Posted on January 11, 2010.
Product Selection Advice for eBay sellers and drop-shippers The first step in picking your products is to identify the niches you. It has been proven time and again that Ebay sellers who focus on a niche market are much more successful in both sales of new traffic and sales from repeat customers.
What is a niche market? It is essentially a specialized store. To put it simply focus on a group of related products. For example, children's clothing, handbags Designer cameras and cameras, accessories, fragrances for men and women ... etc. ... The aim is to focus on a group of related products and if you explore eBay Stores, you will notice most Those are all these types of specialized sites.
The distribution of the benefits of a niche market approach:
First series is much more easy. Since you are focusing on a group of similar products, you can quickly and easily add all the products available in the category selected for your eBay listings.
It has been proven that niche eBayers get a significant increase in their sales site (which means a customer who views your ad for a digital camera sees that you are also selling the lens he wants and buys it too ). If you sell separate objects, such as cameras and belt buckles, then you do not have much luck in the up-sell.
You'll generate loyal customers who have shopped with you before and had a positive experience. When you sell a printer Joe Blow and he needs later, the ink or paper, it is more likely to come back to you to buy it because he trusts you and he already assumes that you have related products they want and if you followed the niche model you! Since you sell your niche printers would include these accessories and are looking to sell. Ebay allows members to add and eBay sellers to their list of favorites so you can easily return to the vendors they have used and trust.
A niche is much more manageable and logical. He has no real meaning to the sale of power tools and .... widescreen TV, you see the point? And keeping your inventory is a very simple question when you are working from a niche model.
There are two useful free tools that can give you an overview of the best great products on eBay. Pop and Resources Ebay seller on eBay. Access them on Ebay and make good use of the tools available to help you refine your niche.
So now, lets assume that you have chosen your niche market Cookware. You build your eBay listings using only products which fall into the category Tableware. You properly price your items, refine your ads and generate traffic to your ads.
When you feel that you have all the products in your cookware functioning, you are ready to extend to a related class such as blenders or microwaves. Each time you complete a class move to the next and the list of items that you sell will grow and grow .... and you'll always have a niche market.
There is no limit to how far you can go to this. With time and effort you may find yourself running on a standard store. The key is a category at a time. Make sure that all products of this category is 100% optimized before moving to a new category.
Notes * Import criteria for selecting products *
It is very easy to get overwhelmed by the large number of products, you now have access. Here are some key factors to keep in mind when choosing your niche market and the best products within your niche:
Do not choose a niche that is already highly saturated on eBay. You can easily determine the saturation level by doing some research ebay for products in the niche you are considering. For example, if I go to eBay and search for "cell phone.