Can I Still Sell Designer Goods on eBay?

Is It the End for Designer Goods on eBay?


There have been rumblings for quite some time from top designer companies wishing to put an end to eBays’ practice of allowing their goods to be sold cheaply through the auction site. What happened in France recently has gone a long way to making their wish come true.


A lawsuit filed by luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton Malletier (LVM) has recently been upheld in a Paris Court. LVM had claimed that eBay was liable for harming the reputation of LVM’s trademarks, company name and domain name by using keywords that hurt the Louis Vuitton brand.


As a result of the judgement, the court ordered eBay to pay damages of e200,000 ($273,176) and to cover LVM’s legal fees of around e30,000. As if that wasn’t enough, the court also ruled that for every further violation of these rules, eBay would be fined e1,000 a time!


The advice to anyone considering buying or selling designer goods on eBay is to avoid them like the plague now. A few years ago it was good business. If you could source these goods from reputable wholesalers you could make a reasonable profit, and know the items were genuine designer products. Not any more.


There are now so many fake designer goods being banded about, it really isn’t worth doing. Despite years of efforts by eBay to police counterfeit goods on the site, they are still a problem. Not only would I not sell these goods on eBay, I won’t buy them either.


Another major problem current eBay sellers have is sourcing legitimate products to put on their sites. It would appear that genuine designer goods can now only be purchased through the factory outlet stores of the companies concerned, and they are getting about as rare as hens teeth. Even if you do find a genuine outlet you’ll probably discover the price is so high you couldn’t make a profit anyway!


The advice seems to be that if you see the big drop shipping companies selling designer products you can be certain most of them are fakes. They’ll be very good fakes of course, and it would take an expert to tell the difference, but they’ll still be fakes.


If this has put you off selling on eBay – don’t let it! There are still great profits to be made, with good products that are not classed as ‘designer’ products. In fact, Amanda O’Brien has built herself a very nice eBay business on the strength of NOT selling branded designer products. All her products are sourced at extremely cost effective prices and sold day after day for a good profit – and not a designer label to be seen!


If you’d like to see how she does it, and where she sources these products, check out her site by following the link below. She has a course you can take that will show you exactly how she does it, step by step, and if you still want help she’s only an email away.


As with all successful things, evolution has to play its part and eBay is no exception. Selling designer products on eBay has had its day, and it won’t be long before further restrictions are applied. Even eBay can’t afford to pay those sorts of fines continuously.





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