Cheap and Free Doggy Pictures – A Secret Cash Creator?
October 26, 2008 – 9:05 pmIt might really astonish you, but one of the easiest items to sell on eBay is pieces of paper. But only when you know the right sort of paper to list.
You can even make money by offering old pictures for sale that cost you little or nothing to acquire. Want to know the No. 1, top-selling picture subject? Dogs.
Yes, it’s true. Dogs (or more precisely, dog pictures) can put food right on your table!
Offering pictures of dogs to dog enthusiasts is a fun way to make money, and the competition right now is surprisingly low. So, there’s room for more folks to get in and make money.
Want to know the best thing about this moneymaker idea? It’s this: you can often obtain your stock–that is, your dog pictures and photographs–either for free or incredibly cheap.The next step entails reselling the pictures on the Web, on ebay most likely.
Some folks make enough from this to pursue it full time. Our canine friends are a great subject in which to specialize. But others can do well too. Trains and old-timey sailing ships are also perennial best sellers.
The question, then, is: where can you find old dog pictures? Would you believe, artwork that you can tear out of old books and periodicals available for cheap or even free.
Fact: You frequently can sell one image that you took from an old book, for several times the cost of the book itself. All you have to do is target people who are looking for the subject of a particular image.
Incontestably, dogs are one of the best-selling picture subjects. Some buyers are so dog-crazy that they want almost any kind of canine art they can find. Others much prefer to collect images of a specific dog breed. Consider that a person who devoted to chow chows may have hundreds of prints of this breed framed and on display throughout his house.
With some searching, you can find a large number of books about dogs from the late 19th century and the 20th century, that contain beautiful color plates illustrating the different breeds. Some of them might contain 20, 30 or more such plates.
When you find such a book, you can carefully remove the pages with the illustrations, and mat them them individually. Believe this: You can then sell them for as much as fifty or hundred dollars-each!–on eBay and other auction sites.
A tip: Retrievers and other breeds of hunting dog tend to fetch the most collector interest when it comes to specific picture subjects.However, you can realize a profit selling just about any kind of dog art on eBay.
Besides dogs, and trains and ships as mentioned, also be on the lookout for books with prints of antique cars, pastoral scenes, world cities and horses. There are many other popular subjects.
To be successful in this, you must take time to learn where to find old books with the images that will sell. You must also learn how to remove the images so as to prevent damage. Learning how to mount your pictures in the most attractive way possible will be time well spent. The authoritative source on all of this is How To Make Money By Tearing Up Old Books And Selling Them On eBay.
Now for the bottom line? If you want a new and enjoyable way to make money via the Web, look no further than the friendly dog–and dog pictures. (And here’s an objective look at the business of selling paper online.)