Making a Living from Your eBay Business, Second Edition

Chapter 10.The Bulk Reseller

In the previous two chapters we examined two types of eBay businesses that resell used merchandise acquired at garage sales, flea markets, collector’s shows, and similar places. Reselling lots of onesies and twosies can be profitable, but it’s certainly a labor-intensive model. You’re always on the search for something new to sell, and you’re always reinventing the wheel.

That’s why many sellers prefer selling large quantities of a single item to selling small quantities of multiple items. Instead of buying one shirt to resell, you buy 100 or 1,000 shirts—and thus sell 100 or 1,000 units of the same item. In many ways, this is a more efficient business model, as you can build your business around a single type of ...