Mums MumblingsI’ve been buying and selling on ebay for about 4 and a half years now. I started off selling scrapbooking items and now I’ve moved onto DVDs.
If you choose the right items you can make a very nice profit from eBay selling.

If your new to ebay selling I would suggest looking around your house for the things that you’d like to get rid of and sell them. Remember make sure they are in working order and good condition otherwise you’ll be wasting your time and money.

By selling your unwanted items, you’ll get a feel for the auction process as well as a feedback score, not to mention a few dollars in your pocket.

Because there is a limited number of items in your home that you want to get rid of this will only last you a little while and then you’ll need to buy items to sell. There are a number of things you should think about before you rush off and buy some stock.

The cost – how much will the item cost you including any postage costs.

Storage – Do you have room to adequately and safely store the item while you are waiting for it to sell?

Postage costs – how much will these items cost to ship.

The season – When you put an item up for sale on eBay, consider the time of year. Jumpers and jeans don’t sell well in the spring and summer.

Where Will You Find What You’ll Sell? – Markets, Garage, Established retailers, or Discount stores

Once you have an idea of the types of products you would like to sell, it’s time to do some research.

Go to the Buy section in ebay (you will find the BUY tab at the top of the page). Scroll down til you find the category where your product fits. Or alternatively type your items name into the ebays search engine. Once you have a list of similar items up on your screen, scroll down and in the index on the left hand side you will find the Completed Listings checkbox. Check that box and scroll down a little further to the Show Items button and click it. Now you have a list of the items that have sold in the past couple of weeks. You can then sort it by the Price: highest first and start browsing. This will give you a good indication of what is hot and what kind of prices items are going for at the moment.

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