You’ve probably seen many eBay listings and wonder where they get their merchandise. You can tell who is a part-time seller because they sell only the stuff around their house. But other sellers seem to have an endless supply of product. Where are they getting all the stuff they are selling?

Besides the stuff that is lying around the house and the garage, many eBay sellers hit yard sales and thrift stores to find items to sell. Generally they are looking for things that are cheap or marked way below their actual value. Thrift stores can be a great place to find brand new clothing with the tags still on.

Imagine an eBay seller finds a brand name shirt with a price tag of thirty dollars. They purchase the shirt for three dollars at the thrift store and they spend about a couple more dollars on listing fees. In the end, they only invested five dollars and that shirt could sell for maybe twenty dollars on eBay. The seller makes a $15 profit and the buyer receives a brand new shirt at an amount cheaper than the price tag.

To sell stuff on eBay this way will take a little skill and time on the part of the seller. You of course will have to have an eye for the things that sell and the things that don’t. The best thing to do is to research, research, and then research some more. After enough research you will be able to find an incredible amount of stuff to sell. You might also want to consider hitting all of the yard sells in your area in order to sell stuff on eBay.

You’ve noticed that purchasing product to sell on eBay isn’t free. It can cost a bit of money to get started, just as it would be with any business. However, the investment is very much worth it.

Jesse Holmes is an eBay PowerSeller who has been making money on eBay for over 3 years. Before you start selling on eBay, you need to check out his excellent free eBay Business Start Up Kit, showing you step by step how to learn to sell on eBay.