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Hot and Not selling items

by Mieke Janssens

 

To be able to start an eBay business you need a product that sells well. On Ebay, there are very specific items that are great sellers – you just have to find out what those items are. There are many ways to find out this information. Some people spend hours developing their own (complicated) system to detect hot selling items, others pay fortunes buying expensive courses that’ll teach them how to do it. Don’t make the same mistake; the only things you need are your eyes and the eBay web site.

First there is eBay Marketplace Research, where you can view statistical information on buying trends at eBay. Whatever data you need, eBay MarketPlace Research has got it. Unfortunately, eBay charges a fee for using these tools.
http://pages.ebay.com/marketplace%5Fresearch/

When you don’t want to spend any money (yet), you really need to check out eBay Pulse. Here you can find several lists, showing you what the most popular searches, stores and products are, and which are the most watched items. You can overlook the whole eBay marketplace, or you can filter the lists to show the results of specific eBay categories.
http://pulse.ebay.com/

If you want to see what a particular item has sold for you can search by completed listings. Searching by completed listings will show you all listings that have ended within the last 15 days. To get to this information, click the ‘advanced search’ link located at the top of most eBay pages. Enter your keywords and select the ‘Completed listings only’ checkbox. Click ‘search’.

Now you know about the key to a successful auction. Bay works in peculiar ways: while some of the strangest things sell for the highest prices, other items that would probably sell quickly in another environment just sit there. So don’t think you can easily skip this step; the amount of research you put into the items you hope to sell is vital for succeeding on eBay

Useful links:

eBay
eBay Community

 

 


 

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