How to Be a Successful E-Bay Seller

There have been many people in the last few years who have made lots of money selling on E-Bay. How do they do it? While everyone has a different strategy, pitch, and product, some universal tips are still available.

1.) Find a product. For me, it has been DVDs' and video games. For you, it could be anything. Maybe you have a homemade product you've been wanting to sell but didn't know where to do it. Maybe you've just got some old board games laying around the house. Perhaps it's an old PC, couch, bed, book...really anything that you can think of, you can try to sell. Some things just sell better than others. In this technology driven world, electronics are always a hot option.
"Well that's all nice and well, Mathias," your thinking, "but what if I don't have anything around the house I want to sell? How can I find something to sell?" Great question...

2.) Try going to garage sales, swap meets or flea markets, thrift stores like Goodwill or Salvation Army, even discount stores like Big Lots often have items that you can buy for rather cheap and sell higher on E-Bay. Also, many E-Bay sellers actually buy their products ON E-bay. I frequently find DVDs' or games for as little as $2.50 INCLUDING shipping and can turn around and sell them for five or six dollars. Often a seller has multiple auctions of similar products. For instance, a seller may be selling movies out of their collection that has gotten too big. While they may charge two or three dollars on one DVD, if you buy two or three DVDs', often a seller will "combine shipping" which results in dramatically reduced shipping costs. E-Bay also often has bulk items, which sell for relatively cheap, but offer the chance for bigger sales when split up by you. But before you go all out and start selling...