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| research the market to determine these two things: | | | | market research is very time consuming, most people |
| Whether it's a popular product, and whether it's a | | | | find it easier to pay for the information, since it saves |
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| on auction sites due to extreme saturation. Other | | | | have to get in on selling a product when its popularity is |
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| enough buyers interested in buying to make it worth | | | | Let the buyers determine what you sell them, and then |
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