| One of the most important activities for all eBay sellers | | | | quantity and the storage that comes with that quantity. |
| is locating products that they can resell on eBay. | | | | It might be the estimated size of the market and |
| Those products must fall into the right market niches, | | | | concerns about being able to sell out of the items. No |
| they must be readily available, and they must be priced | | | | matter what the reason, many sellers will simply be |
| so that a profit can be made. After all the sellers' | | | | unable to make the purchase. That puts them in the |
| businesses are being operated to make money on | | | | position of being unable to make money on eBay |
| eBay. | | | | because they have no products to sell. |
| Yet locating suppliers that will provide pricing that | | | | The good news is that there are other options. The |
| allows for a profit can be a real challenge. There are | | | | first option should be to renegotiate the order size. |
| some simple truths about wholesale suppliers. One of | | | | Possibly the wholesaler will accept a smaller order for |
| those truths is that to buy at their lowest prices, | | | | little or no change in price. Possibly the order can |
| wholesalers will expect eBay sellers to make | | | | remain at the same price, but will be split between you |
| purchases of larger quantities of items. | | | | and other buyers who are in the same situation. |
| For many eBay sellers the quantity requirements will | | | | Possibly the order can be split into two shipments that |
| simply be too great. The wholesaler will expect so | | | | come weeks apart if storage is the problem. |
| many to be purchased that the eBay seller will be | | | | When all options have been exhausted with that |
| unable to make the purchase. | | | | supplier, move on to other wholesalers. Keep looking |
| Limitations might be in the total dollar investment | | | | and you may just find the right supplier to help you |
| required to purchase the items. It might be in the total | | | | make money on eBay. |