[AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

[TTG SS]

Awesome thread. Tons of useful information. Thank you

I read the entire thread over a few day period, so maybe I missed this part. How are you managing to ship 100+ items per day? Do you just spend a few hours packing them up and packing hundreds of items into your car?

I am dedicating 2 hours per day to look through items. The hardest there are so many different things it is hard to decide what to compare. Do you think it is a bad idea to start small on something that sells 20-30+ times per day and has a lot of variety of this product? Aka it is easy to have a unique product. Not much as far as margins go, though.

Also one last question. I know it has been mentioned many times to avoid name brand electronics, but what about other electronic items that are not brand dependent. For example a bathroom scale.

 

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[Ecom man]

Awesome thread. Tons of useful information. Thank you

I read the entire thread over a few day period, so maybe I missed this part. How are you managing to ship 100+ items per day? Do you just spend a few hours packing them up and packing hundreds of items into your car?

I am dedicating 2 hours per day to look through items. The hardest there are so many different things it is hard to decide what to compare. Do you think it is a bad idea to start small on something that sells 20-30+ times per day and has a lot of variety of this product? Aka it is easy to have a unique product. Not much as far as margins go, though.

Also one last question. I know it has been mentioned many times to avoid name brand electronics, but what about other electronic items that are not brand dependent. For example a bathroom scale.

At this point my wife and I sit down each evening after we put our daughter to bed and do the packages from the day. On a normal day it is normally between 50-75 packages. We bought a minivan with seats that fold down to take the packages to the post office each day, Obviously around Christmas time that will be considerably harder. If things go as planned we will be using a fulfillment company for the upcoming Black Friday-Christmas time for most of our products.

Starting small is never a bad idea. Less money invested means if the item is a flop you donate it to a thrift store and move on. I personally don't like items where the profits aren't in the $20-$30 range. When I am packaging up the sales for the day I like being able to know that each package is a $20 bill in my pocket. Some people do the cheaper items and more power to them. That is just what I prefer at this point.

Electronics can be an issue simple because sometimes the quality isn't there. If you can find a product (a scale for instance) and get a small sample order to check the quality and the margins are decent it doesn't hurt to try it out,

 

[Ecom man]

I saw something today on a Facebook group in my area. There is a group that is items for sale in our local area. Someone is selling pipes etc for smoking "tobacco". In a town of 50-75k people he had probably 50+ people interested. It is all stuff he imported or got from someone who did and he is turning and flipping it using Facebook making great margins! Don't ever underestimate the power of selling your items locally as well. You never know who wants your products.

 

[albertut77]

I just got my first samples. Testing quality right now, everything looks fine. I should start making sales this week.

Wish me luck!

 

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[JTB]

Great thread, @Ecom man, greatly appreciate all the info. I'm just getting started and pretty much all my questions were answered by reading this thread. Thanks

 

[Ecom man]

Glad to hear it. I'm always happy to help.

 

[albertut77]

I'd still love to know what you guys do with the products you check, hence you "unseal". Do you just not sell them or do you sell them advising that they have been opened for quality check purposes but they are brand new, unused items?

Regarding my sales, I'm now waiting for the padded envelops and boxes to arrive, as I wasn't sure which ones would my products fit in and just got a sample of many single ones. It's been the longest two weeks of my life!

All help appreciated!

 

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[Ryllban]

Im sorry if this question has been asked before.

Im curious how do you structure your copy for the item you sell?

Do you have a lot of copy, or just a few bullet points explaining it? Are you following any format (like AIDA)?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us in this thread!

 

[Ecom man]

I'd still love to know what you guys do with the products you check, hence you "unseal". Do you just not sell them or do you sell them advising that they have been opened for quality check purposes but they are brand new, unused items?

Regarding my sales, I'm now waiting for the padded envelops and boxes to arrive, as I wasn't sure which ones would my products fit in and just got a sample of many single ones. It's been the longest two weeks of my life!

All help appreciated!

Depending on the item I will either use it personally or sell it as used. Too many people don't read the listing to sell it as "new but opened" they will expect a new item and might be upset that it is unsealed.

 

[Ecom man]

Im sorry if this question has been asked before.

Im curious how do you structure your copy for the item you sell?

Do you have a lot of copy, or just a few bullet points explaining it? Are you following any format (like AIDA)?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us in this thread!

I personally have gone to using bullet points. I then have a paragraph at the bottom regarding return policy etc. Using copy certainly might increase your sales by many times the hardest part of eBay is getting them to click on the listing in the first place.

 

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[Ryllban]

I personally have gone to using bullet points. I then have a paragraph at the bottom regarding return policy etc. Using copy certainly might increase your sales by many times the hardest part of eBay is getting them to click on the listing in the first place.

Got it, thank you!

 

[albertut77]

Depending on the item I will either use it personally or sell it as used. Too many people don't read the listing to sell it as "new but opened" they will expect a new item and might be upset that it is unsealed.

You're right, I'll do that. Thanks!

I listed my items 16h ago and I just made my first two sales of my most profitable item!
Unfortunately, one of them was to a country I don't ship to, so I had to cancel it and change my preferences. I found it a bit silly that if I don't offer international shipping eBay doesn't block automatically international buyers.

To those just starting like me I would advise that, to avoid having to cancel orders (and the sudden drop of excitement that this involves), you guys take a thorough look at your Packaging and shipping preferences before you list anything (in your Account/Site preferences).

Anyway, I'm quite euphoric! Now let's hope the delivery and everything is fine.

You're the man, Ecom man! And thanks everyone here for all the input, it's been put to good use, and it'll keep like that!

 

[amp0193]

@Ecom man

Thanks for the thread, it was very helpful in getting my eBay sales off the ground.

I've run into a problem, and maybe you've seen it before and can help me out, because google isn't turning up anything.

For two months, I have had 3 listings in the same niche ranking in the top 5 for all relevant keywords. Last night they all disappeared from search, and ended up around page 10. I am a top-rated power seller with 200+ 100% positive feedback. One listing has 175+ sold, the others have 40+. They are the lowest price of any competitor. I didn't change any copy, or even touch the listings at all. None of my competitors seem to have been affected by any sort of search algorithm change, they are all in the same spot.

The only thing that has been different about the past few days is that I went out of town on Saturday, and came back Tuesday. So any orders from Saturday-Tuesday, got shipped out Wednesday morning (there were 16). So, some of those were shipped around 48 hours after they were placed, instead of the usual less than 24.

I listed 6 new auctions today... and they went straight to page 10 to hang out with the Buy It Now listing that was already bumped back there.

Seller support drone recommended I end my listings and relist them. I'm not convinced, as my new listings aren't ranking either.

Any ideas?

 

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[Wizard]

You're right, I'll do that. Thanks!

I listed my items 16h ago and I just made my first two sales of my most profitable item!
Unfortunately, one of them was to a country I don't ship to, so I had to cancel it and change my preferences. I found it a bit silly that if I don't offer international shipping eBay doesn't block automatically international buyers.

To those just starting like me I would advise that, to avoid having to cancel orders (and the sudden drop of excitement that this involves), you guys take a thorough look at your Packaging and shipping preferences before you list anything (in your Account/Site preferences).

Anyway, I'm quite euphoric! Now let's hope the delivery and everything is fine.

You're the man, Ecom man! And thanks everyone here for all the input, it's been put to good use, and it'll keep like that!

I would dig a little to see why an international buyer would buy. Possibly even keep the settings the same to see if there are more international buyers. Just a suggestion.

 

[Ecom man]

You're right, I'll do that. Thanks!

I listed my items 16h ago and I just made my first two sales of my most profitable item!
Unfortunately, one of them was to a country I don't ship to, so I had to cancel it and change my preferences. I found it a bit silly that if I don't offer international shipping eBay doesn't block automatically international buyers.

To those just starting like me I would advise that, to avoid having to cancel orders (and the sudden drop of excitement that this involves), you guys take a thorough look at your Packaging and shipping preferences before you list anything (in your Account/Site preferences).

Anyway, I'm quite euphoric! Now let's hope the delivery and everything is fine.

You're the man, Ecom man! And thanks everyone here for all the input, it's been put to good use, and it'll keep like that!

Glad to hear you are getting some sales! Nothing quite like hearing the cha-Ching of the app when an item sells. You can use eBay's global shipping program for international sales. It makes it super easy on your end and helps with customer service since you don't have to cancel orders etc.

 

[Ecom man]

@Ecom man

Thanks for the thread, it was very helpful in getting my eBay sales off the ground.

I've run into a problem, and maybe you've seen it before and can help me out, because google isn't turning up anything.

For two months, I have had 3 listings in the same niche ranking in the top 5 for all relevant keywords. Last night they all disappeared from search, and ended up around page 10. I am a top-rated power seller with 200+ 100% positive feedback. One listing has 175+ sold, the others have 40+. They are the lowest price of any competitor. I didn't change any copy, or even touch the listings at all. None of my competitors seem to have been affected by any sort of search algorithm change, they are all in the same spot.

The only thing that has been different about the past few days is that I went out of town on Saturday, and came back Tuesday. So any orders from Saturday-Tuesday, got shipped out Wednesday morning (there were 16). So, some of those were shipped around 48 hours after they were placed, instead of the usual less than 24.

I listed 6 new auctions today... and they went straight to page 10 to hang out with the Buy It Now listing that was already bumped back there.

Seller support drone recommended I end my listings and relist them. I'm not convinced, as my new listings aren't ranking either.

Any ideas?

Ending listings and relisting will normally just put them right back where they were. Sometimes ending the listing and then creating a brand new listing will work. My guess would be that since the 6 new listings are at the bottom so will your others if you end and start fresh.

Your options are to either wait it out or stop selling on eBay entirely. Unfortunately they control this mystical algorithm that no ones knows anything about. It is possible that the delayed shipping caused the issue or check your DSRs and see if someone left you some bad ones.

If it makes you feel any better I had the same thing happen to me 2 weeks before Christmas. I went from the cheapest and the top of best match to the very bottom on every product. I called everyone I could find a number to and nothing. My sales went from 150 items a day to 30. I languished at the bottom of the "best match" while people with 95% positive were at the top. People with no feedback or horrible feedback got all the sales while I got the leftovers. It went back to normal about 10 days after Christmas. That was the tipping point, the last straw. I set up my own website. I am going to completely stop selling on eBay entirely within the next couple of weeks. I've got 1 site up and running and am selling $2,000-$3,000 a day. I am in the process of setting up another site for a totally separate category. I should have that site running within the next week. If everything goes as planned I should be able to average 5k a day in sales within the next couple months.

A little secret I've learned,you can sell for much higher margins on your own site than you ever can on eBay, and you control your own destiny.

 

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[amp0193]

Yes, my end goal is getting over to a site as well, but I was hoping to churn ebay and Amazon for some capital to start. Amazon sales are starting to take off, so I'll focus on those for now.

My gut tells me messing with the listings will leave them where they are. I'd rather not end and restart and have my number sold on that listing be zero.

Another factor at play might be that for 3 weeks during Chinese New Year, I set a couple of my listings at $99 because I went out of stock, but didn't want to end the listing. I went in stock and lowered the price on my listings back down again about a week ago. They jumped back to where they were for a few days, before plummeting yesterday. Maybe eBay is taking an average of the price over the past month, and is applying the negative rankings across all of my listings, even the ones I stayed in stock with.


Was the initial traffic to your sites driven from referrals from eBay sales (inserts), or are you doing ppc/social/other traffic generation?

 

[Austin Shelton]

Hey I'm new hear I've read 2/3 of mjs book so far. I decided I would try to start selling stuff on ebay and amazon. I've sold some stuff so far just my ps3 and a game made about 200 so far. I ended up buying a most likley overplayed item iphone 6 cases they ended up being cheap tpu (didn't know what it was at the time) but it was a learning experience I hope. Not sure if I want to sell them they look nice but are just so thin and probably offer zero protection. This thread has helped me a lot and I just wanted to say thanks for being so transparent

 

[Austin Shelton]

Its ins

well just an update. i sold all of my samples in less than 24 hours. thats with about a $14.00 profit on each one so i think its safe to say im ordering more lol.

its inspiring to see someone accutually succeed in finding a niche. I'm hoping to find one my self. Good luck

 

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[Austin Shelton]

Ebay is one of my businesses and I followed this forum a while back. I have started to sell more and put more time into this lately.
The main issues I am having is shipping prep times (on big days this can take hours to ship everything, I do have other businesses that I ship out product as well). Posting time ( I stopped selling items under a certain price point because the time it takes to post. I do use my own copy and paste themes but still takes a while), Also my defective rate has gone up lately (This has been partially due to the type of items I have been selling, I recently sold off most of this product as the income I was making wasn't worth the trouble). Some of the customers drive me crazy " I didn't mean to buy this" , "How do I turn this on?" type of questions makes me question human life.

Ebay customer service sucks, you are on hold forever and most people ask you the same irrelevant questions only to transfer you to someone else. when I get a good person I try to get everything done at once.

I like ebay because it's easy and you can make money but all of this factories make me question the effort I put into it.

Any ideas of how to avoid these issues?

Not to be completely negative maybe I can give a bit of advice that has helped me. I literally started with $100 and turned that in a few grand in 20 days. I noticed most people don't do these things (hopefully these haven't been said before). Use the entire space in your title, I treat this as I would SEO. Any word that people will search for the item I add to the title. I don't leave blanks space at all (Color, Brand, end use, item #, anything I know people will search). Make post personal " Welcome to my sale of ...." If the item is unique and worth the $ I'll post a video or very descriptive post. Bundles! adding useful items with the product increases the value.

Dam I wish my first endeavor was as good. I mean it may or may not turn out ok but I don't like the product but there may be people that do. I see the exact same item selling and if I could sell it at that price I would make good profit. I just meed to know if people would even like this product since I don't and I'm not planning on buying it again. I guess I'll just offer returns and see what people think

 

[Thomas1980]

Ending listings and relisting will normally just put them right back where they were. Sometimes ending the listing and then creating a brand new listing will work. My guess would be that since the 6 new listings are at the bottom so will your others if you end and start fresh.

Your options are to either wait it out or stop selling on eBay entirely. Unfortunately they control this mystical algorithm that no ones knows anything about. It is possible that the delayed shipping caused the issue or check your DSRs and see if someone left you some bad ones.

If it makes you feel any better I had the same thing happen to me 2 weeks before Christmas. I went from the cheapest and the top of best match to the very bottom on every product. I called everyone I could find a number to and nothing. My sales went from 150 items a day to 30. I languished at the bottom of the "best match" while people with 95% positive were at the top. People with no feedback or horrible feedback got all the sales while I got the leftovers. It went back to normal about 10 days after Christmas. That was the tipping point, the last straw. I set up my own website. I am going to completely stop selling on eBay entirely within the next couple of weeks. I've got 1 site up and running and am selling $2,000-$3,000 a day. I am in the process of setting up another site for a totally separate category. I should have that site running within the next week. If everything goes as planned I should be able to average 5k a day in sales within the next couple months.

A little secret I've learned,you can sell for much higher margins on your own site than you ever can on eBay, and you control your own destiny.

Econ man, first of all thanks for creating this thread. Tons of knowledge in here for people to soak up. I couldn't fathom selling 150 items a day! I've been reading this thread and researching for the past 2 months and it's been a learning experience to say the least. I've researched up and down, backwards and forwards, and I still haven't found that special product. Whenever I get frustrated, I come back to this thread and it gets me motivated again. I feel as though I'm on the cusp of finally finding that special product. I'm sure there are a ton of people like myself who are struggling in the research process, but please keep your heads up. One of these days we're going to breakthrough and find what we're looking for.

Keep pushing!

 

[Ecom man]

Yes, my end goal is getting over to a site as well, but I was hoping to churn ebay and Amazon for some capital to start. Amazon sales are starting to take off, so I'll focus on those for now.

My gut tells me messing with the listings will leave them where they are. I'd rather not end and restart and have my number sold on that listing be zero.

Another factor at play might be that for 3 weeks during Chinese New Year, I set a couple of my listings at $99 because I went out of stock, but didn't want to end the listing. I went in stock and lowered the price on my listings back down again about a week ago. They jumped back to where they were for a few days, before plummeting yesterday. Maybe eBay is taking an average of the price over the past month, and is applying the negative rankings across all of my listings, even the ones I stayed in stock with.


Was the initial traffic to your sites driven from referrals from eBay sales (inserts), or are you doing ppc/social/other traffic generation?

I sold on eBay and Amazon for a few years before starting my site but to be 100% honest I should have started it within the first year. I have missed out on so much potential profit it isn't even funny. I always told myself it was "too technical" or that "I will do it one day". I should have done it 3-4 years ago.
I use Google Adwords to drive traffic to my site. I am spending around 10% of sales on ads. (Pretty close to Amazon or eBay fees) I had cards made (vistaprint) that gives 10% off their next order. I put it in each order sent for eBay and my site. So far I've had 2 repeat sales using the coupon code.

 

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[million$$$smile]

I was an Ebay seller since 2002. I always treated it as a step-child business even though I was selling low five figures monthly. I was recently banned due to an issue of some old listings that have been on Ebay since my early days. Seems that we had an old email account on a few listings for payments to Paypal (thus we never received payments) and we couldn't understand why customers were complaining that we were not accepting the funds. 5 or 6 of those customers contacted Ebay and we were banned shortly thereafter. This all occurred within 45 days until we finally figured out why we were not receiving funds from them. It then was too little too late.

Now even after trying to rectify the situation with the customers, we were banned.
I have read it is extremely rare to have the ban removed and resume selling.
Needless to say, it was a bit frustrating.
But, I have come to terms with it and look at it as a positive. I can now focus more energy on my Amazon business and my other endeavors.

I'm sharing this because I know I failed at keeping my eye on a stream of income but also to take heed that marketplaces violate the Commandment of Control.

They have the last word, and in essence have the control. Don't forget it.

I don't mean to hijack the thread, OP, just sharing what could possibly happen....

 

[Ecom man]

I was an Ebay seller since 2002. I always treated it as a step-child business even though I was selling low five figures monthly. I was recently banned due to an issue of some old listings that have been on Ebay since my early days. Seems that we had an old email account on a few listings for payments to Paypal (thus we never received payments) and we couldn't understand why customers were complaining that we were not accepting the funds. 5 or 6 of those customers contacted Ebay and we were banned shortly thereafter. This all occurred within 45 days until we finally figured out why we were not receiving funds from them. It then was too little too late.

Now even after trying to rectify the situation with the customers, we were banned.
I have read it is extremely rare to have the ban removed and resume selling.
Needless to say, it was a bit frustrating.
But, I have come to terms with it and look at it as a positive. I can now focus more energy on my Amazon business and my other endeavors.

I'm sharing this because I know I failed at keeping my eye on a stream of income but also to take heed that marketplaces violate the Commandment of Control.

They have the last word, and in essence have the control. Don't forget it.

I don't mean to hijack the thread, OP, just sharing what could possibly happen....

It can absolutely happen on eBay and Amazon. One of the things you have to understand is you are at their mercy. It is best to do all in your power to control your own business rather than relying on eBay or Amazon to be "fair". Many times they just don't care. There are ways of getting back on eBay after being banned but you have to do some extra work (creating a business with EIN, new address, different computer etc.).

 

[Wizard]

I sold on eBay and Amazon for a few years before starting my site but to be 100% honest I should have started it within the first year. I have missed out on so much potential profit it isn't even funny. I always told myself it was "too technical" or that "I will do it one day". I should have done it 3-4 years ago.
I use Google Adwords to drive traffic to my site. I am spending around 10% of sales on ads. (Pretty close to Amazon or eBay fees) I had cards made (vistaprint) that gives 10% off their next order. I put it in each order sent for eBay and my site. So far I've had 2 repeat sales using the coupon code.

That's awesome... I think I read your site has been up for the last 2 months or so?... Are you able tell us what % of your sales coming from EBay/Amazon/Website?

 

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[Speedgor]

So much valuable info on her lads, cheers for everything, here is a little update on where I'm at and a couple questions (which have probably been answered so I do apologize).

Product 1: STAY HARD COCK RING DONUTS (adult novelty sex toy), the first two times I listed this product on eBay Australia it got taken down for violation of "Adult Material" rules as you cannot sell sex toys apparently? I found that eBay Austrlaia is flooded with sex toys which is why I ordered samples so how do these people get away with it? I edited my listing a little bit and put it in the Health and Beauty -> Wellness category and has since not been removed and made one sale...

Product 2: VIBRATING COCKRING, one day after I listed this item it got taken down and I was banned for one day from listing new items. Other Chinese sellers are selling the exact same product, just different models and have sold hundreds. The description of their title and in the listing clearly states it is a vibrating sex toy. I contacted eBay with links to the same product and asked why I had been banned and not them. They said they would look into the listings I sent them...? :/ (can anyone shed some light on similar matters please). I'm most probably going to cut my losses on this one and move on.

I have 1 other successful product I am excited about and have sold 8 in 11 days, 4 other product samples are on their way!

My final question which has probably been answered many times (sorry I cant skim through 60 pages of posts ), is that I have finished the book and MJ clearly states that becoming a millionaire and being an eBay seller is not fastlane and wont make you rich (be the guy who builds eBay and become rich). This sits in the back of my mind everyday as I'm wondering if I should devote my full time and attention to my website idea as time is our most valuable asset and we do not have as much as we think! The way I see it, is if I can make $1000 a week selling on ebay (my goal in the next 12 motnhs), I can quit my job which will buy me a lot of free time to be able to pursue the website idea and ebay selling will be my side project searching for new products and posting sold items a couple hours per day. $1000 a week being my intermediate goal, $5000 a week being my ultimate goal in the next 5 years ofcourse!

 

[Speedgor]

I saw something today on a Facebook group in my area. There is a group that is items for sale in our local area. Someone is selling pipes etc for smoking "tobacco". In a town of 50-75k people he had probably 50+ people interested. It is all stuff he imported or got from someone who did and he is turning and flipping it using Facebook making great margins! Don't ever underestimate the power of selling your items locally as well. You never know who wants your products.

What are these gorups called so I can search my local area. I thought you were not able to post adds unless you pay for them on facebook?

 

[Speedgor]

P.s. How do you list a product for more than 10 days and have the "123 sold" displayed on your add?

 

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[exclusives88]

Ending listings and relisting will normally just put them right back where they were. Sometimes ending the listing and then creating a brand new listing will work. My guess would be that since the 6 new listings are at the bottom so will your others if you end and start fresh.

Your options are to either wait it out or stop selling on eBay entirely. Unfortunately they control this mystical algorithm that no ones knows anything about. It is possible that the delayed shipping caused the issue or check your DSRs and see if someone left you some bad ones.

If it makes you feel any better I had the same thing happen to me 2 weeks before Christmas. I went from the cheapest and the top of best match to the very bottom on every product. I called everyone I could find a number to and nothing. My sales went from 150 items a day to 30. I languished at the bottom of the "best match" while people with 95% positive were at the top. People with no feedback or horrible feedback got all the sales while I got the leftovers. It went back to normal about 10 days after Christmas. That was the tipping point, the last straw. I set up my own website. I am going to completely stop selling on eBay entirely within the next couple of weeks. I've got 1 site up and running and am selling $2,000-$3,000 a day. I am in the process of setting up another site for a totally separate category. I should have that site running within the next week. If everything goes as planned I should be able to average 5k a day in sales within the next couple months.

A little secret I've learned,you can sell for much higher margins on your own site than you ever can on eBay, and you control your own destiny.

How many products are you selling on each of your site? For example, I have a beauty product that sells ok on Ebay. It is only one item, should I be making a website to just sell one product?

 

[Thomas1980]

So much valuable info on her lads, cheers for everything, here is a little update on where I'm at and a couple questions (which have probably been answered so I do apologize).

Product 1: STAY HARD COCK RING DONUTS (adult novelty sex toy), the first two times I listed this product on eBay Australia it got taken down for violation of "Adult Material" rules as you cannot sell sex toys apparently? I found that eBay Austrlaia is flooded with sex toys which is why I ordered samples so how do these people get away with it? I edited my listing a little bit and put it in the Health and Beauty -> Wellness category and has since not been removed and made one sale...

Product 2: VIBRATING COCKRING, one day after I listed this item it got taken down and I was banned for one day from listing new items. Other Chinese sellers are selling the exact same product, just different models and have sold hundreds. The description of their title and in the listing clearly states it is a vibrating sex toy. I contacted eBay with links to the same product and asked why I had been banned and not them. They said they would look into the listings I sent them...? :/ (can anyone shed some light on similar matters please). I'm most probably going to cut my losses on this one and move on.

I have 1 other successful product I am excited about and have sold 8 in 11 days, 4 other product samples are on their way!

My final question which has probably been answered many times (sorry I cant skim through 60 pages of posts ), is that I have finished the book and MJ clearly states that becoming a millionaire and being an eBay seller is not fastlane and wont make you rich (be the guy who builds eBay and become rich). This sits in the back of my mind everyday as I'm wondering if I should devote my full time and attention to my website idea as time is our most valuable asset and we do not have as much as we think! The way I see it, is if I can make $1000 a week selling on ebay (my goal in the next 12 motnhs), I can quit my job which will buy me a lot of free time to be able to pursue the website idea and ebay selling will be my side project searching for new products and posting sold items a couple hours per day. $1000 a week being my intermediate goal, $5000 a week being my ultimate goal in the next 5 years ofcourse!

You can definitely list sex toys. Are you listing them in the Health and Beauty ->Welness ->Sex Toys category?