| The biggest problem anyone wanting to sell on eBay | | | | involves an arrangement similar to a drop shipper. You |
| has is figuring out where to get products to sell. We've | | | | would go to your client's home and photograph |
| discussed in the past the idea of gathering odds and | | | | everything they want to sell, figure out prices for the |
| ends from your home and of using a drop shipping | | | | items and then create the listings on eBay. When |
| service to get products to sell. However, one of the | | | | something is sold, you tell your client where to ship and |
| most lucrative ways of making money on eBay is | | | | you pay them their percentage of the total sales fee |
| through consignment selling. | | | | (typically, consignment sellers keep around 25%-40% |
| So just what is consignment selling and how does one | | | | for themselves). The second way it is done is by |
| do it on eBay? Let's assume that I'm planning on | | | | actually collecting the items from your client and taking |
| moving out of the state. Or I'm heading to another | | | | care of the entire process, from photographing, to |
| country or even just to a much smaller home. I now | | | | advertising, to shipping. You then cut a check or send a |
| have a house full of stuff I need to get rid of. Some of | | | | PayPal payment to your client once their order is gone, |
| it of course may come with me, but since moving is | | | | though you will need to have the space to store and |
| expensive, I'd like to start over fresh. I have several | | | | ship the products. |
| choices. I could try putting up ads and hold a garage | | | | But how do you get started in consignment selling on |
| sale, haggling with customers over the 25 cents I'm | | | | eBay? After all, you need to find people who want to |
| asking for a piece of brick a brack that cost me $60. I | | | | sell their stuff. There are several ways of doing it, |
| could also try advertising on Craigslist and dealing with | | | | though one of the easiest is offered by eBay itself |
| people calling me at all hours of the day and constantly | | | | through their seller's assistant program. In essence, you |
| needing to arrange to be home to show the item I | | | | can sign up to be a seller's assistant and provide your |
| have for sale. Or I could try selling my products myself | | | | services, either just putting the ads up, or actually |
| on eBay, because after-all, I have nothing better to do | | | | taking care of the entire process, from start to finish. |
| while planning an interstate or international move. | | | | You can also of course advertise your services locally, |
| However, assuming I'm not a glutton for punishment, I'll | | | | on Craigslist, in flyers and even on TV or radio (cable |
| want to find a sane alternative to these choices. And | | | | TV advertising is often available at prices that local |
| that's where you come in. | | | | small businesses can afford). |
| A consignment seller on eBay doesn't own anything he | | | | Once you start building up your consignment business |
| sells. He simply arranges the ads on eBay for others | | | | on eBay, you'll see just how easy it is to turn eBay |
| and then takes a cut off the top when a product is | | | | selling into a full time job! |
| sold. There are two ways of doing this. The first | | | | |