how does ebay profit?
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well, eBay charges a fee to list your item, then they take a percentage of the final price of your item.  There are also other charges within listing...for instance additional pictures cost, placing a reserve results in a fee, putting your in a second category...stuff like that.
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Buying 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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One success model of ebay is the couple Jay and Marie Senese (username jayandmarie) http://stores.ebay.com/JayAndMarie of the 1-cent CD fame. They have the highest positive feedback number of all sellers on eBay. Jay was a financial investment analyst with Merrill Lynch (or one of these big financial investment companies) and he quit his high paying job to do ebay full time.\n\nTheir 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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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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there are many people who earn all of their income from selling things on ebay.\n\nThink of your interests and what could possibly sell. Find a niche
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Most of them are bullshit. \n\nEspecially companies like hits4pay.\n\nReal income=Ebay\n\nYou might not get rich, but you will make REAL money.
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sell something on ebay, it always works for me
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Selling on eBay is Fast, fun and easy. You can start with things lying around the house that you no longer need such as books, furniture, toys, gifts you don't like and more. Sell on eBay as a hobby or even start a full time business.\n\nLearn the basics\nThe Basic selling guide will take you through Seller Registration, Researching eBay before you sell, listing your item for sale, completing your transactions with your buyers and managing your eBay business.\n\n\n\nAdvanced Selling\nOnce you have mastered the basics and started selling on eBay, here are some tools available to help you become faster and more efficient at selling. Plus, you'll learn great tips on how to help attract more buyers and sell more products.\n\nThis Advanced Selling guide will help you as a reference for all your selling related information and also help you take your business to the next step.\n\nFrom a beginner to a regular seller or from hobby to full-time business.
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Clothing is a BIG business on eBay. Try shopping a discounter like TJ Maxx, Ross for Less, Marshalls or whatever it is called in your area for women’s clothes from designers like Ralph Lauren, BCBG or Tommy Hilfiger. Often times you can find, for example, a woman’s shirt that sells in the mall for $50 on sale for $10. Odds are if you put it on eBay for $25, you'd sell it. The customer thinks they saved $25 and you made $15. :) Now multiply it by 100 sales and you're in business. I do about $2K a month in sales and I profit about $500 and that’s from just working part time. It's not "easy money", you do have to work at it, but if you're willing to invest the time and effort, you can do it
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Most of these sellers charge exorbitant shipping charges and make their money that way.  Even a paperback sold at 0.01 can be very profitable is you charge 3.50 for shipping.\nOthers, like myself in the past, are more interested in making quality books available to the largest amount of people, and therefore offer such items at a low price, knowing that they will go to an appreciative buyer.  This is the best way to recycle and is much better than throwing stuff away.  Surprisingly, there are a lot of people on Ebay who have motivations other than simply making money.
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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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There are many different ways to make money on ebay.  A couple of which have already been mentioned.  If you have storage you could go to auctions or garage sales and find good buys, then relist them.  You could also find good buys on ebay and resell them at auctions.  It is a strange new world, and not all people are involved in the cyber world.  They atually look for people who want to resell their stuff, just so long as they get it out of the house.\n\nYou could also look into buying bulk and reselling individually.  Most people do not want 50 can openers, but one or two may be a good investment.  They know you only paid $2, and yes they only need one or two, so they are willing to pay $4-5 a piece.\n\ngood luck - hope this helps.
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eBaY is a easy and fun way to make money from the home.\nWell sometimes not so easy and not so fun.\n\nSometimes not so easy\nIt takes a lot of research for the buying of products.\nIf there is something you know alot about then look for products that relate to that field.\nYou should then be able to recognise a good deal easily and then look for vendors to supply products.\nThe esiest way to sell is eBaY because you have the whole world as your customers.\nYou have to do your research though ...pricing is competitive.\nIf you look at already completed sales you can see what is the frequency of sales for a particular item and see where your pricing needs to be.\nI may research offers from vendors for 10 to 15 products before I find one that is viable for good profit.\nSometimes you may have to buy in bulk to get a good deal which requires space in your garage or a storage unit.\n\nSometimes not so fun\nThe sale and shipping part can be a burden.\nLets face it customers are a pain in the A$$ most of the time and you know what there always right....darn.\nThe paperwork piles up after the sale.\nThe shipping with USPS is ok they pickup for free from the house and boxes are free.\nBut personally I cannot stand this part with all the boxing and taping and peanuts and popcorn and labeling.\nSometimes for two hours a day.\n\nahhh the payoff\n\nI've made over 8000 in 8 months\nI want to get to 1000 a week its tough to take it the next level.\n\n\nHope this helps and may you be sucsessfully in whatever you do!
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The Web offers tremendous opportunities for those who know how to harness it. You hear of stories of people who earn thousands if not millions of dollars from doing business on Web. While there are many scams (same way in the traditional business world), there are various ways you can legitimately make money on the Web. eBay is not the only option for earning money on the Web (and yes, not every one who decides to sell on ebay hits the big jackpot).\n\nHere are the main business models you can adopt:\n\n1. Sell products on the Web - Big boys like Amazon or Lillian Vernon online catalog or smaller businesses like BigKidsVideo.com or Candle4Less.com all sell products on the Web. \n\nYou can either sell: (a) through your own storefront through your own website or applications such as Yahoo Stores; or (b) sell through online auctions like eBay\n\n2. Information Delivery. Others such as About.com or BusinessKnowHow.com create content and monetize their content in a number of ways:\n\na. Advertising - whether by joining banner ad networks such as Tribal Fusion, BurstMedia or Fastclick and display the banners on their site; or through contextual advertising such as Google Adsense or Intellxt\n\nb. Affiliate Programs - you sell other people's products that your audience may be interested in; and you get a certain commission after the desired action was done (whether a sale, a lead, subscription to email newsletter, or however this is defined)\n\nc. Paid online content. Hoovers.com or WebmasterWorld.com Supporters forum all require paid subscription before accessing the information\n\nd. Content licensing and syndication. Some publishers such as the Associated Press get paid every time their content is published elsewhere
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I know a couple people making a decent 2nd income on e-bay one lady does a lot of yardsales and flea markets then resells on ebay another man I know buys wholesale and sell's new stuff on e-bay. they both do well. I do custom computer builds and repair on the side and have sold some of my old parts on ebay as well the trick to e-bay is be honest be fair and be profitable. lol You would also be able to be at home doing that as well..
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There are many eBay sales you can conduct to turn huge margins. A buddy of mine who purchased two Xbox 360s by standing in the rain for eight hours sold them for $2000 each on eBay.\n\n"According to eBay president and CEO Meg Whitman, a staggering 40,000 Xbox 360 consoles have been sold on eBay," writes Michael Parekh's blog.\n\nYou can also sell things for your family and make a cut of the profit. Good things to sell include digital cameras or other electronics that they don't use.\n\nIf eBay is no good for you, as you'll need a bank account/paypal account, you may want to consider selling on craigslist.com where you will have to meet people face to face. This poses its own set of risks so BE WARY! of scammers, stalkers, slick con artists, etc.\n\nBut since you talk about making money online, I assume you already have the bank account, paypal, credit card thing figured out. If not, you should really partner with an adult you can trust who has those things.\n\nFinally, be wary of SENDING MONEY. Almost always avoid wiring money (MoneyGram, etc). Good luck!
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Not the websites advertising it. But there's many ways to make money at home through merchanting on ebay or amazon, or selling things on a website/google ads.