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Construction Equipment Auction: Auctioning Construction Equipment Isn't A Game For Casual Sellers

A construction equipment auction is not something that can be called a “natural” eBay auction. Normally all eBay businesses are (or at least try to) be open to the general public and construction equipment is hardly something that an average Joe or Mary would like to buy. Any auction of specialized equipment tends to attract only a small number of people, thus (at least theoretically) decreasing the chance of making a successful sale.

Pros of selling construction equipment:

However, a construction equipment auction is not as bad business idea as the CATERPILLAR D399 below proves.

First, all people who visit your auction are potential buyers, so there is little "empty traffic".

Secondly, a construction equipment auction allows notably greater profits, especially if you're a construction equipment wholesaler. The reason for this is because selling on eBay is incredibly cheap, thus getting an upper hand over your offline-only competitors.

{Note: This advantage won't last forever so those construction equipment sellers who get in the game now will have a HUGE advantage over those who try to get started in coming years.}

CATERPILLAR D399 930 KW GENERATOR
Sold for $142,955.78 on 9.7.06

Cons of auctioning construction equipment:

The problems show up if you aren't an offline dealer of construction equipment, but you want to start such business from the beginning. This kind of business requires a lot of money for a start and writing an adequate business plan for case of eBay can be difficult.

Then, as only professionals are interested in a construction equipment auction, the number of potential customers is seriously limited and the competition can get very heated, resulting in lowering the prices. If you're a manufacturer or wholesaler, you should be able to make it, but if not, the competition will sooner or later push you out of the market or force you to deal with used equipment only.

The bottom line:

There are only two ways of making good money on an eBay construction equipment auction. Either

(a) you are a big fish in the market already or

(b) you will concentrate on selling used and second-hand stuff.

Either way, there are no nice empty niches to exploit in this part of the market. If you hope for quick money, better look for some other items to sell instead of construction equipment auctions. It's not a game for amateurs.

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