| Are you an Ebay seller who would like to build a | | | | pay top dollar for designer purses on bulletin boards in |
| profitable auction business? Most people who start out | | | | your area. The disadvantage to this strategy is it can |
| selling on Ebay enter the auction world by selling items | | | | be difficult to find enough purses to sell to build a viable |
| they have lying around their home that they no longer | | | | business. Your time is probably better spent running |
| need. They quickly run out of merchandise and then | | | | your auction business rather than running all over town |
| ask the inevitable question, "What do I sell now?" | | | | looking for designer purses. |
| Ultimately, to be successful long term on Ebay, you're | | | | Another option is to offer to sell designer purses on |
| need a reliable source for an item that has a strong | | | | Ebay for local boutiques and consignment stores in |
| market on Ebay that you can get in sufficient quantity | | | | your area that sell designer purses. In turn for your |
| at a good price. Sounds like a tall order to fill, doesn't it? | | | | selling efforts, the store would give you a percentage |
| What are your options? One of the best selling items | | | | of the profits realized at auction which would admit to |
| on Ebay are high end designer purses such as Prada, | | | | 20-30 percent of what the purse sells for. The |
| Gucci, Coach. A search for completed auctions on | | | | disadvantage here is that you're not receiving a big |
| designer purses will reveal how high the demand is for | | | | return for your work which would include |
| these items. Many designer purse auctions generate | | | | photographing the purses, describing them, handling |
| quite a bidding frenzy which is candy to the eyes of | | | | payment details, and shipping them. |
| the Ebay designer purse seller. | | | | A final option is to find legitimate, wholesale sources |
| If you can find designer purses at good prices, you can | | | | for high end designer purses and build a mutually |
| definitely sell them. Unfortunately, many of the so called | | | | beneficial relationship with the company. To do this, you |
| designer purse wholesale price lists you purchase are | | | | need to approach all of your sources in a professional |
| not true wholesale prices at all. In fact, if you source | | | | manner. When you request wholesale price lists, be |
| through these wholesale lists, you'll probably end up | | | | sure to address your request on business letterhead |
| losing money on Ebay. That's definitely not the formula | | | | and include a professional business card. Do your |
| for building a successful designer purse auction | | | | homework and purchase from a reputable company. |
| business, now is it? | | | | You don't want to lose your good reputation by selling |
| How DO you find designer purses at prices that can | | | | fakes or replicas as the genuine thing. There ARE |
| yield a profit for you on Ebay? One option is to buy | | | | legitimate sources for designer purses out there if you |
| secondhand designer purses from people in your local | | | | take the time to source them. Here's to your |
| area by frequenting yard sales, thrift stores, estate | | | | successful designer purse business! |
| sales, consignment stores, and by advertising that you | | | | |