Everyone wants to know what the hot selling items are and how to find them. My best buys consistently come from garage sales and I know what to buy from researching what I already bought.
Things You'll Need:
- Computer with Internet connection
- Ebay account
- Small spending budget
- Time to shop
Step by step
- Where I shop you can still pay .10 cents to buy things at a garage sale. Check out my article "How to make BIG money on Ebay selling .25 cent garage sales items" link provided below. You'll find one item selling on ebay for as much as $200.00. Also look for anything vintage like material, curtains, luggage, JEWELRY and nick-knacks.
- Dishes are good sellers because everyone uses them and if the set is discontinued better yet. Buy the ugly and weird stuff. Most of the time if I hate it, it sells on ebay because it's rare and there's always someone looking for it. The one exception to this rule is, don't buy ugly clothes. You can sell discontinued beauty products from Grocery and Drug stores. You'll know when products are marked down to 75% off or more. The store is either removing it from inventory or more likely it's being discontinued.
- Take your items home and look them up on ebay. Use the SOLD category and filter the "sold" search, using the drop down to look through the HIGHEST PRICE first. Enter in the name of your item. Scroll through until you find one like it and you'll know what yours is worth. While you're looking, you'll see what the top selling similar items are. Searching through the sold, Highest Priced items first teaches you what the Hot Seller's are. This form of research is where your knowledge of what to buy comes from and is one of the most important parts of successful ebay selling.
Now you know the secret of how to find the HOT selling items on ebay.
Tips & Warnings
- Find merchandise at Flea Markets, Church Sales, Estate Sales, Thrift Stores, local auction houses, where ever used items are offered for sale.
- Turn things over and look on the bottom to see if the maker is listed or look on tags sewn into material things. Don't buy items that aren't stamped with who manufactured them until you have more experience. If you don't know, potential buyers won't be able to find what you're selling in an ebay search and you won't sell it for full value.
- Condition is important to value. Don't buy damaged items. Any damage detracts from the price. If you find a cup in perfect condition selling on ebay for $20 and the one you have is chipped, you probably won't sell yours. There are exceptions to this rule, truly rare items. They sell in any condition.
HOT Selling items on eBay
