02-09-2006, 08:50 AM
Quote:The internet auction site Ebay is fuelling a renaissance in cottage industries, according to a survey.
Around 68,000 people in Britain make at least a quarter of their annual income by selling goods on the website.
Some buy goods cheaply in one country to sell on at a premium. But a significant number are using the site to trade in second-hand books, rare records, homemade toiletries and jewellery...
Competition from Ebay has often been blamed for the demise of traditional bookstores and other businesses.
full article: http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh...ebay09.xml