The Hocus Pocus Blog

Tricks in ready supply, from wholesalers or on dropship can be listed ‘Buy It Now’ on eBay at just a few pounds profit apiece and still make cumulatively very good profits. The secret is to buy a few tricks individually from wholesalers or dropshippers (preferably wholesalers because you’ll get a discount on bulk buys later) and test the money making potential of those items. You should estimate price potential by auctioning your test products over a few different auctions (regular and Buy It Now), then check what prices are achieved and how many Second Chance Offers are possible.

Having finished testing, you then need to decide whether to stick to auction format or use ‘Buy It Now’ coupled with multiple product listings. You can check what other magic tricks sellers are doing for the same or similar products by sorting through eBay’s magic trick categories. Tricks old and new usually go under ‘Collectibles > Fantasy / Myth / Magic > Trick’ in both the USA and the UK. Note that ‘Collectibles’ USA style (the correct spelling), is spelled ‘Collectables’ on ebay.co.uk. Check out current and completed listings to get a feel for starting prices, listing types, finishing results from tricks similar to those you propose selling. (more…)