The first, and easiest, way to begin your Internet auction career is to sell goods that you already own. This is how most people begin and I certainly recommend this way for the novice.
Time to clean out your own closets, attics and basements. Obviously, there are many advantages to this method of spring cleaning…1) Forget those garage sales . First of all, you don’t have to sit in a hot garage all day long with a determined and cheery smile on your face. To have a successful garage sale, someone must be “on duty,” available to answer questions and take money. If you sell those same goodies on the Internet, you can go about your life while the sale goes on. No need to spend your day sitting behind a table, chatting with strangers.
2) You have access to millions of buyers. You can go beyond your surrounding neighborhood.3) There is no risk involved. You can try it out, see if you like it, and then decide if it is a game you want to play. Do you know of any other business that can be experienced in such a modest way? I certainly don’t.
After you clean out your own house or apartment, you can start with your relatives. Surely, grandma doesn’t need that old high chair anymore and Aunt Lucy doesn’t read those Golden Books from your early childhood. What a thrill it is (and sometimes, an unexpected sadness) to see these old treasures move on to new homes and new owners.
However, if you are an eager auctioneer, you are eventually going to run out of personal goods to sell. Now what? Well, it’s time to put on your shirt with the giant “BH” on the front -- your Bargain Hunter shirt and begin looking for...
... bargain merchandise.The goal is to find merchandise that you can buy at a very cheap price and sell at a much higher one.
