Ebay seller research increases sales and lets you know how the competition does it. Have you ever heard of ebay’s “seller central”? It’s a great place to find out current hot items on ebay. Its right on ebay’s website, just look for seller central. I use it all the time. There is so much useful information here. I am surprised how many people just ignore this part of ebays website.

You can’t just put items on ebay, if you haven’t done your homework. You have to know what is selling. The “Hot Selling Items” on ebay, are the ones you want to be selling. The best powersellers around are selling what is hot. The hot list always changes about every 1-3 months. Fads come and go. Newer models get made in the older models place. Your job is to always know what the hot items are at the time.

You can find correct ebay hot lists all over the internet for free. Ebay even has a current hot list in their seller central. They update the list about once every 1-3 months. The list tells you what is hot, very hot, and super hot. This list is very useful. I use it like a bible. It is always changing. If you don’t like the ebay hot list, check out some other list around the internet. There are lots of hotlists you can find online for free. Ebay might be the only accurate one though.

Check the merchandising calendar on ebay. It is also located in ebays “seller central”. It tells you all the upcomming events or holidays. You can basically sell by holiday or season with the calendar. It recently reminded us about back to school & fall fashion. It sounds simple and it is simple. It’s a seller reminder calendar, so sellers can sell what is in season. I suggest you get your self familiar with it. It’s a great guide.

Ebay Pulse, is also located in ebay’s seller central. This is a great place to search for category to see what is hot. Most searched or most watched items. You can also find out the most popular products selling. Its an easy to use source and takes a few minutes to learn. I suggest this for any beginner.

Ebay also just added a marketplace research tool. It lets you search for sold items in the last 90 days. The only downfall is, they charge you for this. There are so many other ways to search this information for free. I don’t think it’s worth paying. But, if you are not very good at doing online research, this tool is for you. Check it out, it’s also located in seller central.

You can also do an advanced search to find what is selling.

*Just goto the ebay homepage.

*Look at the search bar on top. Next to it is advanced search, click onto advanced search.

*Now click onto the completed items box.

*Now type in what you are looking for and the list will show you all the correct auctions that have ended. You can see what sold and what didn’t for up to 3 days I believe. You can find out what times of the day this item sells best. You can find out what day the item sells best. It’s a great little trick to find out what is selling. Check it out.

I hope I helped some of understand how to do research to sell on ebay. It’s very important if you want to be a consistent powerseller on ebay.

See you tomorrow.

Thank you,

Lisa             LP@thehomedropshipguide.com