Thrift stores are filled with the unwanted clutter from thousands of homes in your area. And in those thrift stores are hundreds of items that may be junk to one person but worth a lot of money to someone else. Literally, one persons trash is another persons treasure. This is why using thrift stores in your area is such a great way to sell on eBay. They are everywhere, filled with lots of in demand name brands and have very reasonable prices with no minimum orders.
Most of what you are going to find in your thrift store will be worthless to sell on eBay. Most are brand names like the ones found in large chain stores like Union Bay, Faded Glory and No Boundaries plus hundreds of other brands. The key is to know what sells. Other names like designer and sought after brands like North Face and some Ralph Lauren items have a willing market waiting out there on eBay. These manufacturers spent millions building up a following and loyalty to their brand names.
People like way certain brands are status symbols, or the durability or the quality of the way they are made. These brands are usually expensive and they will come to eBay because they want to get a good deal on these brands. They come to eBay to BUY.
This is the key to eBAy, know what the market is looking for and wants to buy.
Every thrift store has many brands of clothing you will have to pass on and just look for certain ones. There is only one way to do this and that is to study what people want. You must know before you start to buy your stock what it is that people are looking for and want to bid on. By having a good idea of what is selling on eBay, you will be able to make money on most of the items that you list.
The only way to know what to look for to buy for eBay is to find out what is selling on eBay and that is done by looking at auctions that have closed on eBay. Study different categories so you have more areas in the thrift store to look through that you already are familiar with. Keep all of your study of these closed auctions in a large notebook. As you add more and more searches to your study and notebook, you will start to get a feel of what people are looking for and what is in demand. You also have to go to your local thrift store and write down all the names that you are unfamiliar with. These you will research when you get home.
The fun of eBay is you never know what something will sell for. The genius of eBay is that it is an auction. If you have the right item at the right time and two or more bidders really want it and get into a bidding war, the sky is the limit to what it can sell for. You will see some crazy prices paid for some items in your research. This is what makes eBAy so thrilling as a seller. When you find one of those rarer, sought after items, you will be glued to your monitor as it gets closer and closer to the ending time.
Most of what you are going to find in your thrift store will be worthless to sell on eBay. Most are brand names like the ones found in large chain stores like Union Bay, Faded Glory and No Boundaries plus hundreds of other brands. The key is to know what sells. Other names like designer and sought after brands like North Face and some Ralph Lauren items have a willing market waiting out there on eBay. These manufacturers spent millions building up a following and loyalty to their brand names.
People like way certain brands are status symbols, or the durability or the quality of the way they are made. These brands are usually expensive and they will come to eBay because they want to get a good deal on these brands. They come to eBay to BUY.
This is the key to eBAy, know what the market is looking for and wants to buy.
Every thrift store has many brands of clothing you will have to pass on and just look for certain ones. There is only one way to do this and that is to study what people want. You must know before you start to buy your stock what it is that people are looking for and want to bid on. By having a good idea of what is selling on eBay, you will be able to make money on most of the items that you list.
The only way to know what to look for to buy for eBay is to find out what is selling on eBay and that is done by looking at auctions that have closed on eBay. Study different categories so you have more areas in the thrift store to look through that you already are familiar with. Keep all of your study of these closed auctions in a large notebook. As you add more and more searches to your study and notebook, you will start to get a feel of what people are looking for and what is in demand. You also have to go to your local thrift store and write down all the names that you are unfamiliar with. These you will research when you get home.
The fun of eBay is you never know what something will sell for. The genius of eBay is that it is an auction. If you have the right item at the right time and two or more bidders really want it and get into a bidding war, the sky is the limit to what it can sell for. You will see some crazy prices paid for some items in your research. This is what makes eBAy so thrilling as a seller. When you find one of those rarer, sought after items, you will be glued to your monitor as it gets closer and closer to the ending time.
About the Author:
Tom Graber is the author of Thrift Store Profits, a book about how to sell thrift store clothing and other items on eBay. You can get his free report that reveals in demand brand names on eBay. His website is http://www.thriftstoreprofits.com/.
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