@247newdeals wrote:I think with the sellers I have been looking at the items are in Australia only going by the feedback there was nothing to indicate they have been shipping from China which is what puzzles me. They sell smaller items from China but they have larger pricey items in Australia. So they offer a price close to wholesale and fast shipping, I can not make sense of it
Sometimes I buy items from sellers located in China but receive them via Aus Post eParcel, so there are definitely forwarding services / warehouses for some of them in Aus.
Some overall general thoughts, observations etc on the Australian sellers v Chinese sellers issue, some of which won't have anything to do with your OP 
Sometimes these sellers don't work from an individual item price basis, in that they make themselves an easily accessible, safer alternative to some of the independent Chinese wholesale sites, so small retail outlets will buy from them in larger quantities and the sellers can afford to take the loss (if any) on the 1-item sales.
I also tend to think eBay is one of the worst places to look for items to sell, because if you find something, someone's already selling it - that doesn't automatically mean it's no good, obviously, as maybe there's only one or two sellers with it, but straight off the bat you know you already have a competitor or competitors.
-But- that's also where thinking outside the box can sometimes give you an edge, too, depending on the nature of the item. An example of some things I ask myself on occasion when looking at an item are:
Do I want it / would I buy it?
Can I customise it in some way to make it different / better?
Can I package it with other items to provide a better and/or more convenient deal?
I occasionally check to see if an item is already being sold on eBay, but even if it is, it doesn't usually dissuade me from buying unless I can't do something different with the item (even if it's just making it available in a higher / lower quantity than other sellers). Truth be told, I rarely buy stock that I see and don't immediately go - that's so awesome, I want it! 
The only time I buy things without feeling that way about them is when several people have asked if I stock (or can get) a particular item, but one of my "secrets" is I actually like stocking less popular items that other sellers don't want to... Why? Because the more of those kinds of items I have, the more messages I get that are along the lines of "I can't believe I finally found someone who has these", which is a rep I'll take any day over "sweet, this is the cheapest online". ๐ (A lot of these are items the Chinese wholesalers make / sell, but not usually on eBay, just in case it wasn't clear what the point of me mentioning it was ๐ ).
@247newdeals wrote:
I am aiming to offer packages, at a later date, waiting to build up as not only do I need to buy multiple units I have to buy multiple accessories to make the packages up. I will get there but will take a while. Also these cutters I stumbled on while looking at possible ways to customise items so I am thinking a bit in the right direction ๐
I'm in the same boat, really - possibly maybe a little further down the river as I've been able to build up a decent inventory over the last couple of years, but you can never stop "paddlin" (as it were), and I'm one of the slowest paddlers out there... (Some of the package deal ideas I had, I started sourcing the items for them several months ago, and now I just grab an extra bit here and there when I can - slow and steady wins the race, I keep telling myself).
I'm looking at something like that machine too, but the one I need is 10k, so my arms are gonna get pretty tired before I can get to that point. 
