Selling items on Ebay is a great way to reach millions of people. The biggest complaint I hear is finding things to sell sure you can sell off some odds and ends in your house but then what?
There are several other ways of obtaining merchandise the obvious would be yard sales but also consider thrift stores and clearance centers as well as outlet stores if you have them in your area. You can become a trading assistant basically you sell other peoples nick knacks a lot of people do well at this but it can be time consuming. You can use drop shippers but its takes some time to weed out the good ones from the mundane another problem I have found with drop shipping is delivery time.
So what to sell most often then not most sellers on Ebay are one or two people operation but they sell what they know this makes it much more enjoyable. I got my aunt started selling on Ebay her hobby is costume jewelry which she picks up cheap and resells it for a good profit she does it for fun but that is the main part. Sell what you know is the best advice I can give. Research what you know if you have an Ebay account then you may already know Ebay has a what hot by category which is free but very general they also have market place research which is more specific. If glassware what you are knowledgeable about is start there.
Many people have started as a hobby and turned it into a business you don’t need a business license to get started. You will need one if you want to buy from wholesalers.
Some Ebay selling tips
- Know what people want check the what’s hot page, Ebay pulse for popular searches most watched is usually a crock to promote sales but works.
- Do your research.
- Provide key words in your item title.
- Over describe your widget.
- A picture is worth a thousand words take lots and use gallery.
- If you have a website you are not allowed to put a link in the listing if it leads to a commercial site ,but you can use your email address ( if you have any questions contact me@mywidgets.com
- Make your user name the name of your website example tomsgreatdeals.com.
- Use the about me section to describe your website.