Did you know, that as a member of Here Comes The Stork, you not only get access to our entire site packed full of great resources for selling…but that we also have an affiliate program for members to earn cash for every new user they refer? 25%!!  Another great reason to join! When you join our site, you will find our newest affiliate banners here:

http://www.herecomesthestork.com/amember

And then click through as shown below:

Starting March 1, the old program will be discontinued. Please check your email or the board for details.

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!!

If you know anyone who would like to join-please tell them about a new coupon code I am going to be promoting to old and present storks now-March 8th. The code is MISSYOU and it’s good for 30% off of an annual membership.

Filed under: General HCTS Info by Rebecca
No Comments »

Do you have an ACTIVE ebay-related business or a personal blog in which you talk about your ebay selling? If so, I want to partner with you!

First: Grab this banner and link it to: http://www.herecomesthestork.com/blog

2) email me at rebecca@herecomesthestork.com with the following info:

• your name
• your HCTS ID (optional)
• your blog url (blog must be showing the HCTS banner)
• your 125×125 image for my blogroll

3)If all conditions are met (must be family-friendly, must be active in posting, must display the HCTS banner) I will add your blog banner to the HCTS blog within 5 business days.

4)Presto! We are blog partners. Aren’t we awesome?

Please note: Do to limited space availabily, I reserve the right to deny any partnership requests for any reason I choose. Any other ebay/work at home “how to” sites will be automatically rejected. Sorry.

Filed under: General HCTS Info by Rebecca
No Comments »

ALMOST HOME!!

Only 3 days left, can you believe it? You girls are sooooo incredible, and have almost accomplished something truly amazing here. You had the ability to do this inside of you, all this time. Why did you ever doubt yourself?

TODAY’S CHALLENGE: A picture is worth a thousand words. Go for 5,000! Good pictures go sooooooo far in getting your item sold. Today, experiment with adding more pictures to something you normally wouldn’t take a lot of pictures of (a shirt, for example)-for today’s challenge, let’s go for 5 pictures. Normally, I would take just one picture of the shirt lying flat. If I were photographing this shirts for today’s challenge-I would 1)take the beforementioned photo, 2)take at least one close-up photo of an interesting detail, 3) take a photo of the shirt on a manne, form or model, 4) take a photo of the back of the garment, 5) take a close up photo of the label. This will only take about 1-5 minutes more in your photography and editing time, but it will go a long way in letting buyer really “know” what they are getting!

Filed under: Listing Challenges, Motivation, Tips and Tricks by Rebecca
No Comments »

Can you believe that we only have 10 more days of the challenge? It’s unbelievable!! We are almost done. Today’s challenge will be about sharing your stats…but first, another inspirational poem for you!!

Words To Live By

It’s not how much you accomplish in life
that really counts,
but how much you give to other.

It’s not how high you build your dreams
that makes a difference,
but how high your faith can climb.

It’s not how many goals you reach,
but how many lives you touch.

It’s not who you know that matters,
but who you are inside.

Believe in the impossible,
hold tight to the incredible,
and live each day to its fullest potential.
You can make a difference
in your world.

~ Rebecca Barlow Jordan ~

What has impressed me THE MOST about this challenge is the way we have all encouraged each other. We have celebrated our sales, pushed one another to complete each day/week, and have just been soooooo positive in general. That’s why I picked this poem, for this line:

“It’s not how high you build your dreams

that makes a difference,
but how high your faith can climb.

It’s not how many goals you reach,
but how many lives you touch.”

Because at the end of the day, if you sell thousands of dollars a month on ebay, but have helped no one else along, it’s not fulfilling to your spirit. You girls TOTALLY get it. I love you!!

TODAY CHALLENGE:

Show me the money/listings! Post about how many listings you started with, and about how much you have sold since the start of the challenge. Doesn’t have to be an exact figure-just a rough guess is good.

me: I’ve done 187 listings since the start of the challenge, and I have had around $1000 in sales.

Filed under: Listing Challenges, Motivation by Rebecca
1 Comment »

Quick question…are you a Mardi Gras Gal or a Faustnaut Fillie?

or…

My PA peeps may be the only people who “get this”.

TODAY CHALLENGE: List something green, purple or gold. Alternatively, you may list anything with a donut on it!!

Filed under: Listing Challenges, The Daily Stork by Rebecca
2 Comments »

Day 15!!! We are “over the hump” and on our way home!! Isn’t this exciting?

Thank you all for sticking with me so far. I have tried to be “real” about my own struggles in completing the challenge. The mods and I definitely have a huge appreciation for the struggles you are going through-the running out of inventory, the late nights, and the interruption of family time. This challenge has been great for your businesses (mine included!!), but it hasn’t all been “sunshine and roses”. I’m not sure what the point is of my posting this, but maybe someone just needed to hear that today. :hug:

Anyhow-we are on the home stretch-after today, you have completed more challenge than you have left to finish!!! Doesn’t that feel great?

Today’s CHALLENGE: Did you know the Chinese have a New Year? It’s the year of the tiger, ladies!! I personally feel “It’s the year of the stork“…but since they already picked the dumb tiger, we’ll just go with that…ha ha! Today list something with a wild animal on it, or anything with an animal print.

Chinese New Year

2010 is the Year of the Tiger, which is also known by its formal name of Geng Yin.

Filed under: Listing Challenges, The Daily Stork by Rebecca
No Comments »

Happy Valentine’s Day from the staff of Here Comes the Stork!

Filed under: The Daily Stork by Rebecca
1 Comment »

Hi everyone!!

I’m away from the site pretty much this whole weekend while my girls have some swimming competitions. But, I just got an email from our graphic designer that she installed the new blog! How do you like it? The whole site should be transitioned to our new logo/look this coming week.

Have a wonderful weekend. And don’t forget to get your 70 listings done for this week by 6am Eastern Time on Monday!!

Filed under: General HCTS Info, Listing Challenges by Rebecca
2 Comments »

This morning, as I sit here with my coffee, I am looking through itunes for music to listen to while I list. If you’ve never listened to music while you are listing, in the spirit of doing new things this month, why don’t you try it? It’s not that weird. I mean, people listen to music to exercise, right? It’s motivational!

Today’s challenge is kind of different. I want you to pick three songs that make you feel like moving, or have goal-oriented inspirational lyrics. Post your choices, and then tell us WHY you picked them. Here are my three:

note: these choices are pretty embarrassing now that I think about it, two of them are kid’s songs!!

1. “All Star”, Smash Mouth. My kids heard this on the Shrek movie, and wanted it on their ipods. Somehow, it ended up on mine!! It’s a good “warm up” tune, lol. Profound lyrics include…”Doesn’t make sense not to live for fun, your brain gets smart, but your head gets dumb” Huh? That doesn’t make any sense!! But, girls, remember this…”only shootin’ stars break the mold!”

2. “The Good Life” by Hanna Montana. Confession time: I am shallow and materialistic. I like nice stuff, who doesn’t? Now, I’ll never be in Jimmy Choos …lol, but I do like to shop! Let’s face it. None of us do ebay for personal fulfillment or to help society, we do it for money. My dh, who is the sweetest, most quiet guy-rocks out to some EMINEM song about making money on his ipod before he goes to work some days!  We all have to feed our inner capitalist, huh? Plus this HM song has GREAT memories attached, Scarlet and I love to sing it together in the car. :heart:

3. The best motivational song of all time, in my opinion- “Unwritten” by Natasga Bedingfield. “Reaching for something in the distance, so close you can almost taste it” LOVE LOVE LOVE this song!!

Have a wonderful day, everyone!!

Filed under: Listing Challenges, Motivation by Rebecca
1 Comment »

These daily challenges have brought out *the absolute best* in so many of you! You don’t know what an encouragement it is to me to read your success stories.

But you girls know-that this challenge has not brought you success, right? Your successes have nothing to do with HCTS, the 280 Challenge, or little ole me. If you are confused by this statement, answer these questions:

• Who selected the item for resale? (hint: YOU!)
• Who did all the prep work for the listing-the ironing, the research, etc? (YOU!)
• Who took all those pictures? (clue: not me!!)
• Who listed the item? (that would be, YOU!!)
• Who built and maintained their ebay reputation? (YOU!)
• Who took care of the sale, and shipped the item? (wait for it…hmmmm…YOU!)

You are a person who makes things happen in your life, rolls with the punches, and keeps pushing through!!

You cannot tailor make the situations in life, but you can tailor make the attitudes to fit those situations before they arise.

~Zig Ziglar~

I know nothing about golf, but I love me some Zig Ziglar!

Look in the mirror, friend-you are awesome!

Challenge: List something with stripes or polka dots!

Filed under: Listing Challenges, Motivation by Rebecca
No Comments »