Planning What To Sell On Ebay

Posted on August 25, 2008
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Planning what you will sell on eBay is very important. If you pick the wrong item to invest your time and money into, you could end up be being disappointed and give up on your eBay business all together. Unless you have some type of specialty in a certain category, I recommend sticking to what I call your prime categories.

In general, the categories that see the most business on eBay are:
Computers and Networking
Consumer Electronics
Cell Phones and PDAs

The other categories do have plenty of activity, but those three in particular I have had the best success in selling a large quantity of items and always having plenty of demand for my products.

If you have a specialty in a category such as Crafts or Jewelry, then by all means go ahead and fully investigate if it would be worth it for you to embark on an eBay business in your specialty.

Most important, at this stage you need to fully look through all categories and try to narrow down your options to a couple of categories and items that you are not only interested in selling, but show enough profit for you to be able to make money off of them consistently. For the next few pages, I am going to go over how you would go about making money selling cell phone accessories on eBay.

Why sell cell phone accessories?

Practically every individual in the United States over the age of 16 owns a cell phone
The overhead cost is low
The profit margins are high
Plenty of wholesalers to choose from
Plenty of different accessories to sell

I could come up with many more reasons, but those are what immediately stuck out to me. You really have to think this question before planning what category you are going to sell in, “What does everyone use and need?” If you can correctly place yourself in a market that millions of people buy products in, you can position yourself to make a lot of money!

Just think, everyone that buys a cell phone at one point or another will need a battery, case, headset, car charger, and even a faceplate. These types of products cost pennies for the suppliers to make and can sell on eBay for as much as $20 dollars or more. The result is the supplier (person who created the product) makes a lot of money, the distributor makes plenty of money, and you (the retailer) makes plenty of money. Everyone is happy!

Final Thought. If you were to choose an industry such as Dell Laptops, how would you make money? You really wouldn’t because you’d never be able to get the laptops at a wholesale deal like you would cell phone accessories.

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By: DCJames

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