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So you don’t have a credit card, how would you buy or sell on eBay. Well, there are a few banks who are offering debit cards that are able to be used for internet purchases. Here are the list of them :-

Ambank – AmBank NexG PrePaid MasterCard
Eon Bank – Mol Freedom
Public Bank – Public Bank Visa Electron Debit Card

Why it is important to have a credit card or a debit card is because when you are trading internationally, this is how PayPal as well as eBay will be able to verify us via our billing address. So that people would know you are for real, and not a fraud or a conman. So which card is best for you if you don’t really have a card?

Currently PayPal will only be able to withdraw to a VISA card. So the Public Bank Visa Electron card would be a good choice. But the only draw back for this is that, it would take at least 1 month to one and a half months for it to get approved and to be used. So the best option is probably you could wait for the card or apply for a MOL Freedom card (which normally takes about 10 working days for the card to be activated) first while waiting for the public bank card to arrive.

Benefits of Having a debit card
It is safer to place a debit card rather than a credit card on file. So that you should place a minimum amount in the card so that your funds will not be used.
Not over spending, whereby you would know your limit so you wouldn’t need to worry on over spending.

So if you don’t have a credit card, get a debit card and start selling on eBay today.

As you all know that there are 2 different types of courses here currently available at http://course.alexjong.com. This is a break down of what you should expect from these two courses.

Light And Easy Course
This would be a phone based consultancy, where this session would only last 30-45 mins. You would be asked to list on eBay.com or eBay.co.uk where fees would be implied. For fees structure you can visit US site or UK site. Please be aware that these fees are consider rental fees when placing an item on eBay. After listing an item, I would need to request for your item number so that I would give tips and comments on how to improve on your listings.

Who are eligible?

• New ebay users with accounts which is not older than 2 months
• Never sold anything before on eBay
• Willing to post an item on eBay international sites

Heavy Load Course
Here you would be given as I would say a full course meal. Where it would be split into 2 different session. The topics that are covered would be covered based on the syllabus, as well as how to search for hot items. Tips and tricks would be given, as well as other tools to help list your item easier. I would also be sharing from my past experience where I went wrong and what I did to help improved my sales. Will take at least 2 sessions so that you would not need to digest everything in one day. You would also be given a student manual which contains important notes that would help you list on eBay.

Plus there would be other topics such as starting your own e-commerce business which are not inclusive in the eBay syllabus. Where I would also guide you in creating your very own web store.

Who Are Eligible?

• Anyone who are seriously wanting to start a business online

Which course is suitable for me?
If you are concern about the fees, it would be best you should go for the Light & Easy Course. You would actually get a hands on experience selling on eBay. If you think you want to learn more about eBay, then I you may consider going through the Heavy Load course.

    In my previous post, as I mention that Paypal might be surprising Malaysia any time soon? Well.. I guess they haven’t yet. Apparently we’re not that lucky yet But for Indonesia, Philippines, Luxembourg , India & Slovakia. They are able to do so now. You can actually view them here.

    So what’s the reason how come other countries are able to withdraw but not Malaysia yet? Well, basically that’s left to the government to decide. The reason being said so is probably they are worried that $$$ will be going out freely. Either that, there are only a minority group of people who are actually using paypal within the whole Malaysia. Well call it a conspiracy theory, whatever that is. Let us all hope that Paypal would indeed be able to help us withdraw to our local banks.

    Speaking of which, this might indeed cause other chain reaction. As you know that suddenly if let say you’re an active seller and then money keep on pumping into your account. Yeah, for the first few times the bank wouldn’t mind. But what happened when suddenly you are able to pay for a BMW or a house.. Well, that’s when the Inland Revenue fella’s would call you up and suddenly tell you that they want to investigate you. After going through your bank account, and all that. You got slap with one huge saman. And probably they’ll ask you why didn’t you report your income, and then jeng, jeng, jeng. You end up hutang them and thus end of story.

    Anyway, I went and opened up a tax file recently. But most likely I’ll post it up in a different post.. Since we can withdraw now to a visa card, at least it won’t be so bad or long before we can withdraw it to our local banks here.
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