Trick #2: Make big margins.  You need those margins.  You can't buy something for $10 and sell it at $12, not even at $15.  The listing fees alone will eat you.  Remember, you have to pay a listing fee, you have to pay a fee if you sell the product and on top of that you pay PayPal when you collect the money.  You could easily pay up to 10% or more of your selling price. This could be your entire profit.  If you use any special listings to showcase your product you could be looking at $20 extra per listing category.  So again, don't try to make it on volume, try to make it on big margins.  The best things to sell are either unique items or collectibles, name brand items that people are looking for like iPods, or hard to find items or imports.

Trick #3: Make more money on shipping.  When my wife sold on eBay about 80% of our profit was made from shipping charges.  We kept our product prices low so they attract the buyer and charged a bit more on shipping.  People understood and they always got a great deal.  For us it was a no brainer.  eBay does not charge you any fees on your shipping charges, just on the selling prices.

The funny thing is we only sold wholesale on eBay.  And it seemed we were the only ones really selling wholesale.  Most people selling at "wholesale prices" were selling at about 3 times what we could get any of their items.

Many of our customers had eBay stores, others had convenience stores or gift stores, many of them had other businesses and wanted giveaways for their customers.

This is only a small example of what you can do with Wholesale Distribution.  And believe me, it's not the most profitable one or the easiest to start.  In my eBook you will find cheaper, faster ways of getting started in wholesale distribution and make even more money than what I made on eBay.  I made much more from my other wholesale distribution businesses than what I made on eBay and I worked less too.  Jorge Olson