Product Sourcing For Ebay

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One problem which newbies to Ebay selling face is how to find good product sourcing for Ebay suppliers. Fortunately, it is not difficult to find good partners if you know where to look. Experienced Ebay sellers use these 4 simple steps to find their wholesale dropship supply partners:

1. Find Out What’s Hot On Ebay

The first thing you need to do is to find what are the best items to sell on Ebay. Don’t sell what you feel like selling – this leads to failure. Only sell what people want to buy. You can look at Ebay Pulse and Shopping .com’s Top Searches to find this information. Note down the categories of products which are popular as well as specific brands and models.

Check out Google Trends as well. This will tell you if the demand for this product is seasonal.

2. Find A Directory Of Wholesalers For Ebay Sellers

There are a few good directories out there. They list thousands of reputable wholesalers and dropshippers. The companies which operate these directories continuously update their databases – removing wholesale dropship supply vendors who go out of business and adding new wholesalers and dropshippers.

The better directories will have a feedback mechanism. You can see what other partners of these dropshippers say, and you can add your own feedback.

The directory owners will also categorize the vendors listed. Better directories will categorize on more than one level – by the type of product sold, type of compensation plan, minimum orders, wholesaler or dropshipper, etc.

There will probably be a search function to help you shortlist your prospective product sourcing for Ebay suppliers quickly.

3. Shortlist Your Wholesale Dropship Supply Partners

First, you need to find a vendor who supplies the products you want to sell on Ebay.

Then, shortlist the vendors who provide dropshipping. That means:

• You set up the Ebay auction or shop,
• Take the customer’s order and payment,
• Forward the customer’s information and payment to the vendor, then
• The vendor will directly send the product to the customer

You also need to make sure there is no minimum order for the shipment. For example, if you sell DVD players, you should not expect your customer to order more than 1 unit. However, if you sell (relatively) low-cost products like music CDs, you need to find a dropshipper who offers reasonable minimum orders for delivery. In this case, you need to structure your Ebay auction appropriately.

Remember to double-check any limitations to where they will deliver. If they don’t do international deliveries, say so in your auction. If they only deliver to certain cities, take note of that as well.

4. Select Your Final Product Sourcing For Ebay Partner

Look at the vendor’s compensation plan. The two main plans are:

• Commission based – You get a percentage of the sales. Ask the vendor if they support Ebay auctions.
• Buy rate plan – the dropshipper sets the wholesale price per unit, you set the minimum bid. Don’t forget to include the delivery charges.

Look at any reviews and feedback on the vendor’s service. Never choose vendors with poor feedback, regardless of how good their offer seems to appear.

Examine any other fine print and make sure they are acceptable.

And that’s it. You now have your product sourcing for Ebay partner. All you need to do now is set up your Ebay auction.

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