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FAST MONEY GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS

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ebay seller

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How to make money selling on eBay

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without physical items or drop-shipping

By OpenSauce BHW
The key 🔑 of this method

W
e want to buy a steam game 1 time and resell it
10+ more times. How do we do that? Quite
simple! Create a brand new steam account that
you will sell and add a game to it. You can purchase any
popular game key online cheaply. Now you have an
account with a game and you can sell it on eBay. Here
comes the promised loophole - Steam only allows the game
to be played on a single device, so you could not share the

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account with other, but Steam also has an ‘offline mode’
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that prevents this security measure from activating. All you
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have to do is to open the game, wait for it to load, then
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close it and activate the ‘offline mode’. This way you can
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enjoy the game on the current device as long as you want

and it won’t be impacted by other users sharing the same
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account. By using this method you can have the same game
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from the same Steam account running on 10+ devices at the

same time!

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Important!

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Required investment: $10 - 20

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This only works for offline/single-player games!

Let’s begin with quick steps on how this works and get
into the details after ⬇ 

Step 1.

Create a new Steam account.

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Step 1.2

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Check if 2FA is disabled

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Step 2.

Find a popular offline game in your budget

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Step 3.

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Buy the Steam key from any store

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Step 4.

List the game for sale on eBay

Step 5.

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Deliver the item to customer

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Step 6.

Enjoy the earnings!

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Case study

Let's take a look at this seller:

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The average game price sold by this store is $8, which means
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this seller has made over $6500 using this method!

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He's been selling Steam accounts with games since 2019,

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meaning this business has been active for over 4 years now. He
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does not list more than 30 games at once and provides instant
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refunds or replacements for anyone who has any issues. He

also cleverly boosts his feedback score by offering an extra
game for every customer if they leave a positive review. He also
stays 'under the radar' by selling some other items at a loss.
You can do this too by offering a popular item for less money
than it's worth and drop-shipping it at a loss. This eats into the
profits but makes the store more trustworthy.

About the method

This is a twist on an old method of selling digital items on eBay.

Due to the recent divorce between PayPal and eBay, it is less
risky and more lucrative than it was before. No more limited
PayPal accounts and lost balances, and no more dealing with
PayPals unreasonable requirements. Everything happens on
one platform that is eBay and as long as the customers are
happy, there shouldn’t be any issues.

How to use the ‘Offline’ mode?

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When offline mode is active Steam cannot reach its servers

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and check if the account is being used on multiple devices.

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What if someone doesn’t follow the rules?

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If someone purchases the account, but ignores the rules

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and just plays the game in the online mode they will get the
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game closed by Steam with a message saying that there is

another active session. Other users, who just made the
purchase will see the game as ‘active’ on other devices but
will have the option to kick the person off and launch the
game on their device. This way new clients will have no
issues getting the game they want to play and the
customers who dismiss the rules will message the seller for
help. Then you can kindly repeat the rules or offer a
refund.

What if they steal my account?

You cannot do much with just email and password unless

you have access to the email account as well. Make sure the
email password is secure and you are good to go. This
means they can re-sell the accounts themselves, but there is
no way to prevent that and most people are just looking to
play some games on a budget. No reason to worry about

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something you cannot prevent.

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Creating the steam account

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Make sure to avoid setting two-factor authentication or any

additional security, so your client would have no trouble
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connecting to the account. You can however add a phone

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number, it will not prevent others from logging in but offer

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more protection for the account in case someone decides

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to do something malicious.

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How many times can you sell one account?

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Just to stay safe and prevent future issues, it is not

recommended to go over 10 users per account, as you are
risking getting the Steam account suspended due to strange
activity. There aren't any specific limits, but smaller profits
and fewer sales at the beginning could lead to a more
sustainable eBay store in the future. Patience is important!

Creating the listing on eBay:

Title: You will want to start with the name of the game
followed by the popular tags most buyers are looking for, such
as "steam, all regions, instant delivery, etc..." Then don't forget
to mention that there is NO KEY and remind the buyer to
READ DESCRIPTION before buying the item.

The description: Repeat the name of the game that is for

sale and make it clear that the buyer will get a steam account
and not the game key itself. NOTE: the word 'account' is flagged

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by ebay and should not be used! You can say: You are buying a

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steam ACC of this game, not k3y. Online mode not supported.
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Cheapest price and instant delivery! Bonus gift included!
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Lifetime warranty and support. No physical item will be
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shipped!

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Pictures: You can copy the photos directly from steam, add
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some colorful borders to make them look more appealing and

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stand out more. Cropping them in squares is also

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recommended.

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Pricing the items:

The general rule is to not undercut the market. This benefits

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nobody and brings the overall value of an item down. Check

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what similar games are selling for on eBay and price your
listing accordingly with few cent difference. If you make your
price lower you will steal customers from other sellers and
force them to lower their prices. This will escalate into a
waterfall where everyone is dropping their prices and trying to
regain the lost customers. Pricing your game similarly to other
sellers allows you to share the customer base without starting
a price war and leads to bigger profits for everyone involved.

Making your listings visible:

There are thousands of popular games on steam, so you can

easily find something less popular and become one of the few
sellers providing the game. Other option is to go with the most
popular games and pay ebay to advertise your listing. This
reduces the profits, but guarantees that someone will see your
listing and will chose to buy from you instead of others. Other
than that, don't forget the basics of SEO when creating each
listing. Use all the available space to fill all the details, make the
title and description as detailed and thorough as possible. Add
appealing images or even emojis to stand out form the crowd.

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It is generally easy to get sales on eBay as long as the item is
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popular and video games are definitely popular.

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Preparing the account:

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To become a successful eBay seller it's important to have good

feedback. Easiest way to grow those eBay stars is to buy items.
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You can purchase 10 cheapest items on the site for less than
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$10 and instantly get 10 stars as a buyer. To easily get some

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seller feedback you can sell a few popular items at a loss.

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The scalability:

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As you may know scaling on eBay can be difficult, when selling

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'grey' area items or services. It is not illegal to sell digital items,

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but eBay is not so keen on having accounts sold on their

platform. If you have a small store that sells 2-3 games you
should not have any trouble, but if you start expanding and
offering hundreds of different games and deal with large
amount of income every day, eBay will notice and will have
some question for you. These questions most likely will lead to
account closure as there will be no official documents or
supplier information to backup such business. This means that
in order to scale, multiple eBay accounts are needed. No
information can be shared between the accounts, so different
bank accounts to receive the money will be needed as well.
Depending on your skills or connections this may or may not
be an easy task to achieve, making the scalability of this
method quite complicated.

The ugly truth

A lot of people will try to play the system instead of the

game and will ask for refunds. Avoid fighting these people.

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Refund policy

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When listing the item say you do not accept refunds, that
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will eliminate some potential issues, but not all. To make
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sure this method is as sustainable as possible, there will be

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some losses to take. There will be customers who like to

play the system and request a refund as soon as they get the
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accounts. The easiest way to deal with them is to offer a full

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refund and move on. Any further escalation will get

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unnecessary attention from eBay and is a risk of getting the

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account suspended as account reselling is not allowed.

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Plan for the worst!

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This is customers service territory and you should expect

the worst - refunds, complaints, account issues, etc. Make
sure to find a game that is easy to turn into profit and
always plan for issues ahead. Always be polite and offer a
solution, even if it means taking a loss.

Templates to send to your customers

Here is an example template to send to your customers, attach

it as an image when sending an eBay message.

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What if I don’t have eBay account?

I you do not have an eBay account and do not want to create

and prepare one yourself, you can always buy it instead. Check
the BHW marketplace for possible solutions.

How do I get my money?

Don’t be surprised that eBay ‘holds’ the money for a while to

confirm the transaction went smoothly. Once the initial hold
period has passed you can get your money by attaching our
bank account or alternatively getting a virtual card.

Closing thoughts

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This method is a great way for beginners to build some capital
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for their future business ventures. I do not think this can be a
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sustainable business that will generate income for years to
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come, but there are people who manage to do this, so the

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success depends on you.

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