Shop For Profit On eBay Game

The object is to pick a winner, and buy something in a local market that’s worth more money on eBay. The fun and challenging competition is a healthy mixture of knowledge, physical exercise, and LUCK. There is only one judge, and that’s the world market.

The Shop-for-Profit game is best played while on vacation in a strange city, or even in unfamiliar parts of your own city - you can play with any amount of friends and the activity makes great fodder for ‘reality game show’ home videos. It works like this; friends meet and shop somewhere they have never shopped before – it’s an expedition. Print a map showing boundaries. Here is where technology again helps make this game possible.

Each player buys one HERO ITEM, whatever catches their fancy, but it should be an item they think is rare and worth more money online. It’s also important the item be purchased during that expedition, and the buyer save the receipt. At the end of the day’s shopping trip, each player is asked to describe their Hero Item, and why they believe it will sell for more money online.

The Shop-for-Profit on eBay game is simple.
The items are photographed and posted for sale immediately, all under one generic account in a four day auction. Patience is rewarded. When the auctions close, the player with the most successful return (not the most cash, but the greatest percentage of profit) keeps all the monies and the other unsold items.

In the worst case scenario, it’s the player who lost the least, and if nothing sells then the player who bought the least expensive item wins – but it doesn’t have to be this way. I’ve played very exciting games where every Hero Item sold, and the secret is simple.