eBay Business anyone?

[ShivaFan]

Hello fellow Capitalists and Entrepreneurs

Have you ever considered, or already have done so, opening an eBay store to sell items (not talking about junk in your garage but an actual business via an online store through the eBay portal)?

I am close to retirement, in the process of shielding my hard earned wealth from socialist government tyranny and looters, so busy evaluating how to move my assets away from their unaccountable and self-garnishing and power hungry control freak hands into lock boxes, but I am also thinking of setting up such an eBay business, initially for some fun and profit, but perhaps something to keep busy with in retirement.

I think the only real issue is forming some connection to a supplier for the theme based product you want to sell. I may leverage connections in India, but not sure yet. But there probably are other “pitfalls” and considerations that I haven’t delved into yet, and the “connections” is also part of this.

Anyone been there and done that?

 

[Phil25]

What do you plan to sell?

 

[Avi1001]

I sometimes buy books from Amazon. Have you considered selling through them ?

I believe the demand for autos (cars), both to and from India, will escalate soon. Have you considered that ?

What would it take to start a Tata sales and service center ?

Are you another Steve Jobs ?

 

[Sees]

I sell some on eBay now and then...wink, wink...

It's extremely easy and a better deal when/if you can get regular supply/inventory. Less from your pocket to theirs. Even local thrift shop flipping can get people an extra $400-2k++...but not reliably.

 

[ShivaFan]

Good q Phil. I want to sell religious books, of an Asian theme, including Hinduism, Buddhism (including Tibetan, Lankan, Bhutanese, Japanese, Thai etc forms as well as Indian Buddhism), Zoroastrian, Parsi, Sikh, Jain, Goan Indian Christian, mainstream Indian Islamic and Shia, Ahmadiyya, Sufi, Bahai, Jewish orgs in India, etc you get the idea all being books out of small book publishers such as in Kolkata (Calcutta)). They often have very rare or unusual books and religious publications.

Also I will sell language instruction books from these publishers, and those little "temple guides" and tourguides published and sold by temples in India, temple "coins" too.

I may add in those Turkish clay and tile products from Turkey.

But I am open.

Avi, not bad idea. I use Amazon myself. And my primary store would be a book theme.

THINKING OF CALLING MY STORE "StrangeTropics Book Store" and target Westerners.

????

 

[Revoltingest]

I prefer to buy & sell books on Amazon.
It just works better than ebay for books.
Be careful selling anything heavy, cuz ebay charges a commission on shipping charges.
For not very expensive machinery items ebay & PayPal fees can be 40%.

 

[Vinayaka]

I want 3 wheelers. Economical and fun. San Francisco needs them.

 

[Phil25]

Good q Phil. I want to sell religious books, of an Asian theme, including Hinduism, Buddhism (including Tibetan, Lankan, Bhutanese, Japanese, Thai etc forms as well as Indian Buddhism), Zoroastrian, Parsi, Sikh, Jain, Goan Indian Christian, mainstream Indian Islamic and Shia, Ahmadiyya, Sufi, Bahai, Jewish orgs in India, etc you get the idea all being books out of small book publishers such as in Kolkata (Calcutta)). They often have very rare or unusual books and religious publications.

Also I will sell language instruction books from these publishers, and those little "temple guides" and tourguides published and sold by temples in India, temple "coins" too.

I may add in those Turkish clay and tile products from Turkey.

But I am open.

Avi, not bad idea. I use Amazon myself. And my primary store would be a book theme.

THINKING OF CALLING MY STORE "StrangeTropics Book Store" and target Westerners.

????

I think you should target Westerners mostly. There are plenty of Westerners interested in Eastern Religion particularly Hinduism and Buddhism and you probably understand how to target USians better than Indians.

 

[ShivaFan]

Namaste Vinayaka

Phil, that is EXACTLY my customers I want to come!
Westerners looking for the "good stuff".

 

[Wirey]

Drugs. There's a good market, plus you get to hurt people for money!

 

[Revoltingest]

Drugs. There's a good market, plus you get to hurt people for money!

Ebay likely has rules against it. They're always quashing my business efforts.
I was selling howitzer shells (really, they're collectible & safe) a while back,
& even that was prohibited!

 

[Wirey]

What kind of world won't let a man supply artillery ammunition to strangers by mail? The shame!

 

[Revoltingest]

What kind of world won't let a man supply artillery ammunition to strangers by mail? The shame!

I know!
It was just a shell (no power, no primer, no projectile).
The only way it could hurt you is if you dropped it on bare toes.
But oooooooooo, it's so scary to think that it would've been possible for the military
to make a live round from it! (They were new old stock in the original box too.)
I suppose that next, ebay will ban pictures of guns. At least we can still sell time
travel machines.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Magical-TIM...472?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a438172f0

 

[Wirey]

Go back in time and shell the guy who made the no artillery ammo rule!