Me & the Boss

Me & the Boss

Saturday, July 18, 2009

How To Acquire Products To Sell On eBay?

By Carl Ferraro

To sell acquired products on eBay, there are three choices available to you: purchasing inventory that you then resell, locating free items that you can sell, or making your own items for sale.

People commonly favor the first one for it enables you to access various suppliers. Big players who have made a name in eBay marketing, amass stocks from wholesale merchants or directly from the manufacturers.

You do away with middlemen this way to strike the best bargains of cheapest prices from the suppliers/dealers. Frist-time vendors begin their purchases by approaching garage sales, thrift stores and local retailers to stack up their products.

Other beginning eBay sellers search for free items to offer online.

Ways in which to find free items for resale include locating items around your house that you no longer want, and acquiring items from friends and family that they were considering donating to a thrift store. Simply ask if you can look through their items before they take it to Goodwill or other thrift store.

The free section of Craigslist can be a great place to find items at no cost to you. Many people try to get rid of their unwanted property via this route, and as they say, one mans trash is another mans treasure. Remember, the profit margin on a free item that you later sell is 100 percent.

Finally, consider making your own items for sale on eBay. These products can range from homemade candles to more elaborate inventions. By finding the parts for these products cheaper than the completed items, you can maximize the profits for each item that you later sell.

Obtaining items to sell is, obviously, the most important part of profitable success on eBay. Find a way to buy, collect or make products with as little cost as possible. If you need to, experiment with different ways of obtaining your inventory to find a market for your product and, most importantly, which one maximizes your profit to the fullest extent.

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