How to Start Your Great eBay Selling Adventure
October 17, 2007If you have never sold on eBay, the very first thing you need to do is sell something on eBay. Now this would seem like the simple, logical thing to do, right? So go ahead and just do it. Reason being, you will want to test out the waters before you plunge headfirst into the eBay-selling pond. It would be silly if you went through all the steps to set up your business the legal and right way only to find that selling on eBay is not the thing for you.
Maybe you have been buying on eBay for awhile, but have never taken that step to actually sell something on the world’s greatest marketplace. Now that you are thinking about making some money on eBay, instead of spending it, you need to figure out what you are going to sell. The most frequently given advice is to sell something you have around your house you no longer want/need. Take, for example, that gift you got for Christmas ten years ago from your Aunt June. Maybe that would be a great thing to sell. All you need to do is sell what you would deem as “junk” (or something you no longer have an attachment to.) Keep in mind, you don’t have to make $1,000 on your first sale; you just want to make a sale!
This is exactly how we started our great eBay adventure. We scraped together some “junk” that we had lying around the house and threw these items up on eBay. After all, as the saying goes, one man’s junk is another man’s treasure.
Surprisingly enough, our “junk” found new homes and we were hooked. The rest, as they say, is history.
TIP: The best place to start learning about selling on eBay (besides this blog, of course!) is eBay’s Seller Central webpage. Here, you will find an abundance of information on topics such as Getting Started, Best Practices, Advanced Selling and Category Tips, plus much more. Combine Seller Central with eBay’s comprehensive Help system to give you a lot of great information for starting out in your eBay selling adventure.
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That’s definitely some sound advice. It’s an easy, low-risk way to get started in something that could potentially turn out to bring in some serious cash. Awesome article. ^_^
Hi Matt,
Thanks for the kind words! Keep checking back as we have some more great articles coming your way.
That seems like a pretty common starting point. Sell some of your own junk, but then what? I’ve found that searching out other peoples’ junk at Garage Sales. Markets etc to be very useful. But you need to be very discerning about what you choose to sell. Researching on eBay’s completed listings is great for working out what to look for.
Garage sales, flea markets or thrift shops are definitely one option for product sourcing. We will be covering other ways to find merchandise, especially new merchandise, in future posts.
Stay tuned! There is a lot of good information yet to come. In the meantime, you can sign up for our newsletter in the top right of this screen, and download our FREE 58-page e-book that discusses options. Otherwise, please keep checking back here.
Great advice! I love selling on ebay, it’s a great way to get rid of some old things you have laying around, and make some good $ on the side.
Keep the great postings coming !
Jim Moon
Hi Jim,
Yes, eBay is great for getting rid of what you consider to be junk, and someone might consider to be a treasure. It is also a great avenue to increase your income, or even become a full-time job.
We will definitely keep the good posts coming. In the meantime, you can subscribe to our newsletter at the top right of the blog and get a FREE copy of our 58-page guide to selling on eBay. It, too, is full of great information!