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How to Find Product Suppliers for Your eBay Business

November 11, 2008 12:24 pm admin Business

You probably have read and learn a lot about how to make money on eBay. But, in order to sell products on eBay, you must find reputable wholesalers that can supply you goods constantly. Don’t easily take anyone’s word that a certain product will become good seller in eBay. There are un-reputable dealers out there who will take your money and supply you inferior products that don’t sell on eBay.

You must be able to find a consistent supply for a product and determine the selling potential. One way to get wholesale products is through the drop shippers. A drop shipper is a wholesale company that will provide you the goods (called inventory) for you to resell on eBay and you don’t pay a single cent until a sale is made. These drop ship company will also package and ship the product on behalf of you to your customer. And there will be no minimum order rules you need to comply.

When dealing with drop shippers, you will want to work with the reputable drop shippers. There are quite a lot of reputable drop shippers; you can find them through Worldwide Brands drop ship directory.

Another way to get product supply is to find a wholesaler who will deliver several cases of goods to you at a wholesale price. You have to pay upfront for the goods and then responsible to handle the orders, package and ship the goods to your customers.

You must sell the goods at retail price to earn profit. You’ll need to accurately calculate the shipping and handling charges as well. Or all your profit might be taken by the shipping and handling costs in the case that you are offering free shipping.

The drawback of using wholesalers is that the companies generally require you to order goods in bulk which will cost you thousands of dollars. This may be not possible if you just started in eBay selling.

One solution to this problem is to find a wholesale company called light bulk wholesaler. The term ‘light bulk’ means that this wholesaler is willing to supply you their goods in low quantity with a factory guarantee.

Once again you can check out Worldwidebrands.com’s light bulk wholesale directory to find a reputable light bulk wholesaler that is right for your business. Of course, you might be able to find a local supplier who can provide you certain goods, eg. Craft goods, etc that you can resell for a profit on eBay.