If you were going to set up an ebay shop / online shop??

[CanvasPrintingUK]

Hi all,

A friend of mine want to start selling on ebay, and online! he already works full time but would like to make a bit of extra cash.

His idea is to start selling something on ebay! The problem is he does not know what??? He pretty much want to act as a middle man buying goos from the supplier and selling on with a markup!

Have any of you got any advice on what he could start selling as simply and easily as possible.

Cheers Guys

Adrian www.canvasprinting-uk.co.uk

 

[BusinessIdeas]

Buying bulk info products (e-books) and repackaging them for resale, with imaginative sales blurb could give your "friend" a good insight into how things work on ebay, and "he/she"can make a few quid if you do it diligently.

 

[vvaannmmaann]

Using the very comprehensive and easy to use Search function,I found this.
http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=154234&highlight=selling+on+ebay
There are several other threads there for you as well.Good luck.

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

Why doesn't your friend sell your canvas prints?

 

[CanvasPrintingUK]

because i do that myself

 

[sally_b]

If he was interested in selling health and nutritional products you could ask him to check out this site . If he joined as a distributor (which is free) he could drop ship the products. He can sell online but selling the products on ebay or other auction sites isn't allowed.http://www.sallyhill.ineways.eu

 

[nitro23456]

Perhaps he could sell his virginity? Might make £100 and get a shag out of it as well.

 

[Paul Norman]

If your friend wants to make a bit of extra cash, I would actually be quite careful of trying to set up a business at all. A more certain way would be to take on additional work, if he can get it.

Setting up a business selling stuff is not without risk. And without focus, that risk increases.

It can be done, however, but I have a simple view. If he can't be sufficiently motivated to come up with his own idea, he will struggle to make a go of it.

I have always this advice to give. He comes up with the idea himself. Then we will help him with advice in its execution.

 

[CanvasPrintingUK]

Perhaps he could sell his virginity? Might make £100 and get a shag out of it as well.

Now thats just childish

 

[Billmccallum]

Now thats just childish

£100....not childish to me, I'd have to work for an hour to get that, only to spend it in 3 minutes

 

[Logistika]

I hope this isn't taking the OP query at too much of a tangent, but do any of the GPL shopping cart systems have good visual discounting promos.

e.g. At the moment ASDA are promoting booze on TV, It shows the bottle at £11 with an X through it, then £10 with an X through it, and a £9 which is their current discounted price. However the visuals demonstrate that it was recently on sale at a higher price, and hence subliminally that the price will go back up to £10 soon very soon, if not at least £11. ie incentising people to buy NOW.