Problem with high demand items is you have so much competition you are making very little profit on each one but you do have more items to ship out keeping you busy and making up for the low profit by selling quantities of them.
I like making more on my items so I stay away from easy to get inventory. This way whenever the postal service raises fees or ebay does or your supplier, I don't need to refigure if I am making a profit or not here on my item. I don't need to worry if it is going cross country or not to see if i make a profit or not. I can absorb quite a few fees before I need to revaluate what I sell.
Also when you do find something that sells well, it usually only lasts a few months or sometimes just a few weeks depending on other people jumping on your meal ticket and chasing everyone down the drain by undercutting the next guy. so you always need to be on the look out for new stuff to sell. This is one reason why I don't post with a selling id here, to keep my items more profitable for a little longer while I search out the next gravy train.
Oh, that is right, my advice is worthless here because I am a troll that doesn't sell. 🙂
Good luck on what you find to sell. I will give this advise though, Do you have something that is in good supply in your area that might not be available across the country ? Yes, you might think it is expensive but you need to think how much would this be worth in some other state besides where the factory/business is located at. Think about it.
Again good luck what you decide to sell.
