How make bit extra cash?

zajdoo

Hi all
First of all I don't know if this is the right section for this so forgive me if I'm wrong.
I have sold a few items on the likes of ebay and have been successful now no major money involved or that but all small cash is extra cash!
I work part time and my husband has been let go from work, over a year now. But recently I have been thinking of how to get extra items to sell on ebay?
Can anybody help me. Where would you suggest maybe to get wholesale items? I would only need few items at a time.
I would really appreciate it if somebody could advise me or help me with this.
Thanks all
zajdoo

R3al

Sent you a pm

zajdoo

Thanks for that will def check it out.

ToxicPaddy

I've also been looking at this, maybe buying items in bulk and selling them on..

Does anyone on here have a successful ebay business here?

The cost of posting stuff from Ireland seems to a big limiting factor when it comes to competing with UK and European sellers..

Any hints and tips appreciated.

Tox

nellyshark

Pick a product you want to seel, find a supplier willing to dropship said product and sell on ebay/your own website

Mr Biz

Theres some excellent step by step info on www.thewholesaleforums.co.uk such as sourcing quality suppliers/products. Theres also a dropshipping forum. Some amazing new products coming onto the market.. Choose carefully, rebrand if possible and your away!

Best of luck!

golfman

R3al wrote: »

Sent you a pm

Could you send me that pm as well please R3al?

Shzm

golfman wrote: »

Could you send me that pm as well please R3al?

+1

MKMaguire

Did that 'ebay' thing ... too much hassle, (insurance, breakage, lost in post, delayed / no payment etc etc) over time and not enough dosh. Having bought 'mini franchise' in communications, life is a doddle!

Axwell

golfman wrote: »

Could you send me that pm as well please R3al?

Same here please. Or alternatively share it with everyone on the thread if that suits.

zajdoo

Mr Biz wrote: »

Theres some excellent step by step info on www.thewholesaleforums.co.uk such as sourcing quality suppliers/products. Theres also a dropshipping forum. Some amazing new products coming onto the market.. Choose carefully, rebrand if possible and your away!

Best of luck!

Thanks for that will def check it out. Will be very interested in having a look.
Thanks.

tombull82

Shzm wrote: »

+1

Go on, i'll have it also please.

El_Drago

tombull82 wrote: »

Go on, i'll have it also please.

+1

retenzo12

+1 for pm

Esse85

retenzo12 wrote: »

+1 for pm

This please

biko

Guy in my area delivers milk to the door.
Costs a little bit extra but it's nice to know there's always milk in the house.

rofno1

+1 for PM please!

Genghis

+1 for PM please too!

Axwell

Zajdoo seen as you have the details of the pm and R3al hasnt been on you might share it with the rest of us?

Glenalla

MKMaguire wrote: »

Did that 'ebay' thing ... too much hassle, (insurance, breakage, lost in post, delayed / no payment etc etc) over time and not enough dosh. Having bought 'mini franchise' in communications, life is a doddle!

Whats your mini franchise MK

zajdoo

Hi all

Sorry only seeing this now R3al hasn't been on so I will put up what he sent me. But I don't want R3al to think I am being rude and putting it up after he PM'd me. But this is all the msg said.

you can find a guide to whoelsale selling on ebay at the followling link, hope this helps

www.wild-fire.net/pdf/ebay.pd

The other post :

Theres some excellent step by step info on www.thewholesaleforums.co.uk such as sourcing quality suppliers/products. Theres also a dropshipping forum. Some amazing new products coming onto the market.. Choose carefully, rebrand if possible and your away!

Best of luck!

I have been looking at this site and have found it great so I would recommend that also.

I am been kept busy with all this info so thanks so much all for it. Its great to have a place to come and get advice and ideas from.

I appreciate it.
Thanks again, hope this helps some of you the way it has me.

RoadKillTs

Updated Link

Thanks zajdoo and R3al.

Tav

zajdoo,

What kind of products have you been selling so far?

John368

I have been trading the odd item on eaby for several years now. When I started about 6 years I was able to sell things like junk I did not want quite easily. Now it is quite different. It seems to be buyer's market.

One example is that I bought a 2m long USB extension lead for £1.50 recently on ebay (incl P&P on a "Buy Now" basis). This was not the cheapest £0.99 was the cheapest, but I thought that was just too good to be true. These cables retail at over £10 in Curries and are lets face it more than just a piece of wire but quite sophisticated. How can those guys be making a profit. Even if they are buying them in from China at £0.10 each the postage will cost £0.31 + perhaps £0.1 for Jiffy bag plus the ebay fees etc. etc.

Has anybody else found the same thing with ebay.

John

RoadKillTs

Has anybody else found the same thing with ebay.

Sure have. Its crazy! Unless you find a niche market its hard to make a good few pound.

Most of those wholesalers are selling direct now so its even harder.

Tabnabs

RoadKillTs wrote: »

Sure have. Its crazy! Unless you find a niche market its hard to make a good few pound.

I have a friend who is making a few quid selling old telephones. He buys them cheap in car boot sales, second hand shops and online and then sells to specialists or through Ebay. If people want "collectables" then they will pay that bit extra.

MKMaguire

For some years now my wife and I promote and recommend telephone & broadband services, our own part-time business, and with the advent of 'WiMax' a whole new opportunity has opened up ... and in January 2011 a new mobile phone service also.
Imagine being there when 'televisions', 'fax machines', 'micro-ovens' etc., were first launched ... a rare opportunity! That's like it is now for us.
Anyone wants details, pm me.