Where do power sellers on ebay get their items to sell?
Do they steal them??? I don’t get this whole ebay thing when the sellers have their own store where they sell things such as pottery barn returns, when there is nothing wrong with the items and they are not discontinued. Where are they getting them? Please explain this to me.
What’s a "drop shipper"?
There are many sources where sellers get their merchandise. If you buy in bulk, you can get a good deal from a wholesaler. Depending on the item, you may have to buy several hundred units at a time which you can sell indiviually for a profit.
You can also purchase products from liquidators. Again, you have to buy by the truckload. Not all the stuff you get is resellable, but there should be good stuff mixed with the bad. You can also find liquidators that will sell by the pallet.
Major chains have factory outlets and closeout centers. If you happen to live near one of these stores, you are really lucky.
Less frequently, you can find clearance items in the stores. However, these are hard to come by.
You can find some good deals at going out of business sales, and business liquidation auctions. You need to know what you are looking for or you can easily overpay of stuff.
Garage sales and flea markets are another good source of finding bargains. Again, you need to know what you looking for.
Thrift stores like the Salvation Army and Goodwill will occasionally have a diamond in the rough. If you can spot one of these, you can make a huge profit.
If you live near one of the large liquidation resellers like Big Lots or Tuesday Morning, you can often find things that you can resell on eBay.
Of course there are tons of knock offs available most of which come from China. Having a connection with an import exporter can get you some of this questionable merchandise.
But most people sell what things they previously bought and no longer want. Much of the items you see are from these types of sellers.
Finally, there are the countless dropshippers on eBay. These people try to sell goods from various dropship suppliers. When they make a sale, the item is shipped directly from the dropshipper to the buyer and the seller gets a cut of the proceeds. This is a cut throat market and in my opinion a huge waste of time.
We won’t even discuss the dealing of stolen goods on eBay. You know it is there, but you can’t stop it.
Good Luck,
Bill
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Just a quick update on a few things that sold in my ebay store at auction last week.
Here are the items that I found at garage sales on June 8 & 9, 2012.
Recent Ebay sales from garage/estate sales, thrift stores and auction finds. In an effort to spark sales and generate some cash flow, I have been using Best Offer, which has been working out quite well. I am getting a bit less than I want for some items, but if they aren’t selling I figure it is better to just sell those items and move on.
Here’s my haul for June 10-12, 2011. Not a great haul, but I did get a lot of stuff and only spent about $45. 
Here are the items that I found at my favorite (and most of the time lucky), rummage sale.
This video features recent Ebay sales of items I bought at estate and garage sales, as well as thrift stores. My best sales were the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan items — GO BULLS!!!
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