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

[V8 Muscle]

I duno if this can be applied to your item, but i bought some boxes to repackage an item i bought, in the UK we got "Large Letters", which can be long but only 2.3cm in width, so like a thick dvd case, the size up "small package" is alot more expensive. I went from paying £2.80 per item for a "small package" to 0.73p per item for a "large letter". So if u times that by 1000 or however many you sell, thats a nice sum of money for just buying a 0.17p box.

Duno about ur item, but one thing ive done in the past is put my item in like a sandwich/resealable bag, and make it as small and thin as possible, and then put it inside the padded envelope and stick the item to the side of the padded envelope so it dosnt change in thickness before i get to the post office.

Bubble wrap ($.05) + poly mailers ($.03) = 8c/shipment and only weighs about 10g

[Joska]

Question for you hustlers. How much capital did you start with? And who did you use as supplier? Not the name of supplier, but alibaba, aliexpress etc. ?

Got a chitload of ideas and low as fukc on cash...

[wowz]

Question for you hustlers. How much capital did you start with? And who did you use as supplier? Not the name of supplier, but alibaba, aliexpress etc. ?

Got a chitload of ideas and low as fukc on cash...

Doesn't matter what capital you start with, this is not a business you are starting. You start with what you have or can afford and grow from there. Hell, you could start with $50 and go to Goodwill.
Don't look for that ONE supplier, buy anything you can make a profit from, then if you spot a nice niche you can take that and run with it.

[KingSSaid]

Question for you hustlers. How much capital did you start with? And who did you use as supplier? Not the name of supplier, but alibaba, aliexpress etc. ?

Got a chitload of ideas and low as fukc on cash...

Did years of selling bootleg shyt from aliexpress when i was under 18. (highly recommend against doing this)

Sold some legit shyt from aliexpress, but profit margins were low, probably invested £200

Recently been buying from alibaba, first order was £150 worth, then £300, then most recent one was £600, about do make another £600 order this week.

If you dont have much money, look for cheap products on alibaba that you can sell in volume easy, so many options. Because u can still buy a decent amount of units and invest like £150 if the price per unit is low.

[VBogdanovic]

Thanks for all of the replies! Im going to give them all a good look. Will report back. i don't know where I'd be without this thread srs.

[PhilipRivers17]

Anyone have experience using a Citizen CLP-521z thermal printer? I bought one to use for my labels but having trouble figuring this boy out..

[halotalo]

Anyone have experience using a Citizen CLP-521z thermal printer? I bought one to use for my labels but having trouble figuring this boy out..

zebra lp2844 checking in


blew through 100+ labels trying to get it to work

[JustJones]

Sup brahs.

Been reading up on Alibaba and it's been mentioned alot brand name items are all fake.

That mean, say i'm looking into intel/amd processors and they accept escrow/paypal ect. I would still be getting fake chit and get fukd?

Example http://www.alibaba.com/product-detai...803767259.html

[PhilipRivers17]

zebra lp2844 checking in


blew through 100+ labels trying to get it to work

oh man.. don't say that lol.

any advice/tips?

[halotalo]

oh man.. don't say that lol.

any advice/tips?

googling different keywords that somewhat describe your situation, watching videos and whatever people type up. follow their guides pretty much

idk how it is for your printer specifically, so it might be easier.

[PhilipRivers17]

googling different keywords that somewhat describe your situation, watching videos and whatever people type up. follow their guides pretty much

idk how it is for your printer specifically, so it might be easier.

I tried but haven't got much luck.. do you have extra thermal paper by chance? I want to buy a roll to configure the settings.. but I don't want to pay these outrageous prices.

[halotalo]

I tried but haven't got much luck.. do you have extra thermal paper by chance? I want to buy a roll to configure the settings.. but I don't want to pay these outrageous prices.

I think mine is like 450/roll. I get mine free from the UPS store. I'm not sure if they have ur printer stuff.

[wowz]

Sup brahs.

Been reading up on Alibaba and it's been mentioned alot brand name items are all fake.

That mean, say i'm looking into intel/amd processors and they accept escrow/paypal ect. I would still be getting fake chit and get fukd?

Example http://www.alibaba.com/product-detai...803767259.html

Always assume everything is fake. If they insist it's real it will be unauthorized. I have a cabinet full of unauthorized items that I'm still hesitant to list.

[SELVER7]

Last month just made $500 flippin iphones .. Not so much this month.. Just around $400

Hopefully next month will be better

Either way easiest $$$ ever.. Covers my gas at least as i have full time job (60hrs)

[V8 Muscle]

so my stupid ass Aeropress filter cap project is working.... now ranked 3,500ish in Home and Kitchen selling 6-10 units a day since its now a Prime listing. Having Amazon Prime on it doubled my sales/day but cut into margins quite a bit, but overall its worth it.

such easy money... zero promotion at all and I haven't even paid for reviews. its hilarious yet awesome.

[PhilipRivers17]

I think mine is like 450/roll. I get mine free from the UPS store. I'm not sure if they have ur printer stuff.

How were you able to get them for free?

It looks like I have to sync it first (I ran out of the paper that came with the printer) then I can start doing stuff.

For future label printing, could I just use a 4x6 label? seems like the paper is a tad bigger...

[KingSSaid]

so my stupid ass Aeropress filter cap project is working.... now ranked 3,500ish in Home and Kitchen selling 6-10 units a day since its now a Prime listing. Having Amazon Prime on it doubled my sales/day but cut into margins quite a bit, but overall its worth it.

such easy money... zero promotion at all and I haven't even paid for reviews. its hilarious yet awesome.

Where can i read about this project? Or can you sum it up for me quickly?

Did you do like you did with the pens? Buy and brand then list them on amazon? Do you send the items of yourself? or do you use fulfillment by amazon?

[halotalo]

How were you able to get them for free?

It looks like I have to sync it first (I ran out of the paper that came with the printer) then I can start doing stuff.

For future label printing, could I just use a 4x6 label? seems like the paper is a tad bigger...

they give it out. I use 4x6 labels. I believe that's the standard.

[thetrebel]

fukkkkkk

I found this older electronic card game brand new in a thrift store chits worth 20-100 used on ebay. I got it brand new for less than 5 bucks


feelzzz gooodd nigggggass


Keep an eye out for these electronic handheld games, their popular with the older crowd. Ans are worth some nice coinn

The older and bigger the buttons the better


T.E.T

[JustJones]

So I message this fuker asking if they send samples ask if they use paypal ask if they can ship each color of the item for sampling and a bunch of chit and all I get back is. " our MOQ is one hunit pcs".

Cheeky ****.

Also its morning and my brain isnt working, whatdoes moq stand for?

Ill make it like you brahs one of these days.

[mordag]

So I message this fuker asking if they send samples ask if they use paypal ask if they can ship each color of the item for sampling and a bunch of chit and all I get back is. " our MOQ is one hunit pcs".

Cheeky ****.

Also its morning and my brain isnt working, whatdoes moq stand for?

Ill make it like you brahs one of these days.

minimum order quantity

[JustJones]

minimum order quantity

Holy fuk my brain must be nuked. Feel like a dumbass ,only seen that 1000 times now lol. Their webpage says its one, oh well on the the next

[Insanity247]

ANyone? I found cheap bubble wrap, but shipping was $28
I have a uline account for my business and they offer free shipping but are overpriced and the quantity is insane. (I still have 100 cell phone boxes from early this year)

[KingSSaid]

Ladz, since about 1 week ago i changed to a business account and got an increase in my sellers limit, since then my sales have been way way lower than they was when i was a personal account, i dont get it man.

Even with the same exact listing, and even with an improved listing and then an improved listing according to what an ebay rep on web chat told me and then with even reducing my price to pretty much the lowest price compared to my competitors, I still have very low sales (0-1 sales a day), from compared with before (8-10 sales a day). Feedback is still 100% and defect rate is still under 2%. If anyone has any suggestions im all ears.

TET - The Ebay Team AKA The Ecommerce Team

[KingSSaid]

ANyone? I found cheap bubble wrap, but shipping was $28
I have a uline account for my business and they offer free shipping but are overpriced and the quantity is insane. (I still have 100 cell phone boxes from early this year)

Ive bought it from amazon before. Real cheap.

[V8 Muscle]

ANyone? I found cheap bubble wrap, but shipping was $28
I have a uline account for my business and they offer free shipping but are overpriced and the quantity is insane. (I still have 100 cell phone boxes from early this year)

just buy bubble wrap from staples. its like 18 bucks for 375 feet or something

[V8 Muscle]

Where can i read about this project? Or can you sum it up for me quickly?

Did you do like you did with the pens? Buy and brand then list them on amazon? Do you send the items of yourself? or do you use fulfillment by amazon?

basically just couldnt find a spare part that I lost for my Aeropress and had to buy an entirely new aeropress. Talked to a chinese molding co and got the part made with a plastic injection mold ($1800ish for 2,000 pcs) and put them on Amazon with FBA (so I don't have to touch them or ship them). No branding, no promotion, just a product description and some pics I took from Google images hahah

sold $150 worth yesterday (at $10/ea, my take after FBA fees is about $6 and profit is about $5.15/unit). So the gross margin after product cost and fees is > 50%

[Beastman09]

ANyone? I found cheap bubble wrap, but shipping was $28
I have a uline account for my business and they offer free shipping but are overpriced and the quantity is insane. (I still have 100 cell phone boxes from early this year)

Just order more qty per order = lower shipping

[KingSSaid]

basically just couldnt find a spare part that I lost for my Aeropress and had to buy an entirely new aeropress. Talked to a chinese molding co and got the part made with a plastic injection mold ($1800ish for 2,000 pcs) and put them on Amazon with FBA (so I don't have to touch them or ship them). No branding, no promotion, just a product description and some pics I took from Google images hahah

sold $150 worth yesterday (at $10/ea, my take after FBA fees is about $6 and profit is about $5.15/unit). So the gross margin after product cost and fees is > 50%

thanks for sharing man, miring hard, great idea.

[thetrebel]

ANyone? I found cheap bubble wrap, but shipping was $28
I have a uline account for my business and they offer free shipping but are overpriced and the quantity is insane. (I still have 100 cell phone boxes from early this year)

http://www.amazon.com/Duck-Original-...4706819&sr=1-1


this is what ive been using