How to win an auction
 

welcome to our auction Archive. Have fun browsing!

 

Article #74: Scouting Local Auctions For Products To Sell On Ebay

(Browse for more articles)

 
If you have never sold products on eBay well it has sold on eBay in the past, and
before, I would suggest that you start the price range that it usually brings as
with your own household items that you a high bid. This helps you to bid more
are ready to part with. You probably have accurately at the auction, instead of
things in storage, items in the back of guessing at how well it will do online
your closet, or things you don't use and bidding in the dark.
anymore. You can generally get a lot more Your partner will need to be quick on the
for them on eBay than you can by having a keyboard and familiar with eBay. You need
yard sale. to know how many auctions are currently
Once you get your feet wet with the running for that item, and whether the
selling process, and exhaust your market is already flooded with sellers.
personal resources, you can look to local They can also search the Completed
auctions for more products to sell on Auctions to see what the high bids were
eBay. Many local auctions specialize in when the most recent auctions ended.
property, personal estates, antiques, After a few trial runs, you can get your
Nascar and other collectibles. teamwork down to an art.
Sometimes you can even find large lots of Without this Invisible Partner you may
inventory or product types, and purchase bid too high for an item that brings a
the entire lot for a discount or lower price on eBay, or that doesn't sell
wholesale price. You can then sell the well online. Unless you know your
products individually through online product, and know your market (super
auction, and flip your investment into a well), it pays to have someone checking
nice little profit. on things behind the scenes.
How do you choose which products to buy, You can usually find out about Local
and how much should you bid? Auctions by checking the newspapers.
The goal is to buy low and turn a nice There is also a great site called where
profit. What I have done in the past, and you can find live auctions in your area
would highly recommend, is that you team as well. All you have to do is put in
up with your spouse or with a friend. One your zip code, tell it how far you are
stays at the computer while the other willing to travel (within 30 miles, for
attends the local auctions, and you stay example) and it will give you a calendar
connected by cell phone. You want to keep of auctions in your area.
your method under your hat by the way, so A quick search at AuctionZip tells me
step outside to make the calls or be as that there are 9 local Auctions going on
inconspicuous about text messaging as you in my area this weekend (and I live in a
possibly can. very small town). Some of them are for
When you find a product that you are properties, others are entire personal
interested in, or that you think may do estates (ie estate auctions), and some of
well on eBay, make a note of the model them specialize in antiques &
number or any specific product collectibles.
information. Pass this on to your When you tap into these resources and get
"invisible partner" so that they can a system down for buying smart, you can
research the product for you. flip products from one auction to another
They can look up the product to see how for an easy profit!






1- A- B- C- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- 15- 16- 17- 18- 19- 20- 21- 22- 23- 24- 25- 26- 27- 28- 29- 30- 31- 32- 33- 34- 35- 36- 37- 38- 39- 40- 41- 42- 43- 44- 45- 46- 47- 48- 49- 50- 51- 52-