Deciding to sell on eBay is easy. Figuring out what sells on eBay is a whole other story.
So I woke up one day and decided I was going to start selling on eBay. Why not? Lots of people sell on eBay and make good money at it. I like to buy from eBay so I know what I look for in a listing, how I like it set up, guarantees, even shipping.
Sounds easy enough, right?
Get a product, list it, then sell it to make a profit.
But I had no idea as to what sells on eBay and I honestly did not know where to get the products once I learned what did sell.
I started doing some research online and let me tell you. That is like beating your head against a brick wall repeatedly.
Painful but gets you no where.
People sell on eBay all of the time so how come no one tells you where to get your ideas from and how to actually get things cheap enough that you can actually sell it cheaper then they can get it else where and still make money on it?
Have you started to beat your head against the wall yet?
Hopefully not!
I would like to help you avoid some of the frustration that I went through when trying to find what sells on eBay.
There is actually a really simple way to discover what sells on eBay.
It’s called eBay pulse. When you log into eBay do a search on something and then scroll down to the bottom till you see a link called eBay pulse. This will tell you what the ten most popular things that are selling on eBay are. It also lets you sort by category.
It really does help you find what sells on eBay right now.
When I was just starting to sell on eBay I was talking to a good friend of mine who is a powerseller selling baby clothes.
I asked her how she got started selling on eBay and how she managed to sell so much. She basically said she learned from other power sellers from a program called Sky High Auctions.
I have to admit that I checked it out. How could I not when she said that it was the best investment she had made to learn how to sell on eBay.
I was really impressed with all of the information that I got on how to be a power seller on eBay and there is no way I would have found out all of the little tricks they use by myself. Well I might of eventually but it would have taken a long time and chances are I would have been thoroughly frustrated and given up before I did.
So I got the information I needed on how to be a powerseller on eBay and I learned how to see what sells on eBay and there was only one thing missing – Where to get the hot selling items on eBay to be a power seller with.
Back to my good ole friend (what are friends for, right). She said she did a combination of things.
1. She would by namebrand baby clothes either on clearance and hold them till the next season or go to the thrift store and find name brand clothes that still had the tags on them and hold them till the next season.
2. She used a wholesale drop shipper. She had one in particular that she really liked called SaleHoo. She said SaleHoo was the best out there because all of the wholesale drop shippers were tested by real people and you got real reviews on them before you used them.
She said that that was invaluable because if you have ever tried drop shippers then you know that they are not always honest or reliable. That makes for a major headache.
I did go over and check it out but at this point I was getting a little bit nervous. I didn’t have a ton of money I could spend but at the same time I’m sure she didn’t either when she first started selling on eBay and what is the point of asking for help if you are not going to accept the help. Especially since it is not every day that you can get help from someone that is excellent at what you want to do.
So I took the plunge and signed up with Salehoo and holy cow! There were drop shippers for anything I could want to sell and she was right, there were honest reviews from people who already used them so I knew which ones to use and which ones to avoid. It was really great too because some of them had no minimum amount you have to buy.
That means that I could by one or two of something to test out one eBay to see how in demand they were (no breaking the bank to see if I was going to lose my shirt or not).
It was really awesome of my friend to share what made her successful on eBay with me and I hope I have been able to help you out like she did me.
Here are the links to the programs she used and showed me to use so you can check them out if you would like:
