Saturday, June 14, 2008

Selling Baseball Equipment Online


by Sofia Rey

Selling baseball equipment, such as baseball bats or battling gloves online can certainly create new income streams.
As the internet matures, so do the attitude of people buying more and more online. Most existing companies will ship the merchandise to nearly any address specified, regardless whether the delivery address is not the same address as the buyer. This opens the door for selling opportunities for just about anyone with the initiative to do some work online and keep track of their earnings.
Opportunities do exist for online selling of sports equipment, such as baseball bat, baseball gloves or any other baseball equipment.
However, one of the problem with having a retail website is that you become the buyer, seller and shipper all at once. When you offer merchandise for sale online you are opening the door to a global audience and will need to have an inventory of merchandise that you offer for sale. Constantly sending out apologetic emails informing buyers their choice is either discontinued or on back order will not win many repeat customers and will eventually leave you with nothing but a nice looking website.
You can, however get hooked up with wholesalers who maintain a large inventory of merchandise and allow you to sell it on your website. When an order comes in, it goes directly to the wholesaler who will pack it and ship it as well as handle all the finances. You make money based on the profit from the sale of the item. For example, you advertise an Easton baseball glove on your site for $159.99 plus tax plus shipping an handling. A customer buys it and submits the order. Once payment is received, the item will be shipped.
Many drop-shippers work with online auction sellers who simply list the merchandise on their auction site and the wholesaler takes over the shipping of the merchandise. For auction merchandise there is a risk to the seller in that if a listed item does not sell, the seller is still responsible for any listing fees for putting their item on the auction.
You can also choose to buy small inventories of baseball equipment you believe will be in high demand online and list in the items description how many are available. Being honest with potential buyers on the front side that only so many are available may improve the chance of a sale, as well as diminish disappointment when you run out of the required item.
About the Author
Sofia Rey is an enthusiastic affiliate marketer who also runs an online baseball equipment store.
Visit her online baseball equipment store at http://www.bb.internetforte.com
Sofia also recommends your visit to http://www.ewenworkingfromhome.internetforte.com for work from home opportunities.

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