Long-term I don’t think eBay is a viable way to dropship products with real success. You may always be able to make small profits from it but you wouldn’t be able to expand into a bigger, stronger and more profitable business. The competition, fees and product management required is too high to allow this. So finding eBay alternatives is important.
Here are 4 alternatives available.

Other Auction Sites
There are no other auction websites that have as many buyers and as much exposure as ebay. However there are a number of smaller UK auction sites, they are growing and have lots of regular sellers which means there must be buyers.

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Long term I always recommend dropshipping from your own website rather than auction and classified websites, mainly because of profit margins. However using auction sites is a great way to build up a customer database and get used to running an online business. eBay is the website of choice for the majority of dropshippers.

Here are 5 really simple and completely free ways to increase your eBay conversions.

1.  Have at least 1 image, and it must be top quality. You must have at least 1 image of your product, this goes without saying. The higher the quality of the image the better, and also the larger the better, this allows potential customers to see the product clearly. If the photo provided by your dropshipper isn’t very good you should buy the product and take your own photos (use a bedsheet to create blank background for photos). Taking your own photos can also give you a competitive edge.

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