Is Any Warrior Making Money from eBay, or at least Still Interested In How To Do It?

rosegrower76

You can go to ebay pulse and look at the top 10

Click on 1 of them...you'll notice that most are electronic items, with the exception of p90x and coach handbags.

Let's take the xbox 360.....there are several sub-niches for it....used xbox 360....xbox 360 repair...xbox 360 games...

Let's look at used xbox 360 and click the "used" link and then click on "us only"

Now, click on "completed listings"..you must be logged in to ebay to use this last feature

You'll notice that there were over 5,300 listings..now ebay will show you 50 listings per page as the default and you'll notice that the whole page is for april 17th, 2011..

and you'll notice that most of the transactions are green..meaning it sold...

now, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "100" (bottom right)..now ebay will show you 100 completed listings per page

the majority are april 17th and there are some sold april 16th..these are saturdays and sundays

this has the beginning signs of a hot, hot market

also, just because there's red (item not sold) sprinkled amongst the green, doesn't mean that the market is not good

you have to know how to interpret the stats and not just look on the surface...for instance

most, if not all, of those red auctions indicate that the seller had a buy it now price too high and/or their bid started too high....not meaning too high in general...because $9.95 isn't that much....

but meaning too high for these buyers

Sometimes you can start your bidding low, very low, if running an auction, and get more money from it than if you did a buy it now, because many are bid happy

However, i rarely run auctions...the overwhelming majority of my auctions are buy it now....that's instant cash when done right

Ebay was the first money I ever made online. The most profitable year for me was when I started selling test equipment I won from gov liquidation auctions. I made over $3000 dollars on a lot that I won for $250. In my listings all I said about the equipment is that it powered up when I plugged it in and the display changed when I pushed the buttons. Sold as is. Fees weren't an issue for me then with that kind of ROI.

venk1986, I agree with most of what you said.

Actually, I learned that when ebay stopped the digital delivery, the profit pool got better..because most of the cheats got out or at least this made it difficult for them to scam people.

Right now ebay has select areas where you can profit...and I agree it's not as easy as it used to be, but it's still easy when you know how

I will keep making this point about ebay and harping on it...

Have they instituted the 'buyer doesn't pay until they receive the item' rule yet? I think I read about that in this forum....

I keep peeking in this thread and I think it's because I really enjoyed selling on ebay but what Fajeeb says is true for me:

I'm a pretty creative chick but trendspotting and nichefinding are tough for me.

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