@tia_juib wrote:
Thanks digital*ghost and rocket2retro for those information. The chemicals in the hair dye and peroxide appear to be in the prohibit list so I'm not sure how guys selling hair dye are getting away with sending it. Perhaps they're just not disclosing it or during a courier that can. Something I'll have to talk to Australis post about.
Some people aren't aware. Some people don't care. Others would have a DG licence.
As for marketing, I wonder if any eBayers use social media networks like FB or Instagram to build fan and followers. I'm under the impression that businesses use social media strategy to build up followers and eventually use promotions such as competitions, giveaway etc. to drive sales.
If it's a set of steak knives, I'm in!
I was thinking of using the same strategy as my research tells me that FB is the 4th most visited website in Australia behind google and youtube. I'm already building this and all I needed is to have my distributions in place, but from the conversations I've been having with your guys, I think my biggest challenge is convincing eBayers to join me.
That being said, if we were to put a price on potential earnings (minimum net) to eBayers to attract some interest, from your perspective, what do you think that number you be ?
Oh, somewhere around the $500,000 a week would be a good start. More realistically would be around $10 a month.
If you are going to buy your products online cheap, then flog them off to a sucker seller to sell at a profit, what's to stop them buying the same item for the price you are and getting twice as much profit? Once they've bought the product to sell, do you then get a % of the profit they make?
I don't want to rain on your parade because you sound very excited about this, but you'd make more money selling empty iPhone and iPad boxes. Playstation boxes are a big seller too. EBay is rapidly dying thanks to Chinese sellers and the big names like Good Guys and Dick Smith. That's the way eBay wants it. Plus, most people are happy to buy their haircare products locally. No expensive postage.
Mr Tippy goes through a bottle of Caltrate calcium tablets every 2 weeks. At around $10 a bottle, it soon adds up. I looked on eBay and can get them 50c to $1 cheaper, but with between $7.50 and $10 postage. The postage cost is nearly another bottle. I think you'd probably find that buyers will feel the same way. Some things look cheap on the surface, but when you see the big picture, the cost is prohibitive.
As for your comment about buying from the Chinese, clearly hundreds of thousands of people each week have no issue with it. The Chinese are making a killing on eBay, unlike a lot of other sellers. Sure, some don't want to wait for it to arrive, so will buy locally, but with Aust Post the way it is sometimes, stuff from China often arrives before something posted domestic. I've bought a lot from China over the years. Only one thing never turned up. Delivery is always within 2 weeks. A couple of times it took longer, but one was something I bought during Chinese New Year and another bought in the October, where there is some other Chinese celebration whereby items are delayed.
Good luck with it all. It's too risky for me. I'm out.
Cheers,
12 yo school girl.
