EBay is a very competitive market as I am sure many of you know.
I think the best way to look for products is to clear any preconceptions about what you want to sell.
I know many say to sell what you are familiar with or are interested in, but I think this is a bad way to go.
You have to be a hawk. You have to sell what is wanted not what you want to sell !
Another problem I see is people looking to break into selling something that is to competitive. Like as mentioned here at Salehoo, don't try to crack electronics or other high tech items unless you have a great connection to get them.
I am constantly seeing requests here on Salehoo for, does anyone know where I can get ipods cheap?
The sooner you realize this type of product is not available to you for selling on eBay the faster you can get on with finding a good product to sell on eBay!
Ipods is a dead end. So are many electronic and computer products.
Here is a good research site to find products or research sales of products.
terapeak.com
They are a little pricey but have a 14 day trial period where you can try and cancel for a refund within 14 days if you don't want to keep the subscription.
There is a vast amount of data available. You can even research 90 days of sales from sellers.
You can see the amount of listings a seller had to produce to get sales; their sell through %; whether they did auction or fixed price;what time of day they listed etc... . You can even see a list of their completed listings and visit their
listings on eBay.
You can easily find hot/hotter and hottest items selling on eBay in real time.
You can track trends for the last 2 years etc etc... .
Now, what you do is find about 10 items that are hot on eBay and search for suppliers. You can do that here on Salehoo and through your own research.
There are ways to check companies. I'm not going to get into that in this thread.
BTY, Expect to spend not only hours doing this but days. This should take about 20 to 30 hours or more of research.
Then once you find your product and supplier, expect 4 or 5 hours researching on terapeak to find how your product is sold successfully on eBay by other sellers and copy their successful habits.
Then expect to spend 5 to 10 hours prepping your eBay listings to look good.
( creating a nice listing template that looks professional.)
Then another 1 to 4 hours listing.
Hope this helps.
iPod accessories aren't a dead end however. Both on eBay and off. I've sold quite a selection of very good (rare) iPod accessories through my store and they aren't a dead end, you just need to have alot of traffic, in the tens of thousands in order to sell iPod brand items. And I rarely bother with the original iPod except in certain cases for discontinued merchandise.
hello
thank you very much.
does anyone have terapeak.com feedback? i want to join before to see your common please?
Any time you have plenty of money, but don't know what to do with it, you probably shouldn't be spending that money in a business venture.
Only when you know exactly what you are going to actually do to make money, should you start ANY business venture. Having investment capital comes second...
I think Terapeak is an amazing tool if you really know how to use it properly - it will help you find fabulous niche markets but then the hard work begins by having to locate suppliers.
My Terapeak membership is almost paid off in sales just from one product (over the last month). I sourced HOT products from another ebay seller and just resold them better - ebay arbitrage!
Come to here www.chinazrh.com, you will find here has more than 4,000 items for sell and all items with clear pictures and good price. If you get products from China and sell on your country, it's the best place from here www.chinazrh.com .
Happy New Year!
Cheers!
I have tons of apple products like ipod touch 4g, ipad, ipod shuffle 2G, ebay just recently limited amount of apple products you can sell on ebay without being authorized reseller certificate. The fees are off the hook - cost around $25-30 for each ipod touch I sold, any other suggestion on how to be success with ebay?
Come to here www.chinazrh.com, you will find here has more than 4,000 items for sell and all items with clear pictures and good price. If you get products from China and sell on your country, it's the best place from here www.chinazrh.com .
Happy New Year!
Cheers!
With all due respect I reviewed your site, I dont see anything that is sellable on ebay, prices are simply to high.
The general rule of success on a site like eBay, the less money you have backing you, the deeper you have to dig to find a market where you can compete.
Bingo...this is the best way to find out what may be best to sell on ebay.i think to find something that can be sold in ebay you must do some research using tools like terapeak,ebay pulse which can give you idea to sell good on ebay
I've actually responded to this question in another thread, but I would suggest there is a lot more to learn than just where to buy your stock. Your questions do raise an alarm bell with as to your business experience.
10 grand is one thing, and yes, it will get you some decent stock deals, but you are looking at jumping into a pond with some pretty big fish, and you will want to make sure you know how best to protect you investment with some solid grounding in business.
If you just jump straight in with 10,000 it can vanish right in front of your eyes if you don't know what you're doing.
The general rule of success on a site like eBay, the less money you have backing you, the deeper you have to dig to find a market where you can compete.
Should be in the header of every page of this site, and in the footer of every page of any guides and such.
People coming into this with the idea that they are simply "professional order takers" who are going to post up some eBay listings, forward orders to a dropshipper, and watch the money roll in, make up fully two-thirds or more of the people who take a stab at the business of selling online.
If you're looking for
1) Easy Work
2) Cheap Outlay
3) Fast Results
The good news is, these things are out there. The bad news is, you only get to pick one of the three, generally.
Frank
richellemonfort wrote:Hello sherymedo3603,
I'm glad to have been of help :)
Dropshipping won't really help you earn more profits than what you can earn from buying through wholesale or liquidations.
But I want to be of help so here are dropshippers that might have what you are looking for -
Women's Shoes -
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Women's Handbags -
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Hope this helps, please let us know how you get on.
All the best!
What if you just listed every single item from every single drop-shipper on salehoo. Then you can land on profitable items and not so profitable items.without having to do any market research.
wallmart is one of the most profitable businesses out there
shadeenterprise.tm wrote:Hi Marc, You said that if you sell popular items there is too much competition and if you sell specific items that they don't have much around, you can get more sales. But what if you didn't focus on any item in particular? What if you just listed every single item from every single drop-shipper on salehoo. Then you can land on profitable items and not so profitable items.without having to do any market research.Plus you have the opportunity to sell on tons of different markets and besides wallmart is one of the most profitable businesses out there and they sell almost everything out there.