I don't know enough about E-Bay, I think she was going to sell clothes. Does anyone have experience with this and could it be successful?
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Clothing is one of the most competitive categories in eBay. Those that stand a greater chance of selling well are branded clothing.\n\neBay has several ways for you to determine exactly what the hot items to sell on their marketplace: \n\nItems In Demand = the most popular items currently within that particular category. To see the In Demand page, go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/sellbycategory.html  \n\nHot Items by Category Report = a monthly report that lists the fastest growing categories on eBay for the previous month. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html and select "Hot Items by Category" from the menu on the left. \n\neBay Pulse = "a daily snapshot of current trends, hot picks, and cool stuff on eBay". Go to http://pulse.ebay.com/ to see eBay Pulse in action. \n\nMerchandising Calendar = eBay promotes specific categories on its home page each month. Savvy eBayers know that this home page exposure results in more interest in such categories. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/calendar.html  to view the current Merchandising Calendar.\n\nI suggest she reads the articles on this page Success in Online Auctions http://www.powerhomebiz.com/internet/auction.htm and read the following books:\n\nSell it on eBay: TechTV's Guide to Creating Successful eBay Auctions  \n  Starting an eBay Business for Dummies  \n  Branding: Brand Strategy, Design and Implementation of Corporate and Product Identity  \n  How to Sell Anything on eBay . . . and Make a Fortune!  \n  Ebay Business the Smart Way: Maximize Your Profits on the Web's #1 Auction Site  \n  The Official eBay Bible
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When I go to E-bay, I am looking for a hot deal on anything.  However, I would say that a few things sell better than others:\n\nItems you can purchase in lots, but sell individually.  You can do this through warehouse clubs (like Sam's Club), or discount places.\n\nI've always thought that yard-saling is such a missed avenue.  Become a professional yard-saler, pick up items that are unique and/or popular and sell them on E-Bay.  Most people have yard sales to clean out their crap.  But you know what they say about one person's crap being another person's treasure.  \n\nRegional Items - are there things you can sell from your region that are easy and cheap for you to get but maybe less cheap in that person's area?  It's worth a try!
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I am VERY interested but never did anything like this before.\n\nIn fact i do not even know how to use e-bay.  I did go to the site and looked at the specs.  Looks good to me.\n\nHow do I get in touch with you?  How much do you need from me now?  Then again in May?  Each month after that?
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tradekey is no good and niether is alibaba. I've been scammed so many times on those sites, it's best to start off with local wholesalers if you're starting small. On tradekey the minimum orders are too high anyway and you'd have to end up buying 500pcs of the same style and size for clothes. Maybe one of these links will help you for finding wholesale childrens clothes suppliers. Take care & good luck with your business. \n\nUSA Wholesalers/Dropshippers: http://usatrade.url40.net\nCanada Wholesalers/Dropshippers: http://cndatrade.url40.net\nUK Wholesalers/Dropshippers: http://uktrade.url40.net\nFor all other countries: http://worldwide.url40.net
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A study by the research firm E-BuyersGuide.com found that buyers did not buy apparel over the Web for the following reasons:\n\nUnsure of accurate sizing (27.95%)  \nReturning item could be a problem (18.17%)  \nUnsure of quality (13.92%)  \nDelivery costs (13.71%)  \nPrice (8.61%)  \nCredit card security (6.48%)  \nUnsure of item's exact color (5.84%)  \nUnable to access right information (3.29%)  \nDifficult site navigation (2.55%)  \nOther (10.20%) \n\nIf you could overcome the above common concerns of buyers, then you can be assured of making good money selling clothes on the Web.\n\nOne thing to remember is that the clothing retailers getting big bucks on the Web are those who are selling well known brands. As a small retailer, you have a lot against you.\n\nThe article "Can You Sell Apparel on the Internet?" \n http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol89/sellclothes.htm offers several suggestions on how a small clothing retailer can be more competitive online:\n\n1. Provide as much information on the clothes as much as possible (e.g. sizing, materials used).\n2. Quality of the product's photos must also be ensured.\n3. Offer clear and detailed instructions on how to return purchased items \n4. Focus on improving customer service and developing better relationships with your clients
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Most important thing to remember: Sell products that people actually want. \n\nSelling on eBay is not as easy as some portray. In fact, go to eBay and check out the number of auctions that end without a single bid. Competition is getting tougher, as more sellers go to eBay; even the big boys are joining in the eBay marketplace. Add to that the increasing listing and final value fees. And you will find that many sellers are not making it well on ebay \n\neBay has several ways for you to determine exactly what the hot items to sell on their marketplace: \n\nItems In Demand = the most popular items currently within that particular category. To see the In Demand page, go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/sellbycategory.html  \n\nHot Items by Category Report = a monthly report that lists the fastest growing categories on eBay for the previous month. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html and select "Hot Items by Category" from the menu on the left. \n\neBay Pulse = "a daily snapshot of current trends, hot picks, and cool stuff on eBay". Go to http://pulse.ebay.com/ to see eBay Pulse in action. \n\nMerchandising Calendar = eBay promotes specific categories on its home page each month. Savvy eBayers know that this home page exposure results in more interest in such categories. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/calendar.html  to view the current Merchandising Calendar.\n\nBuying from garage sales and selling on eBay is fun, and good getting a few dollars here and there from ebay. Sometimes, you luck out on an item and hit big, but many times it will just be so-so (assuming you can even get the price you paid for it). In terms of fun factor, it is great. But from a business stand-point, it is not. Not sustainable.\n\nIf you want to earn serious money from eBay, you need to have a well-thought out business model. Selling on ebay is getting tougher -- just look at the number of auctions that closes without a bid. Go to the boards on ebay and you will hear even oldtimers complaining about how stiffer competition plus higher fees make it so much harder to sell on ebay.\n\nOne success model of ebay is the couple Jay and Marie Senese (username jayandmarie) of the 1-cent CD fame. They have the highest positive feedback number of all sellers on eBay. Their business model is to buy very low cost CDs in bulk (those that CD stores sell in their discount bins) and offer them on ebay at a starting price of 1 cent http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_23/b3886080.htm Their success is based on the fact that they stumbled on a sustainable business model with products that people really want. They sold their business -- where else but on ebay -- for $5 million! Now that is success.
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Hi,\n\nInteresting post.  I started my eBay selling "adventure" about 4 years ago.  I tried unsuccessfully on and off for about 2 years to  sell products on eBay.  There are so many factors that need to be right in order for people to bid.  \n\nI had this nagging feeling that it's a solid business model to sell on eBay, so I didn't give up. My wife was watching TV and saw an infomercial for a course to learn how to sell and be successful on eBay. She bought it for me for my birthday 2 years ago, and I'm EXTREMELY successful at selling on eBay on.\n\nWhen I saw your question I looked to see if the same kit is still being sold, and I found it for FREE on the Internet!  They're only asking $1.95 for shipping!!!!!  \n\nhttp://www.alllsite.info/sell-on-ebay.php\n\nI highly recommend this course if you want to be successfull, and you certainly can't beat $1.95\n\nGood Luck
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I just answered a question similar to this one, You can find a plenty of sources on line however, if you have considered on line business or catalogers that sells clothes and lingerie you might be a step close to reach your goal in success, I had a job once as an intern with the top selling catalogs company in Germany (Otto). It was a great experience to me as I was responsible for that area sales and marketing.I have learned so many important things including selling and buying techniques and how it is important for a person to understand the consumer requirements.\nThere are two key needs here:\n\nThe first is to build up a detailed profile of your client -their personality, what they do and don't like, the social circle in which they mix and the sort of clothes in which they feel comfortable.\n\nThe other is a detailed knowledge of fashion. Buy all the magazines and keep in touch with what is in and what is out for each season.\n\nBy combining these two and appearing knowledgeable, then offer some free consultations to friends and family. Ask them to recommend you and by word of mouth you should start to get some paid business.
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My cousin has been running an online ebay store for several months now and he loves it !\n\nHe has the freedom to spend all day in his house clothes,  adding stuff to the store, editing his pages. When people buy something he gets a pop up that tells him what just sold !\n\nHe might go out several times a day to mail out packages, sometimes he'll go out just once.\n\nHe loves having his own business and making his own hours.\n\nMy only suggestion is to start out small and build your way up gradually.\n\nThere are plenty of mistakes to be made and you want to make them when your small and have small amounts of money and time invested.\n\nAlso buy some of those books from those ebay Power Sellers, it's not easy to become and stay a power seller, got to realy know what your doin, those people realy know how to make an ebay business work well and will have tons of sound advice.\n\nI realy can't think of any cons, just do alot of research before and during, thats Key !
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HEAR THIS WILL WORK LOOK AT IT THIS IS HOW MY BOYFRIEND GOT ME IT WORKED>\n\nhttp://cgi.ebay.com/woman-girlfriend-dat...
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Well it looks like your off to a good start. Ebay is an excellent way to sell things. Good luck!
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Make sure you know your marketplace. I've sold on ebay for years in different niches, and you cannot go wrong with doing lots of research on there, anything from constantly knowing the other sellers in your category to price comparing with finished auctions. I cannot stress to you how important customer service is in this; even the largest and biggest sellers lose me after one transaction if they make promises or have no kind of "touch". Keep in contact with your customers, and you'll reap the benefits. Good luck!
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OK ... after I spend a few minutes legitimately trying to help you, I'm going to go look up "Gulible" in the dictionary ... this has just got to be a joke.\n\nThe most popular sites for on-line sales are E-bay and Craig's List.\n\nYou might, in this case, ensure that you read the details about what you are allowed to sell there ... I think it's all pretty open, but we're talking about live animals here ?\n\nAlso, shipping and insurance can be a hassle.  There is lots of on-line help about how to get started and how to handle shipping and such on both sites.\n\nYou'll also want to establish a PayPal account ... don't use your account ... set up a different one or use his.  PayPal allows users to send their payments to PayPal and PayPal then deposits the funds into your account or you can hold them right there in PayPal like you would a regular account.  Lots of info is available on their site.  To do this, remember that to accept credit card payments administered by PayPal, you'll have to have a PayPal premium account and that costs a little bit each month.  PayPal is safe and secure.\n\nOK, I gotta go look up Gullible now.
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Try local consignment shops. They usually give you 60% of what they sell the clothes for.  They are usually higher priced than you would get on Ebay for that reason.  You could have a yard sale and sell them yourself.
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Hello Becka,\n  Your infor a challenge, I Sell on Ebay but Finding products that I can order and just sell isn't an easy undertaking, The few I got into Others followed and cut below the prices I was getting them at. Tough market to stick with. If you want some basic info on shipping and such I'll do what I can to help you. If you find a good place to Buy Products Keep it to yourself, or others will under cut to make $$. Its a cut throat industry online. \n  Also Watch out for fake Emails that claim to come from Ebay or Paypal, I get 3 or 4 Everyday that are trying to get my logon info and or credit card #'s Be Carefull, Don't log onto any linked pages Go to the Home pages DIRECTLY ONLY!!!!!
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Clothes sell well, even offline.  I would take your unused clothes to an offline store, you'd be surprised what you get!
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Just some suggestions.  Pick something that you know about or that you're willing to learn about.  For instance if you like video games, then you will know what's hot, what's about to come onto the market, etc.  These items alomst always are in demand on eBay.  Generally, when they are out there 'before' they hit the regular marketplace in volume, it drives the price up on eBay.  That's what you want and that's where you make the profit.