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5 Handy Tips To Help You Start An Ebay Business
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Learn to Sell on eBay
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Finding Products To Sell On Ebay
By Nowshade Kabir, Sat Dec 10th
Do you know how many people in US are earning their livelihoodwith the help of eBay? According to a new survey conducted onJuly 2005 by ACNielsen, a leading research firm, an astounding724 thousand Americans respond that they rely on for theirmain or supplemental income. Apart from these professionalsellers, another 1.5 million people confirmed that they generateadditional income by selling goods on eBay. Last year alone,around 150 million registered users have sold over US$ 34billion worth of goods on eBay. Isn’t it amazing? Why entrepreneurs are flocking into eBay? Some of the reasonsare quite apparent. • Starting a business on is easy and quick
• You don’t require large investment • Anybody can start an business, no special skill isrequired • You can sell virtually anything on eBay • With your business you can have flexible work time • You have a ready-made market of over 150 million people andcounting • get 1.5 billion page views each month. You get access tothis massive traffic almost paying nothing. So, there is no wonder that anybody with slightest penchant tohave their own business will jump into this great opportunity.But, there are two major problems that many of the would-be eBaysellers encounter. The first is what to sell and the next iswhere to find it. What to sell? According to Forrester Research, a major research company, thisyear, categories with products purchased by women will have themost growth in online retailing. Some categories are alreadygetting more than ten percent of their overall sales through theInternet, which include: computer hardware and software,tickets, travel, books, consumer electronics, cosmetics andfragrances, toys and video games, and flowers, cards and gifts.While choosing items to sell on eBay, you should also explorethe features available on and other places on the Internetthat show items people search and items people actually buy.eBay has a complete section called “Seller Central” dedicated todelivering utmost information to help you succeed in sellingproducts through eBay. Two links from this section shouldinterest you. One is What’s Hot(http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html) and theother one is Category Tips(http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/sellbycategory.html). When you go to the subsection ‘What’s Hot’, check out thefollowing three areas: Hot Items by Category This is a comprehensive report of categories, and productswithin a category by the ratio of bid to listings growth rate inPDF format. The report gets updated monthly and shows whichproducts have increased demand in comparison to last month.Super hot products, for example, have over 35 percentage pointdifference between bid growth rate and listing growth rate.According to the latest report, by the way, Sunglasses for men,in particular Prada sunglasses are super hot. eBay Pulse This is another area where you can see the top ten searchedcategories, ten most widely watched auctions, list of storeswith most active listings, and other cool stuffs on daily basis. eBay Summer Catalog This is a new subsection. It’s a realcatalog with pictures and average price of products. In eachcategory of products
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there is a list of top ten summer trends.You, definitely, should check this out if you are planning tostart selling now. In Demand On the page “Category Tips” under each category youwill see a link under the name “In Demand”. This area will showyou a list of ten most sold items of this category as well asmost searched items for each subcategory. You might also like to see what people buy on non-eBay part ofthe Internet. The Shopping.com Consumer Demand Index (CDI)(http://www.shopping.com/CDI/cdi.cmp) makes a weekly list ofmost sought after items. This list could give you the neededglimpse to the future market trend! Where to find items to sell on eBay Your own home If you are just planning to start selling on eBay, your firstoption is to go through your attic, closets and garage. Findthose long stashed items that you will probably never need.These may include: books that you will perhaps never read, CDsthat you out grew, gifts that you received but did not likemuch, the list can go on! Take them out, brush them off and postthem on for sell. Flea markets and garage sales Every body knows that garage sales and flea markets can be realtreasure troves! Well, now you can look at them from a businesspoint of view. Your sales experience with own home items,hopefully, will help you understand what will sell well and whatwon’t. Don’t go for any costly items as yet. Local liquidators and auctions Classified sections of local Newspapers’ week-end editions aregood place to look for estate auctions. While buying items fromlocal auctions determine what are you going to buy and for whatprice beforehand and stick to them no matter what! At an auctionthere is always a risk of getting carried away! Go visit some local business liquidators. These are excellentplaces to find items for bargain price. Drop shippers (http://ezine.rusbiz.com/article/39) When a manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor or importer, afterreceiving an order from their retailers, individually pack anddeliver the product to the customer of the retailer withretailers address as shipper, this selling technique is calleddrop-shipping. This is an excellent way to find products to sellon eBay. Drop ship source directory(http://www.worldwidebrands.com/wwb/?8188) is the place to go ifyou are looking for drop-shippers. eBay eBay itself can be a great sourcing place for you. Check outwholesale items and business marketplace from your chosenfields. In order to find wholesale listing, while searching aproduct select “Items listed as lots”. You can buy goods inwholesale and then sell them piece by piece and make decentmoney. Of course, you have to develop good knowledge of theproducts before doing this. If your business has grown and you are considering importingproducts to sell on eBay, read my article “Importing Products tosell on eBay” (http://ezine.rusbiz.com/article/52). The bottom line is there was never a better time to start abusiness. If you feel this is really your cup of tea, just gofor it! About the author:Nowshade Kabir is the founder, primary developer and present CEOof Rusbiz.com – a Global B2B Exchange with solutions to createe-catalog, Web store, business process management and otherfeatures to run a business online. You can read various articleswritten by Nowshade Kabir at http://ezine.rusbiz.com .
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