Mixed up with Ebay

[margincall]

I've been doing resear on internet of what most sellers do on Ebay, but I haven't found yet what type of selling I am looking for.

The majority buys products from China, or goes to wholesalers such as Alibaba, Aliexpress, etc ... and then resells them on Ebay. But I am more interested in the resale part of second-hand products. Where could you tell me more about it?

What distinction exists between the two, and what advice could you give me regarding it? It's all a bit messy between Amazon, Shopify and Ebay.

Any succesfull course/person that I can do a research on?

Thank you in advanced!

 

[MisterF]

I'd suggest you need to visit car boot sales / yard sales, charity shops and even second hand shops.
Another option is local auction house where they sell house clearance items.

There's not going to be the margin if you're buying from sellers to try to resell - in my opinion.

 

[SEOMadHatter]

There's not going to be the margin if you're buying from sellers to try to resell - in my opinion.

I've flipped both to and from eBay. Sometimes shops/other eBay sellers are trying to clear stock, offering a promotional price or just don't know the current value of the item. If you're flipping from eBay you find a lot of recreational sellers who really don't know what they're selling sometimes. Flipping from yard sales is going to mean lower competition but retail arbitrage isn't dead yet.

 

[MisterF]

I've flipped both to and from eBay. Sometimes shops/other eBay sellers are trying to clear stock, offering a promotional price or just don't know the current value of the item. If you're flipping from eBay you find a lot of recreational sellers who really don't know what they're selling sometimes. Flipping from yard sales is going to mean lower competition but retail arbitrage isn't dead yet.

Did it 8 years back, found in the wholesale section a great deal from a seller, bought it then broke the lot down, relisted as individual items and resold for a nice profit.

 

[Robert Slagle]

you could to to the storage auctions
this is one of the ways I started

 

[Robert Slagle]

I'd suggest you need to visit car boot sales / yard sales, charity shops and even second hand shops.
Another option is local auction house where they sell house clearance items.

There's not going to be the margin if you're buying from sellers to try to resell - in my opinion.

yes this is good too but you will get better deals with storage auctions and get a ton of stuff for cheap as well as finding a diamond in the rough