I love eBay, I am a seller and buyer there. It provides great opportunities for everyone who uses eBay’s services. Before we start, understand that this is my way. People do have other methods, but I find this way to be easiest and fastest.
In order to proceed with this tutorial, you must sign in your eBay account. We will be using advance searches to find our niche. Don’t have one? You can create an account by clicking here.
Now that you have created an account, log into your eBay account. Go to http://pulse.ebay.com. Ebay pulse is an awesome tool to find the “hottest” store, searches, and products currently on eBay. There are multi-categories, so be sure to explore this area at another time.
My best suggestion for you when searching for a niche market, pick out a product that is holds steady in the market and with a minimum price tag of $100.00. It is best not to re-educate people in what to buy, when they already know what they want.
Being that we don’t want the hottest trend, we are going to forget the main page. We are going to explore the hidden niche. Scroll down to the link that reads: “See more eBay Pulse Categories…“
Next you will be spending some time in this area searching for your niche. Use your hobbies, interests, current buying habits, etc as a starting point. In the left column that reads “Browse Categories”, click onto your main categories. So let’s say you want to explore “Consumer Electronics”, click there.
You will then prompt with a screen that lists more categories in “Consumer Electronics”. Again, find a category that finds your interest. Click on “Car Electronics” as an example. Upon clicking you will be directed to eBay’s Pulse page for that category. It will list the top 10 popular searches.
You would want to use brands and not a board search. For example: use brands like Alpine and Pioneer. Don’t use searches like GPS or AMP. Now that we have our top selling brand electronic, click onto its link. You will see all products listed under this search.
Wait your not done yet. We are going to go even further.
We have to find out what sells. By doing so we need to use eBay’s “Advance Search” option, which is located right under the menu tabs. Then check that little square on the second line that reads: “Completed listings only”.
This shows you all the complete auctions for this item. Sort this list by “Price: highest first”. Look for models that are in demand.
Your niche involved 3 levels of digging.
- Consumer Electronics
- Car Electronics
- Pioneer
- Pioneer model
Another suggestion is to specialize in a few of these brands. By limiting yourself to a few, you can open yourself to a whole realm of possibilities. You can build mini niche sites, product reviews, or a blog.
TIP: To save some money with domain names, give your niche product a general domain name.
Example: www.pioneerreviews.com.
Then create subdomains to specify what product your using.
Example: www.bestmodel.pioneerreviews.com
It best not to over extend yourself and keep things at a control leveled. By practicing this, you can better manage your projects and stay focused.
To save you time and to add more value to your searches, I recommend a software called “Hot Item Finder”. It processes the same steps given here and allows you more advance features.
For more information on Hot Item’s Finders features - click here
