| In the past few months, 4 million jobs have ceased to | | | | to survive. |
| exist in the United States alone. For those millions of | | | | The second question is harder to answer if you're not |
| people and their families, life is extremely | | | | familiar with eBay. Fortunately, there are a large |
| uncomfortable, if not terrifying. In a desperate attempt | | | | number is of reputable wholesalers who have been in |
| to solve their financial problems, many of the | | | | business for years - some for decades. And since |
| unemployed have turned their attention to the Internet, | | | | there are fewer businesses to sell their products, they |
| and specifically eBay. And many of these desperate | | | | are more willing than in the past to work with new |
| people are searching for merchandise they can buy | | | | eBay sellers. |
| wholesale to sell on eBay. | | | | One of the huge advantages of eBay selling is that |
| The problem is that trying to create a business when | | | | you can test products in a very small way. In other |
| you're a novice isn't easy. There are multiple | | | | words, you don't have to risk much, if any, money. In In |
| uncomfortable questions that need answering. For | | | | fact, it's a really bad idea for new eBay sellers to |
| example: | | | | acquire much inventory until they know what they're |
| 1. What kinds of wholesale products will sell in this | | | | doing. If done wisely, eBay is a pay-as-you-go |
| terrible recession? | | | | business. I once had a student who called and asked |
| 2. Where can I find these profitable wholesale | | | | for help with his first auction. Agreeing, I asked him |
| products? | | | | what he wanted to sell. His answer: a $32,000 |
| Question number one can be answered simply by | | | | necklace! |
| looking around you. No matter how bad any economy | | | | So if you're seeking wholesale to sell on eBay |
| becomes, there are always people with money and | | | | celebrate the fact that there are large numbers of |
| there are always problems to be solved. Yes it's true | | | | merchants eager to do business with you. If you start |
| that there are fewer people with money and that they | | | | small and move carefully in the beginning, eBay just |
| are more careful with the money they do have. But life | | | | might be a source of desperately-needed income. |
| goes on and human life requires certain things in order | | | | |