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Ebay Sellers Shopping On Black Friday Will Make You Thousands



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lack Friday is a goldmine       is a lot to loose if you mess up. 
for eBay resellers. On one      Prepare yourself to spend a set   
single day there are more       amount of money before leaving,   
profitable items for sale than        that way you will know exactly    
during the entire rest of the         what you are getting into. The    
year. If executed properly, Black     second requirement is actually    
Friday can easily create              more important than it sounds. My 
thousands of dollars in profit.       friend and I went on our first    
This article explains in detail       Black Friday trip over four years 
how to find and buy deals on          ago, and boy were we under        
Black Friday and then how to sell     prepared. We went out with two    
them on eBay for a profit.            sedans and came back with two     
                                      sedans filled with products plus  
Preparing for Black Friday            another sedan's worth tied to the 
In order to make the best             roof. I highly recommend that you 
purchases on Black Friday, it is      at least attempt to find a rather 
necessary to start by gathering       large vehicle, though it isn't    
some supplies. Initially you will     imperative. Lastly, you will need 
need the following:                   to find yourself as many          
                                      advertisements for Black Friday   
- Money                               as possible. The sooner you get   
- Transportation                      these, the easier it will be to   
- Advertisements                      do the research. I personally     
                                      advocate searching online; there  
The first requirement is fairly       are many websites that post Black 
self-explanatory, but keep in         Friday sales ads well before they 
mind that the more money you can      are printed. Look for deal sites  
spend the more you can make.          and eBay selling sites to have    
Don't go out and spend $10,000 on     these. Now that you have          
your first trip though, as that       everything together, let's get to 



the important part.                   research weeks in advance. A      
                                      simple Google search for Black    
Researching Products for              Friday will reveal many websites  
Profitability                         that are dedicated to providing   
It is ironic that the most            ads as far ahead of time as       
important part of making money on     possible.                         
Black Friday isn't actually done                                        
on Black Friday. This is the part     Once your ad collection is        
that separates those who will         assembled, you will need to sit   
profit from shopping and those        down and look through all of      
who will just buy things. It          them, paying specific attention   
almost all comes down to the          to items you think will sell      
research. When the big day rolls      best. If you need to get a        
around, it is important to know       general idea of product value     
exactly where you are going and       then vist                         
exactly what you are buying Also      www.selladeal.com/products and    
know how much money you expect to     look at what items sell best.     
make from each product. Keep the      Next you want to write down a     
importance of this step in mind       list of the products that you     
as we continue.                       think will be profitable when     
                                      sold. You will then check this    
The initial research begins with      list against the completed        
finding the material, a.k.a.          auctions on eBay to get an        
advertisements. This can be done      approximate selling value. To     
in two ways; the first is to go       reiterate, you will be looking    
and get newspapers on the             through ads to pick out valuable  
Wednesday before Black Friday,        buys and comparing the price with 
the second is to find ad-scans on     their current value on eBay. This 
the internet. I fully prefer the      will give you a guess as to the   
second method, as it allows me to     amount of money you can make off  



of each item. I recommend             start about 2 hours after the     
repeating this process of finding     previous, in reality they will    
an item and checking its eBay         likely all start at the same      
price several times so that your      time). The final step to this     
list will be fairly complete. At      process is to write down an exact 
the end of this process, you          order of the stores that you will 
should have a good number of          visit and an exact order of the   
products along with an idea of        products you will buy in each     
how much money you can make from      store. This list makes buying the 
reselling them.                       best products a very straight     
                                      forward trip. If you know what    
Ranking and Scheduling Stores         you want before hand, you will    
Now it is time to plan out our        get there before the people who   
shopping trip. Here we have this      will have to think about it.      
list of products and how valuable                                       
they are to us. The next step is      The Big Day - Black Friday        
to arrange the items by store and     Believe it or not, this isn't     
by profitability. This should         nearly as difficult as it is made 
make it apparent which stores are     out to be. Yes, there will be     
going to be more profitable than      crowds. Yes, people will be       
others - these are the stores         acting like maniacs. This is why  
that you'll want to visit first.      you will succeed - because you    
After you have the stores             have already planned and          
arranged based on profitability,      researched everything and will    
you want to double check the          not be acting crazy. The drill is 
hours of each sale. This will         simple: follow your schedule and  
assure that you catch all             buy as many of the profitable     
opportunities because of              items as you can get. There may   
differently timed sales (in a         be times when you need to be      
perfect world, each sale would        assertive to stay at the front of 



a line, or even to push your way      kept in mind, there should not be 
through a crowd to get to a           any problems during Black Friday. 
product. The key is to remain         There is one other thing to be    
polite, confident, and assertive      aware of; up selling. Sales       
enough to get to where you are        personnel will try rigorously to  
going. Getting angry or causing       add on warranties, surge strips,  
trouble will only make things         antivirus software, and many      
worse. If you cannot get one of       other items that are not worth    
your best products, it isn't the      mentioning. Do not buy into their 
end of the world. Remember that       sales hype - stick with the plan  
there are a lot of other items        and purchase the profitable       
that you can get to resell for a      items, nothing else.              
profit. Here is a general set of                                        
guidelines for getting the best       Selling your Products on eBay     
items:                                Almost there! Here is what's      
                                      next: cataloguing and selling the 
- Always remain calm. You must be     items online. This is pretty      
in control and thinking at all        easy; the hard part is certainly  
times.                                over. Sell as many of the items   
- Be assertive. Say excuse me to      as possible within the next two   
get past people, don't just wait      or three weeks, that way they     
there.                                will arrive by Christmas. Don't   
- Be polite. The moment you loose     panic or overload eBay in order   
your temper, the sales reps will      to reach this deadline, the items 
turn on you.                          will sell nearly as well the      
- Stick to the plan. Purchase the     first week into January. I don't  
items that you can, and move on       recommend selling products during 
to the next store.                    the weeks before and after        
                                      Christmas, as this is usually a   
If all of these guidelines are        pretty slow sales period on eBay. 



I would highly recommend reading                                        
these selling guides if you need      Let the Items Sell, and Count the 
to brush up on your eBay auction      Profits                           
technique. On the most basic          This is the best part. Once       
level, you need to at least           everything is finished selling,   
include a picture in each             it's time to add it all up and    
auction. That is about it - once      see just how great Black Friday   
everything is listed you need         is. I personally made well over   
only sit back and deal with           $2,000 on my first Black Friday.  
shipping. There are also some         Give it a chance, do the          
shipping guides in the above link     research, and good luck!          
if need be.                           

                              






About the Author:

Mason Hipp is an eBay powerseller and a regular contributer of selling guides, ebay products, and information to http://www.selladeal.com


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