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Best Products For eBay Dropshipping In Recommended Niches

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The success of your dropshipping store largely depends on winning items you sell, reliable suppliers that provide them, and you, who presents them and catches buyers. While eBay sellers often don’t choose a specific dropshipping niche to sell within, there are products and dropshipping niches that perform better than others. We will show you the best products for Ebay dropshipping and the recommended drop shipping niches for eBay sellers.

Dropshipping from AliExpress to eBay is one of the best ways to start a dropshipping business. I decided to perform eBay dropshipping product research and try to find the most profitable dropshipping products. All of the products in this article show a clear sales record, they are all most likely a dropship from AliExpress to eBay type of items.

I hope this post will inspire you and give you ideas on what to sell and how to find the best dropshipping products for your online store.

How To Find Products For eBay Dropshipping

To perform eBay dropshipping product research and try to locate the best dropshipping products I used the eBay analytics tool Zik Analytics. I think it’s the industry standard software to use if you want to perform research based on eBay analytics.

How To Find Products For Dropshipping Using Zik Analytics and DSM Tool.
Tip

eBay has a great marketing tool for product research known as Terapeak. Learn more in our Terapeak eBay for Beginners: Product Research Tool guide.

Trending eBay Dropshipping Products

The list of products below comes from different categories and niches. Some of them are evergreen products, these are being sold all year long and in traditional eCommerce have a slightly lower profit margin. Others are seasonal, like:

Or holiday-related items like:

There are also current-trend-related items, like Coronavirus related products.

Find Trending Niche Ideas

If you are looking for more niche ideas for product research I recommend you use one of the following techniques:

  • Look in AliExpress and other websites to see what is currently promoted on the homepage
  • Use Google Trends to analyze ideas that come to your mind
  • Use eBay Explore to get ideas for eBay trending products
  • Look out for product placements when you watch TV
  • Look for trends in magazines like Trend Hunter
  • Check the eCommerce niches statistics for different marketplaces, for example in Statista
  • Check the hot dropshipping products recommendations, made on the DSM Tool YouTube channel:

Further, you will find a detailed overview of the best products for ebay dropshipping in 2023. 

Dropship Sports Accessories Such As Biking Equipment

Can you guess how profitable this product is when dropshipping it from AliExpress?

About The Product

When you ride a bicycle in an urban environment, you do not need any special equipment; outdoor sportive cycling requires the usage of gloves. These gloves sell under the sporting goods category on eBay and fall under the cycling equipment niche of dropshipping.

How Well Does It Sell on eBay

I found an eBay seller that already sold this product more than 30 times including 20+ times during June-July 2022. Checked his feedback score – 146 feedback only, that’s clearly a dropshipping beginner that has been doing some awesome product research work.

How Much Profit Can You Make Dropshipping Cycling Gear

There are reliable AliExpress suppliers that are offering free ePacket shipping and prices that vary from $7.99 to $14.50 which means the profit margin for this product is about 20%.

Conclusion

If I would be a seller on eBay and I would be sourcing this product, first I’d offer more of the available variations in my dropshipping store. This way I could appear in search results of people who are filtering by lower prices and just generally offer a better product.

Tip

Interested in reselling sports and fitness items? Then this Dropshipping fitness products: 2022-2023 guide is for you!

Dropship Fishing Equipment Like Fishing Storage Boxes

The fishing equipment category offers many interesting opportunities for products for eBay dropshipping.

About This Product

This is a box that is being used by fishermen to store their bait, it’s being sold on eBay under the Sporting Goods category and it belongs to the niche of fishing equipment.

How Well Does It Sell on eBay

I found an Ebay seller that sold this trending dropshipping product 40+ times in total out of which 20+ times during June and July only.

How Much Profit Can You Make Dropshipping Fishing Equipment

I found this dropshipping supplier on AliExpress selling it for $2.38 plus $2.45 for shipping, which results in a 51% profit margin which is $7.61. But because the cheaper shipping method is slower and doesn’t offer tracking numbers I recommend using ePacket delivery which costs $4.03, which would result in a 40% profit margin which is $6.03 per sale.

Conclusion

This is an example of a product at a great price, selling a lot at the moment and providing a nice profit margin – definitely a winner in my perspective, something every eCommerce business wishes to have in-store and sell online.

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Dropship Phone Accessories Like Outlet Holders

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One of the most high-demanded products for ebay dropshipping.

About This Product

This is a wall-mounted phone holder that you can apply to an electric socket, it is being sold on eBay under the Home Improvement category, but you can try to sell it under other categories as well, it can belong either to the phone accessories or home improvement niches.

How Well Does It Sell on eBay

I found a seller that only sold 7 units in total when I found the listing, but all of those sales happened within a few weeks. But the best part is that he only made 2 transactions, once he sold 4 units and once 3 units. Think how awesome it is to find products that can sell multiple units in one sale, that’s a far higher profit margin per sale!

How Much Profit Can You Make Dropshipping Home Improvement Products

This is a multi-variations product, so the profit margin depends on its variation. I found the exact same products with free shipping:

  • The socket-only variation results in a 49% profit margin which is $4.79
  • The two-sockets-only variation results in a 49% profit margin which is $6.12
  • The socket-with-usb variation results in a 50% profit margin which is $8.96

Conclusion

Multi-variations products offer the opportunity to sell online more than one product variation sold in one listing, moreover, products that can be sold in multiple units in one sale are always something that is interesting to offer. It is important to ensure a high quality product and supplier because the more units you sell the more that could be returned.

Last, this trending dropshipping product is interesting because when dropshipping products we tend to stick to trends, one of the trends, after covid-19, is home improvement, people are home – they have time to renovate it.

Tip

When it comes to answering the question about the profit margin for dropshipping, it’s not only about the profit margin alone. Find out more in our What is a Good Profit Margin for Dropshipping guide.

Dropship Beauty Products Like Eye Leash Extensions

The beauty industry is one of the most popular niches with plenty of great eBay dropshipping products.

About This Product

Eyelash extensions are a good product for dropshipping in 2021. One of the advantages of selling it is that, as you can see from the picture, it’s being easily sold in lots, this is what is so-called an evergreen product, these are products that are sold all year long.

How Well Does It Sell on eBay

I found a seller who sold it no less than 801 times including 45 times in the past month, many of this seller’s sales were 3-4 units at once and some were even 10 units at once time!

How Much Profit Can You Make Dropshipping Beauty Products

As a beginner, I would not even look into selling this product until you’ve made enough sales on eBay and dealt with cases like return requests and cancellations so that you feel comfortable dealing with more complex products.

I am going to complex things a bit more here because I couldn’t find a multi-variation supplier of this product on AliExpress that offers a competitive price. But what I did find was a dropshipping supplier that offers a single product for $2.39 so a 6-lot would cost you 14.34 that’s a 24% profit margin which is $5.71 profit per sale.

Conclusion

These kinds of evergreen products that have so much demand (800+ sales) are good products to dropship. Additionally, if you can catch a few products like this one, they might keep selling in your store for months. As dropshippers, we tend to replace the products in our store far more often than sellers that own inventory, having a few best-selling items that continuously sell, makes your eCommerce business more stable.

Tip

The global cosmetics market size is projected to reach $784.6 billion by 2027 with an annual compound growth of 4.7% from 2021 to 2027. Isn’t it a reason to consider dropshipping beauty products?

Dropship This Hot Selling Home Cleaning Brush

Sometimes the most simple products are the ones worth dropshipping the most.

About This Product

This “Microfiber Duster House Extendable Handle Swiffer” is, as seen in the picture, a product that is being used for cleaning dust at home. It is usually sold under the Home & Garden category on eBay and its dropshipping niche can be called “household essentials”.

How Well Does It Sell on eBay

I found a seller that sold it 66 times in total and 7 times in the last 30 days and it’s priced at $5.99.

How Much Profit Can You Make Dropshipping Home Improvement Products

You can source it from this dropshipping supplier on Ali Express for $2.46 which will result in a 40% profit margin of $2.36. Having said that, we recommend sourcing it using the shipping method YW-Special Line which will cost another $2.41, it will result in a 0% profit margin but since it’s a faster shipping method you could either increase your price or charge a shipping fee of let’s say $0.97 that will effectively be your profit margin.

When sourcing products for dropshipping from China always make sure to choose shipping methods that offer a tracking number.

Conclusion

Out of all of the eBay dropshipping products I found, this was the least interesting one because I can’t even source it with fast shipping for the price of my potential competitor. Having said that, the tactic of having 0-profit products in your store only to generate more eBay feedback is a popular tactic. Moreover, dropshippers believe that once a product is sold in your store – your entire store starts getting more traffic, so this might be still a good option for a product to add to your online store.

Questions You Might Have About eBay Dropshipping Products

I hope the list above inspired you with ideas on what to sell, the DSM Tool team and I update the list regularly. We do that because our true goal is not only to give you ideas on what to sell but also to inspire you to perform further research. This is a never-ending process of finding new trends or competitors and sourcing relevant products. I also wanted to refer to some common questions I see in different online drop shipping communities.

eBay Dropshipping Products To Avoid

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What eBay Dropshipping Products To Avoid?

When selling on eBay, there are products you should avoid dropshipping completely:

But there are also products that are not completely prohibited, but generally speaking drop shipping beginners tend to avoid selling:

  • Branded products.
  • Products with a high chance of malfunction (such as unbranded phones from China).
  • Products with high return rates from unreliable suppliers (such as fashion items from China).
Tip

Find more products you shouldn´t dropship in the article Dropshipping products to avoid selling online.

Is eBay Dropshipping Profitable in 2023?

Yes, the reason dropshipping keeps on being profitable lies in the fact that when you dropship eBay products you don’t hold them in stock. This means that theoretically and practically within a day you can change your entire inventory and sell in your online store the most up-to-date products. Dropshipping kept being profitable even after the new eBay dropshipping policy was released

The downside is that you buy products at a higher price in comparison to those who purchase a bulk of inventory. It requires you to continuously hunt for reliable dropshipping suppliers (some people even use an online retailer as a supplier) and you mostly rely on eBay SEO. You will learn all about it when you start looking for information about how to start a dropshipping business on eBay.

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Final Words

That’s it! These are the 5 best products for eBay dropshipping that should help you start out. If you have any questions or you wish to bring up more topics you think we should cover, comment below or post about it in our Facebook dropshipping community.

Here are the related articles that should help you start eBay dropshipping:

I hope you get to build a successful dropship business, it is one of the easiest forms of eCommerce business to build, good luck!

Written by Kfir Shapira

Kfir is a Co-Founder and the CEO of DSM Tool. He is working with eBay since 2008 and 8 years later in 2016 joined the founding team of a revolutionary drop shipping management platform - DSM Tool. He has a B.A in Business and Entrepreneurship from IDC Herzeliya. Kfir also plays the drums and owns a dog named "Bamba".

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