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Chapter 7. Step Five: Set Up Your Back O... > Managing Your Physical Inventory
Managing Your Physical Inventory
Now we come to the big space hog—your product inventory. That's right, you need someplace to store all the items you plan to sell.
Here's another option—don't stock anything for sale. That's right, depending on what you sell, you might not have to carry your own inventory. You may be able to employ the services of a fulfillment company; you make the sale (via eBay), but the fulfillment company carries the inventory and ships directly to your customers. A variation on this is to become an authorized dealer for a particular brand or product, and let the manufacturer handle the inventory and shipping. Learn more in Chapter 8, “Step Six: Find and Manage Your Inventory.” |
