| What are the top products to sell on eBay? This is | | | | how to here. |
| impossible to answer; the reality is, people make 6 | | | | Don't be picky |
| figures selling all kinds of items, whether they are | | | | Get catalogs on as many different products as you |
| sports cards, furniture, comic books, etc. Really, | | | | can; you can determine if there is a market after |
| whatever you want to sell is fair game if there is a | | | | wards. Don't confine yourself to your interests like |
| market for it. | | | | many people do. |
| Obviously, that's a big IF. The key is to make sure | | | | A myth that can kill your business |
| there is a market before going to the trouble of selling | | | | A common phrase is "do what you love and the |
| anything. Not doing this step is one of the key reasons | | | | money will come." This is false. You might love |
| most people fail to make money. | | | | underwater basket weaving, but there probably isn't |
| The RIGHT way to do market research | | | | much of a market for it on eBay. |
| Really, however, we are getting ahead of ourselves; | | | | Don't worry about whether you have any interest in |
| even before you do your market research you want | | | | the item or not, because you very well might find that |
| to be sure you can sell the product in the first place. | | | | you end up making the most money with niches you |
| Many people do their research in reverse order-they | | | | couldn't care less about. Are you going to turn down |
| go to eBay pulse, find out the best products to sell on | | | | money just because you are selling something you |
| eBay, and then try and find a wholesaler who will let | | | | don't care about? |
| them sell their products. | | | | Only once you have the catalogs should you begin to |
| The right way you want to do research is to just get | | | | do your research on them. For this you will probably |
| a massive quantity of catalogs from wholesalers | | | | want to use a paid tool like Terapeak (it's only about |
| (some will only have online catalogs). Having the | | | | $10/month) which will give you all the info you need on |
| catalogs assures you that you will able to sell them | | | | how well the item sells on eBay. |
| and there's no point in doing keyword research on an | | | | Pay particular attention to the percentage of the |
| item you don't even know if you can get your hands | | | | auction that sold in the niche, how many sold, and who |
| on in the first place. | | | | the top sellers are so that you can model their |
| To get the catalog just call up as many wholesalers | | | | auctions. These are to finding products to sell on eBay |
| as you can find and ask for their catalog. There are | | | | and becoming a huge home business success. |
| plenty of places to find wholesalers so I won't cover | | | | |