Become an Ebay seller without owning anything.

This one here has likely one of the highest returns for any of the methods I have posted about before, but also with that comes a little bit more risk, but not too much if you use it wisely. In this article, I will show you how to sell items on Ebay without having to keep an inventory of items.

Step 1: Register an account with Bravisa, this company acts as a warehouse for you. It will cost you nothing to register and they will host your "store" for you.

Step 2: Follow these instructions from their tutorial page:


1) Visit your bStore. You can do this by clicking on the "Visit my bStore" button in your bStore admin page.

2) In your bStore, locate the product you want to sell on eBay. You can search for it or browse by category or brand.

3) Since eBay requires a 7 day shipping window, look at the lead time for the product in your bStore before listing it on eBay. Some products offered on Bravisa have lead time longer than 7 days.

4) Click on the thumbnail to view the product details. You can copy and paste product information from here into eBay's description box. You might want to add some HTML formatting on the eBay side.

5) From the product details page, save the images you want to upload to eBay to your computer by right clicking on the image and doing "Save As". Some products have multiple images from the manufacturer and you can get each by clicking on the row of thumbnails next to the main product image.

6) You can use a larger version of the image by clicking on the image to zoom, and downloading the zoomed image.

7) For uploading the images to eBay you have either "Basic" or "Self-hosted" option. Upload the images you downloaded from your bStore using the "Basic" option for eBay listing pictures (the self-hosted option won’t work.)

8) Shipping costs: For products that have a flat shipping fee, you can get an accurate idea of the shipping cost by visiting the product details page. For products that do not have a flat shipping fee, you can get an estimate of shipping costs by visiting your external bStore, adding the products to the shopping cart and going through the checkout process with your customer’s zip code. You need not purchase the product to get the shipping cost estimate.

9) Once you sell your product on eBay, you can place an order in your bStore and enter your customer's shipping address.

10) Note that you are not shipping out the product yourself.

11) Bravisa will ensure that the product is shipped within the stated lead-time.


Step 3: Profit

Tips and Tricks:
1) To Minimize potential loss, post items when Ebay advertises "Post x items free this weekend." Make sure to sign up with Ebay so you make sure you receive these emails.

2) Don't list the entire store unless you want to sign up as an Ebay store($15.95/mo) as some items are just cheap knockoffs that no one would buy.

3) Browse your options well, there are some pretty nice gadgets available to you, like this Digital Picture Frame that fits on a keyring. By knowing what's available, it allows you to adapt to the market depending on the time of year.

4) Link to your store from the Ebay listing, in many cases the store will have other colors/models that someone might want.

5) If you become serious about it, you might want to look into getting some kind of credit card so you can manage the flow of money in and out of the store. Since you don't have the customers billing info, you will need to front the money and get it returned to you from Paypal. This also allows you to sell higher ticket items.

6) Sign up with Commission Junction, use the Ebay + Craigslist method to post to yourself. This will allow you to make some of the money back from the listing fees as well as make a nice lead bonus if they are a new Ebay user. (This is not against the affiliate Terms of Use, as Ebay recommends it here.

7) Read their tutorials, there is a chance to make money without posting on Ebay simply by promoting. They have great reads on posting to Google Base and other search engines.