This is potentially a very profitable area with PowerSellers worldwide specialising in primarily beach finds and other items bought in from treasure hunters and people disposing of their collections. There?s a special category for ?
Fossils, Rocks,
Minerals? under ?Collectables?, with other items sometimes available under ?Jewellery? and other categories where the original
fossil, rock or
mineral has been worked into some other product type. The main Rocks/
Fossils/
Minerals category splits into: Crystals
Fossils Lapidary Materials Meterorites Tektites
Mineral Specimens Shells Publications Other Rocks/
Minerals
Fossils/Rocks/
Minerals is a massive subject area, well worth an encyclopaedia in its own right, so we?ll focus on
Fossils here and leave you to grow a business selling just one element of this profitable trio before moving on to selling rocks and
minerals later.
Fossils are simply the remains of plants or animals that lived a long time ago or the evidence of them. They include: Shells, Bones and Teeth,
Fossilised Footprints and Burrows, Leaves and Seeds, Tree Trunks and Branches,
Fossilised Animal Droppings. On eBay currently most popular are Dinosaur Eggs and Sharks? Teeth, alongside several other main
fossil sub-categories: Ammonites, Dinosaurs/Reptiles, Fish, Insects/Amber, Mammals, Plants, Shark Teeth, Shells, Trilobites, Other
Fossils. Currently most popular search terms for
fossils are:
fossil,
fossil ammonite,
fossil fish,
fossil shark,
fossil shark tooth,
fossil women (!!),
fossils. TIPS * Many high priced specimens are listed BUY IT NOW at hundreds or even thousands of dollars, some listed in the seller's eBay shop, meaning tiny listing fees. But
fossils are unique and, like all unique items, somewhere there's a buyer for even the highest priced item. If you can afford to wait for money, Buy It Now is a good option, especially in your eBay shop. * Look for
fossil enthusiasts who don't want to or lack time to market on eBay; offer to sell their finds on commission. Alternatively, learn about
fossils and become a finder yourself. You'll find lots of useful information, including
Fossil Collector Clubs you?ll read about in collectors? magazines available at most newsagent shops. Avril Harper is a business writer and eBay PowerSeller who has produced several guides to making money from eBay, including MAKE MONEY TEARING UP OLD BOOKS AND MAGAZINES AND SELLING THEM ON EBAY which you can read about at:http://www.magstoriches.com 103 POWERSELLER TIPS can be downloaded with other freely distributable reports and eBooks at http://www.avrilharper.com
Tucson Gem and Mineral Show - Meteorites - 2008