How well do antiques sell on eBay compared to other goods?

Depending on how you define “selling well,” eBay can be a good place to sell antiques. eBay is very good at connecting buyers and sellers and making it easy to do business. Bidding, buying, making offers, agreeing to a transaction and shipping are all integrated. read more

I am not in the antiques trade, however, I once overheard two antiques dealers talking about their experience of selling on eBay vs. in-store sales. In sum, they complained of online customers wanting items to be perfect , which they felt was unrealistic. read more

Buying antiques online means that collector’s and hobbyists can now go beyond their local antique store, and open themselves up to a global market and a far greater chance of finding the items they want. This gives us online retailers a fabulous opportunity to sell to a very targeted and enthusiastic market. To give you some inspiration, I've hunted-out some steaming hot antique niche categories. read more