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Irish products to sell on eBay!!!!!

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  • 24-03-2014 1:22am
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    danbrosnan
    Registered Users Posts: 900 ✭✭✭


    Since losing my job two years ago, out of starvation and no money to pay bills, I set up two online selling accounts, both with eBay and amazon...

    At the moment I am making a wage and have kept myself well above board ever since....

    I am looking for Irish products to market and want to start a business as an online trade assistant..

    Any suggestions?


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    greasepalm
    Registered Users Posts: 5,346 ✭✭✭greasepalm


    unsure if interested,local shop in the spring summer does homemade honey and jams properly labelled from local source very popular think sells for e4-5 for a jar so finding out whats available near you is best.
    does it have to be new or used?


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    danbrosnan
    Registered Users Posts: 900 ✭✭✭danbrosnan


    greasepalm wrote: »
    unsure if interested,local shop in the spring summer does homemade honey and jams properly labelled from local source very popular think sells for e4-5 for a jar so finding out whats available near you is best.
    does it have to be new or used?

    It can be anything but you have just given we another great idea, the whole world of ecommernce has proven to me that the world really is your oster....

    Used, new or broken I have sold every sort of a thing in the last year,I got 250 euro last week for old dumped railway signs, the idea of local honey or jams is great, gonna get onto tat straight away...


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    greasepalm
    Registered Users Posts: 5,346 ✭✭✭greasepalm


    making a collection here also ,2 used 5-1 home theatre and shed in a box lol,its finding out what they want,any shops closing down near you with stock??


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    elfy4eva
    Registered Users Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭elfy4eva


    Aran Jumpers.


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    jimmii
    Registered Users Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    I was going to package up and sell Irish soil on eBay back in the day when I did the ebay trader thing. I figured the Americans would lap it up! I sold used Dublin bus tickets to someone in Italy one time you really can sell anything on there!!


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    arctictree
    Registered Users Posts: 4,323 ✭✭✭arctictree


    jimmii wrote: »
    I was going to package up and sell Irish soil on eBay back in the day when I did the ebay trader thing. I figured the Americans would lap it up! I sold used Dublin bus tickets to someone in Italy one time you really can sell anything on there!!

    I used to go to Germany on business and used to buy loads of packets of seeds in Lidl there for circa 20c each. Would sell them on ebay here for 1 euro each as they were 2 euro in the shops. Then feckin Lidl started stocking them here.....!


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    lucky john
    Registered Users Posts: 838 ✭✭✭lucky john


    Sods of turf were in demand in the US years ago. Not sure they'd get past Big Phill these days though.

    As regards honey and jam. There may be rules about sending food through customs in some countries. Check out dept of agri website first.


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    bdo
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭bdo


    danbrosnan wrote: »
    `... and want to start a business as an online trade assistant..

    Dan, what is an "online trade assistant"?


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    danbrosnan
    Registered Users Posts: 900 ✭✭✭danbrosnan


    bdo wrote: »
    Dan, what is an "online trade assistant"?

    Someone who helps people sell online basically, ebay has dedicated trade assistants but you must have specific requirements which I am in the process of receiving...

    All great ideas and its true you can sell anything on ebay..


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    greasepalm
    Registered Users Posts: 5,346 ✭✭✭greasepalm


    was that your add putting the wife on it:D


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    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,050 ✭✭✭OU812


    I've never sold anything on eBay satisfactorily, of the couple of items I did sell, I felt I didn't realise enough off them. (just stuff I wa selling off, not stuff I bought to sell.

    I know of a guy in NYC though who buys used women't shoes in flea markets & sells them online, he poses as a woman & has a very specific clientele. Does quite well out of it too. It's all in the wording of his ads.


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    jimmii
    Registered Users Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    If you find the right thing eBay is a great market to use. I used to trade baseball cards buying in bulk and then breaking them down into sets and picking out the rarer ones to sell separately did that for about a year until the old postal strikes we had about ten years ago made it a bit too unreliable! Still have a massive amount of cards but now i'm more one of those people who will just sell them in one lot and be done with them and let someone else find the value in them!


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    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    danbrosnan wrote: »
    Since losing my job two years ago, out of starvation and no money to pay bills, I set up two online selling accounts, both with eBay and amazon...

    At the moment I am making a wage and have kept myself well above board ever since....

    I am looking for Irish products to market and want to start a business as an online trade assistant..

    Any suggestions?

    PM Sent


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    danbrosnan
    Registered Users Posts: 900 ✭✭✭danbrosnan


    bbam wrote: »
    PM Sent

    Pm received, lets do business...


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    thecelt
    Registered Users Posts: 415 ✭✭thecelt


    pm sent, wud luv to chat


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    danbrosnan
    Registered Users Posts: 900 ✭✭✭danbrosnan


    thecelt wrote: »
    pm sent, wud luv to chat

    Not gonna talk specifics I,m afraid, open an account and start selling...


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    paddylonglegs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,540 ✭✭✭paddylonglegs


    danbrosnan wrote: »
    Since losing my job two years ago, out of starvation and no money to pay bills, I set up two online selling accounts, both with eBay and amazon...

    At the moment I am making a wage and have kept myself well above board ever since....

    I am looking for Irish products to market and want to start a business as an online trade assistant..

    Any suggestions?

    Are you looking to sell actual Irish products or act as a broker and sell anything?


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    danbrosnan
    Registered Users Posts: 900 ✭✭✭danbrosnan


    paddylonglegs wrote: »
    Are you looking to sell actual Irish products or act as a broker and sell anything?

    Both...


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    TOMP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭TOMP


    Dont forget the elephant in the room . . .

    Ebay listing fees
    Ebay final value charges
    Paypal charges
    Universal social charge
    Pay related social insurance
    Income tax
    maybe VAT as well if you sell enough


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    Dirac98
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭Dirac98


    Hello Dan

    Will pm you now


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