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How to get your first sell, with only one product

Hey my fellow eBay community folks. I’m new to the platform (with selling that is) and I would love to hear some good tips on getting my first sale. The process to setting up and posting your item for purchase is pretty simple and easy. However, there are so many scam artists that creates a distance between real people trying to sell real products and make an honest living, from real consumers just on the platform looking to buy what they desire. Help please, need some pointers...

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How to get your first sell, with only one product

Have you researched and decided what you will be selling? 

 

Spend some time searching this board to understand eBay MBG (money back guarantee) for buyers and what rules as a seller you must follow. 

 

 

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Sell what you know, and know what you sell.

 

Start small, with lower-priced items, until you get the hang of things, even if they're not the one product you want ultimately to sell.

 

Start with fixed price listings, immediate payment required. 

 

Avoid high-scam merchandise;  e.g., electronics, phones, games.

 

Never list anything for sale that you cannot afford to lose, and calculate some losses into your overall costs and price accordingly.

 

Use plenty of sharp, clear, well-lit photos of the actual item being offered for sale.

 

Understand the eBay Money Back Guarantee thoroughly.

 

That's maybe a few starter tips. 

 

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How to get your first sell, with only one product


@damemur10 wrote:

How to get your first sell, with only one product


If you want advice about selling and you are only going to sell one product, common sense would suggest that you tell us what that one product is. 

 

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@luckythewinner 

 

Fidget spinner's  

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How to get your first sell, with only one product

My first tip to you would be ... have a good command of the English language.  That really helps in your listings.

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I really thought the craze for those had died.  

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@soh.maryl 

 

The wacky craze for those spinners is long gone

 

I was just being a silly goose 😁

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@coastaltechsolution wrote:

@soh.maryl 

 

The wacky craze for those spinners is long gone

 

I was just being a silly goose 😁


I remember a few years back when eBay was coming up with all kinds of advice on how to get rich selling on eBay, and had a lengthy article on how to research hot-selling items and supposedly source wholesalers for those items. They didn't explain the obvious question of how, if those items are so hot, you're supposed to either find them cheap or get buyers to purchase them from you instead of everyone else under the sun who was trying to sell the same durn things. The graphic example they used with the article was, of course, a fidget spinner. My only thought was, "Seriously, guys? Our local drugstore has a box of them next to the cashier."

 

My $.02: Find yourself a niche market that doesn't have hundreds if not thousands of sellers already in it. Learn about the product if you don't already know enough about it to write up an intelligent description. It's easier to get ahead of 50 other sellers than 5,000 of them.

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So you posted here wanting advice about what to sell and how to sell effectively and when we asked more questions, decided on a frivolous reply?  

ALL new sellers should first read the MBG to see what happens when a buyer isn't happy.

And they should also read the Boards because just about every possible issue or problem is addressed here sooner or later.  

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@soh.maryl 

 

What?

I'm not the OP 

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So sorry! That's what happens when you are trying to do more than one thing at a time -- neither goes well.

Again, sorry. 

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@soh.maryl 

 

No worries, I have done the same before 😁

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@soh.maryl 


@soh.maryl wrote:

So you posted here wanting advice about what to sell and how to sell effectively and when we asked more questions, decided on a frivolous reply?  

 

Coastal isn't the OP, @damemur10. is and they never returned.

But here's a little advice and I think @maxine*j 

makes some really good points. Start slow and low. No electronic scam magnet items, no high sneakers, no big huge tv's. You get the picture? Selling on ebay is hard work at first until you get the hang of shipping and packaging, pictures, pricing, listing and everything in between. I wish you good luck.


 

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Thank you.  I need to be more careful.  

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