eBay Business Advanced takes you full circle through eBay selling. It discusses the current eBay climate after the company was hacked, how to navigate eBay’s new seller standards, how to catch the new wave of growth in international selling, and how take your business from zero to successful in the shortest possible time. If you can execute in five key areas, you’ll have everything you need to succeed selling on eBay—today, tomorrow, and into the future. 1. Plan for success 2. Establish a Niche 3. Ship like a pro 4. Sell international 5. Know your numbers Pick up your copy of eBay Business Advanced , and start growing your online business today. Heyeverybody, my name is Nick Vulich. I just finished writing my newest book -  TheOgre in the Basement: Strange Tales From the 1960s and 1970s . It's anoff-kilter look at growing up as a Baby Boomer. If you are from that era, readthe book. You will let out a sigh of relief, and scream AAH! Now, I get it."   The Ogre in the Basement was the most fun Iever had writing.   I started writing about five years ago, and letme tell, it's been more therapeutic thanfive years on a psychiatrist's couch. Most of my books offer short, easy toread solutions to life's everyday problems. My bestsellers focus on e-commerce- How to sell on eBay, Amazon, Fiverr, and Etsy. Most recently, I've recently transitionedfrom writing about e-commerce to one of my real passions - History . Hands down, Shot All to Hell is myfavorite of all the books I have written, so far.   As a kid, I spent everyfree moment reading western magazines. RealWest. Westerner. Frontier West. Treasure Times . You name a magazine thatcarried stories about the old west, badmen, lawmen, and gunfighters, and I read it.   My life's dream was to write for thosemagazines. I never did. Instead, I wrote one of the go-to books on the topic.How cool is that?   Like everything else in my life, I have developed some crazywriting habits. I write best when I am laid back in the recliner watching TV and sipping on aDiet Coke. Just to put it out there -  Psych, Family Guy, American Dad ,and the  Simpson's  set the backdrop for my writing. Sometimes Islip in an occasional episode of  Monk  or  Two and aHalf Men.   I am a firm believer in that old saying: Laughter is the best medicine.If you can't laugh at yourself, you are probably a grumpy old man, or well onyour way to becoming one.   Shame on you!   If you are feeling down, my prescription is to grab a Diet Coke, a doseof your favorite dessert, sit back, andwatch a couple hours of FOX cartoons. Those shows will reboot your funny bone,and get you to see life as it really is - one crazy ride.   My favorite books are the historical novels of Kenneth Roberts written back inthe thirties and forties -  Arundel, Northwest Passage, Boon Island ,and  Lydia Bailey . His stories are historically accurate, and totally absorbing no matter how many times youread them. Special thanks go out to my friend Mike, for introducing me to J. R. R. Tolkienand the  Lord of the Rings  trilogy way back in my college days.I recommend this series to everyone. Right now my focus is history.   I'vegot so many ideas rolling around in my head. 1861: Prelude to CivilWar . We Might Have Been Kings: GeorgeWashington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and the American Revolution . And,so many more.   The problem isdeciding which book to write first.   People often ask me foradvice on how they can get started writing. I tell them to read everything you can get yourhands on. Write as much as you can, and don't limit yourself to one subject orgenre. More importantly, don't be afraid to fail. Not every book is going to bea success. Some of them are going to sit there for six months or a year beforethey take off and start selling. Some are going to emerge stillborn.   It's the nature of the beast.   That's a little bitabout me, what books and authors haveinfluenced me, and which direction I am headed with my new material.   As always, it has beena pleasure. The one thing you can say about eBay is that it is always changing. I have been selling on eBay since 1999, and in that time the company has made dozens of changes that have affected my business - some of them good, some not so good. The best advice I can give sellers is to be open to change; experiment often with new products, services, and apps; understand that big changes come to eBay twice a year- in the Fall and Spring Seller Updates. Sometimes the seller updates are easy to adjust to. Perhaps a few minor category changes, or perhaps new shipping and handling or return policies. The 2013 Seller Updates pushed many sellers to the limit. Fees changed and became tied to the eBay store levels sellers have. New picture requirements went into effect as sellers made a mad scramble to get their listings updated. The final outtake, as usual, is a better buyer experience. To thrive and grow in 2014 your eBay business needs to be fresh. You need t