How do you start your own business on ebay?
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I know people that have gone around and collected trash and sold it thru ebay.  Look around your town on junk day, you might find something sellable.  Take a picture of it and offer it for sale.  Voila -- you're in business.
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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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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.\n\nAs for items to sell, you can:\n\n1. Buy bulk liquidation items such as those at Liquidation.com. The capitalization may be big, but the idea is to sell the items individually and profit from it.\n\n2. Find manufacturers of items you want to sell and buy discounted items from them\n\n3. Make deals with retailers in your area, and offer to buy their unwanted items for deep discounts. jayandmarie - the most successful ebay sellers - made deals with music stores where they will buy the entire inventory in the discounted bins, and then sold the items on ebay for 1-cent starting bid.\n\n4. Look for possible partners on the Web, preferably outside of the US. Import items from them and sell them on ebay. There's huge profits to gain from this approach.\n\nI suggest you read the articles on Success with Auctions http://www.powerhomebiz.com/internet/auctions.htm
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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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I have my own eBay business.    The first thing I would do is buy some inexpensive things on eBay, just to get some positive feedback.  The first thing I bought was a VHS tape for $.99.  The trick to being successful is to pick a category that doesn't have that many sellers, and is something that people want.  If you pick a category that comes up with 500,000 items up for auction, people just aren't going to browse through that category to see what everyone has.  Even when you refine your search on a category that big it usually comes up with 30,000...still too many for browsing.  I always ship USPS Priority Mail because there is a flat rate box (12x14x3) that is one price, no matter how much it weighs....so if you can fit it in that box it's only one price. The Post Office will also come and pick your shipment up for free with Priority Mail, so there's no going to the Post Office and customers get their product in 2-3 days.  (I've found that people don't want to wait for their stuff longer than 3 days.)  I don't want to tell you what I'm selling because I don't want the category to get overloaded with sellers.  But I do well, I am able to support myself, no problem.  I actually started out with only $500.  When you put your product up for auction you have a choice of a 7 day or a 10 day auction.  I always do the 10 day auction starting it on a Friday.  That way you have 2 weekends for people to look at your stuff.  Some sellers don't accept PayPal as a method of payment because you have to give a percentage of your profit of a sale to them if it is used by your buyer.  I personally won't buy from people that don't take PayPal because you have protection against a seller that is trying to rip you off.  I have only had good experiences with my customers and  with PayPal, and I have a 100% positive feedback rate.  If you have any more questions you can email me at:\n\nebayenigma@luv2kre8it.com
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LEARNING how to sell on eBay is pretty easy, especially if you know how to navigate a website and read online help carefully.\n\nMaking SIGNIFICANT money on eBay, that's another story. Easy to learn, yes. But be prepared for some HARD WORK to...\n\n1) Get your rating up. It's harder to get people to bid on items when the seller has a low rating, and some feachers such as Dutch Auctions (selling multiples of one item in a single auction) aren't available until you've got some positive feedback from successful auctions.\n\n2) Get people to even SEE your auction. You have to put some careful thought into the wording of not only your auction item content, but the heading as well. Remember there are a HUGE number of auctions starting every minute. Why should people click on yours? In a nutshell, be prepared to become an expert in marketing and advertising to be effective.\n\n3) Research your starting price. Be prepared to know EXACTLY how much shipping will cost, and factor in the time it takes you to write the item description and calculate shipping, then actually pack and ship everything. After all the costs, if you're not careful you may be working for less than minimum wage.\n\nThat said, yeah, it sounds hard, right? But it's still easier work than, say, flipping burgers in a fast food joint.\n\nAlso, there's a better approach... use eBay as a leapfrog to something ELSE. Done properly it can be a valuable tool for building up contacts with a regular customer base. And THAT is far more valuable than any one auction.
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Set up an adult webcam.\n\nSeriously?  Clean house and sell used gear on eBay.\n\nYou need a product or service that you can provide faster, cheaper or better than everyone else, or a better way to market an exisiting product you can sell. If you have something in mind, then you can set up a small business. It is probably easier to use Yahoo shops or eBay for a trial period toget used to having an online business.
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Start an online business? sell things on ebay? write an ebook?\n\nFirst you want to research much as possible and start small.  Join many forums and message boards related to your interest.\n\nLeave out scams, gimmicks, get paid to survey, MLM, pyramid stuff.\n\nBest luck!
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Type ebay on your browswer. Once there it is simple they walk you through it. Start buying or selling. Imagine it is like having a garage sale. Sometimes you make money on things sometimes you lose money but you get rid of things. It is a win win situation.
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several ways\n\n1) find a warehouse where you can buy items such as ipods in bulk for a low price (20gb ipod can be bought for less than $100 each if you buy them in bulk) then sell them on ebay\n\n2) create a website, something you are interested in, and if it has a lot of good content you can earn money though advertisements (google adsense, yahoo publisher, clicksor)\n\n3) affiliation programs, some places give you an affiliate link when you sign up, and when people use your link to buy something or sign up, you get a small percentage of their order as a reward
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Selling on eBay is simple. Millions of people earn extra cash or earn a great living from selling on eBay. Start Selling Now!\n\n5 Steps to selling on eBay  \n\nhttp://pages.ebay.in/ebayexplained/sell.html
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set up an e-commerce store. Not just E-Bay. Build your own website and start a business selling art,surplus supplies from your local retail stores...Your own candy...craft...bread...clothing...handbags...information about subjects you are passionate about and have knowledge of....
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eBay is a business like any other.  If you invest the time, energy, and money into it; you can make money from it.  Like any business, you can also lose money if you don't know what you're doing.\n\nBusiness 101:  To run a business, you need a product / service, and you need sales.  eBay can help with sales because it exposes you to a large potential marketplace -- but you still have to do the selling.  As for a product / service -- you either create your own, or sell someone else's.\n\nIf you've never run a business before, eBay is probably a good place to get an education.  You can learn more, and quickly, by doing research there than anywhere else.\n\neBay 101:  Search the ads to find one that resembles what you want to sell.  Watch the item.  See how the ad is formatted, what the starting price is, how many people bid on it, and what it sells for -- if it sells.  Do this at least 10 times, at different times of the day, and days of the week.  You should start to see patterns of what is selling, when, and how to sell it most successfully.\n\nBest of luck !
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I would recommend starting with something you enjoy, find a wholesale supplier or make the goods/services yourself, and setup a store with eBay.  This is really quick and easy (AKA: cheap) to start.  If you don't know exactly what you want to do it is a good way to see how it will work without a huge investment.  If you are successful in that marketplace you can take it to the next level and expand into a more traditional business model with less risk!  \n\nTry playing around with writing a business plan and see what your risk and financial tolerance is.  The link below is a good tool for planning a new eBay business, I would recommend you check this out first!
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Try the eBay pulse and then check out some nifty ideas, tips 'n tricks for selling on eBay, and find links to helpful sites:\nhttp://www.themainsail.net/helppg.html...\n\nSend me a link to your eBay auction and I'll post it for you on my website, free!
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I suggest you spend some time reading how to sell on ebay. Ebay has a number of tutorials and guides on how to start selling:\n\neBay's Seller Central http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/index.html\neBay University http://pages.ebay.com/university/index.html\n\nThere is only one rule to success on ebay: 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.\n\nNow, assuming you list your product for 7 days at opening bid price of $15 and you used the gallery feature and Buy It Now, your fees are:\n\nInsertion fees for starting price of $10.00 – $24.99 = $0.60\nGallery Fee = 0.35\nBuy It Now for starting price of US$10.00 – US$24.99 = $0.10\n\nSo whether your item sells or not, ebay will already charge you with $1.05 -- the listing fees are something you need to consider when thinking of the starting price for the product. The final price must cover your product costs and ebay fees.\n\nIf that product sells at $20, there are additional fees to pay:\n\nFinal value fees $0.01 – $25.00 = 5.25% of the closing value which translates to $1.05 that ebay will take from you\n\nSo assuming that the buyer will pay you with a check for $20 + shipping fee, you would pay ebay with:\n\nListing fees - $1.05\nFinal value fees - $1.05\n\nor a total of $2.10\n\nThe more selling features you add, the higher the charges. If you use Paypal, you will also be charged Paypal fees.
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Get on eBay and sell info-products; start your own dropshipping business by selling what you want or trade currencies online. You'll be amazed at the results.