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Postby lewkycat » Wed May 30, 2007 6:08 pm

Apart from your own products, what has been the best product for re-sell that you have purchased?
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Postby Mark » Wed May 30, 2007 10:35 pm

Easy, dotcombuilder (http://www.dotcombuilder.com).

These sites use to sell for hundreds on ebay a few years back - now days competition is more tense and it's difficult to sell even one. At the time you could set one up, simply by registering a domain name and hosting account, list it on eBay and sell it within a few days.

I've even saw a couple sell for over £1000.
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Postby stevew8975 » Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:14 pm

wow - nice link. I think. How much information!!!??

I've found some of the best items to resell on eBay are bought from eBay in the first place! Badly listed items, the old mis-spelt items, early bargains (before people catch on how poular a product will be), items ending at odd hours of the night, and even wholesale lots sold individually - all have given me a fair return at some point over the years.
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Postby dfreeman » Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:48 pm

My best profits came from trendy items and hard to find items such as the Elmo dolls, PS3's, Xbox's, etc.

Electronics were the main categories I sold in...............................but not anymore. :(
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Postby thecountryowl » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:19 am

dfreeman wrote:My best profits came from trendy items and hard to find items such as the Elmo dolls, PS3's, Xbox's, etc.

Electronics were the main categories I sold in...............................but not anymore. :(


How was the markup on electronics. Are the margins slight? I've sometimes read that it is easy to lose a lot of money selling electronics on eBay.
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Postby stevew8975 » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:18 pm

dfreeman wrote:My best profits came from trendy items and hard to find items such as the Elmo dolls, PS3's, Xbox's, etc.

Electronics were the main categories I sold in...............................but not anymore. :(


Hmmm... PS3's were not that hard to find in the UK when they were launched. Shame that Sony actually got their act together with the European supplies prior to launch. It's the first console in the UK not to fetch a premium during launch week.

I was gutted, but it was a great excuse to keep it for myself ;-)
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Postby jimmayor007 » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:10 am

you want to pick something unique and something you know. You can take a already popular idea and repackage to make it sand out drom the crowd.
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Postby Hank3rd » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:25 pm

I am finfing that hard to locate items or items that are handmade sell the best. Everyone is looking for the populate items and will undercut anyone to make a sale. I have been thinking about opening a store, but I am thinking hard about that now!
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Postby FellettV » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:07 am

webkinz is a big trend now, check eBay pulse, top 3 every day.

Check your classifieds for Wii, Xbox 360's, PS3's, PSP's for Cheap , new in box, sometimes college kids need cash.

Always look out for whats hot with kids, catch the morning news, it speaks to mom's, but ask the mom's what their kids want, that's whats selling.
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Postby DataWorkZ » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:37 am

Hello everyone I am new to this forum! Found it as I was looking for the owner of an eBook I bought, her name is Avril. The seller I bought the eBook from said it came with resell rights, but no documents to that effect and nothing in the ebook, so I wonder.

But anyways, I have found that eBooks seem to sell the best for us on eBay. So far in retail stores, I have been selling CD's and DVD's of eBooks as well as seeds and photography. Services also sell well as someone always needs something done.

The key for us was to learn and then learn how to do things ourselves, so we learned from scratch how to do just about it all, so we wouldn't have to rely on anyone and have to pay extra costs. We started back in 1998 on the web and at eBay in 2000.

There have been a lot of bumps along the way, some nasty buyers and sellers, but still I think it is worth it in the long run as we plan to keep at it another hundred years or so. lol. But really we enjoy what we do, we actually do more than just resell ebooks, we also publish them and design them for us and others, including right down to the eCovers!

Hope this helps with a good product idea that sells!

Thanks.

Kris Williams, Author and Designer for
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Postby MrandMrsG » Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:18 am

My best products come from thrift stores and consignment stores - I'm in a big city and I am amazed every day at what people throw away. I am talking about items with $100-$200 tags on them - brand new that I pay $2-$3 for. Can't beat that.

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Postby ebaycanwork4u » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:22 am

My best products were surfbrands such as BILLABONG, RIPCURL, Quiksilver and Roxy. Watches go really well but the hard thing is sourcing the product for a reasonable price to make profit. A year or so ago we were buying Billabong Watches for $40.00 and selling them for up to $160.00. ROXY jeans go well and in the bigger sizes. OAKLEY shoes in mens bigger sizes skyrocketed too. Only thing is finding suppliers for them is really hard.
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Postby jingwen » Mon May 25, 2009 4:31 am

In my opinion,electronic gadgets is great .
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Postby quiktipz » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:03 am

I've typically found that good things to sell are toys...especially if it's going to be a HOT in demand product. I cashed in on a couple of Wii's when they first came out. It was the easiest doubling of my money. Golf equipment is a big one too! Doubled my money on a set of Titleist woods...just because Tiger Woods was playing (the same model) them when he first broke out on tour.

If you want to learn from a chap that's made a nice tidy living off ebay...check out http://www.jimssilentsalesmachines.com.
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Postby salehoo » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:49 am

Try selling things from around the house but do make sure that these are in good condition. In doing so, you lower your risk for losses. While you're at it, check your shopping list too. You never know that a product you want/need mat also be wanted/needed by someone else.

Check for trends - read through magazines, blogs and forums, watch out for items that are often asked about. Watch for how the product's name or brand is being repeated - if you see this you found a trend! And items considered a trend are usually great sellers.

If you must venture into electronics, try selling the accessories first. They sell faster and will be easier for you to secure, stock and ship.

Also please check out our blog on: Things to sell on eBay: 3 Hot Niches for 2010! http://www.salehoo.com/blog/things-to-sell-on-ebay-2/

All the best!
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