Buying Products on Ebay

You can make money buying things on Ebay...

You people are probably wondering why I would have a section about buying products on eBay in an article dedicated to making money on eBay.  The answer to this is simple, you can make money by buying products on eBay. 

I will tell you how in the section titled eBay arbitrage.  This section is just about the basics of buying products on eBay. 

The first step is to not get scammed.  That is really a terrible experience, especially if it’s for a high priced item.  I will give you some advice on how to avoid scammers. 

There are some different types of scammers.  Some will just take the money and run, some will lie about the product they’re selling and some will not tell you about defects, the product has. 

Don’t worry, scammers are pretty easy to avoid and they’re so many honest people on eBay, but like with anything else, there are some bad apples. 

The first and most important thing to look at when you’re trying to find out if this person is a scammer, is to look at the feedback.  It seems obvious, but sometimes people fall in love with the product or the claims and don’t look at the feedback. 

You obviously want a good rating, but you’re also looking for the quantity of good feedbacks.  There is a big difference between ten positive feedbacks and a hundred or even a thousand good feedbacks. 

A person with that many positive feedbacks is probably a good person and a person that cares about their eBay reputation, so they’re going to do everything they can to please their customers.  There are plenty of other precautions a potential buyer can take.

Ø    First off if you are bidding on a more expensive item, get the seller’s phone number and call them.  You definitely want to make sure they have a traceable phone number.

Ø    Be informed before buying.  Know how much your product would normally sell for, before you buy it.  There is plenty of free information out there, go ahead and utilize it.

Ø    Contact the seller and make sure they’re responsive and determined.  Also see if they have several different payment methods.  Someone just accepting money orders should throw up some red flags.

Ø    Always look for the satisfaction guarantee or at least ask the seller on their return policy, before you buy.

Ø    Use your feedback option.  If someone is deceitful, late with their delivery or is a scammer.  Leave the feedback.  If you’re doing enough business on eBay, you might see this person again or at the very least you warn other potential buyers about their activity.

Well now that we got the tips for not getting scammed out of the way, let’s get into finding products to buy. 

Searching for items to buy on eBay is very important.  I mean the searches that you perform on the web site.  Some of the mistakes that people make is that they aren’t detailed enough in their search. 

They might really want toys from the 1980’s, but they just search toys or they search old toys.  Well you’re going to get back so many search results that you won’t be able to find what you’re looking for.  A person then gets frustrated and thinks that eBay doesn’t have what they’re looking for, when they probably do and then they leave. 

You must define your search with description, but don’t get too descriptive.  This is just an example, but if you’re look for action figures from the 1980’s don’t search for action figures from the 1981, unless you only want action figures from 1981 only.  The action figure from the 1980’s that you wanted might not have been made in certain years.

Don’t search for superman action figures from the 1980’s that are in good condition and are rare.  You might not get anything because the searches cover the titles and some of the descriptions.  Either good condition or rare would probably have to be in the Title or at least in the description. 

If you’re looking for specifically Superman action figures from the 1980’s, then just search Superman Action Figures.  If you get too many that are recent then re-define the search to Superman Action Figures from the 1980’s. 

You have to know where to look to find the right products and searching is a great way to do that.  It can save a ton of time if done right and time is money.  On to a technique that not many people know about!