There are literally tens of millions of people with an EBay account that shop periodically for everything from clothing to information. So why not create a business around EBay!
You already have millions of customers at your disposal, so why not make EBay work even harder for you?
I've used this method with some success. It's not my favourite method, but it's so easy and it's quick cash in your pockets.
The problem with selling physical products on EBay is that it's a hard business to sell onto someone else. Inventory, shipping is a pain in the butt, so I decided to create a business that was virtual and a product that could be downloaded instantly.
Of course I'm talking about an ebook here, but you can create just about anything.
Most people don't associate EBay with digital products, but people are willing to buy them if you know where to look.
What I did was I searched thru all the different EBay categories there were until I found a category with a lot of bids on just about every auction.
That category happened to be Travel/Vacation Rentals.EBay also has a feature that shows you what the most popular searches are in each category and Florida Vacation Rentals was the most popular search term in the travel category, so I created a small 50 page ebook on every aspect of vacation rentals in Florida and sold each copy for $12.95.
It didn't make me rich, I only sold 25 copies in a week, but that was good enough for the business to sell for $450.
So for the day it took me to create everything, I made over $770.00.