Secrets to Gaining a Competitive Advantage on eBay using Government Auctions

Secrets to Gaining a Competitive Advantage on eBay using Government Auctions

by Leslie Jones

Auctioning off items on eBay is one of the earliest and conceivably most effective ways to sell goods and establish a rewarding online home based business. Profiting this way use to be straight forward, however, over the years eBay has become over populated with sellers, making it difficult to track down items that are unique and inexpensive enough so that you can make some good profits. When you use an online supplier, you have a disadvantage compared to other eBayer's, because many receive volume discounted pricing on goods that you would have to compete against.

Let me suggest a method that would allow you to make more money then veteran eBayers. The government collects millions of items through many different sources such as bankruptcies, unpaid taxes, repossessed items, unclaimed items or government surplus that they simply want to quickly get rid of. You can buy these items either online from government web sites or from live government auctions held locally across the US and Canada. Since these items don't bare a cost to the government, they aren't concerned about selling at high markups like a wholesaler is, so your product costs remain lower then your competitors.

By buying items that are sold at government auctions you are buying goods that are not only unique but are deeply discounted as well. These auctions have a wide range of items that are great for selling on eBay including items such as jewelry, electronics, office equipment, etc. Often the items are offerered in lots or larger quantities which allows for a quicker eBay set-up for the items. For example, the latest live government auction I attended an individual bought 11 ATM machines for $45 each which they sold for $467 each and another person bought 43 digital cameras for $600 that they later sold on eBay for 7 times that amount.

Now if you haven't sold anything on eBay I would suggest visiting there and spending 15 minutes creating a free eBay account (see link below) and entering a fictitious sale item (simply follow eBay's prompts). You can go through the steps without finalizing and actually putting the item up for sale. This will aid you to know how to sell items on eBay and show you how easy it is.

Then go to the Government Auction Review Site below and do some due diligence on which government auction site(s) are the best sites to discover government auctions and products for sale at each auction (live and online). Once you distinguish the government auction site that will offer access to virtually unlimited items for you to resale, then join that site.

All you have to do now is discover government auction sale items online and/or visit a local live government auction. Then buy items amongst the countless great deals and list them on eBay for a handsome profit. eBay's world wide audience now has access to view and purchase all of your products.

Congratulations, you have just started what will prove to be a very profitable work-from-home career. - 20490

To instantly set up a free eBay membership go to (http://registermembership.info) Register eBay membership and to read reviews and ratings on the top government surplus auction sites check out (http://www.governmentauctionsitereviews.com/Seized_Property_Government_Surplus_Abandoned_Property.html) Government Surplus