Can any one give me a head up?

[koolmusic10]

I was an Amazon CD seller for a long six years, and now I have to move to another country and will stop doing this business, so I decided to pack all CDs and want to make a wholesale on EBay for one go because I don't have any time to sell them partly, but it seems nobody is interested, it is wired because most of the 27,000+ CDs are top 200,000s sales rank, on Amazon it means could sell in light time and make huge profit, and I have make a full list ready to list on amazon without sorting scanning, and everything is well organised.

I don't know why nobody is interested, is that the price 40,000 too high? Or ppl just stop to do CD business?

I am new here, don't know if tell the ebay listing ID or copy-paste my ebay ad here is breaking the rules, but I am despairing to look for an answer.

Any opinion will be help, thank you very much.

[Big Pete]

Price is as you say too high

[koolmusic10]

but everything are fast sellers and I have done the maths, everything in my list start from 1 penny, and always be the lowest priced item in the same condition which means uncompetetive, they could make huge profit easily and fast by the only top 100,000 items, is that okay I tell you the ebay item id you can help me to check my inventory list and tell me how much it worth? thank you

[koolmusic10]

and I still don't understand ppl rather to buy something won't sell ever instead to buy these things actually could make quick sell and huge profit

[Raw Rob]

Possibly eBay is the wrong place to sell them. I personally wouldn't trust spending £40,000 on eBay (if that is the price you mean.)

You want to find the place where large companies selling CDs will buy from. I don't know what that is, but as you're in the business you probably have more of a clue.

Rob

[koolmusic10]

thanks for your reply, but I don't have a clue, because I don't buy my stock from UK, all are bought from abroad. Do you know anywhere I can sell them? thank you

[Raw Rob]

Search google for

sell business

I know before people have mentioned www.daltonsbusiness.com as a good place to sell a business.

Rob

[koolmusic10]

thank you for your tip very much

[silvermusic]

Knowing a thing or ten about CDs, amazon and eBay I can give you a few pointers. :)

Firstly and ignoring anything else, you're not going to sell 27,000 CDs to a single buyer on eBay unless you happen to be very very very lucky. Sell them in smaller lots that will appeal to your average small scale seller. Lots of 100 - 500 do well at around £1.25-£1.50 a unit you should do well. Trust me I know what 27,000 CDs looks like, it ain't going to fit into the average eBayers bedroom. :)

Had a look at the main list and picked 150 at complete random just scrolling down and to be honest a lot of them are way past top 200,000, some so far off the radar it's silly, rank. A lot really are worth little despite whatever price they are currently on amazon. Just because its the cheapest means nothing if the market is saturated and no one wants them. Couple of cases as an example. A Jim Reeves CD B000002WT8 have you seen how many other different Jim Reeves greatest Hits compilation CDs Amazon stock? Perry Como B00004U38Q 18 for sale and a sales rank of 240,000+ how many and how often would those sell, only a couple of examples and not the worst by any means.

Most of what you have out of the sample I've looked are not going to sell well anytime soon, how long and how much effort would it take someone to make a profit on £40,000. Being in the business I know full well what the answer is.

Amazon numbers are all very impressive, but in the real world mean nothing. Cherry picking the right stock that will actually sell for good money is a skill that requires music knowledge of many years, something I do for a living. Harsh as it maybe and going from my 150 sample what you have is what's left after the best stuff has been cherry picked or it was picked up very cheap from another dealer or wholesaler for that reason. I get lists like that on an almost daily basis, generally I find maybe 2-5% are worth buying.

So best advice. As above, smaller lots on eBay. And the best of luck.

[koolmusic10]

yes I agree with some of your points, large quantity are not easy to sell, some titles are not high ranked, that's why I also made lists sorted by ranks, and I did the maths by only top 100,000 rank items, as you are an expert on amazon, you would know how quickly they will sell, I know for ppl who buy things, they goes dark side first, but as a professional seller, check out the bright side, before I complete the listing, I tested them on amazon, and in several hours, £500 worth order flush in, I have to stop them and spend times to send those orders out. Let number talks, right? thank you for your advice, but i really don't have time to sell them partly, so, maybe i have to leave them to my friend and move on.

[koolmusic10]

Yes I agree with some of your points, large quantity are not easy to sell, some titles are not high ranked, that's why I also made lists sorted by ranks, and I did the maths by only top 100,000 rank items, and only started from 1 penny, as you are an expert on amazon, you would know how quickly they will sell, and assume that you have high ranked feedback, higher price than bunch of american sellers could also sell well.

About the size of them, I have detailed how they are stored, 3 shelves could easily fitted to bedrooms, you can see the pricture of those shelves as you have already found my ebay list, I have limited room either, but for 6 years things goes smoothly, just about how to use space, like buy without jewel cases and get proper shelf.

I know that ppl who buy things, they goes dark side first, those two examples I didn't pay more attention on, because they are short line items, I only have a few of those low ranked items, 27,000 CDs in totle, more than 20,000 are on the top 200,000 ranks. As a professional seller, check out the bright side, let number talks, before I complete the listing, I tested them on amazon, and in several hours, £500 worth order flush in, I have to stop them and spend times to send those orders out.

Thank you very much for your advice, but i really don't have time to sell them partly, so, maybe I have to leave them to my friend and move on except I am lucky.

PS: could you give me a advice for how much these CDs worth if I sell them on one go?

[koolmusic10]

wired, I haven't finish the #10 reply, got posted accidently, but couldn't edit it, so #11 will be my reply, sorry for the trouble