| In order for us to sell on eBay we must find a product | | | | to put their trust and buy this item? |
| that will make us a reasonable profit. This can prove to | | | | - How long has this item been hot? Do the sells seem |
| be the hardest obstacle to overcome in business. | | | | to be increasing or decreasing? |
| Where To Find Profitable Products To Sell | | | | - Are these items selling "brand-new" or "used"? or |
| We must do our research to find out what products | | | | both? |
| are "hot" on eBay. We can do this through eBay's | | | | Most of the time will be dedicated to the continuous |
| informative website: eBaypulse. Another website that | | | | research of products. After the item passes our filter, |
| might help us find which products are hot, is the | | | | we must find a place to buy our item from. There are |
| shopping dot com consumer demand guide index. | | | | many places where we can get our items including, |
| These sites provide us information that shows which | | | | our own home (the average house holds $100,000 of |
| items are hot or not. Once we find items that fit our | | | | junk in their house), flea markets, wholesale on eBay, |
| niche (the most popular niche items tend be clothing, | | | | wholesale stores that sell in bulk such as Costco, local |
| consumer electronics, collectibles, it must pass through | | | | liquidators/auctions, and dropshipping networks as well. |
| our profit per sales filter: | | | | You can also find great items on Craigslist.org. |
| Questions We Must Ask to Filter Bad Products: | | | | All ways are proven methods, but whichever way we |
| - If I bought the item from a store, or flea market, will I | | | | choose, it is highly important that we buy an item with |
| make a profit from it? | | | | 100% certainty that it will sell for profit (even after |
| - Are there a variety of sellers selling this item? Or just | | | | pay-pal transaction fees and eBay fees) It can be |
| a select dominant few? | | | | tedious work, but the hard-work will definitely pay off in |
| - Is my feedback score high enough for the consumer | | | | due time. |