Ebay Drop Shipping - A Quick How-To


by Eartha Haines - Date: 2007-01-28 - Word Count: 524 Share This!

You may be surprised to know that many sellers on eBay utilize drop shipping to earn their income. In fact, getting started on eBay is a good way to gain experience with selling on the internet and a quick way to reach millions of potential customers on a daily basis. The following is a quick how-to on getting started with using drop shipping on the world's most popular auction site.

Find a Reliable Wholesaler Who Drop Ships
Finding a legitimate and reliable wholesale company that also drop ships is one of the most important tasks you will undertake. There are a lot of scammers on the internet so beware and research with caution. You will also want to consider what products to sell and research how much competition you will have to deal with. You don't want to choose products in a market that is over saturated. When you find a good wholesale company providing the products you wish to sell, find out about their drop shipping program, the fees, and how they handle payments and shipping. Once you are satisfied and set-up, you can sign up with eBay and get started.

Sell Products Through Auctions
When you are signed up with eBay you can choose to market your items through their auctions. Your wholesaler should provide stock images that you can use with your auction descriptions. Before posting your items, be sure to place them in the correct category, and research the prices of your competition. You need to make your descriptions stand out. Check out a few power seller descriptions and notice how they are set up. Follow their lead in the beginning and eventually, you will figure out what works better for you. You don't want your starting price to be too low because you will need to account for the fees for posting your item(s). If the winning bid is under what you expected, it becomes very easy to lose money rather than earn a profit. This is why research in the market your choose is so important before you start. If you have a ton of competition, making sales will be difficult.

Sell Products Through An eBay Store
Setting up an eBay store can be more cost efficient for most people. This is because the fees for listing items is more affordable. One downside is that your store may not get as much exposure as an item up for auction. However, you can utilize both auctions and your store to attract more customers. Providing excellent customer service and quick shipping (depending upon the quickness of the drop ship program you use) will bring you repeat customers. eBay provides a bookmarking feature for customers to add "favorite sellers" to their account page. You can also take advantage of eBay's email marketing feature to email your repeat customers who have opted-in to your email list.

As you can see, getting started with drop shipping and eBay can be painless as long as you research for the right products, a reliable drop ship program, and find a good niche with relatively low competition.

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Eartha Haines is an editor for Self Employed Blog. It is a web site which was created to help promote the self-employed lifestyle and to share ideas, products, and opportunities that may help others move closer to their dream of being their own boss.

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