The OFFICIAL eBay Buy & Flip thread - Part II - No Hustle Without Rustle - Make $$$

[Desabrah253]

inn

[dehren2010]

in for help.

I tried ebay selling on the side for a little bit, and did end up getting some good sales... but where do i find inventory?


all my listings are on white back drops, taken with my DSL camera. ( i could use a better lighting set up though)




i tired getting stuff from goodwill and selling it on ebay, but the only stuff i could ever get to sell was sewing machines really, and i dried up all the goodwills of sewing machines. +rep for help

[pyzjn]

in for help.

I tried ebay selling on the side for a little bit, and did end up getting some good sales... but where do i find inventory?


all my listings are on white back drops, taken with my DSL camera. ( i could use a better lighting set up though)




i tired getting stuff from goodwill and selling it on ebay, but the only stuff i could ever get to sell was sewing machines really, and i dried up all the goodwills of sewing machines. +rep for help

sewing machines huh? intredasting

[mfitty9000]

in for help.

I tried ebay selling on the side for a little bit, and did end up getting some good sales... but where do i find inventory?


all my listings are on white back drops, taken with my DSL camera. ( i could use a better lighting set up though)




i tired getting stuff from goodwill and selling it on ebay, but the only stuff i could ever get to sell was sewing machines really, and i dried up all the goodwills of sewing machines. +rep for help

all the stuff at goodwill where I live is pure crap, srs

dealers hang around them like vultures

finding items you can flip for profit is hard, and its the #1 thing you have to search for 24/7 to have a chance at making coin


ie: I buy a gameboy advance or nintendo dsi lite for 50 bucks in real life, from someone on craigslist/kijiji. Think about that. You want to sell it on ebay for profit? Well you need to ship it to someone first. Where I live personally that will cost me about 11-13 bucks and ebay wants 10% of that. So I charge 14 shipping. Ebay also wants 10% of the sale price, so if I bought it for 50 I need to sell it for 55 to break even. Then factor in gas I paid (5 bucks) to go pick it up, plus time out of my day. Say I want 10 bucks profit for one item.

I bought it for 50, I have to sell it for (50 + 15) * 1.1 + 14 or 85 bucks to cover your gas, ebay fees and 10 bucks profit margin.

Of course its possible, people do it all the time but you need to look at completed listings to get prices (what things are worth on ebay) then think about total cost to the buyer, think about fees and think about making a profit yourself.

Its hard, keep grinding. Go craigslist categories for deals, and almost never buy things at asking price, you need to haggle people down.

[Ape escape]

Is amazon any better with fees or are they about the same?

[Fewski]

Is amazon any better with fees or are they about the same?

For pricier items, I like Amazon. Cheap stuff, eBay is better.

[mfitty9000]

Is amazon any better with fees or are they about the same?

The nice thing about amazon is you can post your chit up once and it stays. They email you when it sells. I've sold 3 books this week from my collection, but I have my small DVD collection up too and getting sales? not even once.

Can't harm to post your stuff up there as well. Fees seem higher though, I think 15% of total price + shipping AND a fee on top.

But if you sell a book, they credit you 6.49 for the shipping whether the book is big or small. So you can make money on the small books but lose money on the big ones. At least thats Amazon Canada I don't know about US brahs.

[LoggedOff]

$700 in a week is a very conservative estimate. sometimes its $1000. its really about how hard u want to work and how much u push for buys. its not easy but it is fun and this is the first time in my life i havent been worried about money.

[LoggedOff]

Jelly, that you're only 20 and making good money, how much do you make in a week, if you don't mind me asking...

$700 in a week is a very conservative estimate. sometimes its $1000. its really about how hard u want to work and how much u push for buys. its not easy but it is fun and this is the first time in my life i havent been worried about money.

[mfitty9000]

you buy iphones and sell them all on craigslist? with shipping and ebay 10% fees and how stable prices are I cant see profit there but thats me.

if you make 1000/week are you investing 10k? you have never been robbed/stabbed/ripped off making buys alone with 500 in cash? a kid got his ass kicked and stabbed and robbed for 2000 bucks here over a failed kijiji buy (seriously who brings 2000 cash anywhere, but still)

[Gsxr25]

you buy iphones and sell them all on craigslist? with shipping and ebay 10% fees and how stable prices are I cant see profit there but thats me.

if you make 1000/week are you investing 10k? you have never been robbed/stabbed/ripped off making buys alone with 500 in cash? a kid got his ass kicked and stabbed and robbed for 2000 bucks here over a failed kijiji buy (seriously who brings 2000 cash anywhere, but still)

I walk around with a duffle bag of cash, come da fuark at me bro. Oh, wait, you cheeky kunts over there don't carry guns, that explains it.

[ocarinanoob]

What is it with people watching my buy it now items? Do they just want to see if it sells? Or do they think I'm going to lower the price at the last minute? No thanks

EDIT: Shipment JUST came from china right now, feels good man. Was faster than expected. Finally, something good to sell.

[wowz]

What is it with people watching my buy it now items? Do they just want to see if it sells? Or do they think I'm going to lower the price at the last minute? No thanks

EDIT: Shipment JUST came from china right now, feels good man. Was faster than expected. Finally, something good to sell.

I always watch a bunch of items that I never actually buy. It's just a way of saving items.

[WSG1]

Think im going to take a break from ebay. It has completely taken away my focus of relocating out of this **** hole and back to my "home" and finding a new job out there. Ill be next to a MUCH better post office that isnt full of dumbasses and will have the drive to do this full force again. Right now im just pushing along and not really getting much done. Been slacking so much on getting 15+ packages out a week that im falling behind and having to blow through LOADS of money to get them all out. Im going to go back to the drawing board and research more options on items that bring in money that are easily attainable without having to meet up with strangers all day.

[Fred87nc]

I buy in USA video games always on sale and sell here in mexico for a healthy profit. Always wanted to get into the overseas business but have no idea to go about it, do you pay import fees when you receive it in the USA?

nvm will read up thread some more, selling getting easier everytime down here, making any where from 40-60% profit from selling video games, buy alot new and amazon warehouse like new. Its al about knowing what sells and what doesnt. and getting a following, for me I have a ******** page and website with repeat costumers all the time. feels good man

[newb123]

Would you guys say it's harder to buy/flip random stuff or to find a niche and focus on selling a specific product?

[bsmit107]

JUST SOLD MY 1ST ITEM!!!!

Feels pretty good man. Ebay is saying that I need to ship it today, but Paypal says that the funds may not be available for up to 21 days, because the buyer might find issues with the product. Is this normal? Paypal is also saying the funds are still pending. ship or wait?

The buyer has a 100% rating and has 27 transactions................

Thanks for all the help for a newbie!

[skyebr]

Would you guys say it's harder to buy/flip random stuff or to find a niche and focus on selling a specific product?

IMO, a few runs to goodwill a few times a week would make having to find a niche, work it out with the seller, etc. But either way is a contant income

[briiii]

JUST SOLD MY 1ST ITEM!!!!

Feels pretty good man. Ebay is saying that I need to ship it today, but Paypal says that the funds may not be available for up to 21 days, because the buyer might find issues with the product. Is this normal? Paypal is also saying the funds are still pending. ship or wait?

The buyer has a 100% rating and has 27 transactions................

Thanks for all the help for a newbie!

If that's the first item you've ever sold on ebay, they'll tend to hold the funds for a while (at least until the buyer leaves feedback or the 21 days are up iirc)

should be good to ship it

[Gsxr25]

IMO, a few runs to goodwill a few times a week would make having to find a niche, work it out with the seller, etc. But either way is a contant income

English?

[mfitty9000]

JUST SOLD MY 1ST ITEM!!!!

Feels pretty good man. Ebay is saying that I need to ship it today, but Paypal says that the funds may not be available for up to 21 days, because the buyer might find issues with the product. Is this normal? Paypal is also saying the funds are still pending. ship or wait?

The buyer has a 100% rating and has 27 transactions................

Thanks for all the help for a newbie!

yes its normal

ship it immediately

[SirMazing]

New fees start today


Prepare dat angus

[anonymous]

Hi, went to that auction.....and what a waste of gas money! It was my first auction and am not sure if this is how it normally works but it would go like this.

Brand new gerber knife, costs 20$ brand new. Guy would start auction at 100$ and work his way down, until someone put a bid then worked his way back up. 20$ knife sold for 40$.

Went this way with every item.. 55 inch tv on sale at future shop for 699.99 ....people ate it up for 900$


It went this way for 3 hours. After seeing people throw away their money on over priced laptops, tablets, art, and gadgets i just left. Didn't even raise my number once. Brother came with me, not a flipper but even he knew people were overpaying like crazy.

[skyebr]

Hi, went to that auction.....and what a waste of gas money! It was my first auction and am not sure if this is how it normally works but it would go like this.

Brand new gerber knife, costs 20$ brand new. Guy would start auction at 100$ and work his way down, until someone put a bid then worked his way back up. 20$ knife sold for 40$.

Went this way with every item.. 55 inch tv on sale at future shop for 699.99 ....people ate it up for 900$


It went this way for 3 hours. After seeing people throw away their money on over priced laptops, tablets, art, and gadgets i just left. Didn't even raise my number once. Brother came with me, not a flipper but even he knew people were overpaying like crazy.

This is how it is at any auction.

The key is to scope out any deals, and hope you get it.

Exampe: Got a computer server tower and misc at an auction for 1$. Sold it for 100. Could have gotten more but whatever.

(note: heavy duty as **** and was too heavy to move up and down a pickup.)

[Beastman09]

Hi, went to that auction.....and what a waste of gas money! It was my first auction and am not sure if this is how it normally works but it would go like this.

Brand new gerber knife, costs 20$ brand new. Guy would start auction at 100$ and work his way down, until someone put a bid then worked his way back up. 20$ knife sold for 40$.

Went this way with every item.. 55 inch tv on sale at future shop for 699.99 ....people ate it up for 900$


It went this way for 3 hours. After seeing people throw away their money on over priced laptops, tablets, art, and gadgets i just left. Didn't even raise my number once. Brother came with me, not a flipper but even he knew people were overpaying like crazy.

Sounds like a typical consumer auction.. Bunch of old people just bidding for the excitement, or just to show up the young whippersnappers

[newb123]

Bump for anymore tips or advice. I;m currently just selling a bunch of clothes I haven't worn and looking into some ideas of what I can import and sell for the experience..

[avokshi2000]

yesterday bought a iphone 4s 64 gb verizon with clean esn for 180. It has a gpp sim card. does that mean it is unlocked for att and t mobile?

[avokshi2000]

yesterday bought a iphone 4s 64 gb verizon with clean esn for 180. It has a gpp sim card. does that mean it is unlocked for att and t mobile?

Anyway just sold the iphone for 340. 160 profit for 30 minutes of work.

[Glutamine1]

Anyway just sold the iphone for 340. 160 profit for 30 minutes of work.

d@mn bud...that's awesome...keep it up...think if you could put yourself in this situation everyday....$1,120/week

aww yiss

[avokshi2000]

d@mn bud...that's awesome...keep it up...think if you could put yourself in this situation everyday....$1,120/week

aww yiss

1st phone i have bought in over 2 years (with intent to flip)

a couple of summers ago I made about 4-5 grand in one month flipping/repairing cellphones.