Millions of people have tried their hand at selling on eBay or one of the many other auction sites. Those who want to increase their eBay sales often find themselves in a position of not having anything to sell. Where do you turn when you've sold your garage sales items, your extra collectibles, and even the clothes your kids have outgrown? You need to find a source of items at wholesale prices, but you can't seem to find a wholesaler anywhere.

Even when you can find a wholesaler, chances are that you are either paying exorbitant shipping costs to get the inventory delivered to you or that the wholesaler doesn't have a wide selection of items. In the first case, you have to price your auction items so that you can recoup the shipping charges you paid, a strategy that just may prevent buyers from bidding on or buying your items. In the second instance, you may have thirty-five cases of pink widgets in your inventory, only to find that green widgets are selling like hotcakes but pink widgets went out of fashion last season.

For the person who is serious about selling on eBay or another of the auction sites, there's an alternative - one that doesn't saddle you with either shipping charges or excess inventory. There are companies that offer a complete dropship business solution specifically designed for those who run auctions on eBay or other auction websites. When you select the proper company, you can run auctions or set up an auction store with as many products as you wish - the best companies offer over 35,000 products - and set your price. You will always pay wholesale price. Best of all, you never have to buy or store inventory - the company will drop ship your buyers' purchases so they arrive right on their doorsteps. An added bonus is that they can even generate the code you need to make listing your items on auction sites quick and easy.

Here's how the process works:

1. You log in to the company website and select from among 35,000+ products.

2. When you find a product that you'd like to sell, you click on a special button below the product image.

3. A special program will launch and help you create the HTML code that you need for your auction.

4. You cut and past the code into the auction site's item description box.

5. When your auction ends, your buyer pays you just as he or she would if you had your inventory on hand.

6. You go back to the company website and order the same product, but include your customer's shipping address.

7. The company ships the item directly to your customer, and provides you with a tracking code from the shipper.

You have made a profit, since you bought the item at wholesale, and sold it for much more!