If you are thinking of starting, or have just started, your eBay business then you should be planning ahead for upcoming events and celebrations, and sourcing products accordingly. Being over half way through the year High Street stores are already turning their attention to Christmas. Sounds frightening I know, but if you want to succeed with your eBay business then you need to focus on upcoming events and source your products accordingly.
Finding successful items for Christmas is a challenge as there are so many possible niches to look into. However, with a world wide recession in mid flow many people just do not have the money to cover Christmas presents as they normally would. As adults we can understand if someone tells us they are short of money and will only be exchanging Christmas cards this year.
Children however, are less understanding and their parents will go without themselves so as to give their children a good Christmas and that includes the children's presents.
Children's Toys are always hot selling items, especially at Christmas. But you need to know exactly what toys to supply, and where better to start than the predicted top ten toys for Christmas 2010?
Unless you have been living under a rock lately you would have noticed that Toy Story 3 has recently been released, and with the marketing campaign that goes with these film characters it will be splashed across our TV screens all the way to Christmas.
The predicted Top Ten Toys for Christmas 2010 are:
Stinky the Garbage Truck
VTech Kidizoom Digital Camera - Pink or Blue
The Ferrari Electric Car: designed by Ferrari engineers
Jet Pack Buzz Lightyear
Zhu Zhu Hamsters
Barbie Video Girl
Lego City Fire Station
Ben 10 Alien Force Action Cruiser
Sylvanian Families Regency Hotel
Dave the Funky monkeyI would not advice that you rush out to a wholesaler and purchase everything on the list as you may find that by bulk buying you are left with lots of stock, which is your profit, and may find yourself still trying to sell it in the new year.
The solution is to find a good, reputable, dropship company that will allow you to sell their stock. This way you only pay for the items you sell, when you sell them. The dropshipping company will be able to supply you with images, a sales page and a returns policy ready for you to load onto eBay. Once you have made a sale you place the order, pay for it and the dropshipping company takes care of shipping. All while you are sat in the comfort of your home.
The real beauty of doing it this way is that you are not left with surplus stock, which as I said a moment ago is your profit.
I wish you every success.
