Clarifications:\n\nWhat do you think sells the best, not necessarily what sells "for" the most?\n\nWhat items do you personally buy on eBay, maybe that will help you decide?  \n\nBEST ANSWER:  One word answers don't get best answers.\nAll clear answers on this are personal opinion unless sources are posted, hence I will give leeway to opinions.\n\nThanks :D
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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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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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make sure you research keywords first.  See if anybody else is selling a similar item and see how they're positioned.  Think of it from the buyers standpoint - what would you search for if you were looking for one.\n\nMake your descriptions as detailed as possible and provide good images.  You'll sell anything on ebay.
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I bought my car, a VW carbrio on ebay back in 2003. I bought two tickets (one-ways from NY and Flew my parents down to florida for a "vacation" and told them to pick it up for me and drive it back). Despite the fact that the aircondition didnt work perfect....still a great car.\n\nPS. My parents love to drive so this was not a cruel thing to suprise them with a 22hr drive home.\n\nI love ebay. My family uses it a lot since the things we like/want are not to be found in our area. My parents have sold trucks/cars/mowers on the site and I have bought tickets/collectables etc. I really trust ebay and have run into only a few problems with it. None that could not be worked out through the site to get my money back.
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i like both.  i usually buy/sell things on ebay that are easy to ship.  i always check craigslist for things i'd like to buy, because it's quicker to pick up something than have to wait for the seller to ship it.  and if it's something large, then you don't have to pay for shipping on craigslist!!  craigslist is great for bartering also.  i received a bunch of gift cards for christmas which i was able to trade people for gift cards they too received that they didn't want.  everyone was happy...
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That's a very good question. My wife started our ebay business four and a half years ago. She pulled some of our sons' clothes out of the closet and thought she'd try selling them on ebay. The clothes were in perfect condition, by the way.\n\nI didn't think much of it at the time, but when I saw that my wife was working so hard, I decided to hop in there and help her. The number one thing that filled my mind was the question you're basically asking right here: How can I promote my wife on the Internet - as a whole - and get people from everywhere - not just ebay - to come to her store?\n\nSince I'm a web designer, I already knew we needed to get our hands and feet stretched out there as far as we could on the Web. I already owned MrWebAuthor.com and my wife was going by MrsWebAuthor on her ebay, so we merged our online endeavors and created MrMrsWebAuthor.com. We now own a few different domains, we don't have any paid advertising on any of them, however, every page offers a link either directly or indirectly to my wife's ebay auctions or store.\n\nNow that we're both in all the main search engines (Yahoo, MSN, Google, etc), thousands of people show up at our sites looking for more than just ebay; even though, many of them arrive just for the ebay, too.\n\nI've said all that to say this: Promote yourself OUTSIDE of ebay and folks will come to your store from all directions. Consider this scenario, if you will. How many hundreds of thousands of people visit ebay by initially going through the portal of ebay.com? How many sellers do you think there are within the framework of ebay alone? Lots! Lots! and more Lots!\n\nIf a person thinks they can capture a large market by ONLY capturing the people who are already "inside" ebay, they're cheating themselves of the ever-growing market on the World Wide Web as a whole. My suggestion is that you promote yourself out on the Internet, not as an ebay seller, but rather as an authority at whatever you're proficient at doing.\n\nExample: Let's say you sell fishing stuff on ebay because fishing is your passion. Don't just try and promote your fishing ebay store in and throughout the Internet, but rather write articles in newsgroups, on forums, on your blogs, and even build a website that teaches people how to fish and how to catch those proverbial "big ones".\n\nIf you know how to build your own site, purchase a domain that matches your business, such as HowToFish.com, and make that domain name the name of your business. Then, when people visit your sites and blogs to learn more about fishing, they'll see links to your ebay merchandise and click on them -- if not for anything more than sheer curiosity.\n\nAll of this sounds easy, but in reality it's a lot of HARD work and requires countless hours of your time. But, if you're willing to invest in your business, trust me, it will pay off. Here we are, almost five short years later, and we're shipping product worldwide on a daily basis. It worked for us, and if you have what it takes (and I'm believing you do), it can work for you as well.
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What is B-Bay? Is it similar to EBay?\nI would find a supplier first.\nI believe in selling something that you feel good about and would buy for yourself.
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Your first stop should be eBay's Guide to Seller Services http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/services.html\n\neBay's Seller Central has all the resources you need to learn about the basics of selling on eBay http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/index.html\n\nThe key to a successful eBay selling is simple -- 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 tough, 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.\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.
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Open up your Vintage store in ebay!!  Just think the rent is only $15 a month + a small percentage of your sales.  And you get millions upon millions of shoppers every single day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, worldwide!!  It is super easy, and you will make profits as long as you are selling things that are in 'demand'!!  I have had an e bay store off and on for 5 years.  I love it, and it is as successful as I hoped it would be.
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The question is? Are you looking at this as another forum to pump up your ebay item? Or are you asking for opinioons?
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You have to be careful in your minimum pricing or reserve price.  People on eBay are looking for bargains, and many people's items go unsold because they are overpriced for THAT market (as opposed to the regular retail value of an item).  Try searching similar items, and on the left under the search box, you'ss also find a box to check for COMPLETED LISTINGS.  You can research what did and did not sell, and the listing or selling prices of similar items, so that you can price your items competitively.  Good luck!
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Having been on ebay for the last 4 years, I thing I learned is that people interested in buying an item will watch the item and bid on it -- whatever day and time it ends. \n\nEarly on, I listened to what the common research on ebay says that Sundays around 8 pm is when the traffic on ebay peaks. So I ended my auctions always around that time period - Sundays from 8-10 EST. But then again, thousands of other sellers are also ending their auctions that time so you have loads of competition.\n\nI experimented and varied my auction listing end. I found that with vintage postcards, Saturday 9-11 am do very well (but Saturday afternoons are always a dud). Sunday mornings and afternoons are also not good times, only evenings. With pearl jewelries, I have great success ending the auctions on weekdays.\n\nWhat I do is I stagger the ending times. I end some on Monday, some on Tues, etc. - this way shipping and fulfillment won't be too much of a problem as against ending 200 auctions all at once on a single day.\n\nThe key is to experiment what works best for YOUR product.
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EBAY was going to be my choice! Sorry! Good Luck!
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I think it's a very good site. I've found a few things on it, even under the free site...there's a lot of people out there that aren't worried about getting money for items and don't want to go through the hassle of having a garage sale....plus others put stuff on because it's free to advertise.\nCheck it out....I give it a thumb up!\nBut the items go fast....so hurry!\n\nSmileyCat : )
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if you want to get the most money for them, you would be better off selling them to a collector in person, but if you are going to sell them online, eBay has the largest amount of people looking for things to buy
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You should sell items that you do not have to spend money on in the first place..especially if you want to make it an income.\n\nSell clothing that you can make yourself or if you have old books, try selling those.\n\nThere is no "One popular item" on ebay. Just build your feedback and sell something that will not cost you that much to manufacture in the first place. And then once you get some capital, then you can start buying things in bulks and selling them at the retail price level.
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There are two ways to go about it:\n\n1. Buy from other sellers. What I did when I started was to look for any $0.99 items or cheaper, bid on it to get my score up.\n\n2. Review the way you sell your items. Many members realize that everyone starts from 0. In my other eBay account, I did not do #1 and instead proceeded to sell with 0 feedback. Buyers bought from me, no problem with 0 feedback. \n\nCheck if your item actually fits well with ebay - one of the realities of ebay is NOT all items can be sold on ebay. Do a search for completed items to see if people are buying your type of products, and for what price.\n\nAlso check your actual listing. Check the photos, check the titles of your listings to make sure the keywords are there, check the description, check your shipping and handling policies, check your payment policies. And if everything else fails, try to lower your price to get some bidding nibble.\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