Top Items Sold on eBay

by Skip McGrath

There are several ways to discover the top items sold on eBay.  These methods are free and available right on eBay. All you have to do to access the top selling items is sign into your account and follow these instructions.

Top Items Sold on eBay

The first resource is eBay itself. Click on the link to Site Map on the top right corner of any eBay page. Look in the middle column under Seller Resources and click on the link that says "What's hot." Here is what that looks like:

When you click on that link you will see a page that looks like this:

Below that is a list of the most watched items on eBay. This is another indicator of the top items sold on eBay.

The links on the left show you the popular searches.  The links on the right show the largest stores on the theory that they are large because those are the products that sell. Also notice the drop down box that says "Category". If you pull down a specific category it will show you the popular searches in each category. So for example, if you are a book seller and you want to find the top selling books, it would look like this:

And right below that is a list of the hottest selling books on eBay:

Where to Buy the Top Items Sold on eBay?

This is where it becomes a little harder. One of the problems with selling top items is that they are very competitive and the margins are fairly low because of this. And you are usually up against large sellers who can buy their inventory in large quantities.  So you really have to learn the wholesale system and how it works.  One of my best selling books is The Wholesale Buying System. It is a printed book that comes with members-only access to my website where I list sources.

The other excellent place to find legitimate wholesale sources is WorldWide Brands.  The are the only company I recommend for wholesale information.  As for the large drop ship companies that advertise all over the web –I have tried most of them and it never worked for me. Basically they are middlemen and their prices are really too high to allow any profit margin on eBay. And some of those sites sell counterfeit or knockoff goods. So you will always do better when you work directly with the sources.