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Find products that actually sell. Prove they make money.

Tell Sellhelm what to look for - or nothing at all. It searches your suppliers for products, checks every one on eBay for who sells it, at what price and how much has sold, then ranks the ones worth selling, with the numbers beside them.

  • Uses no search credits
  • Runs all night, on your own PC
  • 10 supplier shops, Amazon and AliExpress included
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Product research in Sellhelm: products found at suppliers with real photos, each checked on eBay with its price, sellers, sales and a verdict on whether it is worth selling
The real program, on a real run: real supplier photos, real eBay figures.
10supplier shops searched for products - Amazon and AliExpress first
Everyproduct checked on eBay: sellers, price, sales and watchers
4verdicts - worth selling, maybe, not worth it, not enough to say
0search credits used

The hard part of dropshipping

Finding something worth selling.

Most people guess, list, and wait. Product research does the guessing for you, on real data, while you sleep.

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    Say what to look for

    "Draws, office furniture, beds, toys" - or a category, or nothing at all and let it work through everything.

    The Start research form: what to find, which suppliers, how many products and when to check them on eBay
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    It checks every product on eBay

    Who already sells it, at what price, how many have sold and how many people are watching.

    One product with the real eBay listings it was checked against
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    You get a ranked shortlist

    Worth selling, maybe, or not - each with the profit, the return and the reasons in plain words.

    A run's products ranked, each with its profit and verdict

Tell it what you want

Search one supplier, or all of them. For anything.

Type what you are curious about in your own words, pick eBay categories, or leave it empty and let it search every department. Choose every supplier, or just the ones you want.

  • Your words, your categories. "Office furniture, draws, beds, toys" - or pick from eBay's own category list. Nothing typed means everything.
  • Amazon, AliExpress and 8 more. Search all 10, or tick one - "just search Amazon and keep going" is a legitimate run.
  • As many as you like. 100, 200, 300, 500, a thousand - or keep going until you press stop.
  • Check as it goes, or collect first. Have each product checked on eBay the moment it is found, or collect a pile and check them when you are ready.
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Starting a product research run: what to look for, suppliers, how many products and how to check them
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A product with the eBay evidence behind its verdict: the real listings, their prices, sales and watchers

Proof it sells

Every product, checked on eBay.

For each product, Sellhelm finds the same item for sale on eBay and works out whether it is a business: how crowded it is, what buyers really pay, and whether anybody is buying.

  • The same product, not a lookalike. Matched by barcode and model number first, then by title - and a different size, pack or model is never counted.
  • What it really sells for. Taken from the prices of the matching listings, in dollars, not from the supplier's wishful guide price.
  • Is anyone buying? How many each listing has sold, how many people are watching, and - where your browser is signed in to eBay - how many sold in the last 90 days.
  • How crowded. How many sellers already list it, so you know whether you would be the fifth or the fiftieth.
  • Real profit. After eBay's fees and the supplier's delivery cost, with your own settings.

A verdict you can act on

You decide what "worth selling" means.

Set the profit, the return, the sales and the competition you need, once. Sellhelm ranks everything against them - and if you change your mind, every verdict is worked out again instantly, without searching again.

worth selling

Meets every one of your thresholds.

Makes the profit and return you set, enough matching items are selling, and it is not too crowded.

maybe

Close, with the reason.

It makes money and shows some demand, but misses one threshold - and it tells you which.

not worth it

Loses money, or nobody buys it.

The numbers say no, in plain words: "loses $2.10 a sale", "nothing has sold".

not enough to say

Honest about gaps.

No price at the supplier, or nothing on eBay matches closely enough. It never guesses a verdict.

The thresholds you set - minimum profit, minimum return, minimum sold, maximum sellers and price range - which every verdict is judged against
Change a threshold and the whole run is re-judged at once.

Built to run all night

Start it at bedtime. Read the shortlist over breakfast.

A run is a queue that lives on your computer. It works steadily through suppliers and eBay at a pace both are comfortable with, and it does not need the page open.

  • Survives anything. Close the page, restart Sellhelm, lose power - the run carries on where it was.
  • Stops itself politely. If eBay asks for a check or your browser needs allowing, it pauses, says exactly why, and resumes when you press the button.
  • Never marks a product failed for eBay's bad moment. It tries again later instead.
  • Many runs, all kept. Add good products to Drafts in one click, download any run as a spreadsheet, hide the ones you have decided against.
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The list of product research runs, each with a progress bar and the number of products worth selling, maybe, and not worth it
Your runs, with progress and what each has found so far.

Straight talk

What it does - and what it cannot do.

A tool you can trust tells you where it stops.

It does

  • Search 10 supplier shops for products, and check every product against real eBay listings.
  • Show what eBay buyers really pay, how many sellers there are and how much has sold.
  • Work out profit with your own fees, taxes and the supplier's delivery cost.
  • Rank the shortlist and tell you why, in plain words, with thresholds you control.
  • Run for hours unattended, and survive a restart.

It cannot

  • Promise a product will sell for you: a verdict is evidence, not a guarantee. Look before you buy stock.
  • Show eBay's 90-day sales unless your browser is signed in to eBay - without that it uses the lifetime sales and watchers on the listings, and says so.
  • Search every shop that exists: only shops whose search pages are proven to work are used, and the US list is shorter today.
  • Read a shop that turns every robot away, or a price that is only shown to members.
  • Make eBay or a supplier faster: big runs are steady, not instant.

Want to follow a seller instead?

Start from someone who is already winning.

Competitor research reads any eBay seller's whole shop - what has really sold, what people are watching - and finds the supplier behind each winner, with proof.

See Competitor research

Competitor research: a listing with its supplier matches, each with cost, proof of match and profit

Questions

Before you try it.

More in the full FAQ, and you can ask us anything before you buy.

How is this different from Competitor research?

Competitor research starts from a seller: you pick someone who is doing well and Sellhelm finds where their winners come from. Product research starts from the product: you say what you are interested in (or nothing at all), Sellhelm finds products at your suppliers, and checks each one on eBay to see whether it sells and makes money. Use the first to copy a proven seller, the second to find something nobody has pointed you to.

Does it use search credits?

No. Product research reads supplier pages and eBay's public information, which never spends a search credit. Credits are only spent when Competitor research finds a supplier for a listing.

How does it know a product sells?

For every product it finds on eBay it shows how many sellers already list it, the price they charge, how many each listing has sold in total and how many people are watching. Where your browser is signed in to eBay, eBay also shows how many of that product sold in the last 90 days, and Sellhelm uses that too. Where eBay does not show it, Sellhelm says so and judges demand from the sales and watchers on the listings.

Is "Worth selling" a guarantee?

No - it is a ranked, evidence-based shortlist, not a promise. Worth selling means the product meets the profit, return, sales and competition thresholds you set, at a price eBay buyers are really paying. You can change the thresholds at any time and every verdict is worked out again at once. Always look at the product and its reasons before you buy stock.

How is the profit worked out?

With the same engine that prices your listings: the product's supplier price, your own eBay fee settings, the supplier's delivery cost, at a selling price taken from what the matching eBay listings really charge - a little under the middle, so it is neither wishful nor a race to the bottom.

Which suppliers can it search?

10 shops on the US side today, including Amazon and AliExpress. Only shops whose search pages have been proven to work are used, and the list grows. You can search all of them or tick just the ones you want - Amazon alone, say.

How many products can it check?

As many as you ask for, from a hundred to a thousand and beyond, or "keep going until I stop it". It works at a steady pace that the suppliers and eBay are comfortable with, so a big run is something you start in the evening and read in the morning. If eBay or your browser needs attention it pauses, says why and carries on when you press resume.

Do I need to keep Chrome open?

Yes for most of it. Sellhelm reads many suppliers, and eBay's own pages, through your own browser, the way you would. It uses one window, closes it when it has finished and never leaves empty tabs behind. The eBay search it does first needs only your eBay connection.

Can I keep the results?

Yes. Every run is saved and survives restarting Sellhelm. Add the products you like to Drafts in one click, download any run as a spreadsheet, and hide the ones you have already decided against.

Take the helm of your eBay business.

From $77.40 (40% off), once. Fourteen days to change your mind.

  • No subscription
  • Every 4.x update included
  • Runs on your own PC