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  1. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    Awesome! That's even better! It amazes me how one site can be way cheaper than the other or offer free shipping when the other wants an arm and a leg for shipping.
  2. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    Yeah I completely agree with getting more since the shipping is killing you. It really can be as simple as going in and talking to the manager or the owner. Just make sure you don't go during their busiest times (morning before 9am, lunchtime, after work)
  3. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    I've got 3 or 4 items i am researching/getting quotes on right now. If I choose not to pursue any of them I will post it on here. There are virtually unlimited amounts of products and each product has an angle/need that can be used to profit from it. Learning the process of searching and...
  4. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    Glad I could be of some help.
  5. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    I right now have 8 different products listed. I normally keep closer to 12-15 but am out of stock on a few items. Developing a pool of winners is really just all about time. The more time i spend searching for/researching products, the more possible winners I am going to find. I am on alibaba...
  6. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    If both competitors are US sellers I would either charge the same and highlight your super fast shipping or price it a penny lower and again highlight your shipping. If they are Chinese competitors you can charge a much higher price and still sell your items by simply putting "US SELLER!!! 2-3...
  7. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    I currently just ship out everything myself. A few reasons, 1. I can ship it out faster than any company can. (I normally have items at the post office within hrs of the purchase. 2. I can list things for sale as soon as I get them in from China. (This was especially helpful during holiday...
  8. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    I am only selling on eBay and Amazon at this time. I am going to set up my own website and send coupons out in each order sometime soon I just haven't done it yet. eBay has best match and that is mainly determined by feedback, shipping speed, top rated seller status and even by how many you...
  9. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    When I looked originally there weren't any. Obviously there are sellers now that have popped up.
  10. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    Right now I'm doing around 7 grand profit a month. Last November and December I profited over 15k a month. It is very possible to automate it. You can use a fulfillment center and send your items to them and they do all the shipping, uploading tracking, etc. when an item is sold. You can even...
  11. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    Very true but eBay is not a good place to build a brand. If your brand is already built then you could obviously command a higher price, however if you are just building a brand your brand on eBay has no brand power just like any generic would. You are just a generic with your own brand on it. A...
  12. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    That is a really great article on this subject! It is amazing how many thousands or millions of possible items there are!
  13. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    I don't allow a certain number of competitors to immediately make me skip a product. If more than a couple people are selling with almost no profit that is when I walk away. I found a product last week that I could purchase for $120 each. They were selling on eBay in the $250 range. I started...
  14. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    The thing about competitors is all it takes is one stupid one to kill your profit margin. Obviously the less compitition the better margins will be. 5 competitors isn't bad as long as the margins are in the 100%+ range. If 5 of them haven't dropped prices where there is no money to be made you...
  15. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    You can go through the site searching for keyword or search category by category. Sometimes I get better results with multiple word searches. For example search "number 2 lead pencil" instead of searching "pencil" "Pencil" came back with 440,000 results "number 2 lead pencil" only came back...
  16. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    There are thousands of items on there with workable margins. The only limitation is your imagination and what people need the most.
  17. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    All of those are from sellers in china. A lot of people wont buy from sellers in china because you are looking at around a month for shipping time. The cheapest USA seller is selling them for 2.79 + 2.99 shipping for two packs. That comes out to 5.78 for two packs. If you pay 10 cents each plus...
  18. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    All the branding I have done has been when my supplier said he could do it for me. I was ordering probably 100 or so of the items a month when I started branding. There are opportunities in selling variations as well as in just selling the same items as one or two other people. I can sell the...
  19. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    I have used that website before and made money using it, however EVERYONE knows about that site. It ships from the US straight to your door so people feel a lot more comfortable buying from there than ordering from China. One barrier to entry in importing is that people don't trust or understand...
  20. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    Good job taking action! Go ahead and make all the money off that product you can! I would look for other like products and go somewhere in that range. If going wholesale to gas stations, bait shops etc. I would sell it to them at a price point that is excellent for both of you. A win win...
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