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Old 13-10-09, 09:48 AM
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Default Find a reliable supplier to help you make money on Ebay

It has been proved by many people that buy wholesale products for resell on Ebay is a good way to make money. If you are so lucky to choose the right product and the reliable supplier, then you’ve on the way to make money.
Many friends may ask what the right products are and how to verify a supplier? Here I’d like to share with you my views:
The right products will be items unusual and hard to find, unique to your region, then you will be the sole one to sell them on Ebay. This will help you to avoid the fierce competition, even though you offer no discount, you will still get your customers and make profit. Also the right products refer to items you can buy at very low price and you can resell them at the same or even lower price with the other retailers. To find the right product to resell on Eaby you must be very informative, so that you will get the first hand information and make early decision. Also you need to be creative, find something special, and find something unique to sell.Since you have chosen the right products you are going to resell on Ebay, the next step you need is to choose a reliable supplier. A reliable supplier will provide you both the genuine products but also favorable price. It is not so hard to find a reliable one like wholesale Ebsilk, also you may refer to the next piece of information to help you verify it:
How to select reliable supplier and service provider?

1. At first, due to the nature of "Online Shopping", the image of website is a good illustratio of what kind of service you will get. Pretend to be professional could be tell apart easily. For example, picture's display are very important, buyer need to know what's the exactly item they will get from picture show, if so-called supplier can't show you detailed pictures even copy from elsewhere, could you believe them? A professional website should have their own team to update website regularly to make it based on buyer's benefit, not just looks like professional. Go through it carefully before placing order; I believe you will have answer at once.

2. Dropship getting popular with rapid development of shopping online. Find a reliable wholesaler who can provide dropship service and could be your faithful partner are the most crucial. Helpful and Faithful wholesaler could make your business get twice the result with half the effort, but awful supplier must cause your business ruins suddenly. No need to rush before making decision, Effective communication will help you judge if they have sufficient capability and experience to cooperate with you.

3. Be careful about lowest price.
First reason is lowest price always the best attractive trap for buyer, you probably get nothing after paid.Second, you should be aware you just get what you are pay for. Quality always different even the product looks alike. Those suppliers who can't submit their own pictures become very suspicious. Also judge the postage if reasonable between different supplier.The last but not the least, extremely low price make those supplier can't afford any extra expense covered by themselves, so it's hardly to offer any after service. But actually the after service is most important especially for retailers, without after service, there is no way to continue business. Oral promises are useless because fact will certify everything.

4. Make sure if they are experienced dropshipper and how long they have been on this line
Asking few questions and see if they can reply you professionally and solve your query completely as well as respond quickly.
Learn more about shipping time and the potential troubles when deliver goods to different country as well as the current solution
What's the exchange policy and the procedure to deal with customer's complaints? What's their opinion to avoid customers’ complaints?
Asking which payment methods is most suitable for you, why you should take this instead another?
Conclude results, you will find reliable supplier always stand on the side of buyer's behalf.

5. To see if they have professional team to provide you service
First of all, they should have their own pictures took by them to prove they do have those items in stock. To be a direct supplier, whatever it's big or small, they should have their own photographer at least.
They should have administrators update website regularly. Consumers should take attention similar website because to be a professional supplier, they must have their own business ways, otherwise there is no way to serve consumers better.
They should have professional team for after service. Quality guarantee and return policy is the key to ensure retailer's business going, Hope consumers won't be puzzled by cheap price. The low price may indicate that they don't have the capability to provide professional service for you.
How to make safe payment?

1. First transaction should better make smaller order for trial. In this way, you won't loss much even if supplier can't provide satisfactory service.

2. Don't transfer large amount via western union or banking wire to unfamiliar supplier.
Hope the above information will be useful for you to select a reliable supplier.Since you’ve clear about the two key factors in making money on Ebay, just dip your toe in the water to start your business. I’m sure you are going to be the one to make your money! Hope wholesale Ebsilk will also be the one to help you make money!

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Thanks for the post Duckk, some interesting points raised if trading on Ebay.

Are you a successful Ebayer yourself?
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Thanks for the post Duckk, some interesting points raised if trading on Ebay.

Are you a successful Ebayer yourself?

thank you for appreciation
i think i am not now,but in the future .i wll be!

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Haha, I like it Duck, thats the spirit bro, I think, therefore I am!

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Done some ebaying, but its the packaging and posting of stuff that drives you mad after a while!

Plus the stuff that seems to dissapear in the post
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Done some ebaying, but its the packaging and posting of stuff that drives you mad after a while!

Plus the stuff that seems to dissapear in the post

sometimes it really is ,same experience bro but you can treat it as a lesson,and next time you will easily get rid from it

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What about the ebay shops? I think they link to live e-shops now dont they?

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What about the ebay shops? I think they link to live e-shops now dont they?
um..actually I dont know that very clearly,still learning to be professtional ebayer.So,as I said,be more careful.

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Worth looking into your end tho Duckk, traffic and site of that size linking in to your own would be a fair old amount I would have thought!

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it's a long and hard way to earn money on ebay. find a good product, avoid price competition, offer better customers service....

but there is no easy way to make money in this period, hope your business will be better and better

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