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Can I buy and sell wholesale or in bulk lots on eBay?

By Aron Hsiao, About.com

Select the Wholesale Lots subcategory

To sell, select the "Wholesale Lots" subcategory.

Question: Can I buy and sell wholesale or in bulk lots on eBay?

Answer: Yes. In fact, eBay has a special section just for high-value or high-quantity bulk and wholesale item lots of every conceivable type. Many eBay sellers actually source a percentage of their product from eBay by buying just such lots, which they then break down and sell as individual units to eBay end-users and single-item buyers.

For buyers, eBay maintains a special wholesale lots buying page for ease of access to wholesale lots of all kinds and in all categories. Buyers that regularly buy wholesale and in quantity can bookmark it for easy access and searching.

To sell a wholesale lot, follow the usual item listing process, but when selecting your subcategory (after selecting a main category), scroll to the bottom of the list and choose "Wholesale Lots." You'll then be asked to select a subcategory for the wholesale lot, and will proceed with listing the item as usual. Please note that if you are selling a single wholesale lot, you should list the lot as a single item (i.e. one lot consisting of n units) and not as a multiple item listing, which would cause your lot to be sold piecemeal, one unit at a time to eBay buyers.

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