How EBay PowerSellers Source Products - A PowerSeller Shares His Secrets
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Title:How EBay PowerSellers Source Products - A PowerSeller Shares His Secrets
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If you want to know how to succeed at something, it's a good idea to talk to someone who already has. Renowned eBay PowerSeller Skip McGrath offers some helpful insights on how you can find product sources for your online business. Once you've determined what you're selling ? where do you go to get the goods?
Sourcing with a Pro
According to McGrath, one of the best sources for products is local distributors because they're easy to find. Go to http://smartpages.com and yo...
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If you want to know how to succeed at something, it's a good idea to talk to someone who already has. Renowned eBay PowerSeller Skip McGrath offers some helpful insights on how you can find product sources for your online business. Once you've determined what you're selling ? where do you go to get the goods?
Sourcing with a Pro
According to McGrath, one of the best sources for products is local distributors because they're easy to find. Go to http://smartpages.com and you can search by type. Just enter the word "wholesale" and your zip code and you'll get a list of manufacturers and wholesalers within 100 miles of that zip code. And under the company name, you'll see the kind of products they carry.
For traditional wholesale suppliers, like gift and merchandise manufacturers and overstock distributors, McGrath recommends several online sources:
? http://Liquidxs.com helps you find surplus branded merchandise and collectibles
? http://Liquidation.com sells goods by the pallet load
? http://SurplusSourcing.com offers closeout items at steep discounts
BEFORE you use any company, research them to make sure they are genuine wholesalers and not middlemen. States McGrath, "The rule in wholesaling is the closer you can get to the manufacturer of a product, the better your price is going to be." If you don't have time to do the research, check out OneSource at http://WorldwideBrands.com for genuine, pre-qualified wholesalers who will work with E-Biz owners, or try the wholesale search engine at http://SkipMcGrath.com.
Alternative Sources
Nearly every medium and large city in the U.S. has a merchandise mart or gift mart. They're like indoor malls where product manufacturers have their showrooms. You can see the products and pricing and place orders. Once you've registered at a mart in person, some even have online sites where you can shop the market.
These marts aren't open to the public, and neither are the tradeshows that come to your area. So to get in, you'll need the following:
? A sales tax number or a resale certificate
? A business card or letterhead that shows you're a company
? A commercial checking account ? they may want to see a check in the business name
The good news is once you're registered with these marts, you'll likely get an invitation and tickets in the mail when tradeshows come to your area ? which saves you the trouble of registering for those.
Close to Home
A rather surprising source of resale merchandise is eBay itself. McGrath confides, "On eBay and all of the other online auction sites out there you can often find tremendous bargains." Sometimes other sellers don't recognize the value of their goods, or they don't photograph them well or write a good title or description. If you know your product market and take the time to present it well, you can turn over some amazing deals in your own backyard.
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