Plan B - what is the future?

[wendigo100]

If you want to ensure you shift stock, sell at the bottom of the market, buy at the top.

Tony and Gordon

[Captain Dispensable]

I didn't think there were many products that you could still sell for a high markup on ebay. Seems everyone's already selling everything dirt cheap, adding profit onto postage and hoping some mug comes along that pays over the odds for something he could get cheaper elsewhere very easily.

I suppose rare collectables are one avenue where you can control supply/demand to ensure bigger profits.

[Burdock]

I can produce a marmalade for every category.

What would your chav marmalade be like?!

[Red 7]

What would your chav marmalade be like?!

The main ingredient would be Sunny Delight.

[Burdock]

The main ingredient would be Sunny Delight.

[gingerjedi]

I suppose rare collectables are one avenue where you can control supply/demand to ensure bigger profits.

That’s why I haven’t done it yet, you need to know what you are selling.

I have a mate who makes a mint selling old mustard tins, he knows sod all about them but his dad is a collector.

[VectraMan]

I've often thought about this as an eBay shop venture (no/low risk) but surely its less time consuming to sell small volumes of high mark up products than forever stuffing envelopes and parcels to make a £1 a time?

Find something electronic to sell, then you don't need to do any of that and just sit back and let the cash roll in. (Or not, as is more likely).

Even then, I don't think you can completely avoid having to provide some kind of customer service.

To answer the original question: #3. There must be a few ways to exploit the hype about global warming that nobody has thought of yet.

[andy]

To answer the original question: #3. There must be a few ways to exploit the hype about global warming that nobody has thought of yet.

start selling icecream ?

[gingerjedi]

start selling icecream ?

I've thought about that one as well but it seems all the vans are run by a mafia organisation... ever heard of 'The Ice Cream Wars'?

[andy]

I've thought about that one as well but it seems all the vans are run by a mafia organisation... ever heard of 'The Ice Cream Wars'?

Duncan Bannatyne from dragon's den started initially with icecream vans. According to him there was 75% margin and he was earning 200k from 5-6 vans