| Buying and selling online has been around for some | | | | because they save you a lot of time and expense. |
| time now, and there are many auction sites out there | | | | Drop shipping is a means of purchasing goods at a |
| that are trying to replicate eBay's success. Today, | | | | wholesale price, selling them for a profit, and having the |
| eBay is the largest online auction marketing place and | | | | distributor (Drop shipper) ship directly to the end user |
| there's a huge traffic on eBay; about 1.5-1.8 billion pages | | | | (Your buyers). You can also make money by |
| are viewed every month. A number of people have | | | | becoming an eBay affiliate. As an eBay affiliate, and |
| seized this opportunity to start their own business on | | | | listing eBay auctions on your own website - using free |
| eBay, many people are making thousands of dollars | | | | eBay tools to do it - you can reap the benefits of |
| monthly marketing different items on eBay either as | | | | eBay selling without actually having any products to sell |
| part-time or full time marketers. The actual number is | | | | on eBay! What you do here is to feature the auctions |
| difficult to quantify and the opportunities on eBay are | | | | of other eBay sellers on your website, and you get a |
| endless. | | | | commission for every sale that comes through your |
| Now, how do you start marketing on eBay? First, you | | | | site - using eBay to make money with others doing all |
| need to have a product to market, this is very | | | | the work is very popular! |
| important. There are many ways to get the right | | | | Now that you know how and where to get your |
| products to sell on eBay, as a beginner however, I | | | | products to sell on eBay, your next step is to build a |
| would advise you do not look for expensive products | | | | reliable and trusted image. Many buyers will rather buy |
| at this initial stage, you want to look for some products | | | | from a reputable seller than someone they do not |
| that have high demand but cheap. To get such | | | | know and trust. Some would rather pay 5-10% more |
| products, you have to look for either a wholesaler, | | | | to buy from a seller with 500 positive feedback and |
| drop shipping company or a liquidator. Liquidators are | | | | 99% of them positive, than to buy from someone with |
| similar to Wholesalers and Drop shippers in that you | | | | 20 feedback and 3 negatives. One way to have a |
| have to be a member to have access to their | | | | positive feedback is to notify your customers when |
| inventory. Some of them require fees to become a | | | | items have been shipped, letting them know that items |
| member while others are free to join. At this stage, as | | | | have been shipped and avoid a situation where they |
| a beginner, it will be better you join the free | | | | leave you low ratings prematurely. You must try to |
| membership ones, except you have some money to | | | | provide a good buyer seller relationship by offering |
| throw around. | | | | 100% money back guarantee. |
| It is important to use a drop shipping company | | | | |