There are many opportunities to make money online.
If you have lost your job or want to try a different income source, you can make money online.
The benefits of an online business are that you can start for a very small amount of money.
There are so many methods that do not require an up front investment.
With just a computer and digital camera along with a connection to the Internet you are in business.
The easiest way to make money online is with auction or classified sites.
You make money by selling some of the items you already have in your home.
This will let you test the waters before you source merchandise and invest any money.
The way to start with auction and classified sites is to gather all the stuff around the house that you no longer want or need.
Once you have a nice pile break it up into stuff that is easy to ship in the mail.
This pile will be your auction stuff to sell.
In this pile you want to make sure it is stuff that will sell well at auction.
If you feel an item might not be worth the effort to ship or list on an auction site then save for the classified pile.
With auction selling the major sites like eBay will charge a selling fee.
This is why you want to make sure to have pile of stuff that will sell and that you can absorb the cost of selling it at auction.
The classified sites are a little different.
The best thing is that the most popular sites are free to use with not fee charged.
You can sell item to people in your local market.
This saves the effort of having to package and shipping items.
With the classified sites I like to use them for bigger items like furniture, which could not be shipped at a reasonable cost.
The classified sites are also great for items that you are not sure what to ask for and even might not sell.
Listing them for free you can at least try to sell your item without paying any fees.
Another great item to sell on classified site is clothing and baby items.
The amount of money you make depends on the items you have for sale.
If you found that you sold your items very quickly and at a profit then you can source more items to sell.
The fact is that you will run out of stuff to sell from your own collection.
You will need to find more products to sell.
In the summer garage sales are a great way to find bargains.
You can also try close out stores or liquidators.
With a little research you will find many sources to buy product at a low price and sell them for a higher amount online.
Doing a simple Google search brings up many wholesale companies that you can purchase items to sell online.
They will ship you an amount of product and then you just have to list it online.
You can also find companies that drop ship.
This is a little more risky as you will have not control of the shipping process.
If the drop ship company makes a mistake it is you that the customers is going to be upset with.
The top sites for selling online are auction with eBay and classified sales with Craigslist.
There are many more sites out there and with a little research you can try selling in other marketplaces, but as a new seller online stick to where the most people shop and visits.
The idea is to use the sites that bring the most traffic then you will be able to do the same with any other sites you find.
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