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How do I use ebay to start selling my jewlery online?

Whats a good product/products I could start selling on ebay as a business?

  • I am coming into a bit of money soon and I want to use it to invest in something that will give me a regular income. I am not expecting something like a grand a week. Even £100 a week I would be happy. What is a good seller on ebay that I could turn into a business?

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    Anybody that knows probably wouldn't tell you, as you would become potential competition for them. You could look at eBay pulse to see what is selling hot, but I imagine the big boys already have eBay flooded with those products. Terapeak.com has eBay sales data that you can use to research, but they charge a fee. WorldwideBrands.com offers information on wholesale suppliers and such, but they also charge a fee, and you would still have to do your homework. You could also try your local thrift stores, Goodwill, auctions, yard sales, Craigslist, etc. It seems there should always be room for smaller sellers on eBay for used items. Or, rather than selling a physical product, maybe try offering a service on eBay. Maybe writing articles, creating graphics, whatever it is that you would be good enough at to charge for that you've learned from your eBay selling experience or whatever. Seems like you would be past this stage and of this stuff already (not sure how sustainable it could be), but you could try "eBay arbitrage", where you buy something off of eBay and then resell it there for a profit. Some sellers do not include important keywords in the title, give a poor description, poor pictures (or none at all), etc. All this stuff can scare potential buyers away, decreasing the competition and probably the final price. You could possibly buy the items and make a much better listing, and possibly profit. Sellers may misspell the main keywords in the title as well, meaning most potential buyers will never find them. You could try a misspelling search using a site like Typojoe.com to hopefully find some of these items and possibly get some great deals. You could also use a site like Ebuyersedge.com to set up saved eBay searches. You'd get an e-mail whenever a matching item is newly listed. Especially good for "Buy It Now"s that are priced right. You could set up your saved searches and then from there all you would be doing would be checking e-mails when you get them sent to you and looking at the items, so there should not be a whole lot of time involved in setting up your "system". Or, if you find some listed an auction format, use a sniping service such as Hidbid.com to place your bid for you. It'll bid in the last few seconds, helping you to save money and avoid shill bidding.

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If you are a new seller, my first piece of advice is to clean out your garage or attic. You need to gain some experience selling before you go off and purchase a large lot of wholesale merchandise. Start by selling used goods, small appliances, wedding gifts you never use, old books (non-fiction one are best), used sporting goods, clothing items (that great leather jacket that doesn't fit you any more or that pair of cowboy boots you bought on your business trip to Dallas, but never wear). The experience you gain will be invaluable, you will not risk any capital or make any investment beyond some small eBay fees. Sell something you know something about. Almost everyone collects "something." If you are knowledgeable about a collectible or an art object, then you have the ability to do the research to find the products at prices you can resell. Another technique is to sell items in bulk. If you bought a large box of videotapes at a garage sale, separate them into categories and sell them as a lot. You will often make more money than selling them individually.

mark m

Well that's a bit like going into macd and advising them to sell furniture. They sell what they sell. And you should do likewise. There isn't any one product on eBay. People buy everything from it - from dvds to yachts and houses. You have to decide what you want to sell going by what budget you have and how much time you want to devote towards starting your new business. HTH and good luck!

MaryBlue

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