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Need Help Regarding the Amazon-eBay Technique

by joychan469
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I think some of you have already known this Amazon-eBay technique, where you use Amazon as a dropshipper to customers from eBay and sell it off at a higher price.

We know that Amazon is US based, and have majority of products that DO NOT ship outside of the US, and if they do, the international shipping costs will eat into your profit

The thing is, I'm based off Singapore, and to sell internationally, I need to have built an awesome selling reputation with them before I can list any crap out of Singapore.

With that said, if I DO find a product in Amazon that ships internationally, the international shipping costs will kill my profit. And if I put it into "shipping costs" in eBay, the customer might wonder "Why is local shipping so expensive?". And anyway, to the customer, the cost + shipping might be higher than that of other sellers on eBay.

I can't find any dropshipper companies based in Singapore either.

Now, my question is, is there any other way I can list and sell to US customers aside from using eBay? That have almost as much traffic as eBay?

Thank you all.
#amazonebay #technique
  • Profile picture of the author agmccall
    There are many places to list and sell products, but not as much traffic as ebay or amazon

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  • Profile picture of the author onSubie
    Why do you want to sell to customers outside of the U.S.?

    Why not make your eBay listings "U.S. Only" and then you know that Amazon will always be able to deliver and in most cases, for free.

    For Amazon-eBay arbitrage the U.S. market is great and you don't need to go outside.

    Why do you want to target international buyers?
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    • Profile picture of the author joychan469
      Originally Posted by onSubie View Post

      Why do you want to sell to customers outside of the U.S.?

      Why not make your eBay listings "U.S. Only" and then you know that Amazon will always be able to deliver and in most cases, for free.

      For Amazon-eBay arbitrage the U.S. market is great and you don't need to go outside.

      Why do you want to target international buyers?
      I think you misread. I'm outside of the US. I'm in Singapore. I reside in Singapore. I can't make the listing "US Only" because that is considered selling internationally, which eBay doesn't let me yet.

      I know the US market is great for Amazon-eBay arbitrage, and I want to do that but I can't. because to sell to the US (considered international selling), I need to fulfil eBay's mysterious hidden criteria.

      Maybe I'll simplify everything for you. Selling to the US is considered selling internationally for me because I don't live in the US.

      Thus I need suggestions on places to resell Amazon products to the US market (which eBay doesn't let). My eBay account can only sell locally (to Singapore) as for now.
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      • Profile picture of the author onSubie
        Originally Posted by joychan469 View Post

        I think you misread. I'm outside of the US. I'm in Singapore. I reside in Singapore. I can't make the listing "US Only" because that is considered selling internationally, which eBay doesn't let me yet.
        Oh, okay. Sorry, I thought you were buying on Amazon and reselling on eBay and using Amazon to drop ship.

        That would be U.S.->U.S.->U.S so no international selling.

        But I didn't know they restrict your account because of your location.

        I am in Canada and do this from outside the U.S.
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      • Profile picture of the author QueenMelanie
        Originally Posted by joychan469 View Post

        I think you misread. I'm outside of the US. I'm in Singapore. I reside in Singapore. I can't make the listing "US Only" because that is considered selling internationally, which eBay doesn't let me yet.

        I know the US market is great for Amazon-eBay arbitrage, and I want to do that but I can't. because to sell to the US (considered international selling), I need to fulfil eBay's mysterious hidden criteria.

        Maybe I'll simplify everything for you. Selling to the US is considered selling internationally for me because I don't live in the US.

        Thus I need suggestions on places to resell Amazon products to the US market (which eBay doesn't let). My eBay account can only sell locally (to Singapore) as for now.
        you could just use a VPN when creating your ebay account? either way I was sure that even if you aren't in US, you can still list items as being shipped from the US
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