What is the best way to buy large quantities of electronics, say MP3 players, to sell on e-bay for profit?
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You gotta find businesses that are liquidating their inventory. Say you go to Circuit City and talk to the manager and ask him if they liquidate and tell him you would like to be on the list of bidders. Then when they liquidate you will make a bid on for example, 45 Sony Cameras, if you have the highest bid, then you take your cameras and sell them on ebay individually for a profit.
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E-bay has a way to set up a virtual store. If you have a local shop that someone would look to buy things that you are trying to sell, talk to the owner. Thay may buy from you or allow you to display your items in his store. You could put them on consignment there and pay the owner of the store a small fee when something sells...
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eBay 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\nHow to Find the Hottest Products to Sell on eBay\n http://www.powerhomebiz.com/102005/ebay.htm\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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Go to e-Bay. If you don't trust e-Bay, Sell to your friends or advertise in a local newspaper.
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Look through IDC's web site. Also look at one of the big players in this space... eBay.
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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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Well it looks like your off to a good start. Ebay is an excellent way to sell things. Good luck!
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Find online website / china supplier where you can buy stuff on less price e.g online whole seller and www.alibaba.com \n\nand then sell on ebay with profit margin.
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I would suggest E-bay as a starting point.  You can start at a particular price, and you may even get higher bids for your items.
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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 and get rich 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.
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ebay? amazon? ebay would be more likely
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open and e-bay store.  go to stores that are not chains-- like little specialty shops (especially if you live in a tourist area!)  and offer them 15% of what they sell them for.   agree on a price and see if that works out.
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Ebay is the best way I believe.
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The Powersellers probably get most of their stuff from wholesalers. If you do a search on wholesale merchandise, you should come up with a large variety. The thing with wholesale though, is you usually have to buy in large quantities, so it's a bit of a gamble. If you buy a bunch of stuff that doesn't sell, you lose your money...and get stuck with the crap! \nIf you just want to try to get a few things to sell, your best bet is probably garage sales. You'll have to develop an eye for what sells though or you may not make money. At least if you start this way, you only chance losing a small amount and you may be able to get rid of it later. \nStart off selling something you know and research to make sure the market isn't flooded with the item you're considering selling. Do this by doing a search on Ebay to see how many are available and what the selling price tends to be. This search will also help you figure out what listing methods work best for the item. \nOne other thing you could do is search ebay for items with "rare" in the title, take note of what they are and search for them at yard sales, goodwill, etc. The problem with this method is that people tend to label their items as "rare" on Ebay just to try to trick bidders, so take notice if you see 200 of the same "rare" items, lol.\nThe best way to start using Ebay is probably to sell things you already own and are ready to part with. This way you can get a feel for how the site works and what kinds of items sell. \nAlso, check out your local library for books on Ebay. Last time I looked, my library had a dozen or more books about how to use Ebay, how to buy from ebay, the best selling techniques...and now that I think of it, I even saw a book about how to find things to sell on Ebay. \nGood luck...remember me when you're rich :D
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Safe but low profit - Bank CD\nRisky but potentially high profit - Stocks\n\nIf you're into selling stuff, buy something in bulk and sell it on ebay.\n\nDo not join any "get rich quick" schemes....you will probably lose all of your money.
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Almost anything hardware related is for sell on eBay.
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More Specifically:\nGo to your countries Most Popular local Auction site (other than ebay) and see what's selling hottest.\n\nThen go to ebay and buy in bulk many of these items and resell them. \n\nStart with 1 or 3 items to see how they sell first.\nCreate a spreadsheet of Fav ebaySellers!!