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One thing that sets PowerSellers apart from the Rest of Us is the fact that they deal in volume. They always have a supply of merchandise waiting to go online. They don’t have any gaps between the time someone purchases everything they have available and the next batch of items for sale.
Almost all PowerSellers have a source of wholesale merchandise to sell on eBay. In many—but not all—cases, they don’t have to go out shopping for that merchandise. They order it from their supplier, and it arrives in quantity. This is the sort of merchandise that is all the same: a batch of Christmas ornaments or collectors’ plates or figurines, for instance. They visit trade shows, make connections, and order batches of goods that they know will sell on eBay because they’ve taken the time to research similar items that have been sold there.
But other sellers do deal in one-of-a-kind collectibles. They just don’t spend all of their time scouring flea markets and garage sales for those collectibles. They advertise their services as estate sale liquidators, and people come to them with large quantities of heirlooms and antiques to sell. Whether you like to sell new or used stuff, the point is that you need to find a regular supply of it, and you have to keep finding it on a regular basis. And don’t be afraid to expand your product line and try new things: ideally, you’ll have merchandise to sell at back-to-school time as well as the end of-the-year holiday season.
One thing that sets PowerSellers apart from the Rest of Us is the fact that they deal in volume. They always have a supply of merchandise waiting to go online. They don’t have any gaps between the time someone purchases everything they have available and the next batch of items for sale.
Almost all PowerSellers have a source of wholesale merchandise to sell on eBay. In many—but not all—cases, they don’t have to go out shopping for that merchandise. They order it from their supplier, and it arrives in quantity. This is the sort of merchandise that is all the same: a batch of Christmas ornaments or collectors’ plates or figurines, for instance. They visit trade shows, make connections, and order batches of goods that they know will sell on eBay because they’ve taken the time to research similar items that have been sold there.
But other sellers do deal in one-of-a-kind collectibles. They just don’t spend all of their time scouring flea markets and garage sales for those collectibles. They advertise their services as estate sale liquidators, and people come to them with large quantities of heirlooms and antiques to sell. Whether you like to sell new or used stuff, the point is that you need to find a regular supply of it, and you have to keep finding it on a regular basis. And don’t be afraid to expand your product line and try new things: ideally, you’ll have merchandise to sell at back-to-school time as well as the end of-the-year holiday season.
