Chinese New Year will arrive in less than 2 weeks time, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a Blessed Chinese New Year.  May the year of the Rabbit will bring peace, wealth and health to you and your family.  Looking forward to serve you in 2011.

Best regards,
Alex

It’s been a while since I last updated this website due to time as well as I was busy with other work at the moment.  And I have temporary disable the free course for the time being, as there seems to be a lot of non-genuine sellers which makes my job difficult.  Anyway, I will be reopening the free course soon once I set up a proper system.  But in the mean time while I’m updating the latest information on eBay, I shall briefly inform you on the latest services that I’m currently providing.

As you all know that, I only do one to one or group workshop which are currently situation in Kuching.  But with the help of technology right now, I will be able to teach you through webinars.  What is a webinar you may ask?  It’s like a seminar, but it will be conducted through a website where you will be sitting comfortably at home while I do my presentations as well as your practical on how to sell your item on eBay at the same time.

How this works is that, you will be able to actually see what I’m doing and I will be conversing with you with my microphone so you would be able to hear me as well.  So it is suggested that you should use a headset with a microphone so that you will be able to talk to me as well or ask questions during the webinar is conducted.

The good news is that, the course will indeed be cheaper, plus you’ll be getting the same amount of things that I’ve included with the package.  And this will be a very exciting beginning for me, not only that I am able to teach but also able to follow up with the help of forums where I will be personally managing it.

Another service I’m offering is a mentoring programme where I will help you do the initial work in getting your eBay site running as well as developing a shopping cart site for you if you don’t have one yet.  This will be a 3 months course, whereby I will help you manage your eBay account, all you need to do is check when the money goes in you ship out the item.  For more information check out the Mentoring Programme for more information.

Anyway, if you have any further questions feel free to contact me via the contact us page.  And I will get back to you as soon as possible.  At the moment I’m targeting to have my first webinar some time in middle or end of July to see the numbers.  It will be conducted 3 times a week, so in case the class is full (max of 5 participants) you can be rescheduled for the next class session.

My classes can be conducted in English, Chinese as well as Malay if required, as I have other associates also education specialist to assist you in your course.  If you would like to find out more about this courses, please use the contact us page to let me know if you are interested.

Surprisingly when I opened up my account to check, it stated IBG Credit. So I guess it’s considered a local transfer rather than international transfer. Who knows, but I do get complaints from people stating that the exchange rate is very low. Yes, I do agree with that the exchange rates are not reasonable but I guess they pretty much included the transfer fees or bank charges that could incurred during the transfer. Never the less, I always tell people to set your own exchange rates. So normally when I sell stuff online especially in USD, I would charge my clients about 1 USD = RM3.1 or RM3.2. So at least when I do a conversion through Paypal it wouldn’t be so bad, but ended up earning a little bit from the exchange rates. So why are you complaining about? Banks exchange rates are not that good either, so you’ve just got to learn how to give and take.

Anyway, I wouldn’t want to go into more details on that. But here’s the proof of my withdrawal, and of course this time I need to clear a bit, because it’s a little bit sensitive showing how much I withdraw this time round. Hehehe. Anyway, I did another withdrawal as well on the 2nd of February to Maybank account, as I heard it was faster. Well, I’ll just wait and see.

Oh before I forget, the swift code for CIMB Bank is CIBBMYKL. Apparently previously Paypal made a mistake in placing the swift code information. Anyway, they have fixed it already and I was able to withdraw no problems. So don’t just sit there, start selling and get some extra cash for this coming Chinese New Year

Withdraw to CIMB Bank in 6 working days!

Yes, apparently it has already been a few days after the New Year and I hope everyone is doing well.  Never the less, I would like to wish everyone a Blessed New Year.  I’ve always look forward for the New Year as it always gives me hope to start off something fresh and of course leave everything negative behind.  So let us all start a fresh and shake off what ever discouragement we have from last year, and try again this year.

Happy New Year

So what will I have been doing for the past few weeks was that, I’m actually going to have an open seminar whereby I’ll be introducing eBay to people.  I’ve already have the venue, but I’m still waiting for the green light by them.  As I believe they are also trying to gather as many people to attend this brief promo.  So I’m looking forward to that event which I think will happen hopefully within the next few weeks.

I’m also experimenting another method on how to sell on eBay, and we shall see how it will turn out.  Basically it’s a new account, so I’m sort of like starting from scratch again.  Anyway, I’m opened to questions so feel free to drop me a message or leave a comment and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.  Wishing all of you a Blessed New Year once more.

Happy New Year

Missing In Action

Anyway, just to update what actually have been happening for the past year was that I’ve been trying to adjust my lifestyle especially with the baby around.  Yes, that was mainly the reason why I have been a bit quiet in this section here.  As a lot of adjustment needed to be made.  And of course the time selling on eBay is also a bit difficult for me due to certain time have been taken just to take care of the little one.  Not that I’m complaining or anything, as a matter a fact it was indeed a good and fun experience for me.  But never the less, work is still important and my baby girl is already 1 years ++.  So I can start to go back teaching once again, something which I have miss for a very long time.

I’m currently experimenting a new method in listing my products and trying to see how the outcome would be.  And also I’m currently repackaging my course fees as well as methods of teaching.  There will still be a free course, but just to let you know that eBay won’t be paying for the phone bills anymore.  So I guess we need to resort to Skype or MSN or any other instant messengers that support voice.

For group courses, I will be planning to do a bit of traveling in the near future.  So most likely I’ll be flying around Sarawak.  And if I so by happened to be in your town or city, I won’t mind staying another extra 2-3 days to hold a course.  So do check me out in a couple of weeks, as how I will plan for my year 2010 program specially just for you.   For personal or group seminars do contact me via the contact page and I’ll get in touch with you soon.

Thank you for continuous support, and I hope to see all of you soon.

So you can see that my withdrawal was successful.  But let’s take a look at the transaction on the 01-07-2009.  I was given the credit of RM0.02 instantly, which was due to the fact that I made a transaction via PayPal for the verification process.  Unlike Visa Electron you might need to wait until the end of the year before you can actually use the cashback value.  Pretty cool don’t you think?

Anyway, for those who wish to upgrade your bankcard to this, there are pros and cons which you would like to consider which I stated in my previous post.  But never the less, it’s all good   So I do hope that this final post for the PB Day2Day card will help you decide on which card you would like to take.

Oh before I forget, in order for you to use this card online you must first apply for the Verify with Visa, which you can actually do it at the public bank website.  Like the Public Bank Visa Electron Debit card, the credit limit you must enter is 000000.  Then you can enter a new pin already by then.  Have a nice day.

This card is actually link to your Savings account, much like the Maybank Visa Debit card.  But the only difference is that, this card is able to use over the Internet especially either purchasing an item or withdrawing funds to and from this Day 2 Day debit card.  Unlike the Visa Electron card, this card is unembossed and your name is not printed on the card.  But you shouldn’t really need to worry because, the name is exactly following your account name.

Here is a small comparison between these two cards.

In my opinion, if one already have a Public Bank account, I feel that maybe you should not upgrade this card.  This is because due to “security” issues.  Whereby if let say, your card were to get stolen you won’t be able to get your money back unlike credit cards.  So if you do decide to use this card, probably just keep minimum amount in it, or maybe transfer to your checking account if you have one.  But for those who are using Visa Electron now, I believe this will be a good move to switch over due to the lower annual fees.

  But before you go on and apply for this card, and cancel your Visa Electron.  Please give me a few days or 1-2 weeks first and let me try to withdraw the funds from PayPal into this card.  If it works, then by all means you guys can either opt to switch over or just stick to the Visa Electron.

2nd July Updates

I’ve already request for a withdrawal via PayPal.  Now currently waiting for the funds to go into my account.  Fingers crossed

7th July Updates
I’ve succesfully managed to withdraw the funds from Paypal to this PB Day2Day Visa Debit Card.  For more details please go visit this post :- PB Day2Day Visa Debit Card Withdraw Paypal Success

I would be selling my service in terms of teaching YOU, yes YOU on how to sell on eBay. How would this course works, is exactly like what I do for my Light & Easy course. This would be a phone based consultancy, where this session would only last 30-45 mins. You would be asked to list on eBay.com or eBay.co.uk where fees would be implied. For fees structure you can visit US site or UK site. Please be aware that these fees are consider rental fees when placing an item on eBay. After listing an item, I would need to request for your item number so that I would give tips and comments on how to improve on your listings.

Who are eligible?

• New eBay users with accounts starting in JUNE!
• Never sold anything before on eBay
• Willing to post an item on eBay international sites

The cost for this whole course would be RM30 which consist of two sessions where by in session 1 you are suppose to :-
1. Create eBay Account
2. Create PayPal Account
3. Link eBay & PayPal Account
4. Creating A Seller’s Account

And in Session 2 you would be required to list your actual item up for sale on eBay paid sites. After you have completed 2 of these sessions, you would be entitled to get a FREE LIMITED EDITION of 128MB eBay thumb drive (as shown in picture). Inside this thumb drive, you can find out more information on advance selling on eBay. Please take note that this thumb drive will be given out for those who have completed the two session first!

Not only that for those who completed the course as well will also receive this calender which is a hard copy from what you can find inside the thumb drive. Not only that, there is also a CD where you can also see videos of actual sellers who successfully made a living in selling on eBay. For only RM30 you are entitled to get so many of these items, plus 100% of the course fees will go straight back to the Kuching Autistic Association. So if you wish to participate in this course, feel free to contact me by leaving me a comment, and I will get back to you via email. These are the details of the Kuching Autistic Association Food Sale!

Venue : Kuching Civic Centre
Date : 29th June 2008
Time : 8AM – 1PM

I would like to emphasize once again that all the registration fees that will be collected on that day will all go straight to the organization. We will only be accepting coupon from the organization and will not be accepting any cash on that day. A registration form as well as a receipt will be given to you once you’ve made payment to sign up for this course. Here are a few FAQs you might want to know.

FAQs
1. Who can sign up for this course?
Anyone who has interest on planning to sell on eBay.

2. Can I sign up for this course as many times as I want?
You can only sign up for 1 time only, unless you would like to sign up under a different name would not be a problem.

3. What are the minimum fees that I am required to pay?
If you plan to sell on eBay.com, the minimum fees you are required to pay is USD0.15, which is equivalent to RM0.50. If your item doesn’t sell, no charge. If your item does sell there would be a commission to be taken from eBay. But I will guide you on how to cover these fees in our session.

4. I’m a foreigner can I participate in this program?
You can, provided if you have a valid address in Malaysia

5. I have an eBay account as well as a verified PayPal account. Can I still join this?
I would only accept an account that have been created since May 2008, and have not done any selling activity yet. You can join. But if your account is older than 2 months or you have been selling, you can create a new account for participate this new course.

6. Why I can only get the Thumb Drive after I completed the course, not upon the day I sign up?
The reason why you can only obtain your thumb drive after the 2 session is that we want you to commit to sell on eBay. I wouldn’t want you to miss out on an business opportunity that could be another source of income for you despite recent increase of fuel prices as well as food.

7. What if I paid the RM30, and you never called?
Please rest assure that I’ve been doing this since in September 2007, and I am also a featured instructor in eBay Malaysia. And I wouldn’t dream of spoiling my reputation, now would I?

8. How long would this course take to finish?
Basically it will be a 2 session course whereby each session will not exceed 1 hour. The time frame to complete this course is 5-7 days for each person. So I would like to seek for your co-operation that you would not try to delay or postponed this course to another day as I would worry it might clash with others.

9. When will you teach this course?
I training would be from Monday to Saturday 9am to 9pm. Sunday is possible but it can only be done after 2pm. If there are special cases, then we could fix the time as well.

10. What are the things that I need to prepare?
i) Computer with internet connection
ii) Digital camera or scanner to take a picture of the item you wish sell
iii) Credit or Debit Card – I know many might be skeptical on putting your card online, but rest assure that is 100% safe and you will not have to worry about a thing. But if you are still skeptical, then I suggest that you apply for a Debit Card. Here is the reason why you need a Credit Card.
iv) Product you wish to sell
v) Phone / mobile phone for me to call you.