Never Run Out Of eBay Products

Let’s say you’re just getting started on eBay. You’ve opened up your account and now you’re looking for something to sell. If you’ve already followed our advice to sell the stuff around your house you may be wondering what to sell next. Sure, your attic and closets may be clean, and you’ve gotten rid of the clutter, but now what?

It’s important to recognize that the lifeblood of your ebay business is products. If you don’t have any products to sell, then you don’t have an eBay business. You need products. How would you like an unlimited supply?

One great way to obtain unlimited products is to become an eBay Trading Assistant. What is a Trading Assistant? This is someone who helps other people get their items sold on eBay. So if you have and Aunt Gertrude who wants her antiques sold on eBay, you would be a Trading Assistant if you helped her sell them. You, as a Trading assistant, take the pictures and do everything related to selling on eBay. In short, you’re going to “assist” her in every way.

Now you might do this for free for your dear Aunt Gertrude, but for neighbors, you may choose to charge a certain commission for your time and energy. Or, you could buy the products from them and then resell them yourself.

You can literally have an unlimited supply of products to sell because chances are everyone has stuff lying around that they want to make a quick buck from. According to eBay, there is over $1000 worth of items around your home that you could sell. And if you help other people sell their stuff, you can have lots of products for many months to come.

Let’s say you do want to be a Trading Assistant. Well, there are two ways to do it. The first way is the “official way.” You do this by registering that you want to be a Trading Assistant on eBay. This allows you to be listed in the eBay Trading Assistant directory. However, before you can join the directory, you need to meet a few requirements. You first must have a feedback score of 100, and 98% of your feedback must be positive. Also, you need to have sold at least 10 items in the previous 3 months. Your eBay account must also be in good standing. For more information on the program, you can go to www.tradingassistant.com

If you don’t meet eBay’s requirements, however, don’t let that discourage you. You can still be a Trading Assistant “unofficially.” eBay can’t stop you from helping other people sell on eBay. The only real difference between being “offical” or “unofficial” is whether or not you can use eBay’s official Trading Assistant logo and be listed in the directory of Trading Assistants (so others can go onto eBay and find you). But regardless of whether you choose to be official or not, it’s always up to you to find who you can help.

Here are some suggestions how you can promote yourself as a Trading Assistant. One key ingredient is to get the word out. Talk to your friends and neighbors. Ask if they have anything to sell on eBay. The more people that know you are the guy (or gal) to go to for help for selling on eBay, then the more successful you’ll be. Another idea is to post flyers around town saying that you’ll sell their stuff on eBay. Consider putting a classified ad in the paper as well.

The bottom line is that there is no end of products to sell on eBay. With a little creativity, you can be the “go-to” person for everything eBay related.

Joel Holmes is the designer of the free eBay 101 Start Up Kit. In this step by step video kit he will show you precisely how to make make money on eBay quickly and easily! Get your free copy while supplies last.