How do I sell kitchen items on here?
If I was to start selling kitchen items from Alibaba, where do I begin?
Where do I start legally?
How do I make shipping look professional?
What equipment do I buy?
I have sold on here before, but I want a real company now, not just a hobby.
FYI: This is a business out of my bedroom at home.
8 comments
ckimodog
·2 years ago@booksnstuff_8
Sounds like you want to drop ship from another internet sales site, but list it here on eBay? Not allowed. Big policy violation not to mention risky business platform. eBay has their eyes wide for these types of sellers and suspension is usually the outcome.
I would not recommend this selling behavior if you want your account to continue here on eBay. Just a heads up. Read the link the @ebooksdiva provided for you. Important.
Good luck
dhbookds
·2 years agoShop the items you want to sell before buying them......... Check the actives to see how many X's are listed and then check the Solds to see how many are sold.
Many times you may find the item isn't worth listing because of the number listed.........
Do NOT buy before you research/understand fees/shipping and figure that you can list at a competitive price.....you've sold before so presumably you have some knowledge.......but you will have limits in the beginning.....
mam98031
·2 years agoHere are some important links to areas you should really take the time to learn about as a new seller.
https://academy.ebay.com/student/catalog?locale=en
https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/selling/selling?id=4081
https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/get-started/seller-fees.html
https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/service-and-payments/funds-availability.html
https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/getting-paid/getting-paid-items-youve-sold/pending-payments?id=4155
https://www.ebay.com/help/listings/creating-managing-listings/creating-listing?id=4105
And make sure you know this policy extremely well.
https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/ebay-money-back-guarantee-policy/ebay-money-back-guarantee-policy?id=4210
kitschy*loot
·2 years agoOnly sell what you actually have in your own hands... if you are buying all the items first and then coming here to sell them; that's a different matter... but your business sounds like dropshipping.
chapeau-noir
·2 years agoMost of these questions you'll need to answer with your own research into Alibaba and how they do things since you'd be sourcing from them. Be aware that you'd be fighting your way into an incredibly overcrowded market with Chinese outfits dumping merchandise by the boat load.
Since it looks like it has been a while since you've been selling, you'd better just go through this to answer the rest of your questions since a lot has changed.
ten_o_nine
·2 years agoYou can't control what you don't have. Nothing will look as professional as you want.
Unavailable member
·2 years agoAlibaba is not a wholesale supplier, drop shipping from anywhere other than a wholesale supplier you sign a contract with is not allowed.
Drop Shipping Policy
kensgiftshop
·2 years agoYou can't dropship from there, it's not allowed.