| You may be wondering how to get started on eBay, | | | | So once you know what products you want to sell, |
| and how to find items to sell once you've sold all of the | | | | you need to know where to find a supplier. There are |
| useless junk you have in your house. This article will tell | | | | two main sources for supplying your stock. They are |
| you how to begin your eBay adventure and how you | | | | wholesalers and drop shippers. Each one have its ups |
| can become a noteworthy PowerSeller. | | | | and downs and it comes down to which fits your |
| Step 1: Getting Started | | | | selling style. |
| Sign up for a free eBay account and start selling | | | | A drop shipping company holds the products, and you |
| some of your junk to get an understanding of the | | | | only pay for an item once you've sold it and received |
| eBay selling process. Before you start buying | | | | payment from the customer. The most reliable and |
| wholesale products to resell, you will want to have | | | | best known drop shipper is Doba and I would |
| down the basics of selling first. | | | | recommend visiting their site because they go into |
| Step 2: Business Plan | | | | way more depth about drop shipping than I do here. |
| Now you will need to find a certain product, or | | | | The other option is wholesalers which require you to |
| product(s) that you will be passionate about selling. It | | | | buy their products in bulk. Usually the more products |
| can be difficult if you are selling a wide variety of | | | | you buy, the cheaper the price is per unit. More risk |
| products. Often times if you focus on a specific niche, | | | | comes along when you buy wholesale, but if you |
| people may start to recognize you as the go to guy | | | | make sure to pick a good product to sell, hopefully you |
| for a certain product. | | | | will not end up not selling your supply. |
| It may seem like an easy task to pick a product to sell, | | | | Step 4: Building up Your Feedback Score |
| but in reality if you do not pick a good product, your | | | | An important part of marketing on eBay is having a |
| business will crash and burn. There are many factors | | | | strong feedback score. You should not become |
| you will need to consider such as market competition, | | | | power hungry for making money on sales, and you |
| supply and demand, popularity, price, etc. You will need | | | | should always keep customer satisfaction as a top |
| to do your own research to find your product, and you | | | | priority. Having a higher feedback score will give you |
| can start by looking at other sellers products and | | | | more profits in the long run because buyers will know |
| tracking their role in the market. | | | | that they can put their trust into the products you are |
| Here is an example of what I mean: Let's say you | | | | selling. |
| want to sell books. There are hundreds of books you | | | | Step 5: eBay Store |
| could sell, but if you don't know which ones will sell for | | | | You have the option to make your own eBay store |
| the most profit, you could lose money buying the | | | | for a monthly fee, but a store is not essential for when |
| wrong stock of books. You can search the eBay | | | | you first start selling. You will want to hold of on |
| listings to see which titles sell well on a consistent basis, | | | | making a store until you have a wide range of |
| and which ones will give you the most profit. | | | | products. |
| Step 3: Finding a Wholesale Supplier | | | | |