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What sells:

Anything Designer Name Brand:

  • Designer Handbags Jewelry & Watches
  • Sporting Goods
  • Musical Instruments
  • Electronics
  • Bicycles
  • College Textbooks
  • Video games/equipment
  • Antiques/Collectibles
  • Automotive related
  • Perfume/Cosmetics
  • Audio/Video Equipment
  • Guitars

Items that don’t sell well or not allowed:

  • Forbidden items on eBay
  • Beanie Babies
  • Dirty clothes
  • Most Furniture
  • Used Clothing (unless designer name)
  • Records/LP's
  • Counterfeit/knock-off items
  • Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
  • Prescription Medicine
  • Homemade craftwork goods
  • Generic/Non-Name Brand Consumer Products
  • Anything with a resale value less than $125 per item

Here’s a link of some prohibited/restricted items:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/items-ov.html#prohibited

Please note this list contains both prohibited and restricted items, so for example, on the bullet that says currency and stamps—these items are perfectly legitimate to sell as long as they’re not fake or counterfeit.