| The potential to buy and sell on eBay for extreme | | | | for £53 and another pair for £60. I |
| profits is huge. No where else in the world can you | | | | must of made over £80 for what was less |
| list your item for sale and instantly expose it to | | | | than an hours work. If I'd of been smart I would |
| potentially millions of ready to pay buyers who are | | | | have bought more pairs and sold them as well. |
| screaming out for your product. Unfortunately, | | | | Unfortunately the shop had closed down by the time |
| locating hot selling products is slightly more difficult | | | | I'd returned. |
| than one might expect, but if you are yourself with | | | | Find some shops closing down and pop in to see if |
| the five product sourcing tips outlined in this article, | | | | you can grab a bargain. |
| then locating products for your eBay selling efforts | | | | Misspelled auctions |
| will be made just that little bit easier. | | | | It's a sad fact that some eBay sellers spell their |
| Garage or car boot sales | | | | auction title incorrectly despite the importance of a |
| Some people don't realise the worth of their own | | | | powerful auction title. You can take advantage |
| items. Or alternatively, they're too lazy to sell it on | | | | however, by locating these misspelled auctions, |
| eBay, so instead they bundle it together with a load | | | | buying them cheap and selling them properly for a |
| of other junk and sell it at garage or car boot sales. | | | | profit. |
| They usually price everything at a dollar or so no | | | | Consignment selling |
| matter what the worth of the item is - they just | | | | This is selling items for other people and taking a |
| want to get rid. Take advantage of these people, | | | | percentage of the sales revenue. The advantage to |
| snap up their valuable items and sell it on eBay. | | | | this is that there is no risk to you because there are |
| Closing down stores | | | | no upfront costs. Team up with friends and family |
| This is a method I've used in the past, but I could | | | | and offer to sell their items for them in exchange for |
| have used it to much greater potential. In my local | | | | a cut and you can expand upon this by teaming up |
| town, there was a major sports clothes and | | | | with local businesses and selling their stock for them |
| equipment shop shutting down. It was trying to get | | | | on eBay in exchange for a percentage of the sales |
| rid of all of its stock, so I went down there. They | | | | revenue. |
| didn't have many items left, but one thing caught my | | | | Wholesale and dropship suppliers |
| eye. A pair of football boots which retail for | | | | This is the most common method of product |
| £70 and were selling for £25 and at | | | | sourcing. The hard part is finding a price efficient and |
| Buy One Get One Free. So I snapped up two pairs | | | | reliable dropshipper or wholesaler, but once you have |
| for £25. | | | | one of them you are set up. |
| I took them home, set up a listing and sold one pair | | | | |