When she first started selling, Peg Repine (tw-bug), would wake up at night to check if something had sold. Now, 7 years later as a PowerSeller with nearly 11,000 transactions under her belt, Peg can count on at least $3,000 per month.

Though Peg's husband Tom recently retired, they were both working full-time jobs while they ramped up their eBay sales of lingerie and bathing suits evenings and weekends. In swimsuit season their sales spike up to around $5-6,000. Last summer they hired an hourly helper to meet demand.

Peg and Tom got a big bump up in sales when they added men's brand name and designer underwear, which sells briskly in places like Estonia, Latvia and Brazil. "We started getting orders from countries we had to look up in a world atlas, because we'd never heard of them."

Peg & Tom credit great products and great service as the main reason for their growth. They make a point of being especially honest, helpful and courteous in all their customer interactions as their 100% feedback score attests. They estimate at least 20% of their customers are repeat business.

Adding an eBay Store was a business booster. Peg noticed a big increase in traffic to their listings once they opened Peg's New Designer Clothing Store. Tom is especially enthusiastic about the traffic watching feature. It helps him understand which products customers are looking for. They started with 40 items that sold out in one to two days. Peg also loves the time savings she gets from using eBay's free TurboLister. They sell nearly all items with Buy It Now unless it's especially unusual or rare.

Peg and Tom work together on photography. Tom snaps the bathing suit shots because he has a knack with the mannequin they use to model their suits. in her shots Peg displays underwear on fabric backgrounds with flowers.