With millions of people selling on E-bay, isn’t the competition too much?

If you're searching for a particular item ie one that you know is there, you often need to be very definitive in your search paramaters, as a default I thinks it's set as items ending soonest, so if you've just uploaded something it's probably going to be near the last few pages of that particular search - if that makes sens. I doubt you'll ever flood the market - if you're planning on selling your own arts and crafts, they will be unique so that's how you go about selling/advertsising them. I'm sure plenty of people still make a lot of money, I've sold a few things over time - and each time made a little more than I expected (not that it was heaps mind you, but getting any money for something in the past I may have just thrown away is always a bonus :-) )

What sort of crafts are you selling? Do other people seem to be selling similar items for the sort of price you'd like to get? Also, have you seen etsy.com?

I believe the only people making profits are power sellers with large quanitites. It's a hard market to make money from. I've tried. A little successful but something that wouldn't work as a full career.

Ebay has a very good following but has really got out of hand for the everyday seller. It takes ages to go through to find what you really want to sell or buy. Still people buy and sell so it might be worth a try again.

yes you are right ebay is a famous site where all selling and buying goes on however more people on ebay sells than buying so it is inbalced site for buyers and competations for sellers

The probability of makeing money on ebay is very low because of the high number of users and too many products ... too many offers and visitors can get dizzy.

I have just started selling on ebay, and in this past week have made around $200 in profit, afetr hideous fees and the like...lol I think if you have a product that people are always after, and it is GOOD. Then it will sell and sell well. But the selling of basically anything is starting to become obsolete, people are wising up and getting over it. Just my opinion.

I sell on ebay all the time. So points I would like to give you is make sure to take great pictures. The more original the more people will look at it. also when doing a search be vague on your search words for example you could put in yarn and get a great variety but if you put in red yarn you might not get that much. IF you are looking for an item you just listed you need to do the whole search thing then when the page comes up go to the drop down box where it says time ending soonest and choose time newly listed. It should pull it up on the first or second page depending how long ago you listed also on the left you can put in how much you want to search for say like $0 to $10 and how far away from your zip code. I have made about $120 these past two weeks but that is because of christmas normally I do that in a month or 2 so you can make some money on ebay but unless you can list thousands of items you will make only some. I hope that this answers your question if not just message me and I will try to clear up anything that isn't clear.

I don't really have an anwere for you question per say. But I would love to ask you one if I may. Have you sold on ebay before. I have been thinking about it for a while but don't know how it works. I make a homemade craft as well and though ebay might be a good place to sell it. Does ebay cost money or how does it work can you tell me. I would appreciate it greatly thank you

Crafts are hard to sell. So many different unique sellers to choose from! I sell pet supplies mostly. I sometimes sell toys, clothes, etc too. I still make a fulltime living off it, though somedays I want to bang my head against a wall.

Ebay has gotten really big now days and they are now recruiting people to sell for them instead of selling their own items.So thats why it will now fail.

Actually that big of a people base has its advantages. Those of us that sell on EBAY and I have store often shop from each other. Basically a built in client base. There is money to be had and if you are just starting out it will possibly take a bit of time. You must be goal oriented and do the things it takes to get yourself noticed. When you sell an item or two and get the positive feedback it will help you. Then the numbers can start to grow. I do make money when I take the time to list items which I have not done lately. Will have to get back to it. If I can help I would like to! In fact I could cross link you item with mine to help get it out there!!

Actually people seem not to get lost much on eBay. They have a remarkable ability to find it if they want it. It helps if seller's use key words in the heading and spell things correctly. I sell a lot on eBay and the major problem for me is that so many new sellers cheapen things by offering them too low. The idea is to get a fair market price not undercut the other sellers...If a book (I sell a lot of books) routinely sells for $25-$30 dollars and you need to sell a copy fast, put it up at $20.00 as a Buy It Now and it will zoom. There's no need to start that book at $.99 or do a Buy It Now for $6.99. Not only do you make less but you lower the price for at least a month which is how long a record of that low sale remains. No buyer wants to pay three times the price of the last sale recorded even if that last sale was too low to be fair....Also, if you see there is only one of the items you want to sell and it has a half day to run. Why not let the seller get what he can. Wait until that auction is over and then put your item up. The more money the sale before you makes, the better your sale will be.

I am seeing more and more imported items there and wholesale lots. I think this is going overboard a bit and hurting the little guys like me and you. Happy holidays!

Yep!

if you put on something to sell in ebay then you got to look in ebay search also.thats how people ussualy do when they want to buy someting from internet.i hv a friend that live in aussie and he sells on ebay, he really happy to sell in ebay because he dont have to do anything until his stuff sold.if my country accept paypal i also want to sell my stuff in ebay

No, it is Capitalism. We Americans thrive on it and competition is what makes it worthwhile.

Yeah, I think the compeditition is too much.

well i think if the competetion increseas then we would have more choices with us ! the actuall competetion will be between sellers not for buyers ! i dont sell ! but i buy !

e-bay is a good media to buy/sell