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I was just thinking if you research the markets and then find an offline business person who is to busy to do ebay you could form a joint venture with them...interesting! (they have the inventory and you could take care of the auctions) Hi Sandy, > I agree - eBay CAN be addictive! :) > Here are a few of the ways I know of which > people make money from eBay.... > 1. Sell on eBay.... You can easily buy from > stuff from yard sales, buy liquidated stock > below retail, or buy items unique to your > area - and sell it on eBay for a profit. > After a while, you'll find out what sells > well, and what doesn't.... > After trying it out and making some profits, > once you want to go into it "big > time", you can use a service like > Auctionworks to automate everything for > you. :) > This is what some people do full time! > 2. Buy stuff on eBay, and sell offline. If > you know how to reach people interested in a > very narrow "niche", you could > possibly buy stuff of interest to these > people, and sell it offline at a profit. > 3. Buy at another online auction site, and > sell on eBay! Auction sites with fewer > visitors tends to mean that there will be > fewer bidders.... That means that items can > often sell at other auction sites for less > than they do on eBay. So, you can buy there, > and sell on eBay for a profit. > 4. Buy products with resale rights on eBay, > and sell the product outside of eBay. I'm > amazed at the products with resale rights > you can get on eBay - often for $5 or less! > You can't get everything there like this - > but there's quite a lot. Do a search on eBay > for "resale rights" or > "reprint rights" - make sure to > include the quotes! > After you've done one search, you'll see > your search term in the left column, under > "Basic Search".... From there, you > can do a more thorough search, by also > checking "in titles and > descriptions" and searching again. > Once you have a product with resale rights, > you can sell it however you like - from your > web site, in ezines, etc., or sell it on > eBay too. > 5. Buy businesses on eBay, fix them up, and > then resell them. I haven't done this > myself, but I've explored the idea.... I > believe you can really make a lot of profits > doing this, but you're talking about > spending at least a few thousands bucks to > get something decent. The key then is to > improve the business, and sell it for even > more. If you've been building your own > business, you'll develop the skills to > improve other businesses too. :) > - Dien Rice |
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