What is considered "big" seller on eBay?

[walkingupwards]

Do sellers who bring in 1 million in yearly sales count as "big"?

[HurricaneHuntr]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

Do sellers who bring in 1 million in yearly sales count as "big"?

I don't think I've ever sold more than 30k on an account in a year.So that definitely sounds big. High rollers!

[slokor]

Yes that would definitely be considered 'big'.

[yankee]

Sellers breaking one million are top 1% sellers.

I think any account that does 30K a month consistently is a fairly strong account as long as they don't have any defects.

[HurricaneHuntr]

Originally Posted by yankee

Sellers breaking one million are top 1% sellers.

I think any account that does 30K a month consistently is a fairly strong account as long as they don't have any defects.

if i sold 30k in a year i'd be happy. I tried that whole arbitrage thing, and i was so surprised how many companies troll with vero and report copyright violations.

So much abuse! Not sure how big drop shippers do it.

[walkingupwards]

The only problem I have with the concep of dropshipping is that I don't have the product in my own possession and as such I can't guarantee a reliable fulfillment.


My advice would be to sell your own products and leave dropshipping for good as it invites trouble on eBay.

[Hank]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

The only problem I have with the concep of dropshipping is that I don't have the product in my own possession and as such I can't guarantee a reliable fulfillment.


My advice would be to sell your own products and leave dropshipping for good as it invites trouble on eBay.

Maybe so, but even if you assume a fair part of your profit will be taken back and your feedback might take a bit of a kicking, it's an easy way to make money from the comfort of your sofa if you get it right.

It's not for me but there's plenty making goods money armed with nothing but a cheap lappy. For someone sitting on a grotty bench in a deprived country I can see the appeal of trying to get relatively rich via their phone. Seems to be the go-to income stream of choice in Israel these days.

[yankee]

Originally Posted by Moscutter

Not sure how big drop shippers do it.

I dont know why anyone would drop ship unless they did not have any resources.

[SaiJin]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

Do sellers who bring in 1 million in yearly sales count as "big"?

Yes, absolutely.

Even mid 6 figures is big.

[DENDEN76]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

The only problem I have with the concep of dropshipping is that I don't have the product in my own possession and as such I can't guarantee a reliable fulfillment.


My advice would be to sell your own products and leave dropshipping for good as it invites trouble on eBay.

Dropshipping works just find the right suppliers and test their products and fulfillment methods. Imagine having the ability to own a Walmart without buying a single piece of inventory upfront

[HelpNeeded!]

I am a manufacturer of my own products, sold on eBay and Amazon. I am selling stealth now but before stealth was doing like $700k eBay and $2.2MM Amazon. Amazon didn't care, assigned us a personal account manager, let our ODR get to almost 5%. eBay suspended us for a stupid reason I can't remember what for. Barely missing seller metrics.

[SaiJin]

So a long time ago there was this super large DVD seller on eBay called GlacierDVD . . . the amount of sales they had was astounding. Super high feedback, super high positive feedback % etc...

guess what. eBay nuked them out of the blue.

[ebaystealth1974]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

The only problem I have with the concep of dropshipping is that I don't have the product in my own possession and as such I can't guarantee a reliable fulfillment.


My advice would be to sell your own products and leave dropshipping for good as it invites trouble on eBay.

What people call dropshipping nowadays is complete and utter bullshiit.

Actual dropshipping is how I started out, back in the day, with a reputable well-stocked US supplier with quick shipping. Was a solid business venture.

[ebaystealth1974]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

Do sellers who bring in 1 million in yearly sales count as "big"?

For sure. Bigger than 99% of the members here. Why do you ask?

[Robin Hood of Amazon]

I can't imagine doing 1 million in sales in just 1 store. Especially selling VERO items, but to do it over multiple stores can be done.