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Ebay Auction One Persons Rubbish is Another Persons Treasure
Date: Wednesday November 19, 2008
The beauty of Ebay is that you can start to sell things and make money after only a couple of minutes of registering, you then simply list an item that is already in your house that you no longer want or is just collecting dust. Remember the phrase:
One Persons Trash is another Person's Treasure (a perfect phrase for Ebay).
Once you get selling on Ebay it becomes very addictive, especially when you see how easy it is to make some extra money in your spare time, however you soon get faced by one of the biggest problems that you will find when selling on Ebay. Where to find things to sell on Ebay.
Here are a few simple places that will not only provide you with great things to sell but also help you to build up some capital for when you decide to make those bigger purchases from wholesalers.
Market.
Simply go down and take a look at your local market, you may be surprised, look around for anything good. Buy it if it's cheap enough, also try to make Build up a relationship with the market traders because you may be able to offer them another outlet for their goods (for a cut of course) and/or you may be able to gain some information on who their suppliers are.
Pawn Shops.
Usually when you visit these places the goods they have for sale are displayed in a pretty unorganised manner, so get digging and search around and buy things that you know will sell (use Ebay to research the items beforehand) or try some really obscure purchases that you will probably get for pennies. They may surprise you what they go for.
Real Auctions.
Go to a real auction, most of the items go for well under what they are really worth and as the rooms tend to be small you are not competing against lots of others.
Local Papers.
Look in the for-sale section and see what people are trying to get rid of, also consider placing a wanted ad saying that you will buy for cash.
Shops.
Have a walk round some of the discounters out there, a lot sell items super cheaply to get people into the place (loss leaders) so take advantage of this. Also keep an eye on trade in shops and shops like cash converters as there are usually some great opportunities to take advantage of.
House Clearances.
This probably better geared towards those that are selling full time on Ebay, consider setting yourself up as a house clearer. Sure you will need to get a van of some description but you are guaranteed to be able to make a profit out of the items that you clear, the majority will be worth what you paid for it so use a car boot to get rid of that but there are always the items that will fly away on Ebay.
Use these sources to build your capital to develop your Ebay business to the next level, the joys of buying from a wholesaler.
Mike - Webmaster and eBay Power Seller at Free Ebay Templates
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