘Joy of eBay” to those who have asked for help.
One year, I helped a friend sell his deer permits, then set up an account for another friend so that he could sell his time vacations. Recently, I helped someone set up their email, eBay and PayPal accounts so that they could purchase machinery parts online. It gave me goosebumps when he hit the button for his first bid.
Until recently, my eBay adventures have been totally on my own with only my personal experiences guiding me to help others. I am now proud to say that I am a full-fledged Education Specialist Trained by eBay.
Becoming an EdSpec is part of an overall goal of becoming more active in the eBay Community. By looking at the Education Specialist Program webpages, I see that I am the only Education Specialist trained by eBay in Southwest Kansas and only one of six total in the entire state of Kansas.
Though I am not a Powerseller, and it’s unlikely that I ever will be, I know that there are other people who could benefit from my eight years of experience buying and selling on eBay. Living in such a remote area of Kansas, I find that in order to attend attend any eBay training or seminars, I often must travel hundreds of miles. When I began on eBay in 2002, I had no one to help me with understanding best practices or to offer time/money saving hints. Everything I learned, I learned on my own… either through trial and error or by searching forums and the eBay University Learning Center. There were many times that I wished I had a real person that I could call to ask simple questions. My hope is that I can be that go-to person for a novice or wannabe ebay buyer or seller. There is nothing better than seeing the excitement of helping someon to win that first auction or sell that first item on eBay…now I can enjoy it with a new title….Education Specialist Trained by eBay.
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