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3 Things To Sell On eBay With Zero Cash

If you are wondering how to make money on eBay with almost zero cash from your pocket, or simply want to spike your pay check with additional income from an online business, then selling on eBay requires a second attention. But what merchandise do you need to sell, where and how to source them and what’s the profit potential from your efforts?

By now, you must have heard or known that nothing sells like information. For awhile, digital products like eBooks and software had made a lot of people wealthy on eBay. Though sales of digital products have dipped a bit, other hard products like books have sharply increased. This is the time to pay good attention around you because oftentimes, the stuff we need to make us money are as near as our heart beat.

Three weeks ago, I was in New York City on a visit and stumbled into a front yard sale. A couple and their two daughters were selling a bunch of used items they had no use for. Among the items they had for sale was a stack of compact discs, better known as CDs. I estimated the number to be around 100 copies so I offered to buy all the CDs for $40, less than 50 cents per copy. Looks like a good deal to me and I took them home and added them to my eBay listing. Since then, I’ve recovered my petty investment and made a reasonable profit. eBay business was how I started making money online and it has not lost its charm.

What do you sell?

Among the stuff that sell well on eBay are books, CDs and DVDs. Open an account with eBay if you don’t already have one. Don’t worry, it won’t cost you any money because it’s free. With this account, you can log into half.com, an eBay company and begin making money like so many others today.

1. BOOKS

Books on eBay provide one of the quickest and easiest way to make money online. You don’t need to take pictures of your wares, measure them or write detailed description before placing them on your eBay store for sale. No crippling insertion fees or any of those stuff. All you need is the ISBN number of the books and one-line description on the book condition. The pictures are instantly inserted for you once the ISBN you typed matches the one in the half.com database. As simple as that!

In a day, listing more than 100 books is like strolling to the park. Piece of cake! So simple that on a modest inventory of 1000 books, you stand to make at least $250 every month working from home. Not bad if you are just starting out on internet marketing and don’t know where to start or is simply intimidated by technical stuff like I was a few years back. Of course, once you are competent with handling eBay, the rest will be easy as far as making money online is concerned.

2.CDs

Same thing as above. The pictures of your products are automatically inserted for you once the SKU number in the back of the compact disc matches the one half.com has in its database. Again, very simple procedure like listing books, mentioned above. You don’t need a college degree to do these things. Just 1, 2, 3 clicks and you are done. Sit back and watch your orders roll in!

3.DVDs

By now, you must be getting used to listing your products and making money doing it. For DVDs, you follow the same format as books. These three product categories all together will make you smile to the bank. DVDs also have their SKU numbers like the CDs and their pictures are automatically inserted for you by half.com. See how simple it is?

SOURCING OF PRODUCTS

The hard part of this business is where to get products without breaking your piggy bank. Very simple! Start where you are.  Look for unread books in your collections. Books you’ve never read in years and will likely not read anytime soon. Books you bought on pure emotion and have no use for in your career development. Start with removing clutter on your book shelves and make space for new things to come in your life. That’s where to start.

Next, look for church fairs, garage sales and flea markets in your neighborhood because they usually sell used or even new books for pennies which in turn you can sell for dollars. I did that sort of guerrilla buying and selling in my early years on eBay. It works well, just like when I bought the CDs on a New York City side walk. You can also try sourcing your materials by ordering from some companies like this one..

WHEN YOU HAVE NO MONEY

Let’s assume you have no products of your own and no church fair or side vendors to buy from. Maybe you live in countries where there is no access to these products or you cannot even ship them once they are sold because it will eat all your profit. These are possibilities and I’m here to help you. Once you are inside half.com which is part of eBay, look for “Sell it Now” sign and click on it. You will see thousands of books, CDs and DVDs waiting to be sourced and shipped to waiting customers. Then check other vendors on eBay or internet sites that sell books, CDs and DVDs,  get those products often at  way cheaper prices, buy from the sellers and direct them to ship to a destination of your choice.

Say you bought a book from John at $5.00 and sold it to Jane, the eBay customer for $8.00, you just made easy money for yourself using the Sell it Now marketplace. Many power sellers on eBay make lots of money fulfilling customers’ orders without touching a single product or keeping inventory. This powerful eBay strategy when properly used, will you lots of money by doing nothing other than scannig sites and acting as a middle man or woman.

But first sign up with eBay.com if you haven’t done so already. Remember, with your eBay log in information you will gain access to half.com to start making money. Products listed on half.com are automatically available on eBay main page if you do the simple linkage on your half.com account page.

Very very easy!

Also don’t forget to open account with PayPal.com, an eBay company as well. See how these things are linked, all designed to help you especially if you are new to making money online. It won’t cost you anything to start, so give it a try.

FINALLY, DO THIS FOR YOURSELF

Tell us what your experiences are and the areas that you need more help on. We’ll do our best to provide you with answers. Post your comments in this blog to let others know about your business. Link to this post and do all in your power to make your business work for you. We are here to help you share your eBay success stories.

This is the time to do it, there is no tomorrow but now!