eBay Dropshipping Tutorial for Beginners 2024: Step-by-Step Guide"
Description:** "eBay Dropshipping Tutorial for Beginners 2024: Step-by-Step Guide" is your ultimate resource to start and succeed in dropshipping on eBay. This comprehensive tutorial covers everything you need to know, from setting up your eBay account and finding reliable suppliers, to listing products and managing orders. Perfect for beginners, this guide will help you navigate the world of eBay dropshipping with ease and confidence, ensuring you can build a profitable online business in 2024.
Description:** "eBay Dropshipping Tutorial for Beginners 2024: Step-by-Step Guide" is your ultimate resource to start and succeed in dropshipping on eBay. This comprehensive tutorial covers everything you need to know, from setting up your eBay account and finding reliable suppliers, to listing products and managing orders. Perfect for beginners, this guide will help you navigate the world of eBay dropshipping with ease and confidence, ensuring you can build a profitable online business in 2024.
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00:00eBay dropshipping is one of the best ways to start making money online. I've personally made
00:04over £5,000 in the last 90 days using eBay dropshipping with around a 35% profit margin,
00:12so around £500 to £600 per month in profit. So it's not going to make you a millionaire,
00:18but it is a great way to start making money online and then you can use that money to invest
00:22in other businesses. And the best thing about eBay dropshipping is that you can get started
00:26for under $100. You don't need to know how to make a website, you don't need to know how to run ads,
00:31you don't need to know how to create content, and you don't need a massive amount of money
00:36for marketing. So in today's video, I'm going to be showing you how you can get started with
00:40eBay dropshipping completely step by step. So I'm going to show you how to create your
00:45eBay business account, what types of products you can dropship on eBay, how to connect your
00:50eBay business account to various dropshipping suppliers and import products to your eBay
00:55account, and how to fulfill your eBay dropshipping orders. So let's get straight into it. So firstly,
01:01I'm just going to cover whether you're actually allowed to dropship on eBay. So if you have a look
01:05at eBay's customer service page on dropshipping, it does say that dropshipping where you fulfill
01:10orders directly from a wholesale supplier is allowed on eBay. However, listing an item on
01:15eBay and then purchasing the item from another retailer or marketplace that ships directly to
01:20your customer is not allowed. And basically what they mean by this is if you use suppliers,
01:25such as CJ Dropshipping or Alibaba, which are intended for businesses, then this is okay.
01:32However, if you list an item that's intended directly for customers, such as listing an item
01:36from Nike.com, where customers can purchase a product directly, then this is not okay. So it's
01:42kind of a loophole, but basically as long as you use third-party suppliers like CJ Dropshipping or
01:46Alibaba that are intended for businesses, then it's totally okay to dropship on eBay.
01:52So now that we've covered that, we are going to get you set up with an eBay business account.
01:56So what you need to do is just go over to Google and just type in eBay and then go over to the
02:00homepage because it's going to depend on the country that you are in. So for me, I'm over
02:06at ebay.co.uk and that's because I'm based in the UK. But like I say, if you just go over to Google
02:11and type in eBay, it will bring you to the eBay version for your location. Now from here in the
02:17top left-hand corner, you can click on sign in. Once you click on sign in, you are then going to
02:22click on create an account and then it's going to ask you if you want to create a personal account
02:27or a business account. Now we're going to create a business account and the reason for that is
02:32there's a little bit of a difference. So a personal account is basically if you're just
02:35selling some old items in your house, but if you intend to constantly list items on eBay
02:41and you are selling with the intention to be making profit, then you do need a business account.
02:46Now don't worry, you don't need to register a business or anything like that at this point.
02:49You can just sign up for a business account. So you're going to enter in your business name,
02:54business email address, password and choose your location. Now just remember for your business name,
03:00customers will be able to see this from the name of your store. So don't choose anything weird that
03:05might make them lose trust in your eBay store. Just pick something completely normal. You can
03:10even just pick something that's related to your own name. So once you have entered that information
03:14in, don't tick this box where it says I only want to buy. And then we are going to click on register.
03:19eBay will then send you a security code to your email address so that you can verify your email
03:24address. So just go and get that security code and just enter it in here and then click on verify.
03:29It will then ask you to choose a username. So again, this is going to be the username that
03:33people actually see on your store. I recommend just to keep it the same as your business name.
03:38However, if it's not available, then you can go and add some numbers or things like that or you
03:42can add the year, something like that. But like I say, just make sure it's kind of normal so that
03:47people don't think that your store is untrustworthy. So once you've entered that in, you can click on
03:51continue. It will then ask you if your eBay business is a legal entity or if you just manage
03:56the business as a sole trader. As you're just starting out, I'm going to assume that you're
04:00just a sole trader. So we're just going to click on no and click on continue. You will then be
04:05prompted to enter in some details about yourself. So you're going to be entering in your name,
04:10your address, your phone number and your date of birth and then just click on continue. You will
04:14then be asked to verify your phone number. So we'll say text me or call me. I'm going to click
04:20on text me and then eBay will text you a security code. You can simply enter that in and click on
04:25continue. You will then be asked to enter in your business address. Again, you can just use your
04:30home address for this and then just click on continue. You will then be asked to link your
04:34bank account to your eBay account. And this is so that you can pay for your listings, but you can
04:39also get paid when customers purchase some of your items. So click on log into my bank and then you
04:45can choose the bank that you bank with. Depending on the location you're in, it will show different
04:50types of banks. So for me, of course, it's going to be showing a lot of UK banks. So I'm going to
04:54go and choose the bank that I use. And then it's going to ask you to log in to your online banking
05:00so you can connect your eBay account to your bank account. Once you have logged into your
05:04online banking and you have chosen your bank account that you want to link to your eBay account,
05:09it will just say confirm bank details and you can click on continue. You will then be given
05:14a chance to review all of the information you've entered. And if you have entered any of it in
05:19incorrectly, you can go and edit it. But if all of it's correct, then you can click on confirm.
05:24Once you click on this, you will then be brought to your eBay store where you can start creating
05:29some listings. Now, from here, you might see sign up for a shop subscription. I'm just going to show
05:35you these because basically, if you sign up for a shop subscription, it allows you some extra
05:39benefits. Now, if you've just started, I recommend you just go for no shop pairs. You go list some
05:44items, see if you can start making some sales and you can always upgrade your account if you want
05:50to. So you can see you've got basic featured anchor. So basically, these have different types
05:55of features, like I said. So if you go for the basic, you can see what you can basically do is
06:00you pay a fixed monthly amount and this allows you to list a certain amount of products.
06:06So depending on how many products you're listing and how many products you're selling,
06:09eventually it can work out cheaper to have an eBay shop. But as I mentioned, when you are just
06:15starting out, you can just start with no shop and just list as pay as you go. And once you start
06:20seeing some profit coming in, then you can always upgrade your plan to have one of these subscription
06:25accounts. So you see in here you can have a link to your eBay shop. It allows you to have cheaper
06:31listing fees. It allows you to list more items and things like that. So this is something just
06:35to keep in mind once you start growing your eBay dropshipping business. But for now, from the actual
06:41eBay dashboard in the top right hand corner, you will see sell. So just right click this and open
06:47this in a new tab and then you will be brought over to the seller hub. And from here you can
06:52actually start creating some listings. And I'm not going to list any products just yet because
06:58we need to connect our eBay business account to some of the third party dropshipping suppliers.
07:04But for the next part of the tutorial, I do just want to go over what type of products can you
07:08actually sell. Now we're going to be looking at two different types of suppliers, which is going
07:13to be CJ Dropshipping and Alibaba.com Dropshipping. But there are a number of different suppliers that
07:18you can use and I'll go through some other suppliers later on in the tutorial. But like I say,
07:23I just want to go over the process of having a look at some products that you could potentially
07:27sell. So let's go over to CJ Dropshipping. So CJ Dropshipping is basically a dropshipping supplier
07:34and they sell thousands of different products in all types of categories and they have really fast
07:40shipping. And that's why they're one of the best suppliers that you can use. And I recommend them
07:45over Alibaba.com. And the reason for that is because you can see on the right hand side here,
07:50they have different shipping methods and you can get products to customers between three to seven
07:55days. So that's pretty fast. However, if you do use Alibaba, sometimes it can take a little bit
08:00longer and customers get a little bit annoyed. They might start sending you some emails asking
08:04where their products are. You might get a lower star rating on eBay, which I will go over in a
08:09moment. So I recommend to start using CJ Dropshipping. And when it comes to dropshipping
08:13products on eBay, eBay is basically a search engine. So people are always typing things into
08:20eBay that they're looking for. And that's why it's really great because it actually helps you to
08:24market the products you're selling because it is a search engine. So somebody might search for
08:28something on eBay and given that you've given it a good title and a description, your product might
08:33come up. So if we have a look at CJ Dropshipping, you can see they have products in loads of
08:38different categories. Now, from my experience dropshipping on eBay, the best category that I've
08:43found so far is actually clothing. So this could be women's clothing or men's clothing. Clothing
08:48is very popular. And I know what you're thinking. Well, what about returns? Well, we'll talk about
08:52returns later on. But for any business that you run, it doesn't matter what business that you run,
08:56there are always going to be problems with returns and refunds. So just think of that as that's
09:01actually part of the business. It doesn't matter what product you sell. There's always going to be
09:05some defects with certain types of products. There's always going to be people asking for
09:09refunds. So just think of it like that. And that way, this will help you to be able to not put too
09:15much pressure on finding the right product and trying to minimize how many returns and things
09:20you get. Of course, there are always going to be maybe slightly higher returns with clothing,
09:24but that means you also get more sales as well. So it kind of counteracts it. But like I said,
09:29you can pretty much sell any type of product. It's going to depend on the country as well.
09:33So I'm based in the UK. People buy a lot of clothes in the UK. They love clothes. We have a
09:37lot of seasons here in the UK. So we have very cold winters. So people buy a lot of winter clothes
09:42when it's winter. And we have kind of mediumly hot summers, even though the summers are quite short.
09:47But people really love summer here. So once again, they buy a lot of clothes in the summer as well.
09:51But there's loads of different categories. Another one is consumer electronics. So you
09:56can see on CJ Dropshipping, we have phone accessories, we have consumer electronics,
10:01computer and office. So those are all sort of kind of similar. But consumer electronics works
10:06really well on eBay. Again, there are always going to be people that want to refund it if
10:10the product's broken and things like that. Now, like I mentioned, I will go over refunds at the
10:15end briefly. Now, there are eBay dropshipping product research tools that you can use,
10:21such as one called ShelfTrend. But when you're just starting out, I don't recommend that you
10:25need to really start using these. Just start listing some products that you think might work.
10:30And the best way you can do this is just to think about the types of products that you search for.
10:34So I was often buying clothes from eBay, men's clothes, and searching for things. So the things
10:41that I was searching for, and I also like to buy consumer electronics as well. So I was searching
10:46for those things. So I just started listing those products. So just keep it simple when you're first
10:50starting. Think about the types of products that you buy and you sort of know a little bit about
10:55and start having a look at those on eBay. If you can see them on eBay, then you can start
11:00trying to find some products on CJ Dropshipping and on Alibaba that are similar and you can start
11:04listing those. So I'm going to give you a few examples here. So we'll start with Alibaba first
11:09just to give you some ideas, and then I'll show you some CJ ones as well. So if we have a look,
11:14we can see this is consumer electronics. This is a portable printer. And the reason I bring this up
11:19again is because I have one of these. So because I run e-commerce stores, I needed one of these to
11:24print my labels. So I was searching for one of these on eBay. So that's why this product just
11:28popped into my mind. So you can see here on Alibaba.com, you can get this product for $75.
11:34So $75 is around £62. I've just gone and searched for these portable printers. So you can see
11:41Thermal Label Printer on eBay. The cheapest one here is £60, but this one is really small. So
11:46this is kind of not a very good one, you could say. But if we have a look at the rest, you can
11:51see £116. £116. Now I know it says From 38, but that's just for the printing rolls. If you're
11:58actually want the printer itself, it's going to cost you £116. So £116. £116. This one's £90.
12:05This one's £90. This one's £70. £84. So you get the idea, £90. But we're buying it for £62.
12:13So even if you were to sell this product for £75, you would still make a £13 profit. Now,
12:20if we actually go and have a look, I think I've found one that's very similar. It might be the
12:24exact one. And you can see they're selling it for £85. So they're getting it for £62.
12:29They're selling it for £85. So they're making a good £23 profit. And like I said, I just came up
12:35with this product idea because it was something I was searching for myself. And I purchased one of
12:40these from eBay. And that's how you can come up with ideas when you're first initially listing
12:44some products on eBay. I'll show you in a moment how you can have a look at some other products
12:48that you can sell as well. Let's have a look at another product. So this is a clothing product.
12:53Like I mentioned, men's clothing works really well, but it works really well if you can get
12:56into particular niches as well. So this niche is the African men's clothes. So African style clothes.
13:04So this is a particular niche that people might be searching for on eBay. So they might be typing
13:08in African men's clothing. So you can see this one is going to cost you 27.50. I've just typed
13:14that in 27.50 US dollars to Great British pounds, which is £23, just under £23. Now on eBay,
13:21I've just typed in African men's clothes. You can see some of these ones are coming up a little bit
13:25cheaper, but that's because this one is pre-owned. But as we scroll, if we scroll down, you can see
13:30we've got this one here, almost £28. You can see this one here, £40, £140. So they're kind of
13:37varying in prices. But if we have a look at this one, which I think is sort of the closest one that
13:43I could find in terms of the look towards this one, that's kind of similar. You can see this
13:48one is £41. So it's being sold for £41 and you can get it for £23. So again, you're going to
13:55make around £17, £18 profit on that. So that's pretty decent. So now I'll show you some from CJ
14:01Dropshipping. So you can see we've got this men's jacket here. And again, this is something that I
14:06was searching for, men's plaid coat or a men's pea coat for winter or men's winter coats. So like I
14:13said, it gets pretty cold here in the UK. So when you are searching for things yourself, this can
14:17give you some ideas for products that you can list. So you can see this product being shipped
14:23to the UK. If we actually change this, let's change this to nine days. So it's going to get there
14:28between four and nine days, which is pretty fast, by the way. It's going to cost you $26.25. So I've
14:34just typed in $26, £22 that is roughly. So now I've gone over to eBay, I've typed in plaid pea
14:41coat and we can see here we've got £40, we've got £50. So we're going to have a look at some
14:47ones that are kind of similar, £30 for this one. You can see this one's £30, this one's £65.
14:53And if we have a look, this is basically the exact product. So I know this one, the pattern is
14:58slightly different, but you can see it's pretty much the same product, just the pattern's a little
15:02bit different. So like I mentioned, we're getting this product for £22 and they're selling it for
15:08£47. So that is a £25 profit. You can see they've got 217 star rating. I've actually opened
15:15up their store. You can see they've sold one and a half thousand items. So they're doing pretty
15:20well. So like I said, that's just an idea that again, they're making £25 profit and they've
15:26sold one and a half thousand items. So that's a pretty decent amount of profit that they've
15:30probably made so far. Now to get some more ideas, this is what you can do is so once you find a
15:37product that you've seen on CJ Dropshipping or on Alibaba or on any of these suppliers,
15:42you can go and search for it. And then what you can do is you can go and open up the seller's
15:46store and this will give you some more ideas of products that they might be dropshipping.
15:50So you can see they're basically dropshipping a lot of clothes, men's and women's clothes.
15:54And these are probably all dropshipped from suppliers such as CJ Dropshipping and Alibaba.
15:59So this will give you some more ideas of products that you can list as well,
16:03just by having a look at other stores and what other eBay stores are selling. So we're just
16:07going to go through one more. So if we go over to CJ, this is a really cool jacket. I actually
16:12really like this. So you can see again, United Kingdom shipped between four to nine days,
16:17again, pretty quick delivery times. It's going to cost you twenty six dollars for this aviator
16:21jacket. Twenty six dollars is around twenty three pounds, let's call it. And then I've just typed
16:27in men's aviator jacket. And you can see some of these are a bit more expensive because they're
16:31real leather. So you can see they're also verging around one hundred pounds. But the ones that
16:35aren't real leather, if we have a scroll down, you can see we've got forty pounds here, eighty
16:40five pounds here. This one's a bit cheaper, but this doesn't actually look as nice. But I have
16:44found the exact product. So you can see here is the exact product when I was scrolling and they
16:49are selling it for forty three pounds. So if we just pick a size and we pick brown, let's say,
16:54for example, you can see they're selling it for forty three pounds. So they're getting the product
16:59for twenty three and they're selling it for forty three. So they're making twenty pounds profit
17:03on each of these products that they sell. Again, I have just opened up their store.
17:08You can see they've sold forty three thousand items. Imagine. So they're making twenty pounds
17:13profit times forty three thousand. I mean, maybe they're not making twenty pounds profit on every
17:17item, but that's still a very good amount of sales. And again, then you can have a look at
17:22what they're actually selling. So you can see they're not even selling that many clothes.
17:25They're selling all different types of items. But again, most likely 90 percent of these are
17:29being dropped shipped from suppliers similar to CJ Dropshipping or Alibaba.com as well.
17:35So those are how you can come up with some ideas. Just think about what you purchase,
17:39what you would look for on eBay. Go and have a look at them on CJ Dropshipping. So you can just
17:43come over to the CJ Dropshipping homepage and you can go and search into any of their categories.
17:48You could do the same on dropshipping.alibaba.com as well. So you can just search in the search bar
17:54for different products. You can also go and search different categories down the bottom here.
17:59You can see. So again, you can go and do that on both of those suppliers. Think about the products
18:03that you would be purchasing. Go and search for those. And then if you find some stores,
18:07you can go and have a look at those stores and what they're selling to get some more ideas of
18:12products that you can list. So now I've briefly gone over how you can come up with some product
18:17ideas that you can start listing. The next thing we are going to do is create a CJ Dropshipping
18:23account. And then we're going to connect our CJ Dropshipping account to our eBay business account
18:28so we can start importing products from CJ Dropshipping directly to our eBay store and
18:34start selling them. So in order to do this, we are just going to click on register. There will be a
18:38link in the description to CJ Dropshipping. So if you use that link from here, you can then click on
18:43register. So just register for a CJ Dropshipping account, enter in your email address, choose a
18:49password. It is completely free. And then just click on next. You then need to choose a username,
18:54enter in your first and last name, enter in your phone number, and then just click on confirm.
18:58It will then say which platform are you running your store on. We're going to choose eBay.
19:03Then it's going to scroll down and say how many orders are you processing? Just say I'm just
19:06starting my business. Then it's going to ask you what categories you want to choose. Don't worry
19:10too much about this if you're not sure yet. Just choose a few ones that maybe you're thinking
19:14about. So we'll go for consumer electronics and men's clothing. And then we're going to click
19:18on submit. You will then be brought back to the CJ Dropshipping homepage. From here, you are going
19:23to click on my CJ. You will then be asked to verify your email address. So just click on verify
19:28and then click on send code and then just head over to your emails, get that verification code,
19:33paste it in, and then you're going to click on verify. If you can't find the code right away,
19:37you can just refresh this page and then just click on send again and also make sure to check
19:42your junk mail. So I'm just going to click on verify and then it should say verification
19:46succeeded. So you can just click on confirm. So now that you have verified your CJ Dropshipping
19:51account on the left hand side, you can scroll down and you will see store authorization. So click on
19:57this and then we are going to choose eBay. And from here, you are going to click on add store.
20:02You will then be asked to complete the following steps. So it's going to say log into your eBay
20:06account, click on my eBay to get your store name, input the name above and click on authorize.
20:11So just head over to your eBay account, click on my eBay in the top right hand corner,
20:17and then you will see your store name just here. So just up the top on the left, we're just going
20:22to copy this, head back to CJ Dropshipping, paste it in here, and then you are going to click on
20:28authorize. It will then bring you over to eBay where you need to log into your eBay account
20:33again just to authorize that connection with CJ Dropshipping. And then it's going to say review
20:39and grant application access. So you want to give CJ Dropshipping access to your eBay account. So
20:45you're just going to click on agree and continue. You will then be brought back to CJ Dropshipping
20:50and it should say authorization success. So from here, you can start listing products from CJ
20:56Dropshipping straight to your eBay account. So what we are going to do is we are actually going
21:01to go and find one of those products that I showed you earlier and we are going to go and list one of
21:05these. So we are going to start with this aviator jacket that I showed you earlier.
21:10So in order to list a product from CJ Dropshipping to eBay, you can just scroll down on the product
21:15and you can click on list. Now you can list the item directly from here. However, if you do want
21:21to edit it in a bit more detail, you can click on edit before listing, which is what we're going to
21:25do. From here, you should be brought over to a page that looks like this. Now you should see your
21:30eBay store name up the top and you will see listing site. So for me, it's listing it straight
21:36to the UK site. You will see the different categories. So it's already chosen the categories
21:41for me. So it's got clothing, shoes, accessories, men's formal occasion, and it's got tuxedos and
21:46formal jackets. You can go and change this if you don't think it's appropriate. So you can click on
21:51reselect. And from here, you can reselect the category. So I'm going to go for clothing,
21:55shoes and accessories. Then you can go for men's or whatever the product is. Then you can go into
22:02that further. So I'm going to go for men's clothing and then you can narrow that down further. So I've
22:06just gone for coats, jackets and vests. Then you will see the product itself. So you can see here
22:11it's got winter jacket, men's military, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's got all of these
22:15different keywords. Now, I don't recommend to stack too many keywords into your listing,
22:20so into your actual title. So I'm just going to go and list this with a different title.
22:24So I've just gone for men's brown stylish leather aviator bomber jacket,
22:29slim fit. Now, I've actually just taken this from the other listing. So I've just looked at some of
22:34the keywords that they're using and I've just rearranged and changed some of them. So you can
22:39see they've got camel. I've just changed it to brown and I've just taken out some of the other
22:43keywords that I don't think are necessary. So you can just go and do the same thing. So you can just
22:49go and enter and make sure you've got a few keywords in there that people might be searching
22:52for. So, for example, men's brown aviator jacket, slim fit, et cetera, et cetera. So you can just
22:58go and enter that in, but just keep it simple. Don't overthink it too much. Then you can come
23:02into the description. So with the description, you can keep it pretty much similar to what CJ
23:07Dropshipping already have in the description. Again, if you go and have a look at one of your
23:11competitors and what they're doing. So let's go and have a look at this description here.
23:15You can see it's basically the same as what CJ Dropshipping have recommended. So you can pretty
23:21much leave it the same. Again, just keep it simple when you're first starting out. Don't
23:25overthink things too much because that might actually put you off wanting to list more products.
23:29And with eBay Dropshipping, it can be a bit of a numbers game. So the more products you have listed,
23:33of course, the more likely is to get more sales. So just try to keep it simple and make it easier
23:38to list more products. So just don't overthink it too much. So now we're going to move on to
23:42the images. So you see we've got all the images here. So we're just going to keep all of these.
23:46You can then go and choose your variants. So you can see you've got all the variants. You can go
23:50and change the names if you want to. So instead of having coffee, you could go and change it to
23:54brown. You can change it to camel, whatever you want. I'm just going to leave it as the same.
23:59But like I say, you can go and change these. You can see it's got wine red. Maybe you just want
24:03to have red. So all you would do is just come into here and you can just change it like that.
24:07I'm going to leave it as wine red. You can see you've got all of the sizes. Then you do have
24:11the shipment. So you can see because I'm listing this to the UK site, I want my orders to ship to
24:16the UK as well. So here I can go and choose the United Kingdom or whatever country you plan to
24:22ship your products to. You can see it's shipping from the China warehouse and then you can go and
24:26choose the delivery method. So I'm going to choose the fastest, which is four to nine days. I'm going
24:31to go and tick this. Then we can go back to variants and we can go and choose our listing
24:36price. So if you scroll across, you can see the RRP, the recommended retail price. So you can see
24:42the total drop shipping price is going to be 2627. So I can go and list it for the price that
24:47I want to list it for. So if you just see up on the left here, if you enter in your price in here
24:53that you want to sell it for, this will go and apply that to all of the listings. So if you just
24:58scroll across, you just need to hit this top tick button, hit this top tick box. It will say 32
25:04variants selected or however many variants there are for your particular product. Then in bulk
25:08revise, you can go and enter in the price that you want to sell it for. Hit OK, and it will apply
25:13that to all of the different variants. Now, if you just go into others. Now, filling in this section
25:19correctly is really important. So make sure you pay attention, especially when it comes to the
25:24shipping methods on eBay, because if you don't fill this in correctly, you could get your eBay
25:29account banned permanently. So firstly, it's going to have payment methods. I recommend to leave it
25:34as managed payments. And as you can see underneath, it says eBay managed payments is suggested or
25:39product listings may fail. So you can choose PayPal, but I can recommend to go for managed
25:43payments. And that basically just means it's going to use the bank account that you connected earlier
25:47on in the video. Now, for shipping methods on eBay, do not leave it as freight courier, whatever you
25:53do, because when somebody purchases from you on eBay, if you leave it as freight courier, basically
25:58it's going to tell the customer that they can't pay right away and they need to contact the seller,
26:03which is you to organize the freight. And that is a complete headache. And also, if you choose the
26:08wrong freight, then you can actually get your account banned. So what I recommend to do is
26:13choose a freight courier that is most closely linked to your country or that is used quite
26:18frequently in your country. So in the UK, we use DHL a lot. We use FedEx a lot and we use
26:24Royal Mail a lot. So I'm going to be choosing one of these. So whatever you do, just make sure you
26:30don't choose any of these that say from GC, because that means from ground China. And again,
26:36eBay can ban your account because they just try to discourage people from job shipping from China
26:42a lot of times and they ban a lot of accounts. So do not choose anything that says from GC,
26:48because this stands for ground China. And like I say, this can cause some issues. So I'm just going
26:53to go for flat DHL like this. Then you can go and choose some of the other sections. Again,
26:59this is really important because this helps your listing to show up when people actually search
27:04for your product. So you can go and choose the size. I'm just going to go for medium.
27:08And the reason I go for that is because there's going to be more people searching for medium and
27:12large rather than three times XS or three times XL. People are not really going to be searching
27:17for these sizes. So go for something between small, medium and large. I'm going to go for
27:22medium. Then you've got the type. So this will depend on the product. Mine's a coat.
27:27As a matter of fact, I'm going to go for jackets. Then you've got the style. So you can
27:31choose the different style of jacket or whatever the product is. I'm going to go for bomber jackets.
27:35Then you have the material. So all of these will be different depending on the product
27:38that you are listing. Of course, for a clothing product, it's mostly clothing related categories.
27:43So I'm going to go for faux leather. Then you've got the color. We'll just go for black. Then
27:48you've got the department. Once you have filled all of this out, like I say, make sure to pay
27:52particular attention to the shipping methods. Then you can simply click on list it now.
27:57Now you can see when I click on list it now, it is saying, please enter the quantity.
28:02So that is something that I did forget to mention. So if we go over to variants,
28:05you will see the listing quantity. So you can go and enter in the listing quantity of each variant.
28:11Now, I don't recommend to enter in a listing quantity that's too high. And that is because
28:15it makes it easier to sell when the quantity is low. So if we come back to this particular product,
28:20you can see that it's got three available. And this basically just tells the customer
28:25that it's going to sell out soon. So that means they're more likely to purchase.
28:29So when you come into the listing quantity, I'm just going to go and enter in, let's say, five.
28:33So we can enter in five for each of these different variants. And then once you have
28:38entered that in for each of the variants, and then I'm just going to click on list it now.
28:41So like I said, I have entered in the listing quantity. And now you can click on list it now.
28:46It will then say, please wait as this takes a few minutes. So just wait for it to actually
28:51finalize listing your product. It will then say listed successfully. And the product has
28:56been listed to your store. And then you can click on view in your store. So now we can see this
29:00product has been listed to the store. We can see it's ready. If we come down to the description,
29:05you can see we have the description here with all of the images. So this is basically live on eBay
29:11now. So people can come in here. They can go and choose the color. They can go and choose the size.
29:15And they can actually go and purchase the product. So one thing that I do want to mention next
29:21is you will see under seller information that each seller has a score. So if we go back to
29:27some of these other stores, if we go to the top, you can see that this person has a 97%
29:32feedback score. And you can see that they've got 217 stars. Same with this store here. If we scroll
29:38back, 97% positive feedback. And we can see on this store that they've got over 5,000 stars,
29:44which is really great. Now, you're going to want to build this up for your own eBay store,
29:49because this actually helps you get more customers. Because when somebody comes over to your eBay
29:54store and they see zero, sometimes that can be a little bit of a red flag for them. And it can
29:58make them lose trust in your eBay store. So how can you actually build this up? Well, the best way
30:03that you can do this is by undercutting everybody else and selling your products for a lot cheaper
30:08than them, because then people will buy your products just because simply because they're
30:12cheaper. And then once you have built up your feedback score, then what you can do is you can
30:18start listing the products for more. So for example, if we were to go back to this product,
30:22you could list it again. And what I recommend doing is for the first sort of month when you
30:27first start making some sales, just list your products from CJ Dropshipping on eBay for maybe
30:33$1 or £1 more than you're buying them for. So let's go over to another product and I'll show
30:38you what I mean. So let's just say I wanted to list this product. Again, I can click on list and
30:43I can click on edit before listing. And once you have chosen the product categories, entered in the
30:48product title, the description, chosen the images and all of that, when you come over to the variants,
30:53if you go and choose to bulk edit the price, what you can do is you can see the total dropshipping
30:59price. So what I can do is I could just go and sell this now for $24.99 and hit OK. So that way,
31:06I'm literally only making 80 cents profit, let's say. But when I start to build up more sales
31:12because I'm selling this for much cheaper than all of my competitors, this helps me build up the
31:17feedback score. And once you've got your feedback score to a decent level, let's say 20, 30 stars
31:22and to around 97, 98 percent on the actual feedback score, once you have built that up a little bit,
31:29then you can start selling your products for more profit. So what I recommend in the beginning,
31:33when you first start your eBay store, list all of your items just for a tiny, tiny little bit
31:38of profit, enough to cover the listing fees. And once you have built up your feedback score and
31:44you have got some stars and feedback next to your store name, then you can start listing your
31:49products for actual profit. Like I say, it might take you a month to sort of build this up and make
31:54some sales, but this is really going to help you a lot more in the long run. So now that I have
31:59covered how to connect CJ Dropshipping and start listing products from CJ Dropshipping to your
32:04eBay account and also covered a little bit about how to improve your feedback score for your eBay
32:10account, I do just want to briefly mention that you can use dropshipping.alibaba.com to do the
32:16same thing. I do have a full tutorial on dropshipping.alibaba.com. So go and check out
32:21that tutorial if you want to learn how to set this up for your eBay store. However, with eBay,
32:27you can only be based in the U.S. to connect your dropshipping.alibaba.com. So if you're based
32:33outside of the U.S., you cannot connect an eBay account. So you can see from my dropshipping.alibaba.com
32:40dashboard, all you need to do is come down to my store and click on add store for eBay. You will
32:45see that it says only seller accounts for U.S. sites are available. So you can try and use a VPN
32:51if you do want to, if you're based outside of the U.S. to connect your store. However, if they do
32:56find out, then they will probably ban your account. So just bear that in mind. So like I said, go and
33:01check out that full tutorial because it basically works the same way as I just showed you with CJ
33:07Dropshipping. Once you click on add store, it will bring you to the next step where you just need to
33:12approve that you're connecting your Alibaba dropshipping account to your eBay account.
33:16And then you can just list products. Like I say, I have a full tutorial on how to list products
33:21from dropshipping.alibaba.com to another store. So go and check out that tutorial. Now, the reason
33:27I'm not going to go over that completely in this tutorial is because I do recommend using CJ
33:32Dropshipping for eBay. And that is simply just because the shipping times are so much faster.
33:37So you can see for the U.K. and for the U.S., the shipping times are between four to nine days and
33:42mostly for a lot of Europe as well. You can find four to nine day shipping. However, with Alibaba,
33:47it does take a little bit longer, can be up between three to four weeks for some products.
33:52And for eBay, that can be a little bit off putting for some customers.
33:56So I recommend to go with CJ Dropshipping. However, if you do want to have a bit more
33:59of variety when you are listing your products, you can go and check out Alibaba.com as well.
34:04So now that I've briefly shown you how to use dropshipping.alibaba.com as a supplier for your
34:10eBay dropshipping business, the next thing I want to show you is how you can fulfill an order.
34:15So when an order comes through, you'll go to my eBay and then under your dashboard,
34:19you will see a waiting dispatch. So just go into orders and then down the left hand side,
34:25you will see a waiting payment and a waiting dispatch. So if the customer hasn't paid for it,
34:29which generally they should pay for it straight away, if they haven't, it will go into a waiting
34:33payment. But generally most customers will pay for it straight away. So it will go into a waiting
34:38dispatch. So you will see it in here. So depending on the supplier, we're going to go through using
34:43CJ dropshipping. So if you use CJ dropshipping as your supplier, you're going to go into your
34:48CJ dropshipping dashboard. On the left hand side, you will see orders and you'll see imported orders.
34:53So once you open up this tab, you'll see imported orders. So just click on this and then up the right
34:59here, you will see sync store orders. So you are going to click on sync store orders. And then from
35:04here, you are going to choose your eBay store and then it's going to say sync by. You can choose
35:09sync by time and then you can go and choose certain dates that you want to sync orders by.
35:14So I'm going to go from yesterday, let's say, to today and then we can click on sync now. So then
35:20all of your orders will be synced. So it should say sync successfully and it will show you the
35:25number of orders that have been synced from your eBay store. So then you can just click on OK.
35:30So once you have synced your orders from your eBay store, then you can come in and choose the
35:35shipping type that you want to choose for each of the orders. So, for example, you might have 10
35:39orders, 20 orders in here, and you can go and choose the shipping type for each of them.
35:43Generally, most of your orders will be coming from the same country. So for me, for example,
35:47most of my orders will be coming from the UK. So I've already got if I click on select here
35:52to select the shipping type, I've already got this CJ packet fast ordinary selected as the default
35:58and most of the time I'll be using that so I can just leave all of my orders with the default
36:02shipping. However, if you want to, you can go and change the shipping to a different type of
36:06shipping if you wanted to get there a bit faster or if you wanted to get there a bit slower and
36:10pay a little bit less. It's up to you. However, it will go and choose automatically the shipping
36:15type that you chose when you actually listed the product earlier on. Then all you have to do
36:20if you want to go and fulfill multiple orders at once, you can click on this little tick box in
36:25the left here and it will go and select all of the orders. So you can see I've just got one
36:29practice order here right now. So it's just selected that one order. Then all you're going
36:33to do is click on add to cart and it will add all of those orders to the carts and it will have each
36:38of the individual customers shipping addresses. So when you click on add to cart, your orders
36:44will then be added to the cart. So then on the left hand side again, you'll see this tab called
36:49cart. And then what you can do is you can go to drop ship orders and then you will see all of the
36:54drop ship orders that you just added to your cart in here. And then all you need to do is go and
36:59choose all of those orders and then you can simply click on submit. So it will show you the shipping
37:04and product costs and the total amount for all of your orders. Once you hit submit, then the order
37:10will be submitted and all of these orders will be fulfilled by CJ Dropshipping. So all of the
37:16different products will be sent out to all of your customers from eBay. Then you simply need to wait
37:21a few days to get the tracking numbers. And once you have the tracking numbers, you will go back
37:27into your eBay seller hub. You will find the order and then where you see purchase postage label,
37:34you're going to go and click on this little arrow and you can click on add tracking number. From
37:38here, you simply need to enter in the tracking number that you get from CJ Dropshipping and
37:43enter in the name of the courier. Now to get your tracking numbers, you're going to go under the
37:47orders tab and you can click on orders tracking. You'll get the tracking number. Then like I said,
37:52you'll enter that in here. You'll enter in the name of the courier and then you can click on
37:56save and continue. Then we need to do is again, click this arrow and just click on mark as
38:02dispatched. And then that is your order done. Once the customer receives the order, they can
38:07leave a review on your eBay store. It works exactly the same with Alibaba. So with Alibaba,
38:13you can click on my orders. You'll see all of your synced orders from your eBay store. Again,
38:18you can choose the shipping method. Then you just need to purchase the product through Alibaba.com.
38:24And then once you get the tracking numbers from Alibaba, which is usually given to you by the
38:29supplier, you can come in here again, click on the arrow, click on add tracking number,
38:34enter in the tracking number, add the name of the courier and then click mark as dispatched.
38:38And that is how you can fulfill your orders when you are drop shipping on eBay.
38:43Now, the last thing I do want to mention is if you get your eBay account suspended or banned,
38:48which can happen even if you've just started a fresh account. So you might get an email saying
38:54we wanted to let you know that you have been temporarily restricted from selling and buying
38:58on eBay with some concerns about your account. So there you're going to click on help and contact
39:04and it's going to take you to the eBay contact page and then you can speak to them on the phone
39:09or they'll send you another email. Now, the second email that they send you is going to ask
39:14for your proof of address and your proof of name. So you have to upload your driver's license and
39:19maybe a bank statement or a utility bill. So do this. And then it's going to say for the second
39:24thing that you need to upload is the proof that the items you listed are in your possession.
39:29Now, if this happens, what you can do is just go to one of your local charity shops and just
39:34purchase an item similar to the one that you planned on listing. So if it was a men's jacket,
39:39just go and buy a cheap men's jacket from a charity shop and then you can go and upload that receipt
39:45as the proof that you have the item. Or you can even go and buy an item on another site like Etsy
39:51and then get the receipt from Etsy and upload this. And this will show that you have a proof
39:56of an item. They just want to see that you're not a 100% dropshipper. Like I said, dropshipping is
40:01allowed. But eBay is a bit strange and they have some weird policies around banning accounts for no
40:07reason. And they don't even let you know the reason why. So just if you're going to upload
40:11something, purchase something and upload the receipt to show that you have an item to sell
40:16and then they'll unrestrict your account or unban your account. And then you can go
40:20and continue listing products and dropshipping products. So that is what you're going to do.
40:24They might ask you some follow up questions. So there might be another email or they might
40:28ask you this on the phone when you ring them. So firstly, they're going to ask you what items are
40:33you planning on selling on eBay? Just tell them the items you plan on selling. So if it's men's
40:37clothing or women's clothing or consumer electronics, whatever it is, they'll ask you, are you
40:42selling personal stuff or from a supplier? You can say a mixture of both. If they ask you which
40:47supplier, don't mention any suppliers from China, don't say Alibaba, don't say CJ Dropshipping,
40:53don't say AliExpress, anything like that. Just say a local supplier near me because eBay prefers
40:59when you are using local suppliers. So just say a local supplier near me. You could say a vintage
41:04wholesaler if it's clothing or something like that. They're going to say, where do you source
41:08your items from? Just say in this country, in the country that you're in. So, for example,
41:12for me, if they ask me the question, I say I'll source it from the UK. Then they're going to ask
41:16you what your estimated time of delivery is and what delivery you actually plan on using.
41:22Just say around four to seven days and just talk about some local delivery couriers that you can
41:28use. So for me, I would say Royal Mail, FedEx, DHL, things like that. So just mention that.
41:34Then they're going to say how many items you plan on listing. You can just say 20 per month.
41:38They don't want really want people on the platform listing hundreds of products for some reason,
41:42especially as a new seller. So just say you plan on listing around 20 items per month. And then
41:47they're going to say, how do you plan on paying for the fees? You can just say with the bank
41:51account that I've already connected to my eBay account. So because we already connected that
41:56bank account in the beginning of the tutorial, they can see that, which shows that you have a
42:00valid payment method on your account. And that makes you more trustworthy. And it means that
42:05they're more likely to lift the restrictions. So just keep it a little bit ambiguous when they
42:10ask you these questions. Don't go into too many details. Do not mention China and do not mention
42:15dropshipping. You can say you're selling items that you have that are sourced from your country.
42:20And that is means that you're less likely to get completely banned and the restrictions are more
42:25likely to be lifted from your account. And one last thing to mention is you might get an email
42:30or even on the phone. They might say your account has been banned forever indefinitely and all of
42:35the accounts associated with this account. Well, actually, that's not always the case.
42:39It really depends on the person you speak to, because I've had my accounts banned permanently
42:45and I've managed to actually ring up. I keep bringing them and eventually I've got through
42:50to somebody and I've managed to get them unbanned because eBay never gives you a reason when they
42:56ban your account, which is super frustrating. So you can't ring up and say, oh, I've changed this
43:02now. Can you unban my account? So when you do ring them up, this is another tip. When you ring them
43:06up, act completely oblivious that your account has been banned. So just ring up and say, oh,
43:12I've got an email saying there are some restrictions on my account. I was just
43:15wondering how these could be lifted. And then usually they'll go through the questions again
43:20with you. And if they feel like you've answered them correctly, they can actually lift the
43:24restrictions. So even though they say your account is banned forever, we can't let you know why and
43:28we can't overturn this decision. They will say that to you, but don't give up. Keep ringing up
43:34and keep going through the questions. And like I say, just act oblivious like you don't know that
43:39your account was banned forever. No one even told you that you're just ringing up to try and lift
43:43the restrictions. And when you do this, they sometimes can actually do. I've had my accounts
43:48unbanned before just from doing this. So what you would want to do is you can just head over to the
43:53eBay homepage, scroll all the way down to the bottom. You will see contact us. Then you can
43:58click on selling. When you click on selling, click on list an item. And then when you click on this,
44:04there will be an option to either request a call from eBay where they actually phone you
44:08and you can discuss the restrictions or the ban, or you can speak to a moderator
44:13through an online chat. And this is the easiest way to get the restrictions lifted or to get the
44:18ban overturned. But like I say, don't give up. Don't think just because they've said you're banned
44:22forever that you can't overturn it. You can just keep ringing up and eventually you can get through
44:27to someone who will lift the restrictions for you. So that is how you can start eBay dropshipping
44:33and start making some money online using eBay. I hope you have enjoyed the video.
44:38If you do have any questions about eBay dropshipping, make sure to leave them in
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