How can I make money on eBay? Most people just think they need to sell the "best selling" products to profit on this site.

Therefore they go the "pulse" where there is a list of the 10 most popular products within each category. This will tell you the items that have the most demand for them.

This is the WRONG method

Why? They will have TONS of competition. Don't get me wrong-competition is good--to a point.

But when there is too much of it, you really have to know that you are doing. If you plan on selling these products you will have to have a great back-end to make money because the profits are simply too small on the site itself.

STEP #1) Avoid "best" selling products

eBay is a cutthroat site, and you will find it far easier to make money on the internet away from the site. It's MUCH easier to focus on less competitive products and sell them.

There will be less competition... the profit margins will be better... and the selection is much wider. In other words... don't restrict yourself to the "most popular" items sold on eBay.

STEP #2) Find "under the radar" items

It might take some time and effort... but it's very possible to find hundred of products that profit on eBay with that are not "best sellers".

But how do you figure out what things sell well before spending hundreds of dollars testing them? Search the completed auctions.

This will tell you the average selling price for that product... what percentage of the auctions did not sell... and how many auctions sold overall.

Ideally you will have a wholesale catalog in front of you so you know how much you will spend to get the product. Then you can determine if the profit margins are sufficient to warrant going into the market.

Don't ever invest in a product before doing this step.

So back to the original question--how can i sell on eBay? The key is finding "low profile" items. Once you get one profit stream up and running, just rinse and repeat. This is how to profit fast.