Spotting Hot-Selling Items before the Competition Heats Up

by Stuart Lisonbee, Doba Education Specialist

Because of the volume of products sold on eBay, it's an excellent place to do market research. However, if you're an eBay seller you've probably come to realize that by the time you discover an item that's a hot seller on eBay, it's already too late to take advantage of that knowledge.

In November of 2005, a new member caught our attention. Now you've probably heard us say that running your own business is hard work, requires planning, and takes time to build. The vast majority of our most successful members fit this mold.

However, when we saw somebody breaking that mold, we sat up and took notice. Within his first 30 days of joining Doba, we watched one member place over 150 orders totaling more than $10,000 in gross sales. Since one of our goals is to help all our members be successful, we wanted to find out what this member was doing.

We contacted this member and asked if he'd be willing to share some of his trade secrets with us. Fortunately, he agreed. While he didn't reveal everything to us, he did reveal one of his secret strategies...