23rd January 2008

Why it’s a BAD Idea to Promote Hot Selling Products on eBay

Source : Selfseo.com

Do a quick search on Google, Yahoo, or your favorite auction resource site, and you’ll quickly discover there are several software programs targeted to vendors who want to promote hot selling products on eBay.

The infatuation with hot selling products exists because sellers believe if you target items that have a robust sales pattern, you’ll have a better chance at profiting on eBay. This is both true and false.

Yes… hot selling products can improve your bottom line. But unfortunately by the time the average eBay seller (a) realizes what the hot selling products are, (b) purchases stock to sell on eBay, and (c) actually puts the items up for sale, the demand is already being met by other eBay sellers who probably started the hot selling product trend some time ago.

Not only that, with thousands of people also having access to the same hot selling product lists, you’ll have to contend with other eBay vendors who have the exact same ideas that you do. So you’ll be up against the original sellers who are currently feeding the demand, AND doing the tango with newer sellers who have jumped on the same hot selling product bandwagon that you did.

Okay maybe this won’t happen to you.

But suppose it does.

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