Ecommerce Businesses?

**pcbres16** · 03-29-2011 06:46 PM

Hello,

I am looking to get some input for a friend of mine. He is looking to start an ecommerce business, specifically selling items on ebay and amazon. A key focus point of his business is going to be advertising to get people (mainly senior citizens) to come to him with an item they want sold, he lists, sells, ships it, etc. and then charges a commission of the sale price for himself.

Has anyone here ever done something like this? If so, what type of legality is involved? Most importantly, is it even possible to make a profit on this type of business, or is the amount of effort it takes to put in not worth the return?

Thank you, have a great day!

**Milkerz** · 04-01-2011 05:30 AM

I have not heard of people listing things for other people before, but I'm sure that it probably does exist - but it shouldn't be too hard to replicate the idea, it definitely wouldn't be protected so would be completely legal.

The ability to make a profit depends on everything else. If you spend no money on advertising (which would surely be the only cost considering you have to buy no stock) then surely all income is profit?

You will probably want to work out the numbers yourself - but I would recommend a commission rate of between 8-15%. After all, you need to make it worthwhile for the people letting you sell, considering they are essentially giving you the items for free. eBay also take about a 10% commission - so this means your client will only be receiving about 75-82% of their money after both of the fees are removed.

Hope this helps,

Luke

Luke

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**Jase** · 04-04-2011 07:41 AM

I totally agree to all the points you have mentioned above.
i think to have clear knowledge of what you are going to do is VERY important.
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