How to Source and Sell Art on eBay

When people start to source products to sell on sites such as eBay, they often look for mass appeal items, that they can source quite easily from local wholesalers. Other people look to the home entertainment niches and look for products such as iPods and related items. Now while there is nothing wrong in going down this road the major problem is mass competition, and also it is very hard to buy genuine iPod products as wholesale prices as the big boys have it all sown up.

There is another niche that is massive, and at times it is one of the largest niches on sites such as eBay, so through this article I would like to talk you through "how to source and sell art on eBay". As with any business either online or offline you need a plan, so here we go with a very simple plan that out lines the steps you need to source and sell art on eBay.

Step One - Find A Niche. Art is like any other product you need to find a niche and work hard in that one niche, and then slowly move out into other related art niches. Some examples to start you off; Dogs, Horses, Animals, Nature. With those few examples you can if you wish break them down into further sub-niches. An example for the dogs could be - Gun Dogs.

Step Two - Find Your Artists. This is where you need to do some detective work. You will need to go and visit some art galleries, buy catalogues and magazines, visit Google. You need to look for the type of art you want to sell and then find artists who has art that sells time after time. Now here you can either decided to buy art to resell or you can explain what you do and offer to sell their art on commission. By selling on commission you are not risking any money of your own.

The next step in "How to source and sell art on eBay" takes a bit of time and research.

Step Three - What is it worth. Find out from sites such as Google, eBay and art sites what similar niches of art have sold for. Then look in art catalogues and magazines. Ask art galleries what it is worth. When you work in this market no two pieces of art are the same (unless they are prints but that is another market you can move into), but you can make a good judgment on what similar pieces sold for over a period of time. Also you can look out for niche art sites that give you prices pieces sold for at auction around the world.

Also with art the more established the artist and the more he or she has sold the higher the prices will be. With art there is no set price, you need to work out in your mind the price you paid for it and the profit you need to make, and what the market can stand, and at times the prices can go through the roof.

As we close this article on how to source and sell art on eBay, as long as you do your homework, are not greedy and are prepared to take some risk then you can make some good money.

Andrew has a passion to see people, make ago on the internet and direct marketing, something he has learned the hard way is that using sales data can help you have a good living online. Sales data is the proof you need to see if your product will sell or not sell. To learn more about selling online take a look at http://www.online-product-research.com