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Many people who are trying to start an eBay



business spend a great deal of time trying to figure



out which items sell the best on eBay. Many of these



people have elaborate systems for determining this



information, and many others purchase expensive



courses that teach them how to find this information



as well. None of that is necessary. Everything you



need to know is right in front of you – on the eBay



website!





Take a look at any category, and you will see the



word ‘hot’ beside some items. These items are not



marked as hot sellers randomly – there is a method



to the madness! Items only get marked as hot when



there have been more than thirty bids placed on



the item. All you have to do is wonder around the eBay



website for a while to find an item that will do well.





However, most power sellers will agree that there is



more to figuring out which items sell best than this.



In fact, they claim that it is a science. A great way



to start your search for items that will result in a



successful auction in the future is to do research on



the auctions that were successful in the past. You



can view old listings that have completed at:



http://listings.ebay.com .





A new way to determine what items sell best on



eBay is ‘eBay Marketplace Research.’ Marketplace



Research will allow you to view important statistical



information on the buying trends at eBay. This



product contains all of the data one could possibly



ever need to determine how well – or how poorly –



an item will do in an eBay auction. There is a small



fee for using the eBay Marketplace Research tools,



however.





Another tool that will be very useful in your quest for



finding hot selling items for your eBay auctions is the



listing of popular eBay search terms that is found on



the site. This list can be found at:



http://popular.ebay.com/ . This list is divided into



categories, which will make it easier to determine



how popular your potential item may be.





Don’t make the mistake of thinking that an item will



do poorly, or that it will do well without doing your



homework on the item first. Some of the strangest



things sell for the highest prices, while items that



would sell quickly in any other environment just sit



there. Almost any eBay Power Seller will tell you



that the key to a successful auction rests in the



amount of research you put into the items you