12-07-2005, 10:31 AM
eBay's public relations department was busy feeding articles to local newspapers last night after eBay honored 100 top sellers with breakfast in bed and eBay logo merchandise.
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Quote: Bra company thrives with help of eBay
The eBay power seller runs Bramania, an online seller of bras ranging from 34A to 54J, from a self-storage unit in Wixom. There he and employee Sandra Nelson ship out about 450 bras and panties a week all over the world.
Howell received a cheery holiday greeting Tuesday from eBay as part of a breakfast-in-bed appreciation program for 100 top sellers across the country. He was served a continental breakfast on a tray and received an eBay apron, slippers and a copy of the Free Press.
With the breakfast, eBay hopes to call attention to the people who are trying to make it through the holidays often single-handedly running their small businesses.
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Quote:LI family top eBay seller
For the Warshauers of Ronkonkoma, "small" business has a very different meaning: Several employees of their home-based eBay business are just a few feet tall, including Daniel, 7, their youngest son.
But together, they sell more than a half-million dollars' worth of goods a year on eBay. At 10-percent to 20-percent profit, that surpasses Alan Warshauer's annual salary as a printer.
Tuesday, eBay recognized the business as a top eBay seller, bringing the family breakfast and goodies, including slippers, with the eBay logo.
...EBay spokesman Hani Durzy said eBay receives about 7 percent of its sellers' revenues, far less than what a business would spend for rent, marketing and other overhead.
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