| Starting an eBay business? | | | | sub-categories. One of these is Bandanas (bizarrely!). |
| One of my online businesses is eBay so I aim to show | | | | This is a niche product. You now need to see how |
| you here how to avoid the mistakes I made when | | | | well they sell. |
| starting an eBay business. Here are 3 crucial steps | | | | Click on 'completed listings' and you can study which |
| that will help you get off to a good start; | | | | type sells the best, which fetch the highest prices and |
| 1. Research what to sell | | | | how much eBay competition there is for that product. |
| 2. Decide whether to open an eBay shop | | | | Doing this kind of research before you make a firm |
| 3. Find the best source for the product you want to | | | | decision about what to sell is invaluable. |
| sell. | | | | The last thing you want to do is invest in a load of |
| Starting an eBay business - what to sell? | | | | stock before you have studied whether there is a |
| Many people think that starting an eBay business & | | | | demand for it. It's a good idea to start with categories |
| selling on eBay just involves getting rid of junk from | | | | that tie in with your interests, as you will be more |
| their loft or garage. In actual fact people sell pretty | | | | knowledgeable and enthusiastic about that. |
| much everything on eBay - from DVD's and Music to | | | | Starting an eBay business - Open an eBay shop or |
| Shoes, Clothes, Jewelry of all kinds, Sports Equipment, | | | | not? |
| Tickets, Toys and much, much more. Some people | | | | If you want to sell more than a handful of products it |
| make a full-time income on eBay, in some cases | | | | can be very cost-effective to open an eBay shop as |
| 5-figures a month... | | | | you can place hundreds of items in there much more |
| There are currently 37 different catagories of | | | | cheaply than putting them all into auctions. You can |
| products on eBay and within each of those, there are | | | | also create a brand and identity for yourself which |
| any number of sub-categories! | | | | means you will get customer loyalty and repeat |
| Its not always the best idea to try and compete with | | | | business. |
| the big sellers for best selling items on eBay. You need | | | | Where to find items to sell on eBay. |
| to find a niche which will enable you to be a big fish in | | | | You can choose from making things, finding things at |
| that small pond, rather than trying to be a big fish in a | | | | places like car boot sales, using a wholesaler, using an |
| sea full of sharks! | | | | online wholesale catalog or buying at wholesale on |
| The way to find a niche is to click on one of the 37 | | | | eBay itself. Again, this is a vital step because the |
| categories halfway down the left-hand side of eBay's | | | | better the wholesale price the more your profit could |
| home page. For example click on Pet Supplies and you | | | | be. This can really add up if you are selling 100's or |
| will be led through to 9 sub-categories. Click on one of | | | | 1000's of items a month! |
| those such as Apparel. This leads through to yet more | | | | |