The best advice of all is to see what people are buying first before you buy or create anything to sell. Else you might find you're left with a lemon. Try going to eBay and doing a search for items like the one you're considering.

WHAT ITEMS CAN YOU SELL ON EBAY?
There are just about any amount of items that will sell on eBay.

However, bear in mind that certain items are forbidden on eBay.

The best item to sell on eBay is an item people want to buy.

WHAT ITEMS DO PEOPLE BUY?
The people buy things because they are cheaper than elsewhere.

Rare items are always popular.

Unique items, which covers things created by the seller. These will always be the most profitable of all.

Examples are arts, crafts and ebooks.

You might think that this is the hardest item to sell. However, there are many books and classes around where you can learn how to create things.

The benefits of creating your own items are you don't have to look around car boot sales, suppliers and you'll have a unique product.

Ebooks are excellent as well. Again, there are books on how to write books out there. Once you get started it's not that difficult.

The advantage of ebooks is there is no postage to worry about and your buyers get a carriage free product. Also, once written, you can sell over and over again.

The best advice of all is to see what people are buying first before you buy or create anything to sell. Else you might find you're left with a lemon.

Try going to eBay and doing a search for items like the one you're considering. When the results come up, scroll down the page until you see search options on the left hand side. You'll notice there is a checkbox named 'Show Completed Items Only'. Check the box and click search.

Then simply look through the results to see which items sold. This will take time, however, the results will be worth it.

HOW DO YOU FIND WHAT PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR?
A good way of find out what buyers are searching for is found at this page on eBay http://buy.ebay.com/. This is a continually updated page of all the popular keywords people type into the search box on eBay.

You'll notice it lists the words in alphabetical order, so again it will take time. But it's worth it. You can click on any word and see what results come up.

WHAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE TO YOUR ITEM?
The main thing that gets people to your auction is your auction title.

If your title includes words mentioned in the list you searched above then people will find you.

WHERE CAN YOU FIND OUT HOW TO WRITE A DESCRIPTION THAT GETS BIDS?
Finally, the best way to learn how to write an auction description that sells well is through continual practice. Also, study other auctions that sell well to see how they do it. 

IN CONCLUSION
So if you want to sell well on eBay, sell what people want to buy, write a title that can be found and learn to write descriptions that sell.

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