Can you get rich selling stuff online?
You can’t sleep. You’re up late, sitting at the kitchen table worrying about bills. The TV is squawking away in the background. Suddenly, a late-night infomercial gets your attention: “Get rich by selling online!” Like all of those late-night offers, it’s tempting, but it seems too good to be true. So, is it possible to make a fortune on eBay or other online stores? According to a 2006 ACNielsen study commissioned by eBay, 1.3 million individuals used the site as a primary or secondary source of income worldwide. The figure for the United States was around half as many. But the study didn’t parse out how much money each of those 1.3 million individuals make, or how many of them use eBay as their “primary” as opposed to “secondary” source of income [source: Gross]. Infomercials that promise quick and easy riches online oversimplify the real
