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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 207717, member: 360"]I started dealing in antiques online back in September of 2015. It's a very tricky thing to get into. </p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is that you're buying and selling things which people don't NEED. You're buying and selling things that you HOPE people WANT. And that is a lot harder. </p><p><br /></p><p>To be able to make a profit selling antiques, the first thing obviously is to know your antiques, and to see how much particular antiques sell for, either in the local market, or online around the world. The only way to do that is to do a LOT OF RESEARCH. That can be anything from reading eBay listings, looking at the websites of other dealers, visiting flea-markets or going to antiques shops. </p><p><br /></p><p>The second thing is knowing what's quality, and what's trash. No matter how cheap you buy it - trash is trash, and people don't pay money for that. </p><p><br /></p><p>The third thing is knowing your antiques. Knowing what it is, when, where and how it was made, and stuff like that. If you don't know what you're selling, then people aren't going to be confident buying from you. You need to know WHAT the item is and how to sell it, and how to make it appeal to other people. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fourth thing is sourcing quality goods at low prices. This can sometimes be done at flea-markets, other antiques shops, or charity/thrift-shops. Or you can risk it at an auction-house. Buy a box-lot of junk - sell off the nice stuff at a good profit, and then sell off the cheap stuff at a lower profit. The risk with this is that you might be stuck with loads of cheap stuff you can't sell. </p><p><br /></p><p>That's the basics, really.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 207717, member: 360"]I started dealing in antiques online back in September of 2015. It's a very tricky thing to get into. The problem is that you're buying and selling things which people don't NEED. You're buying and selling things that you HOPE people WANT. And that is a lot harder. To be able to make a profit selling antiques, the first thing obviously is to know your antiques, and to see how much particular antiques sell for, either in the local market, or online around the world. The only way to do that is to do a LOT OF RESEARCH. That can be anything from reading eBay listings, looking at the websites of other dealers, visiting flea-markets or going to antiques shops. The second thing is knowing what's quality, and what's trash. No matter how cheap you buy it - trash is trash, and people don't pay money for that. The third thing is knowing your antiques. Knowing what it is, when, where and how it was made, and stuff like that. If you don't know what you're selling, then people aren't going to be confident buying from you. You need to know WHAT the item is and how to sell it, and how to make it appeal to other people. Fourth thing is sourcing quality goods at low prices. This can sometimes be done at flea-markets, other antiques shops, or charity/thrift-shops. Or you can risk it at an auction-house. Buy a box-lot of junk - sell off the nice stuff at a good profit, and then sell off the cheap stuff at a lower profit. The risk with this is that you might be stuck with loads of cheap stuff you can't sell. That's the basics, really.[/QUOTE]
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