Subject: Lisi, example of a fad item...
From: "What Really Sells"
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:16:24 UT
To: "Lisi"

What Really Sells on eBay
James Jones here from WhatReallySells.com.

A reader, Mark from Boston, sent this to me...

See Dick Shoot Harry

That's a perfect example of profiting from a news item which you read about in the 12 Niche Ideas eBook. It's also a good example of a fad item which I wrote about in this eZine a few days ago.

Mark asks, "Any way to make it at CafePress and sell it on EBay, short of buying it from your own store when the Ebay auction closes?"

Actually, there is. CafePress offers a 35% discount on purchases of 15 or more of the same item.

What I would do is list one on eBay and see how it sells. If it does you can fill the order from CafePress and have the shirt shipped to the customer. (Note: CafePress does Print on Demand so there should not be a problem getting the order filled promptly.)

You're not really looking to make a profit -- at first. You just want to test the market and see if it sells at a price that will make a profit IF you purchase in bulk. If it does well, order 15 and sell them. Test that out and if they sell I would look at getting them done locally in quantity.

You can set up a CafePress store for free. It doesn't take long to create a T-Shirt design -- even for the graphically challenged like me. Check out these items I created in about an hour...

http://www.cafepress.com/sudokufun

James

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