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Without the patience, love and support of our children, Keighly, Kaiylah, Leith and baby Mavrick, who completely inspire us with their trust, affection, maturity and encouragement, we would indeed not be where we are today. You warm our hearts, spur us on, and give us the why to our how.

For us it has been an honour and a privilege to write this book. As with any major project there are a number of special people to whom we would like to take this opportunity to say a big, fat THANK YOU! Without their efforts, this book would not have been possible.

We are lucky enough to be surrounded by people who love and care for us. A special thank you to mum and dad and all our family and friends who have been so understanding. Especially when weve not been able to return calls or have missed birthdays due to our commitments!

To Phil Leahy, Chris Morley and all the amazing staff who put together and organise such a remarkable, inspiring and incredible Internet Conference every year here in Australia. We think it should be utilised far more than it is. We are grateful to you for this event, which is full of useful and pertinent information, and we look forward to continuing our patronage of this wonderful conference every year!

Thank you also to our special friend and mentor Pat Mesiti for your continuing care, for constantly improving our mindset, helping us to grow and expand in areas we never thought possible and for always encouraging us to take steps forward into a better and brighter future.

This book, and many of the accomplishments we have experienced, really wouldnt have been conceivable without the hard work, diligence, ingenuity and resourcefulness of our good friend, Darren Stephens. Your dedication and commitment to us personally, and to our book, has been outstanding. Thank you!

We would also like to thank our publisher, Global Publishing Group, for their meticulous attention to detail, while Lesley and Helen have been outstanding.

We have met so many wonderful people on our journey and each and every one has given us some inspiration in one way or another. It is our pleasure to have you all in our lives.

Katrina and Nick Nydam are an entrepreneurial powerhouse couple who have built considerable online business success after gaining extensive experience from traditional and online business. As a dynamic team they have condensed into just a few short years what most fail to achieve in their life time.

Yes that includes the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, everything from remarkable success, costly failures and valuable lessons that most never experience. They have overcome incredible adversity to forge a wonderful family life, held a number of investment properties and invested into other eCommerce projects over the years. Today they run a successful profitable online business that gives them an enviable family/work life balance.

Katrina

Katrina was born in England and raised within a very controlled environment, which taught her to hone whatever youth ful skills she possessed, in order to flourish in everything she did. This included excelling in many sports such as netball, and pool where she honed her skills with her uncle and aunt at the local watering hole in Gosport, England.

It wasnt until later in life Katrina realised she has always had a natural willing ness to learn, appreciate and understand business, taking inspiration from her Aunts and Grandmother. So at the tender age of 12, while still at school she began working a range of jobs to understand business. Four years later aged 16 she migrated to Australia with her parents.

It was Woodvale Senior High where she completed her Tertiary Entrance Exams in Western Australia. On completing her exams and eager to see the world of business Katrina decided to go it alone, be independent and moved out of home to further her business education. Sticking with her English upbringing she worked at multiple jobs, one of which was manager of a major news agency chain. This determination and drive helped reinforce within her that you really can accomplish anything if you put your mind to it.

At just 21 years of age, Katrina was promoted to new position requiring her to move to Victoria where she became the sales and service manager across three states for Stanilite Electronics. While here, she not only took on a second job but also began a formal business degree at RMIT. Shortly after beginning her degree, Katrina found the course to be not to her liking. Being an entrepreneur she found it hard to stay attuned to the academic perspective of business, when she could be out there doing it. The doing it won, and so unknowingly she set out on a life journey as an entrepreneur.

Nick

Nicks talents realised many achievements during secondary school days, winning awards in both engineering and woodwork. Nicks hands on ability allows him to apply his skills and his mind to anything he does. He qualified as a cabinet maker, though also turned his hand to roles including a panel maker, spray painting, farming and has his heavy vehicle licence.

While Katrina was shaping her career, Nick was forging his own path. Not one to watch life pass by, Nick travelled Australia as a young man, and by the very young age of 21, Nicks enormous dedication to his future saw him save enough money to buy land and build his own house, and all on an apprentice wage of between $170-$250 per week.

Once together, Katrina and Nick wasted no time in stepping into the business world running a range of online, traditional and national franchise businesses from home.

Both Katrina and Nick balance their business commitments with the needs of their four beautiful children. This includes a healthy interest in sport, their childrens school life, where Katrina has held positions on the school council and involved herself in school parent associations.

Katrina and Nicks appearances on television programs have made them sought after speakers and eBay educators. They are passionate about online business and are the authors of the international best-selling book eBay made easy.

Now Katrina and Nick want to share the wealth and success they have discovered online with other aspiring entrepreneurs.

Katrina and Nick have travelled professionally throughout Australia, UK, the Middle East, Asia, United States and New Zealand.

Both Katrina and Nick have several professional memberships and affiliations including PeSA Australia Professional eBay and eCommerce Sellers Alliance, NORA National Online Retailers Association, Geelong Chamber of Commerce and many other entrepreneurial, social media and eCommerce associations, just to name a few.

Katrina and Nick live in Geelong with their four beautiful children.