Ann Arbor's iSold It on eBay breaks into upper echelon of sellers

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 | Source: Concentrate

It might strike some people as strange that something like iSold It on eBay Ann Arbor is flourishing in a town that prides itself on its geeky knowledge of all things technological. But that's what happening with the 4-year-old firm.

The three-person company recently reached the 10,000 feedback in eBay sales milestone, moving it to the "shooting star" level as one of the top sellers on the eBay market. So far iSold It on eBay has sold more than 20,000 items, ranging from musical instruments to electronics.

It's been able to service the Ann Arbor area's senior population, which often has concerns about identity safety on the Internet or just isn’t familiar enough with web markets. Then there is also the 'I don’t have enough time' crowd.

"Doing an eBay sale requires a lot of work," says Carol Kamm, owner of iSold It on eBay Ann Arbor. "A lot of homework needs to be done beforehand to make an item sell. We answer the questions during the sale. We wrap it and ship it."

And apparently it's doing it well, hitting 99.7 percent positive feedback from its customers. That in turn makes Kamm a happy person.

It's not exactly the career move she envisioned making when graduating from the University of Michigan's School of Engineering in 1982. She worked several IT and software development jobs before seeing an ad for iSold It on eBay franchises. Suddenly such a move made sense for her with her family history in antique selling.

"I saw that, showed it to my husband and said I can do that," Kamm says.

Source: Carol Kamm, owner of iSold It on eBay Ann Arbor
Writer: Jon Zemke