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

[KillahJon]

I know its not quite buying and selling, but I will never understand why people do not sell their old stuff on ebay. I sell the vast majority of clothes/shoes im getting rid of on there and it picks up a decent amount.

ppl don't wanna put in the work lol.
I sell all my old books or w/e i have

[Geschwindigkeit]

So far, nothing, ebay is only good for pure buying.

[brahskimoseph]

Is ebay that hard to get into or should I just stick with craigslist for the moment? And does it require a higher cost now to ship because of all the bull**** you guys are bitching about?

[Geschwindigkeit]

Is ebay that hard to get into or should I just stick with craigslist for the moment? And does it require a higher cost now to ship because of all the bull**** you guys are bitching about?

still better than etsy. not as good as amazon by an order of magnitude.

[TR88]

what do with *******s who leave a negative ?

[philosobrah]

So I made a little how-to vid on when it comes to sourcing profitable niche products for resell. May be a little sloppy, first time ever making a tutorial like this, but hope it helps. I can make more of these types of vids if anyone's interested. Cheers all

[niospecv]

I don't sell anything on eBay but I do sell on an app called Mercari. They pretty much protect the seller and make it almost impossible to screw over the seller or get your money back. I buy designer fragrance oils wholesale and then flip them in smaller amounts for a profit. I do this on Mercari and via PayPal. Word of mouth as traveled and now I got peeps from across the nation plus Canada ordering from me.

I also use my own product and don't buy from department stores anymore. It's cheaper for me plus free advertisement. Imagine the look on people's faces when I tell them they can save hundreds of dollars on a Creed fragrance that smells exactly the same in perfume oil form. I even learned how to make perfume/cologne sprays for those that want perfume alcohol in their fragrances.

It's a matter of supply and demand and my passion for fragrances just happen to be a money maker for me. Everybody wins really in my case.

[Tornach]

So I made a little how-to vid on when it comes to sourcing profitable niche products for resell. May be a little sloppy, first time ever making a tutorial like this, but hope it helps. I can make more of these types of vids if anyone's interested. Cheers all

I'm interested in the vids. Make some more and pass your wisdom onto others without giving away your secrets

I don't sell anything in eBay...

Thats a pretty interesting story. Strong sense of smell?


I've just finished reading this thread. It took me a couple of weeks but I've learned a lot from you guys. Its great to see people start off small and grow to such a large size.
Are any of the OGs still active?
BradinPhx?
Datniche?
Lawlstud?
bh4tmann?
EnforcerOTF?
Gsxr25? Is he perma-banned?


I'm gonna be buying and selling.
I'll be using both Ebay and Amazon. I'll have another couple of sites that I'll use too. I'm going to try to have several different fronts going at once. Hitting more potential customers all at the same time.

I plan on starting off small and low-balling adds that have potential.
Will report back on my progress

[EnforcerOTF]

I'm interested in the vids. Make some more and pass your wisdom onto others without giving away your secrets


Thats a pretty interesting story. Strong sense of smell?


I've just finished reading this thread. It took me a couple of weeks but I've learned a lot from you guys. Its great to see people start off small and grow to such a large size.
Are any of the OGs still active?
BradinPhx?
Datniche?
Lawlstud?
bh4tmann?
EnforcerOTF?
Gsxr25? Is he perma-banned?


I'm gonna be buying and selling.
I'll be using both Ebay and Amazon. I'll have another couple of sites that I'll use too. I'm going to try to have several different fronts going at once. Hitting more potential customers all at the same time.

I plan on starting off small and low-balling adds that have potential.
Will report back on my progress

I'm still around but nowhere near as much of a RA presence as I used to have. Got into distribution and dealing with brand new product lines/ major companies is so much easier and streamlined than dealing with end users on eBay.

[veggie530]

I sold some items on eBay in the last couple weeks and you guys have me nervous as hell now. Lol

[Fewski]

I sold some items on eBay in the last couple weeks and you guys have me nervous as hell now. Lol

I'll be the guy to bump this thread. Lot of good info.

Nothing to be nervous about if what you're selling is good and legit. I quit my job almost 3 years ago and do a full time eBay gig now (used items within a specific niche). Yes, it does suck sometimes with returns from idiot buyers and I take a lost from an item here and there, but the majority of time the buyers are legit and no problems. Of course the fees suck and shipping doesn't help, but if you do it right, there's money to be made.. I don't want to make this my 'career' but the last 3 years and probably the next couple, it's doing me good.

[VBogdanovic]

I got a couple ******* buyers months back and stopped using ebay for a long time. Apparently, they were tracking to see if i'd improve my rating but i just simply wasn't using ebay anymore so they told me that since they didn't see an improvement I would no longer be able to sell. Any idea on what i should do? Can i just create a new account?

[ormaman333]

I think that selling on ebay is very hard this days... drop shipping is too hard for success

[SynapticCleft]

All clean IMEIs. I put my sim card in prior to buying & usually get them to give me the IMEI before hand. I just purchased 2 cracked iPhone 5c's for $50 each, ordered a couple replacement screens for $30 & will be reselling the phones with new screens for $130-175. Locally the phones sell for more and wouldn't have to pay ebay fees so I am looking to sell there.

And pick a niche, what area do you live in & what do people need for the spring or summer? Phone accessories like waterproof cases & tempered glass can all be profitable but not sure how these are selling right now. I'm new to this too but read through most the thread and got some pretty good ideas.

I've thought about trying to sell to the local market around me thru kijiji & craigslist. I live in a city of over a million people so there is tons of demand for little things. I might pull the trigger on some fake brand name items like ray bans. $10 a pair & they look pretty good and come a case. I could flip these on kijiji for at least $20-30 and I would just tell people that they are just clones if they bother asking. Wouldn't do this on eBay cause of their policies but on kijiji you can sell whatever you want.

Where do you buy screens? I work in IT and some workers are rough with their iphone 6 and have cracked screens, we just throw out the phones but im sure I could replace the screens and they should be working just fine.

[Inavan]

Where do you buy screens? I work in IT and some workers are rough with their iphone 6 and have cracked screens, we just throw out the phones but im sure I could replace the screens and they should be working just fine.

AliExpress or Alibaba are likely going to be the best choice. The shipping will take a month, but you'll save from cutting out middlemen.

[DaysOfOurLives]

I've pretty much stopped my business because of the $1.50 listing fee. It's ridiculous.

Yes the first 40 listings of the month are free but that's nothing. If you want to make money from Ebay you need to list hundreds of items at least.

Plus if your item doesn't sell in 1 month then you have to fork out another $1.50 just to list it again.

I'm now forced to keep less than 40 items in my store and try and sell them all by next month.

What a shame and what a rip off it is to spend $1.50 just to put the item up for 1 month.

[BK909]

I've pretty much stopped my business because of the $1.50 listing fee. It's ridiculous.

Yes the first 40 listings of the month are free but that's nothing. If you want to make money from Ebay you need to list hundreds of items at least.

Plus if your item doesn't sell in 1 month then you have to fork out another $1.50 just to list it again.

I'm now forced to keep less than 40 items in my store and try and sell them all by next month.

What a shame and what a rip off it is to spend $1.50 just to put the item up for 1 month.

If it takes longer than 30 days to sell an item then you are selling the wrong items.

Yes eBay Customer service sucks mainly because they give zero phuks about freezing Money and giving it to scammers but with the right items the pros outweigh the cons.

Rip to the eBay but and flip thread...literaly changed my life, I'm gonna miss you.

[fate0311]

I understand a lot of you guys are trying to substitute day job level of income by selling. Because of this I hear a lot of negativity towards buying from thrift/auctions/garage sales etc.......and sellin

However, for someone who is just trying to NET an extra 400-500/month would it be very capable and realistic to do so going out and finding stuff cheap (physically & locally) and re-selling online?

[BK909]

I understand a lot of you guys are trying to substitute day job level of income by selling. Because of this I hear a lot of negativity towards buying from thrift/auctions/garage sales etc.......and sellin

However, for someone who is just trying to NET an extra 400-500/month would it be very capable and realistic to do so going out and finding stuff cheap (physically & locally) and re-selling online?

I would consider 400-500/month easy as long as you are willing to put the work in.
It is "Work" but overtime like with anything else it becomes easier.
Where's the negativity about sourcing from those places?
You can do very well by just hitting those three places. The money might not be as steady but it's there to be made and fairly easy if you put the "Work" in.

[fate0311]

I would consider 400-500/month easy as long as you are willing to put the work in.
It is "Work" but overtime like with anything else it becomes easier.
Where's the negativity about sourcing from those places?
You can do very well by just hitting those three places. The money might not be as steady but it's there to be made and fairly easy if you put the "Work" in.

Yea honestly I'm just looking for the 400-500 to throw towards my Roth IRA.

Just trying to figure out if the way to go is small profits high volume or the opposit.

[DaysOfOurLives]

If it takes longer than 30 days to sell an item then you are selling the wrong items.

Yes eBay Customer service sucks mainly because they give zero phuks about freezing Money and giving it to scammers but with the right items the pros outweigh the cons.

Rip to the eBay but and flip thread...literaly changed my life, I'm gonna miss you.

I sell mostly high brand second hand mens jeans.

Usually only half of them will sell in 30 days.

And the to relist and i have to pay an extra $1.50 each.

[BK909]

I sell mostly high brand second hand mens jeans.

Usually only half of them will sell in 30 days.

And the to relist and i have to pay an extra $1.50 each.

Where do you source from?
What brands do you sell?
What type of returns are you getting?

[DaysOfOurLives]

Where do you source from?
What brands do you sell?
What type of returns are you getting?

Thrift shops.
Levi's have been my best and i search for them mostly. Then you have the other good brands like g star and true religion that sell for a lot.
I haven't even gotten a single return yet.

[Aesthetical]

I was selling used Ghurka products, leather wallets and bags, very high end Made in USA stuff that business people like. Its hard to find good deals on them because every is looking to make money by selling them. I think I sold 12-15 items and only made a $200 profit. Wasnt worth the hassle and the money being tied up for 2 months for $200.

I quit lol.

[DaysOfOurLives]

Do you guys think taking about 2-3 pictures of each item of clothing be enough?

I take about 10 photos for each item and it's really time consuming.

[SportsDumbbell]

Seems tough to make money on ebay. The fees among other things. For many it just not worth the time and effort.

[DaysOfOurLives]

Is there a quicker way to upload photos? They take forever for me.

[greenleaf]

How do you handle buyer who tries to force a return due to buyer's remorse by accusing you of selling "fake" and hit you with a case?

[BK909]

How do you handle buyer who tries to force a return due to buyer's remorse by accusing you of selling "fake"?

1. Buy a large container of Vaseline....

2. Stop selling items that could be considered fake.

[Inavan]

How do you handle buyer who tries to force a return due to buyer's remorse by accusing you of selling "fake" and hit you with a case?

Just accept the return. It's not worth wasting time fighting a case that you're 99% likely to lose. Instead focus on activities that produce a positive cash flow.

Always evaluate what you're selling in terms of how likely you are to experience problems with buyers. Some things just aren't worth the money.