how much time did it take you to make your first sale ?

elirabito7
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hi everybody my name eliran and i'm a new seller on ebay i have been trying to sell for 2 weeks and i would love to hear your tips and how much time did it take you to make your first sale ?

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Mccrim makes several good points.

Like many of the posters here, I've been selling for a long time. More than 35 years in mail order, on eBay under one ID or another since 1998.

 

I'd suggest that you push the Made in USA a bit more. Our neighbours are very big on that.

But if you are dropshipping, watch out for a product line that is more reliable.

Dropshipping does allow you to get a toehold, but your supplier has dozens of other sellers competing with you, may not let you know when he runs out of stock, make package poorly, or just not ship at all.

And the customer (and eBay) will blame you.

 

And some products are just not made for mail order.  If it is bulky (which is expensive to ship) but low cost or easy to find, it's not a good choice.

 

And it's fussy, but use both capital and miniscule letters as well as proper punctuation. Poor language skills are something scammers look for, because they indicate either carelessness or naivete, which is catnip for crooks.

 

Best wishes and keep in touch.