Ask Me Anything about selling on eBay
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Qool
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- Jun 9, 2017
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Possible. Not only two. And this is not against their rules.
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This is not against the rules, but if eBay decides that you're doing this to get around listing limits they'll ban you. Sell totally different items on each account and it should be okay.
Grizmatik
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- Jan 12, 2017
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and why I should make stealth account.. what's the point
okey and what's the point to make stealth account? reason to have stealth accounts is just for increase your limits that's right?
It's not that important if you're small, but if you get big you do it for two reasons
1. You may get banned by eBay/Paypal and if you spread out your sales over multiple unlinked stealth accounts, result of any single ban does not kill you. You can get banned for stupid reasons that's not even your fault.
2. If you start selling a lot on a single account, your competition starts copying you, hurting your sales. If you sell $250K a year on eBay, a single account selling that much will get a dozen people trying to copy you and trying to undercut you in price. If you operate 5 accounts selling $50K a year each, you're lot less of a target.
cherry0112
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- Mar 5, 2014
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How can you get real phone without living in US?
There used to be people who offer this service for $20-$30 in the marketplace. You need to make sure that the service you buy is from actual US cell phone and not google voice, ect.
cherry0112
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- Mar 5, 2014
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Can you suggest me the sellers?
Thanks.
I have never used someone who does this since I'm in US and have no need of this service.
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praveencqr
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Hi.. thanks for your valuable post..
I'm from india.. How can I begin selling business on ebay..? do I need to use ali or resell from amazon..?
I'm from india.. How can I begin selling business on ebay..? do I need to use ali or resell from amazon..?
I suggest you read up on this stuff before you ask me questions. No one is going to hand hold you through the entire process.
cherry0112
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How can I research top trending products?
Azt3c
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- Jan 27, 2017
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Thanks a lot for the info Tom @toml3030! Sorry for replying so late ,I was on the road didn't have a connection.
Have you purchased things from Aliexpress?I can't seem to edit the Billing Address when checking out.Ali automatically sets the Billing Address same as the Shipping address ,it only allows me to change to either UK,US or Canada.I'm not from any of those places. That's going to be a problem for me when I dropship with eBay. How do I get around this? I wanna pay with my Visa or Master Card.
I'm not a fan of it. You find that a lot of sellers on Ali are also on eBay/Amazon selling the same items for slightly above what they're selling it on ali for, and at least in my niche anyway, the quality of products are junk.
You can always use a third party service like Terrapeak, but the question you should be asking is "What advantage do you have over current sellers on top trending products?". Top trending products are where there is most competition.
I don't understand what you're trying to ask here.
For those who haven't chatted me me...
Been selling on eBay/Amazon/Etsy/Bonanza/eCrater/own website since 1999
Longest live stealth account from 2007
Expected sales of $600,000 with 55% gross margin in 2015 across 20-30 stealth accounts plus 2 legit ones
4 legit LLC's filing taxes
Import from China, Philippines, Vietnam, Korea plus producing domestically
Drop ship for others
As you can see, I am pretty vertically integrated (have had a hand in every thing from production of goods to selling on my own account without outside help).
My ecommerce philosophy is to always prepare for the long run, and to do it right from the beginning so that there are no problems down the road. Generally, you should not ask me to spoonfeed you answers like "If X happens, do Y", since policies and conditions change. You should learn how to think so that you can come up with answers on your own.
10 Commandments of Running Stealth eBay Accounts
1. Thou shalt never give reason for humanoid eyes of eBay drones to scrutinize your account. The human mind wants to see patterns in a steam of data. Less human contact with eBay means less chance for eyeballs to link your accounts.
2. Thou shalt use separate everything for each eBay account...and that means EVERYTHING (name, address, credit card, bank account).
3. Thou shalt keep all your DSR's above 4.6 and defect rate below 5%, as those are the magic numbers where you go "below average" and subject yourself to MC999 selling restrictions. Also don't forget that the defect rate has to be below 5% in BOTH your domestic and global ratings.
4. Thou shalt always keep in mind that even the lowest minion at eBay can escalate something which leads to your account closure. That means that even a snarky note on their customer survey may lead to a cascade of events that lead to your account closure.
5. Thou shalt remember that 50% of buyers on eBay are idiots who won't read your listings. You must include as much information into the pictures and title as possible, since that's what half the people will make their buying decisions on.
6. Thou shalt always contact customer to let them know if there are problems. NEVER let customer find out that their is a problem by package not being delivered on the day they're expecting it. Vast majority of people are understanding if you explain it to them before they are aware that there is even a problem.
7. Thou shalt not cut corners. Building a successful long term eBay account requires patience of a saint. There are no real short cuts other than your product being as described, the price being right, quick shipment and customer service.
8. Thou shall always promise less than what you can deliver. Never promise something to a customer and not come through.
9. Thou shall not compete with chinese sellers who can make a living off 25 cent profit per sale.
10. Thou shall shut up and read free information available on the internet and follow its teachings. Like anything on internet 99% of what is written is repetitive or useless, but the 1% makes up for it.
What are the best items to sell on Ebay? in terms of less hustle, good profit margin and fast moving/ high demand.
Generally the best items to sell are ones with high barrier of entry.
Give an example