Flea markets and garage sales are good hunting grounds but lets face it this all takes time. When you eventually bring your bargains home you have got to photograph them, write up a convincing listing and set a starting price. How long can that take you if you have 20 items to list? The answer is quite a while.

Providing your item sells you have then got to package and label each item and take them for mailing. By the time you have done all of this you may just be wondering whether it is all worth it.

In some ways selling on eBay is very much like being in a concert orchestra. You could be a cello player in which case you are going to have to a huge cello case around with you whenever you going somewhere to play. On the other hand you could have chosen to play the piccolo, which will almost fit in your pocket when you are travelling. So who has it easier the Cellist or the piccolo player?

In eBay you can be the person that buys individual items to sell on eBay or you can opt to buy similar items in quantity and just relist them as they are sold. And to make life easier why not only sell items that you can pop into a padded bag. You see now how much easier your eBay life can become.

If you can find small items such as DVDs, books or jewelry and buys them in tens or twenties you will drastically reduce the amount of work that you have to put into your eBay business. Some sellers go even further and sell digital products that are directly downloaded by the purchaser.

So if you think you are cellist rather than a piccolo player then take a look at the way you work and see how you can streamline your operation for an easier life.