The Ceylon Tea market is only a few hundred dollars a day on ebay and there are several thousand sellers at any given time competing for that. 23,000 listings for Ceylon tea and only 1900 units sold in the past 3 months.
The competition to sell in Sri Lanka combined with the fact that these is almost nothing for you to sell to America makes it impossible to succeed on ebay from your country. There are basically no longterm successful ebay sellers in the entire country of Sri Lanka, the only ones who make any money drop ship more expensive items from China and their accounts eventually get banned.
ckimodog
·2 years ago@upmage0
Looks like they've probably been suspended before. NARU.
a_c_green
·2 years agoNARU'd already? That was quick... 😳
onefootflipper
·2 years agoHonestly that is the best thing that could have happened to them. Most Sri Lanka sellers lose money that they can't afford to lose.
kensgiftshop
·2 years agoDidn't even make it 1 day.
onefootflipper
·2 years agoThe Ceylon Tea market is only a few hundred dollars a day on ebay and there are several thousand sellers at any given time competing for that. 23,000 listings for Ceylon tea and only 1900 units sold in the past 3 months.
The competition to sell in Sri Lanka combined with the fact that these is almost nothing for you to sell to America makes it impossible to succeed on ebay from your country. There are basically no longterm successful ebay sellers in the entire country of Sri Lanka, the only ones who make any money drop ship more expensive items from China and their accounts eventually get banned.
vintage-camerastuff
·2 years agoThink of something else to sell. Sell something unique and different. Everyone in Sri Lanka is trying to sell the same thing.
kensgiftshop
·2 years agoYou and probably a hundred other sellers from Sri Lanka trying to sell the same stuff.
soh.maryl
·2 years agoAnd you're registered in the United States.
rosszonebricks
·2 years agoGo for it.
You may need:
Selling Basics: https://www.ebay.com/help/selling
Understanding eBay fees: https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822
Buyer Management Options: https://www.ebay.com/bmgt/buyerrequirements