If you've ever been a PowerSeller on eBay, you know about the prestige that the little PowerSeller icon next to your user name can give you.

It's something that PowerSellers love to have and will protect with their lives, and something that non-PowerSellers wish they did well enough to earn.

Of course, the icon isn't really what PowerSellers are after- it's the money that it represents.

If you aren't too attached to a tiny icon, the sales power that a PowerSeller has found is something you can find elsewhere, on other auction sites.

You may not get to "wear" the little icon when you are reselling on those sites, but you'll still be making the same profits that eBay's prestigious PowerSellers do.

That's what being a Stealth PowerSeller is all about. It's easier for an entrepreneur to do this on several small auction sites than it is to do on eBay for several reasons.

1. On smaller, eBay alternative sites, there is less competition. There are fewer sellers selling what you have. Your listings then get more attention from buyers, resulting in more sales than if you had dozens of people selling the same thing.

2. Small eBay alternative sites attract different niches of buyers. Some like to avoid buying things through large corporate sites, some have left eBay because they were unhappy with it and others just like the idea of having fewer people to compete with when they bid. To reach those buyers, you have to leave eBay.

3. Many of the smaller sites charge lower listing and final value fees. That means more profit on every sale goes into your pocket. Resellers can expect a larger profit margin which means less worrying about slower sales times.

When you find eBay alternative sites and spread out on multiple sites, you have far more potential customers than if you concentrated on just one site. Even if an alternative to eBay is smaller, the smaller number of sellers means that more attention is paid to your listing.

And, selling on several sites means that the smaller number of bidders is multiplied by the number of sites that you choose to sell on. So, the choice really becomes high volume sales on several sites for your home business or the little PowerSeller icon. The choice is really pretty easy when you look at it that way.