Where to buy items to sell

motorguy

Hughesy84 wrote: »

Have you any experience in doing that?

Do you buy the consoles off ebay & just sell them on you mean? Or buy new @ wholesale prices?!

Theres no margin in games consoles and you only get decent discounts on games if you buy in massive bulk. Plus the games / consoles / DVD / CD market on ebay is played out (no pun intended)

motorguy

cocoloco wrote: »

Now you call me a liar as well- what's next???:mad:

My point is, thats its not up to you to decide IF you should register or IF you should pay tax just because you say you're making only £150 a year profit.

I am sure there are very many businesses that on paper make *less* than £150 a year, either because of the recession OR because of creative accounting, but it doesnt mean they shouldnt register.

You are buying to sell for profit therefore you *MUST* register as a business, both to fulfill your potential tax implications and fulfilling your consumer rights implications, otherwise your no better than some bloke selling dodgy gear down the pub.

Jordii

cocoloco wrote: »

I sometimes buy second hand clothes from the carbooty- like NEXT, Monsoon and Dorothy Perkins or Topshop, Per Una etc and sell it on e-bay.

It can be hit and miss- I usually pay 50p to £1.00 per item and always start my listing at 99p ( no listing fee) and add on a decent postage charge ( i.e postage cost approx £1.20 - I charge £2.20). In this way even if it only makes 99p I do not loose out and sometimes it makes a tidy profit too!!!
I hope you find this useful and good luck with your e-baying!!!:)

PS- I'm not a business seller just trying to make a little extra money and use it to buy treats for myself and my family via e-bay.

I would personally AVOID any seller who is charging over the odds for postage.
Postage is not there to make a profit out of.
You are heading towards poor feedback and low DSR's by doing that.

Hughesy84

What do you sell Jordii?!

I too am looking for ideas of a business to set up.....

Iv found one or two but each item would only be making say £2-3 per item - is that good?!

OwtForNowt

A pound shop near me sells packs of 'Froot Loops' (American cereal) that sells for £10+ on Ebay. :eek:

Also American sweets in Home Bargains would sell for a lot more on Ebay.

soolin

Hughesy84 wrote: »

What do you sell Jordii?!

I too am looking for ideas of a business to set up.....

Iv found one or two but each item would only be making say £2-3 per item - is that good?!

Is that pure profit?

ie, does that take into account all on-costs such as listing fees, FVFs paypal fees, a percentage to set aside for customer returns and losses, tax and NI. Is that end price based on a certain number of steady sellers on ebay, do they sell everything they list at that price, if they don't then you need to also factor in FVFs for the stuff that doesn't sell. Also consider that established sellers may drop their prices to keep you out of the competition, can you hold your nerve if they do that? Is the market big enough to let another seller in?

soolin

OwtForNowt wrote: »

A pound shop near me sells packs of 'Froot Loops' (American cereal) that sells for £10+ on Ebay. :eek:

Also American sweets in Home Bargains would sell for a lot more on Ebay.

Completed istings only show one box sold at £5.99 and another unsold at 99p.

There are a lot of snack pots for sale for a couple of quid, but no sales yet.

Back to the drawing board.

EDIT: Or the blooming ebay completed searches is broken again for me.

EDIT: Yep, completed listings broken again for me, I just noticed the error message 'not all items can be displayed'. Why the hell not??

OwtForNowt

soolin wrote: »

Completed istings only show one box sold at £5.99 and another unsold at 99p.

There are a lot of snack pots for sale for a couple of quid, but no sales yet.

Back to the drawing board.

EDIT: Or the blooming ebay completed searches is broken again for me.

EDIT: Yep, completed listings broken again for me, I just noticed the error message 'not all items can be displayed'. Why the hell not??

Last time i checked there was a business seller selling them. A few months ago for £5, then he put it up to £10 and had still sold a few.

http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsLogin&item=150410494127

This wasn't the seller, but shows the same pattern. :eek:

lindseykim13

OwtForNowt wrote: »

Last time i checked there was a business seller selling them. A few months ago for £5, then he put it up to £10 and had still sold a few.

http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsLogin&item=150410494127

This wasn't the seller, but shows the same pattern. :eek:

who would need a cereal that badly? madness

although now i'm half tempted to buy a huge box full and start them at 99p just to see what they go for lol

StaffsSW

Does anyone remember the thread complaining about the price of Tommee Tippee dummies on ebay, someone posted a link to a seller with about a dozen on BIN very cheap, but by the time the OP came back, they'd all been sold?

I certainly remember it well...:D