Sell Unique Stuff On eBay

Selling On Ebay - Unique Stuff
If you make or create things that are unique to you that people cannot get anywhere else in the world, you could be onto a winner on eBay. People love to find something special and if you can genuinely claim that your eBay shop is the only place they can get it, you could have people bidding nice and high for your goods - especially if each item is a one-off. Maybe you make your own jewellery, or print your own T-shirt designs or make picture frames or whatever - follow your interests and passions.
Selling On Ebay

Ebay Shops

Ebay Shops
Why do people open a shop on ebay? Well, the listing fees are MUCH cheaper for items listed in your shop, so if you are selling lots of items and you're serious about having an ebay business, then a shop is a great idea. You can list all your pricey items in your shop, and put cheaper items into auctions, which will save you a lot of money in listing fees.

Also, and this is a key advantage, you get a domain name when you open a shop - so people can make a note of your shop name and revisit it when they want to buy from you again. It gives you an identity and a professional image.

Customers need to trust the person they are buying from and if you have a shop it suggests to them that you are a seller who is serious about their business.

You can also get business cards printed (try vistaprint, mega cheap online cards) with your shop's web address on to give out to people - and make sure you put a card in with every item you sell. I'm amazed at how few ebayers do this. I have bought items and tried to find the seller at a later date and couldn't because they didn't send me their card with my purchase.

Ebay shops.

Crafty Tip To Help You Sell More on Ebay

Sell More On Ebay
Here's a crafty tip that will help you sell more on ebay. I have found, and I'm no doubt not the first, that people who BUY on ebay will happily pay 1p for a pair of, say, earrings even if the postage is £2.50 for just regular mail. However, they don't want to pay £2.50 for the same earrings with FREE postage!

The ebay mentality seems to be that they will buy an item at a rock bottom price even though the postage may bump it up to a normal end price for that item! So, a good way to get people into your ebay shop, or looking at your other items for sale, is to put your lower-cost items into auction, starting price 1p - then make sure your postage bumps up the final price so you don't lose out if your item only gets one bid.

Obviously don't go mad with the postage, people aren't stupid and the idea is not to rip people off. Basically, items with a 1p starting price attract lots of attention, and usually bids, which is what you want. Think of it like a carrot that you are dangling to attract people in to see your more expensive items in your shop.

You may lose a bit of money on these listings, but it's a cheap way to get attention for everything else you sell. Why waste money paying for listing pricey stuff in auctions when you can list them in your shop really cheaply!
Sell On Ebay

Finding What To Sell On Ebay

Finding What To Sell On Ebay

To find out what sells well on eBay, log in to ebay and press the ‘buy’ tab. Choose the category you want to research e.g. silver jewellery, then on the lower left-hand side of the page click on ‘completed listings’. Then on the top right of the page go to ‘sort by’ and choose ‘price highest first’. You can then see which items had the most bids, which didn’t sell at all and which fetched the highest price! All this is invaluable research that will save you wasting a lot of time and money.

Where do you then find items to sell on eBay? Again, do your homework. Some items you may be able to get on eBay itself – just key in ‘wholesale silver jewellery’ or whatever your niche area is, into the search box and see what comes up. Sellers will list items in bulk that you can then sell individually. You can get items from car boot sales (such as books, maps, cd’s etc), auctions houses, product directories, local designers (check the local yellow pages or do a search on google. You can also use Dropshippers, but I wouldn’t recommend this to start with as it can be an unreliable method unless you have experience.

What to sell on ebay.

Ebay ID - why choose a good name for your ID

Make money on ebay, fast!
If you are brand new to ebay, here are some tips to help you get off to a good start:

Firstly, when you register on eBay you need to choose a name (eBay ID). Give this serious thought, don’t just key in something that is significant for you – why? Because if you want to be taken seriously by the buyers on eBay, your name should look professional and ideally relate to the kind of things you want to sell, and be memorable.

The same goes for the name of your eBay store when you open one, a little later. Your name and shop name could tie in together. E.g. If you are going to sell gems, your ID might be ‘gemster’ or ‘justgems’ and your shop might be called ‘gemsters gems’ or similar. Who would a buyer trust (and also remember) if they were torn between your gems and another ebayer’s gems, if your competitor was called ‘plutredop4245’ ? (Yes, I know that name makes no sense, and you’d be amazed how many ebay ID’s are like this).

Make money on ebay - fast

What To Sell On Ebay

What To Sell On Ebay
The easiest and quickest way to make money on ebay is to follow the leaders, ie people who are already making money. What do they do, how do they do it? What should you sell, where do you find what to sell?
There are information books (ebooks) available that reveal all, plus there is a popular trusted directory of things to sell on ebay. Click here for more info. It will save you a LOT of wasted time and money if you do your research first, don't try and re-invent the wheel (save that for when you are successful and can afford the risk).
What To Sell On Ebay

Ways to Make Money Selling On Ebay

Ways to make money selling on ebay.
Welcome to my blog all about ways to make money selling on ebay! If you are looking to make money selling on ebay, this information will save you making the mistakes others do, and show you how to be successful quickly.
Ways to make money selling on ebay.