biggest profit items on ebay

ali-t

Just wondering what you ebayers have found to be the most profitable items to sell secondhand? I have had very limited success of late on ebay with very little profit made.

Historically I sold a set of motivational CDs that I picked up fairly cheaply and sold for more than I bought them for. I have also sold books for a niche market that sold well but recently things have been much poorer.

What about any of you?




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soolin

I have a rather nice line of very niche items available only in the UK. I sell mainly to the uS and Australia (although I've had my first Russian buyer today).

Books are beginning to die completely for me though.

brettcta

i had a very niche market aswell that i made myself and sold at around 300% profit. it was in the alt/rock/geek fashion accessory market. i stopped purely because i just couldn't be bothered making them any more, but i'm starting to get a stockpile of them again and start selling again due to high demand and the fact there's nothing else like it on ebay or anywhere.

what was it? i'll never tell

ali-t

I haven't tried any books recently but picked up a text book for £3 that sells for £20+ new which was a bargain.

Is anyone making decent profit?

I have seen a lovely house for sale at o/o £100k more than the one I would be selling so thinking about what items in the house I can sell lol

Crowqueen

If you're looking for a product to sell as a business, stick to things people use every day, or commodity items - the market for anything particularly frivolous is still fairly downbeat, I'm afraid. Pure collectables - stamps, postcards and stuff like that that used to be a good bet on eBay - are just not selling at all.

I listed a couple of DVDs over the last month on BIN for a reasonable price, and they just sat there the whole 30 days . Going to keep them until nearer Christmas.

Motivational/self-help/spiritual stuff does go very well, I used to collect tarot cards before I settled on one particular deck and I have just finished selling off what I didn't want to keep. Also sold a couple of meditational CDs, but not for very much.

OwtForNowt

If you're buying things to sell then I would register as a Business Seller (If you havnt already done so)

ali-t

OwtForNowt wrote: »

If you're buying things to sell then I would register as a Business Seller (If you havnt already done so)

I don't intend to buy things to sell on but was just wondering what would be worth selling as I haven't had much luck with sales recently when I have had clear outs.

drc

I sold some items which I made quite a big profit on recently. They are very niche though and you need to know the market.

amcluesent

Any item of ahem, intimate apparel, you can buy, wear and then sell?

macfly

Is that a request?

ali-t

amcluesent wrote: »

Any item of ahem, intimate apparel, you can buy, wear and then sell?

That would be perfect, it would save a fortune on using the tumble drier