| "> | | | | This is also possible by utilising the Pulse website. At |
| The success of many sellers on eBay should | | | | the top of the page you will find a dropdown list called |
| encourage you that there is plenty of money for you | | | | Category which enables you to drill down into the |
| to make in buying and selling on eBay. One thing that is | | | | different categories that eBay offers. Let's say, for |
| useful to know as you continue to grow is how to | | | | example, that your niche market is baby car seats, |
| identify the answer to the question 'who is the biggest | | | | you would first open the menu to select the 'Baby' |
| seller on eBay in my particular niche market?' | | | | option. Now if you were to open the Category |
| Success can be emulated, and discovering how other | | | | dropdown list again you could select 'Car Seats & |
| people have made it could help you to be just as | | | | Accessories'. There is even the option to narrow |
| successful with your own profitable business. | | | | down your search still further by breaking the category |
| Fortunately the job of finding out who is the biggest | | | | into 'Car Seats' or 'Car Seat Accessories'. |
| seller on eBay doesn't involve trawling through | | | | You should notice that each time you selected a new |
| hundreds, or even thousands, of auctions to find the | | | | subcategory, the Largest Shops section of the page |
| one seller that has sold the most of a particular item. It | | | | will change. This section is updated to display who is |
| doesn't even involve trying to drill down through the | | | | the biggest seller on eBay in each category that you |
| results that a Google search would offer to you. No, all | | | | are looking at. From this page you can click directly |
| that you need to do is take advantage of a tool that | | | | onto the shop of the top sellers to start to perform |
| eBay actually offers for free that will inform you who | | | | some crucial market research into the following areas: |
| is the biggest seller on eBay in any category at a | | | | - Price; how much are your competitors charging for |
| glance. | | | | what you'll be selling. Can you afford to match it or sell |
| It sounds too good to be true, but a subsection of the | | | | for a lower price? |
| eBay website, eBay Pulse, provides all of this | | | | - Auction details; how many auctions are listed on their |
| information for you. On the Pulse homepage you will | | | | page? Do they sell one particular item or several |
| instantly be able to see the largest current eBay | | | | products within the same niche? Perhaps you could |
| shops, based on how many listings they currently have | | | | specialise in an area that they only vaguely cover. |
| active on the auction website. While this information | | | | - Completed listings; eBay will allow you to look at the |
| regarding some of the most successful shops is useful, | | | | auctions that have already ended for a particular |
| it would be more useful to know what sort of | | | | supplier. Look at details such as how much items sold |
| competition you will be facing within your own niche | | | | for and when the best time to end them is. |
| market. | | | | |