WHAT TO SELL AND WHERE TO GET IT

In order to make money on eBay you must sell something (DUH!). But whatshould you sell? What product are the most profitable? Where do I get all thestuff I want to sell? You are probably clueless right now and you want someanswers, don’t worry I’ll give you all the answers you need.Finding products to sell can be the hardest step of starting your eBay business.But if you want to be a powerseller that is one step you can not skip!Even though it can be the hardest part of starting your eBay business, finding asupplier is relatively easy and can be done in a couple of days…if you knowwhere to look. Even though it is easy, many people end up simply quittingbecause they find the task of finding a good supplier challenging and timeconsuming. Finding a suppler can also be very frustrating, it can seem likelooking for a needle in a height stack if you don’t know where or how to look.First of all look at all the powersellers selling the same stuff you want to sell, howdid they get their hands on all that great stuff? They looked for it until theyfound it! You must understand that if a product can be bought, it can besold for a profit. So what ever it is you want to sell I assure you, you can find asupplier for it.You will need to look harder, think outside the box and get creative if you wantto sell certain items. You will sometimes need to think for yourself and figure outways to get your hands on the stuff you want to sell. This might seem scary, butdon’t worry I will give you a lot of information that is sure to help you out.Getting creative and thinking outside the box:Like I said, if it can be bought, it can be sold for a profit. What ever you arelooking to sell you will find it if you look hard enough. What I want you to know isthat not every product can be found in a conventional way. By conventional Imean looking up a supplier in the yellow pages or the internet. Sometimes youjust have to get creative.First you must get rid of all the mental blocks and limitations that are in yourmind, you need a can-do-attitude. More often then not, the spoils come tothose who think the sky is the limit. Thinking out side the box is just that, thelimitations and mental blocks are the box…you must completely ignore them!So what do I mean by thinking outside the box while looking for a supplier? Imean your supplier doesn’t have to be an actual supplier. Your supplier can be astore, website or even another eBay seller that has access to the products youwant to sell. Another eBay seller!? Why would the competition want to help me?Well not everyone is going to want to help. But the smart eBay sellers know thatthis is a chance to make money off of the competition as well as their own eBaybusiness, a smart seller knows that with the extra products he he/she order tosupply you, he/she will probably get a greater discount.EBay is a great opportunity to make money from home, with little or no risk anda small amount of startup money. But guess what, not every real supplier is goingto want to deal with you when your first order is only $100 worth of products.You must understand that if you can’t go in through the front door, just goaround and try the back. As you read on there will be examples of getting theproducts you want to sell through the “back door”Does anyone actually use this “back door method”? Yes! Almost every singleeCommerce website that sells expensive watches (TAG, ROLEX, OMEGA…) usesthe “back door method”, because the manufactures of the watches only supplydirectly from the factory and only to authorized dealers….oh and the watchcompanies forbid the selling of their watches over the internet.So what most of these websites and eBay powersellers do is befriend a jewelrystore that has access to the products they want to sell. So if some of the biggestmost successful powersellers and websites do it, why can’t you?Most people are uncomfortable thinking outside the box and taking the road lesstraveled. Because when you do what everyone else does there is a clear path,there are guidelines and it is much easier and less uncomfortable to follow analready made path than make your own. Please know that you don’t have tofollow “the rules” when looking for a supplier, anyone that sells what youwant to sell is a potential supplier to you.Now, not everyone is going to agree to do business with you. But you mustremember there are thousands of people out there that would agree to be yoursupplier. The sooner you get rid of the ones that don’t want anything to do withyou the sooner you will get to the ones that want your business and are open toyour ideas.