cymru78 started this topic @ 16:34 on 10/08/2003
hi all
i have been selling football shirts on ebay for a few weeks now, and i am making a fair bit of profit on the shirts.
they are genuine and 100% official merchandise. i was wondering if i should set up a market stall and also go onto the local carboot sale etc.
however, im not sure if i am making enough money to set up a proper small business and start dealing in tax etc?
is there anyone who can give me advice on this issue?
cheers
mark.ch@virgin.net
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RE: football shirts!
cheekychops | 10/08/2003 07:47 PM
Hi Mark,
Ebays great isnt it!
with ebay basically you've got a whole captive audience to sell to
which is worldwide.
I would be carefull and give it a while before commiting yourself
to a market stall etc, and do more research, good thing about ebay
is you dont need any outlay on premises, have you seen todays
article in the Sunday Times,
Its up to you to decide, as we dont know the market your aiming at
or where you live etc, but id stick with ebay for a while and see how
you go on, but its up to you to make the decision,
Good Luck, best wishes cheekychops
RE: football shirts!
cymru78 | 10/08/2003 11:06 PM
well i live on a very busy seaside resort, and during the summer months i know that i could make alot of money out of selling the shirts.
as most people here will know, they are expensive in the shops. your looking at between £35-£40 for a plain shirt. i sell these on ebay for £25 while printed shirts off me cost £30. These are usually about £50 in the shops.
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RE: football shirts!
whitestorm | 12/08/2003 03:36 PM
Not wishing to cast aspersions but I'm curious as to how you can provide genuine football shirts for the prices you are quoting. Large stores such as Asda etc. can only offer their "grey market" sourced shirts at prices matching yours because they buy them in such bulk quantities while I know for a fact that most of those cheaper jerseys sold on Ebay are fakes imported from the Far East with authentic looking tags and labels but most definitely fake material.
Having worked in the sports retail industry I'm just curious, as I say, as to your suppliers as companies such as Nike, Adidas and Umbro are not usually agreeable to supplying retailers who offer such drastic discounts on their merchandise. If your supplier is a little questionable I'd advise not upgrading your enterprise as fake football shirts are high on the list of the Police & authorities crack down on counterfeit goods.
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