If you would like to learn how to sell electronics online, you must first understand how the online market works. The online market for electronics is so massive and is constantly changing, that you may find it hard to keep up with the technology when you first start out selling your products online.
There are a variety of different options you have when selling electronics online
Depending on how you want to approach this there are many different websites that you can leverage. I am going to show you how you can use these sites to your advantage and make some good money at the same time.
Does this sound good to you? good let’s get started then
Option#1 Selling your electronics on re-seller sites like amazon, ebay, craigslist, and Facebook.
This is the most popular way that most people use to sell their merchandise online. The way it works is you create a listing for your items, upload a couple pictures, and write a detailed description of the item.
When the item or items, sell you will usually be charged a small listing fee from the website. The remaining balance is your profit, this is 1 of the best way to sell electronics online. Selling your products on craigslist and Facebook is a free service and it is usually done locally where you arrange to meet the person at a specified location.
Pros vs Cons
Pros:
- A great way to sell your electronics while building up a solid reputation in the online selling world.
- The easiest and fastest way to sell your stuff
- Craigslist and Facebook are free to list your items for sale
- Receive 100% profit if you sell on craigslist or Facebook
- E-bay and Amazon both have low listing fees and a variety of different selling options
Cons:
- If you aren’t careful you could get scammed on Craigslist or Facebook
- Craigslist and Facebook isn’t as safe as amazon and e-bay
Option#2 Selling your electronics on your own website or opening an e-commerce site.
There are many people who sell their electronics on their own website. This can have a few advantages as well, because you won’t be going through a middle man, you are the merchant. This means that you will be making a 100% profit on all your items.
Pros vs Cons
Pros:
- Make more money by eliminating the middle man and selling directly to your customer.
- Expand your website by offering your own products for sale and get more traffic to your website.
Cons:
- Unless your website is getting tons of traffic then it might take a little longer too sell your items.
Option #3 Buying your electronics from a wholesaler and using a drop ship service.
This is an awesome way to make some good money and not even have to worry about keeping an inventory of available products.
Here’s how it works you get your merchandise at the wholesale rate, then register to a drop shipping company and they handle everything, including shipping your merchandise to your customer. The only thing you have to do is pay them a small fee, and you keep the rest of the money as your profit.
Pros vs Cons:
Pros:
- An excellent way to earn a full time income selling electronics on E-bay, or amazon.
- Save time and money by having a drop shipping service handle everything for you.
- All you have to do is list the items and collect the money.
Cons:
- Some drop shipping companies can take a while to process your order, and get it shipped out to your customer.
- Most drop shippers require you to keep information about your products you are selling online.
There are also many advantages when it comes to people buying electronics online.
Ever since the late 1990’s people have been buying everything online, from electronics to clothes. The demand for the online market is growing everyday. I am going to list a few reasons why the online market for buying electronics online is so huge, and how this can benefit you the seller.
- Buying electronics or anything for that matter is always cheaper than if you would buy it in the stores.
- People are always looking for a deal, this is where you as the seller comes in and can offer them a deal.
- Lots of merchants offer free shipping on orders over a certain amount.
- You can find stuff online that is not available in stores
The ultimate way to sell electronics online and my #1 recommendation
The options I listed above are a great way to get started selling electronics online. If you would like to take it to the next level, and make a career out of this, then let me introduce affiliate marketing to you.
Affiliate marketing is the best way to make a full time living selling products that you don’t own, and you don’t have to worry about dealing with customers or shipping the item.
In order to give you a better understanding of how affiliate marketing works I want you to check out this training tutorial. This goes into detail and explains everything that you need to know to get started selling your electronics online using affiliate marketing.
Are you still confused or not exactly sure how affiliate marketing works? I would be glad to help you out as much as I can. Feel free to leave me a question or comment below and I will reply back A.S.A.P.
Your Friend, Scott
Callum Palmer
The internet is insanely massive nowadays and because of that you have many options to choose from when selling your electronics online. I particularly like that one of the options the article mentions is selling the electronics through your own site or an affiliate. At least that way you can make sure you get a little bit more money from the sale then you would if you relied on one of the big sites to sell your item.