| Finding the best things to sell on eBay is the question | | | | is selling a product they are passionate about without |
| of the hour. It's no secret that there is a lot of money | | | | checking to see if there is a market for it. |
| to be made on this site, but of course you have to sell | | | | They just assume that since they like it than other |
| the right products. | | | | people will as well. That brings us to the most |
| Selling the wrong items might be the single biggest | | | | important factor in your success. |
| mistake most beginners make. The only way to do this | | | | How do you go about this? Once you have a list of |
| is to get your products through drop shippers and | | | | potential products (from the product catalogs) you can |
| wholesalers. | | | | then determine if it would be a viable thing to sell on |
| I recommend you find a list of drop shippers and | | | | eBay. To tell this, look at the recently closed auctions |
| wholesalers and get as many product catalogs from | | | | for that product. |
| them as you can. | | | | The higher the percentage of them that sold the |
| This is important because once you have the catalog | | | | better. If the product has a 5% success rate then you |
| in your hands you know you can sell them. There's no | | | | know it's not a hot item. |
| use doing market research on a product you can't | | | | However, if you see that 50% of the product has sold |
| even sell in the first place. | | | | then this could be a winner. Also pay attention to the |
| Sounds obvious but many sellers spend all kinds of | | | | quantity of auctions that sold; if 1 of 2 auctions sold, this |
| time doing market research on a product, but once | | | | is a great percentage but there still isn't much money |
| they find the best things to sell on eBay they realize | | | | making potential there. |
| that they can't find any wholesalers to supply them. | | | | Also you want to check the price the products were |
| This tip will save you a ton of time in needless market | | | | sold at and make sure that it's higher than what you |
| research. | | | | can get them for. There are plenty of research tools |
| Just get as many product catalogs as you can and | | | | out there to help you see this information and most of |
| don't worry about whether you have any interest in | | | | them are quite affordable and this is how to find the |
| the products or not. Another error eBay sellers make | | | | best things to sell on eBay. |