Turn your hobby into a home business with this trading assistants website.
Consignment selling is a service which is offered to non-eBayers.
Anyone who would like to sell items on eBay, but who doesn't want to do
it themselves, can have them sold by a consignment seller or a Trading
Assistant. The Trading Assistant sets up and runs the auctions on
behalf of the owner
of the items. In return, the Trading Assistant earns a fee or a
commission, or both.
Completely
approved by eBay (who even publicise your business in their trading
assistant directory), Trading Assistants use their existing eBay know
how to list, pack and send off the items as they usually would &
then simply forward the agreed amount to the item owner.
Most eBay Trading Assistants charge a fee of 25% of the item value, plus eBays listing fees. There are limited opportunities for failure as a trading assistant.
You will become a successful trading assistant if:
- You can list & sell on eBay
- You have a working paypal account
- You know how to complete an eBay transaction (feedback, dispatching the item, etc)
- You have friends or family who can publicise the business for you.
Notice the last
statement. Most trading assistants will initially get the majority of
their start up business from spreading the word among friends &
family. This is an ideal suituation, while the majority of people have
heard of eBay they do not know how to use it or simply do not have time to list things themselves.
Even as an established eBay seller myself for over five years,
I have things lying about the house that I keep meaning to sell on
eBay. Old phones from when I've upgraded my contract, etc. This is the kind of attitude you can easily cash in on.
