![]() In order to perform this research on the fly, it’s important to… Once I find an item that looks like or is the one I am trying to sell, I search again using only the title words from that listing to find more targeted results.įrom that quick search, you can gain two very important things: how much similar items are listed for, and how other sellers are describing the item. ![]() The first thing I do with a new item is try to find that exact item listed for sale on eBay by searching a few general descriptor words and scroll through the resulting pictures until I find something similar. Once you decide upon a niche that suits you, sort through your house, go out to garage sales and thrift stores, or check Craigslist for cheap or free items in your niche to obtain and begin researching.įor all of you who cringed at the word ‘research’ and immediately thought of the library, index cards, and citations, relax. It also won’t feel like a chore to read about the items and do some preliminary research Shoes, vinyl records, designer clothes, jewelry, glassware, sports equipment, electronics, artwork, or toys are just a few examples of entire genres that you could specialize in.Ĭhoose something that you already enjoy, and you will probably find that you know a whole lot more about the area than you previously thought. Identify your interests if you want to know how to sell on eBay. There are a few important strategies that have proved quite beneficial to us, and I am about to share them with you. So far this year, my husband and I have made about $13,000 by selling on eBay part-time. It may sound a bit comical, but there’s an entire underground community out there whose members make their livings off of other people’s ‘seconds’. It’s a battle of knowledge and skill the ability to recognize antiques, collectibles, designer names, and more determines how much money you can make. While most people are sleeping off Friday night’s indulgences, we are up on Saturday mornings at the break of dawn with our fanny pack full of cash, standing in line with other ‘flippers’ at the sales to compete for treasure. The second hand items come from the weekly garage sales, estate sales, and auctions that we attend. Our secret? An extremely frugal lifestyle supplemented by re-selling second hand items on eBay. No, we didn’t receive an inheritance or win the lottery. To date, we have completely paid off $96,500 in student loans, our $15,000 wedding, $5,000 in credit card debt, a $6,500 car, and over half of our mortgage- $76,600 and counting! We have been paying our bills with the help of garage sales, estate sales, auctions, and eBay for the past few years, and have made quite a dent in our once-staggering amount of debt! My husband Andrew and I are both full time health care professionals, garage sale ‘flippers’, bloggers, and seekers of financial independence. My name is Veronica, and I am one of those flippers. ![]() If this sounds familiar to you, those people probably weren’t hoarders-they were ‘flippers,’ and that old ‘junk’ you just sold to them for 50 cents might have just paid their bills for the month. Have you ever hosted a garage sale where people arrived 2 hours early to look through your old junk? Did they seem overly eager to snatch up what you deemed to be garbage? Veronica has an AWESOME story to share and hopefully this post will help teach you how to sell on eBay. the biggest non-seller was clothes – not sure what that says about our style.Hello! Enjoy this blog post from a blog friend of mine. we were able to sell several pieces of furniture, numerous decorative odds and ends, and countless toys and baby items. ![]() we would have been disappointed about the income if we weren’t so excited to just get rid of some of the stuff in our home. but the good thing is regardless of how the garage sale goes, you have gone through every room in your house removing things that you no longer use. ![]() it’s not so much the putting things on tables or marking with prices, it’s going through every room in your house and collecting things that you no longer use. and our first since determining to become minimalist. to increase traffic, our entire neighborhood chooses a saturday in june for the “pinewood manor garage sales.” this was the first year that we participated. ![]()
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