What Sells On Ebay? 3 Little Known Secrets to find out what to sell on ebay
What sells on eBay?
There are 3 great ways to find out what sells on eBay the best, and I will show you right here what each of them are!
Just a quick aside firstly though - do you want to know what sells well so that you can sell that type of item yourself?
I'm guessing so - something to bear in mind is that items that sell well already may have plenty of people selling them successfully. So follow my advice for how to write great listings that will show up at the top of the eBay search results.
But first, as promised, here is how to find what sells well on eBay.
The first and probably most effective way to see what sells best on eBay is to use Salehoo Labs.
They have a 'hot trends research lab' which tells you what products are selling best on eBay and Amazon too, right now.
I've reviewed this in more detail here.
There are 3 great ways to find out what sells on eBay the best, and I will show you right here what each of them are!
Just a quick aside firstly though - do you want to know what sells well so that you can sell that type of item yourself?
I'm guessing so - something to bear in mind is that items that sell well already may have plenty of people selling them successfully. So follow my advice for how to write great listings that will show up at the top of the eBay search results.
But first, as promised, here is how to find what sells well on eBay.
The first and probably most effective way to see what sells best on eBay is to use Salehoo Labs.
They have a 'hot trends research lab' which tells you what products are selling best on eBay and Amazon too, right now.
I've reviewed this in more detail here.
Use this link to see what is popular on eBay
A second way to discover what sells well on eBay is to go to: www.ebay.com/trending
It will give you the top 9 (or so) most popular searches on eBay right now. That's quite a limited list though, so you may do better following my number 1 and 3 tips.
It will give you the top 9 (or so) most popular searches on eBay right now. That's quite a limited list though, so you may do better following my number 1 and 3 tips.
Sneaky way to see what sells best on eBay
A third way to find out what sells on eBay is to think about what kind of thing you’d LIKE to sell on eBay – what are your hobbies/interests/passions etc.
You then should narrow that subject right down so it is a NICHE.
Here's what I mean:
If your hobby or interest is scarves, how can you narrow that down further?
You could specialize in hand made scarves, or knitted scarves or silk scarves or hand painted scarves.
That is a tight niche which is ideal (scarves is pretty much a niche in it's own right) and you are likely to do far better than if you sell a broad subject like sports goods (unless you are a big company.)
You then need do some research as follows:
Let’s say you decide you want to sell some type of clothing because you love fashion.
If you go onto eBay and type into the search box the kind of clothes you are interested in, you can then find which sells well.
You do this by checking the ‘completed listings’ box which should be down the left hand side of the page (often quite a long way down).
The results that then come up are PAST auctions.
This is a goldmine of useful information!
Ok, admittedly this may all take a fair bit of time, but isn’t it better to spend your time getting this right rather than skipping this step only to waste time and money on items that don’t sell?
You then should narrow that subject right down so it is a NICHE.
Here's what I mean:
If your hobby or interest is scarves, how can you narrow that down further?
You could specialize in hand made scarves, or knitted scarves or silk scarves or hand painted scarves.
That is a tight niche which is ideal (scarves is pretty much a niche in it's own right) and you are likely to do far better than if you sell a broad subject like sports goods (unless you are a big company.)
You then need do some research as follows:
Let’s say you decide you want to sell some type of clothing because you love fashion.
If you go onto eBay and type into the search box the kind of clothes you are interested in, you can then find which sells well.
You do this by checking the ‘completed listings’ box which should be down the left hand side of the page (often quite a long way down).
The results that then come up are PAST auctions.
This is a goldmine of useful information!
- You can study these to your heart’s content and find out which type of items attracted the most views, the most bids, the most sales and the best sales price.
- You can check out how much competition there is.
- You can also get an idea of how much demand there is.
Ok, admittedly this may all take a fair bit of time, but isn’t it better to spend your time getting this right rather than skipping this step only to waste time and money on items that don’t sell?
What happens next?
Remember that deciding what to sell on ebay is just the very first step.
Go here for how to find items to sell
And here for how to start your eBay business