Hi everyone, I hope you had a great holiday. I got to see lots of family I haven’t seen in a while. That’s always a treat. The question of the day is; Is Amazon better than Ebay? Lots of people email me with this question. Today I will do my best to explain why you want to be a seller on both websites. I am in favor of ebay, they seem to make me more money. But on the other hand, Amazon is very good for small items. Some people don’t know about Amazon. Some people don’t know about ebay. Hopefully I can help you make more money by utilizing the both of them as a seller.
Ebay is king of marketplaces right now. But don’t be fooled, Amazon is not far behind. But ebay wins hands down, when it comes to making more money. Amazon is great for selling small items, especially books, movies, video games, and things for college students. For some reason college students flock to Amazon. Amazon also offers almost everything ebay offers. I actually love to buy things on amazon. Amazon seems to have some really low priced deals sometimes. Once and a while you can find things cheaper than you can on ebay, depending on what product is for sale. Ebay still rules most categories for finding cheap items though. Amazon also offers Amazon prime, a great shipping program. Ebay doesn’t offer a shipping program.
Amazon is a necessity when you are thinking about expanding your business. You can make some really good money there. Just do your research. Find out what the hot items to sell for the most profit. Most of the time, you can use the same hot items from ebay. The good thing about amazon is; the prices are generally higher than ebay. As a seller, you can hike up the price and make more profit. The best thing is; The competition on Amazon will have high prices also. Your competitions prices will be higher than the competition’s prices found on ebay. So even though you won’t sell as much as you do on ebay, you will make good profit, when you do sell something. Amazon always has a great sale going on during the holidays. I think they have a 50%-70% sale going on right now.
So the question still remains…..Who is better; Amazon or Ebay? Ebay will make you the most money as a business. In my honest opinion; I have found ebay, by far, exceeds Amazon. All though Amazon is a great place to make some money. They don’t touch ebay when it comes to bringing in more sales. There are so many options the user has at their fingertips on ebay. Ebay has hundreds of tools floating around cyberspace to better your experience. Amazon doesn’t give you as much as ebay does, to make your experience more user friendly. Allthough Amazon has redone their entire website and it has really changed for the better. Amazon gets tons of traffic. Not as much as ebay, but they get their fair share of traffic.
I am not saying don’t sell on Amazon. I am just saying “Ebay is a better marketplace for the seller”. But I would recommend using both and expanding your business. Amazon is not a waste of time or money. It can really make a difference in that weekly profit margin. Don’t overlook the other marketplaces like Amazon or half.com. There are lots of marketplaces you can use to spread your business name around. Lots of other good marketplaces are free also. So you won’t have anything to lose exept your time. If you want to find out about other online marketplaces, I made a post about it not too long ago. Check it out here
I hope this helps some of you decide who is better. See you tomorrow.
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