| If you think finding products to sell on eBay and finding | | | | eBay, I can almost guarantee you a loss. |
| products to sell online through your home business | | | | However, popular consumer items that may be too |
| ecommerce site are the same, you may want to think | | | | expensive when purchased through wholesale |
| again. That isn't to say that eBay and ecommerce | | | | distributors may work very well in a retail environment, |
| might not share some of the same sources, but as | | | | such as on your independantly hosted ecommerce |
| eBay becomes oriented more and more towards | | | | site. When you purchase a laptop or an iPhone at |
| power sellers and other big sellers, such as buy.com, | | | | wholesale price for resale, you are retailing that item. If |
| you may need to start paying close attention to the | | | | you try to retail an item on eBay, where most popular |
| differences in selling environments in order to come out | | | | consumer goods are selling at or below wholesale |
| ahead. By the way, when I say selling environment, I | | | | prices, it will be very difficult to make a profit. For a |
| simply mean a place where you sell stuff. | | | | suggestion on how to get around this, skip to the |
| What Does This Mean? Let Me ExplaineBay is a | | | | resource box. |
| distinctly different kind of selling environment than that | | | | What I am explaining may fly in the face of all the |
| of an ecommerce website that you run from your | | | | promotion you see on the Internet, but the fact is, if |
| own domain name on your own hosting. | | | | you sign up for or and expect to make a killing on |
| This means that: | | | | eBay selling consumer electronics or brand name |
| - eBay is a wholesale selling environment.and that: | | | | perfumes, you are in for a shock. Dropshipping on |
| - An ecommerce site or barnesnoble.com)is a retail | | | | eBay through sites such as the two examples just |
| selling environment. | | | | mentioned is especially hard because dropship prices |
| This can make all the difference in terms of how and | | | | are typically higher than mere wholesale because of |
| where you get your products. This is a point that many | | | | the added expense. |
| people overlook and it can kill an eBay business. | | | | Moreover, sites like doba.com, and so forth, are not |
| Because eBay is essentially a wholesale selling venue, | | | | true wholesale sites. These are essentially retail sites |
| the prices for most goods are already at or below | | | | offering steeply discounted goods. They are legitimate |
| wholesale cost. This means that if you are buying | | | | and make it easy to start selling online, but are they |
| items singly or in small quantities from a wholesale | | | | best for eBay? In my opinion, your chances for |
| distributor that you probably won't be able to make a | | | | success with this particular model will generally be |
| profit. This is particularly true for most popular, mass | | | | greater if you pursue an independent ecommerce |
| market consumer goods such as electronics. Products | | | | option. |
| such as laptops, iPhones, portable DVD players, TVs, | | | | Understanding the difference between wholesaling and |
| are exceptionally hard to profit with on eBay even in | | | | retailing will clear the way for you to make the most of |
| the best of times and with the lowest prices due to | | | | your business strategy. For actual product sourcing |
| competition among sellers. If you purchase these items | | | | secrets, tricks and tips, please follow the footprints in |
| at a standard wholesale price and try to sell them on | | | | the resource box just below. |