Vintage Manuals are Hot Sellers on eBay

Here is one you may not have heard of - vintage manuals. These can be repair / maintenance manuals, instruction manuals, or just plain owner's manuals. These can be collector's items. The best selling niches are automobile manuals or vintage electronics manuals. Here are a few completed listings:1978 Apple Computer...

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eBay Strategy for Finding Niche Products from Suppliers Online

Identifying niche products to sell on eBay is an ongoing process that never ends. You must constantly be mining for new ideas all the time. Here is one way:Here are the steps:Go to pulse.ebay.comDon’t research anything on the first page (those niches will be too saturated)Choose other categories from drop down menuClick on keywords to see listings using those wordsClick on actual listings to see if...

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Why 99 Cent Auctions Don't Work on eBay Anymore

Years ago, when eBay first started, the only listing type was auctions. Now we have fixed price, store inventory, best offer, and second chance offers. Buyers are not forced into participating in an auction if they want to buy an item.The old philosophy used to be, “Start the listing at 99 cents, get the bidders...

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Don't Forget Our Service Men and Women this Holiday Season

The holiday season is an important time to remember the men and women who are serving our country overseas. Many of them are away from home for long periods of time, have children at home, and just wish they could be with their families for the holidays. Here’s how to ship to APO or FPO addresses.FPO (Fleet Post...

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Make Your Own How-To DVD to Sell on eBay

One area of growing popularity on eBay lately is homemade how-to DVDs. People always want to learn new things, and some things are a lot easier to learn from a video than from a book. Some people are visual learners - they prefer to be shown how to do something rather than read it. The advantage of creating...

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Time to Prepare for eBay Holiday Selling!

Selling on eBay is always a challenge, but holidays are especially challenging. In order to have a successful season, it’s important to take advantage of all of eBay’s features. Here are a few tips to help make the holiday season easier and more productive.Add the Buy It Now option to all of your listings. A...

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Working with Wholesalers to Obtain eBay Inventory

Today's post is contributed by fellow seller Bruce Jeansonne, who runs the eBay store US Camo Etc. Bruce has close to 1,000 listings in his eBay store and has extensive experience working with wholesalers where he obtains his eBay inventory. Bruce does a fantastic business on eBay - selling over 900 items a...

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Ariat Riding Boots - Thrift Store Find to Sell on eBay

A surprisingly good seller on eBay is Ariat riding boots. People like the boots for fashion as well as to ride in. Some of the used tall boots can go for over $350.Ariat riding boots are number one in the US currently, and they’re still becoming more popular. Riders from around the world appreciate the technology...

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Vintage Glass Bottles

In our world of continued advancement and progression there is a yearning for a time when simplicity was the norm. Sadly, nothing can take us back to that time except our memories and objects from that time. Collecting antiques is more prevalent than ever to connect us to our heritage. Recently, antique glass...

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Julia Child Cookbooks

Vintage cookbooks are a fantastic seller on eBay. After the release of “Julie & Julia” in 2009, sales of Julia Child vintage cookbooks especially have greatly increased.A lot of people admire Julia Childs. She was very different from the normal women of her day – she wasn’t afraid to speak her mind and...

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Giveaway - Reusable Sandwich Bags

This giveaway is contributed by The Honeysuckle House Etsy shop. The Honeysuckle House makes all sorts of creative covers for Miche bags, and reusable food bags.This giveaway is a very cool trash-reducing green product!This handy reusable sandwich bag has a 100 % cotton exterior and an easy to clean water resistant...

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