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@lyndal1838 wrote:

Yikes, who would be a full time ebay seller?

 

Sourcing stock is a lot easier for a B & M store selling one type of item....in our case a photography store (or 3).

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Most of the items I sell are used or obsolete. You can waste an awful lot of time finding and buying them one at a time. It might be fun, but it is not efficient use of time and results in poor $$$ returns per hour. I suspect this is where a lot of ebayers lose time and money and find they can not make ebay pay.

I have built links with major B & M businesses in my selling field, mainly through word of mouth. They contact me when they have obsolete or surplus stock. I sometimes buy out complete lines of obsolete stock from these businesses. The sellers send me photos and details and I give them a price sight unseen. They pack them on pallets and send them to me.

For particularly large lines or high value stock, I travel interstate to inspect the stock and negotiate a price. Often a two or three day trip, with associated travel and acommodation costs. This all has to be factored into $$$ per hour, profit margins.