Whats a good way to start making money off of ebay with 270 dollars to start off with?

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Whats a good way to start making money off of ebay with 270 dollars to start off with?

Answer 1

see what people want

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Answer 2

I would try to get things that people want for low prices and sell them. Sometimes people have home sales that you can get good things and re-sell them. Take into account that you have to get these things for next to nothing and sell them to make money. The more money you spend initially, the less chance you have making a decent profit. Take also into account the shipping and packing costs. Also, take into account the ebay listing fees and your own time invested too. Sell things that are small and don't cost much to ship and are in demand.

Answer 3

Note sure why you would start selling on Ebay anymore.

Ebay is moving tword fixed sales and with the new feedback and fee changes are forcing out many small sellers.

A month ago Ebay changed the feedback system so that small sellers who get non positive feedback can very quickly be limited/paypal suspended. Any ebay user must maintain a 95% feedback rating per month or their account is seller limited and paypal payments are frozen for 90 days. Thus if you sell a few auctions in a month and get 4 feedbacks and one is only a neutral then you account is frozen because your 'positive' rating is only 75%.

This system is suppose to protect buyers but what it really is doing is the opposite by forcing out small sellers. A large seller who gets 200 feedbacks a month still gets 10 negatives for s******g buyers and still be ok while the small seller as described who gets one neutral gets the shaft.

So, sell at your own risk and be prepared to loose money, get ripped off and to bend over backwards to try to get a positive feedback from your buyer. Also note that the change only allows the seller to give positive feedback to the buyer. The seller cannot give neg or neutrals anymore so if a buyer ripps you off you cannot give non positive feedback so they do not get limited as stated above.

So, sell at your own risk but beware you are in for a hard road

Answer 4

It is quite possible to make a decent living off eBay, but you have to know what you're doing. There are no quick and easy shortcuts, or everyone would be making a fortune on eBay.

You need to (1) chose a product that is in demand, (2) know your product extremely well, (3) have a source to purchase that product at a very good price, (4) know the marketplace for your product, (5) know where you can fit into that market, and (6) be able to sell your product at a competitive price on eBay, yet (7) still assure yourself of an adequate profit for your effort.

It's not easy to get started, as you can see, but if you get all the pieces to fit properly, it can be very lucrative