I've found a Niche!!!

PASCALI

You can check the Ebay completed listings to see what the sell through rate is

nalibz

crompton wrote:

chroma key green-screen / blue-screen backgrounds? lol

huh? :rotfl:

crompton

you said lets have a competition to see waht it is and the person who guesses wins a free one, im asking is it a chroma key green-screen / blue-screen background google it if you don't know what it is. ive seen some on ebay and theres only 1 uk seller, they go for around £50-£60 each so i thought it might be what your niche is

highguyuk

For those sad enough to have been curious regarding cromptons post, I refer you to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromakey

nalibz

crompton wrote:

you said lets have a competition to see waht it is and the person who guesses wins a free one, im asking is it a chroma key green-screen / blue-screen background google it if you don't know what it is. ive seen some on ebay and theres only 1 uk seller, they go for around £50-£60 each so i thought it might be what your niche is

nope! but good attempt!

crompton

highguyuk wrote:

For those sad enough to have been curious regarding cromptons post, I refer you to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromakey

hey thats not fair lol, im looking for one myself actually for my videos so if anyone spots one pretty cheap pm me please lol,

highguyuk

If you want one, post on the "Want - it" forum and see if someone comes up with one ...

doingwhatican

nalibz, when you import you will have to tell them how you want it sent to you. Are you buying FOB, CIF, DDP etc? You will have to get a handing company to receive the pallet for you in the UK or do all the work your self. This will involve getting a handling company in the docks or airport to remove the pallet from the transport and place it in a clearing warehouse. Do you know the duty category that your product falls into? I ask as I once imported some electric kids stand on scooters and they fell into a certain category, I can't remember exactly which one, but this was an extra 2.5% duty, and then also don’t forget you will have to pay VAT on the total value of the goods.
For one pallet of stuff expect to pay a minimum of about £60 for a handling company to receive the pallet and hold it for you and process the paper work. Are you then going to collect the pallet from the holding docks or have it delivered to you - this is not cheap either way. So now add up all the costs and I expect that your first pallet of goods will just about break even if you buy them for £9 each and flog them for £50 each on eBay.
For returns – do the company know you are selling on, you might be able to broker a deal with them like cost price on spare parts or something like that. It always pays to ask.
I bought a pallet of electric scooters from china and got them FOB ( which is free on board - basically the factory send them to the transport ship for me - literally a slow boat from china ) and I paid $80 USD each for the scooters and I had a final cost when they arrived to my door of around £140 ( about $240 at the time ) per scooter - good thing I had already sold them all for more before I had even got them. I used a small handling company in Southampton docks that received the pallet (arranged to get it off off the transport ship for me) and did the customs paper work for me and paid all the duty up front to customs. The only way you will make real money is to buy in bulk – I could have got 40 pallets (a container) of the scooters at around $40 each – that was half the price.
I hope this gives you food for thought as it really does take a lot of effort to import into the UK – it is not as easy as making a personal purchase.

rushnowt

Import duty on goods from USA is charged at 12.5 %, I buy products occassionally from a company there and thats what I was charged on last delivery 2 weeks ago.

Good luck with everything Nalibz, don't forget me when your rich and famous

nalibz

doingwhatican wrote:

nalibz, when you import you will have to tell them how you want it sent to you. Are you buying FOB, CIF, DDP etc? You will have to get a handing company to receive the pallet for you in the UK or do all the work your self. This will involve getting a handling company in the docks or airport to remove the pallet from the transport and place it in a clearing warehouse. Do you know the duty category that your product falls into? I ask as I once imported some electric kids stand on scooters and they fell into a certain category, I can't remember exactly which one, but this was an extra 2.5% duty, and then also don’t forget you will have to pay VAT on the total value of the goods.
For one pallet of stuff expect to pay a minimum of about £60 for a handling company to receive the pallet and hold it for you and process the paper work. Are you then going to collect the pallet from the holding docks or have it delivered to you - this is not cheap either way. So now add up all the costs and I expect that your first pallet of goods will just about break even if you buy them for £9 each and flog them for £50 each on eBay.
For returns – do the company know you are selling on, you might be able to broker a deal with them like cost price on spare parts or something like that. It always pays to ask.
I bought a pallet of electric scooters from china and got them FOB ( which is free on board - basically the factory send them to the transport ship for me - literally a slow boat from china ) and I paid $80 USD each for the scooters and I had a final cost when they arrived to my door of around £140 ( about $240 at the time ) per scooter - good thing I had already sold them all for more before I had even got them. I used a small handling company in Southampton docks that received the pallet (arranged to get it off off the transport ship for me) and did the customs paper work for me and paid all the duty up front to customs. The only way you will make real money is to buy in bulk – I could have got 40 pallets (a container) of the scooters at around $40 each – that was half the price.
I hope this gives you food for thought as it really does take a lot of effort to import into the UK – it is not as easy as making a personal purchase.

thanks a lot for taking the time to write that out for me.. It does seem like a lot of work for what is likely to be a considerable risk as im not sure if they'll sell or not...

I'll have to look into it and see, i've got a few other ideas outside of ebay so will have to look into that and report back!

your help is really appreciated:)