eBay is a diverse marketplace, and the only way to survive sometimes is to be diverse. Consider eBay a huge jumble sale. If you sell taps and bathroom accessories for example. Don’t corner yourself into this highly competitive category. Do your homework and try out some different home and garden related items such as tools, kitchen accessories and other household items. Think of your retail examples, the large players like B & Q stay at the top of their game by being a complete resource for your home and garden. Be on the constant look out for new suppliers and new trends as the ever shifting eBay marketplace is a fickle monster. Never let your product range stagnate.
In the words of Bruce ‘eBay’ Lee:
Empty your warehouse, be formless, shapeless–like water.
Now you put water into a auction, it becomes the auction,
You put water into a shop listing, it becomes the shop listing,
You put it in a new category, it becomes the category.
Now water can *flow* or it can *crash*!
Be water, my seller.
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1 Liz // Aug 23, 2007 at 8:42 am
Another good quote from Mr Lee..
Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but
flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being
wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.