Do Toys Still Sell on eBay?

In the old days parents used to take their children to Toy shops, and these toy shops were filled with toys of all sizes, shapes and prices. You could buy Tin army figures, Action Men, Barbie Dolls, balls, spinning tops and the list would go and and on. Then you used to have shelves stacked with jokes and you also had those fantastic chemistry kits. As children got older, every Saturday you could find them spending their pocket money on the latest cards that they would stick in albums - those were the days.

Then over time the toy shops became a thing of the past as the supermarkets, and Woolworth's took over, they had bigger buying powers and could sell hundreds of toys in a day as they were unable to cut prices down to almost cost price, well we know how this cutting costs hurt places like Woolworth's, they are now long gone, and you are now seeing the come back of the Toy Shop on the high streets around the UK and the rest of the world.

But where does that leave us and the topic of this article "Do Toys Still Sell On eBay" Then answer to that question is a big YES, Toys do sell eBay and they sell hundreds an hour, but you do need to be careful. Toys come and go, and they can alter with the seasons and the weather, plus they can alter overnight. For example if you are selling a hot toy that is featured on a hit TV program and the program is pulled for some reason, you could be left with boxes of them, so just be careful.

- Keep a lookout at what the top toys were over the past few years in shops and online do you see a pattern.
- Make a note of movies that are coming out around top buying periods, and see if there are toys you can sell.
- Read Trade magazines, they will always tell you the hot selling toys.

With all this product sourcing you will always need to remember you need to source your products early,and get them ready to sell months in advance, never leave buying your toys till December for the holiday season, if you do you will be left without anything to sell. You need to plan and source early. Toys, games, puzzles sell big time all through the year on sites such as eBay, but when you hit the holiday buying periods they go through the roof.

Also you need to think and look outside the latest toys and games, take a trip down memory lane and lookout for the more traditional games. Board Games - that you used to play as a child for example still sell, and the games your parents and grand - parents played still sell. With these you have a very different market reach. You are selling to these people who want to re-live the games of their childhood, and also they want their children and their grand-children to experience the thrill of these great games.

So "Do Toys Still Sell On eBay? " - Yes big time, give it a go and as long as you follow the simple guide lines, you will not go very wrong.