I'm looking at selling video games on either Ebay or Amazon marketplace,just wondering what profit margins should i be aiming for?

Depends what age the game is and where you buy them from, you may average out at £1 a unit. Don't except to make a fortune, but look at ways of increasing your profit through sundries and added value etc.

there is alot of people selling video games on ebay so the profit margin might be slim i am not to sure about amazon your profit margin on there might be better.

if there is local market around where you stay you should try setting up a stall.i sell at a local market myself and make a better profit margin selling products there than i do selling them on ebay.

avoid ebay for selling games
I sold a couple of games through ads in my local paper
made good profit but just run out of supply

Thanks for all your advice Especially OQuixotic thats sounds like a good idea as Ebay take a big chunk of commission.

What about Mens and Womens Fragrences would they produce a bigger profit margin.

I do the same as OQuixotic. More profit that way.

Originally Posted by psumner74

What about Mens and Womens Fragrences would they produce a bigger profit margin.

Fragrances are a pretty tough market too. I should add though profit margin itself can be misleading, you can sell a lot of small margin items and get to the same place as selling fewer high margin items.

Originally Posted by psumner74

I'm looking at selling video games on either Ebay or Amazon marketplace,just wondering what profit margins should i be aiming for?

Tip

I used to deal in classic Arcade games/boards and machines

Look at Neo Geo games, they sell for 250+ and you can make money.

Used to ship machines all over the globe, and still have a full arcade at home :-)

But I did this for the love of it etc, but some machines cost 5k+ Stars Wars sit down etc, R-type 1/2/3, Double Dragon, Defender table's in mint condition cost $$$


All good fun

Customs was a pain tho...

Thanks

Andy