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What should you sell on EBAY

by: ibsellin2( 334Feedback score is 100 to 499)
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OKAY, so how do you determine what you want to sell.

People always ask what should I sell & where can I find what I want to sell.  All I can say is please stay away from electronics in the beginning.  When your starting out with EBAY  start with the easy & steady stuff.  Electronics is a volatile market for the big guys why start with the hard stuff.  I recommend that you sell what you like as long as its profitable.

I suggest you try EBAY but you don't know what you want to sell.  I ask you what do you know best & then sell that product related to your likes or hobbies.  Sell a few products a week & watch you get $20-$40. a week in profits.  It took almost no time @ all for me to find where my products would come from for me to sell.  Would you believe that this paid off & I am doing well.

I am personally not a PowerSeller status or have an ebay store but I have been selling on EBAY coming up on 10 years & a very few of my products have not made me money & over the years a lot of purchases that have been made by ebayers were lazy & did not give me any feedback( I would say 3 out of 10 gives feedback) so for all intense & purposes I believe I am a powerseller & have made thousands as proof...honestly just let it sit in your PAYPAL account & let it build up with compound interest part of those thousands is a nice percentage of just interest paid by PAYPAL on a quarterly basis so think about it 10 years & no withdraws from the account & paid interest 4x a year & still growing unless these to companies go under will continue until I retire!

So what do you want to sell?  Jot down some of your interests & 4-5 products related to them.  Now research them on EBAY.  See how many auctions there are & average sale price. 
Another idea is to go window shopping where these products are sold.  Research your products & note the companies name, brands & there retail codes.

I personally enjoy going to thrift stores & second-hand stores like salvation army in & around my city  I live in & neighboring cities.  These make endless suppliers because each week something new to sell not really anything particular just whatever I see that looks *UNIQUE* is the key for me just look @ my auctions it could be computer games/vintage game consoles/music items/books or anything new in packages are always hot items to resell every buyer likes to buy new on EBAY.  You'd be surprised of what I have bought listed on EBAY & watch the EBAY bidders just run up the price of items.  Where I would make 3-10X the cost to make the purchase pure profits & makes the different fees minimal from the 2 companies.  I took a chance on that I thought wouldn't do well & actually become my biggest profit producers time & time again.  Because certainly try to duplicate winning auctions in any way you can, be creative!

Now you have all this great info now select 3-4 items you think will be most successful.

GOOD LUCK WITH SELLING ON EBAY!
ibsellin2


Guide ID: 10000000010285775Guide created: 01/17/09 (updated 01/18/09)

 
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