Selling on Ebay? - Open Forum

BrainNirvana · 01-06-2003, 04:49 AM

I been doing allot of thinking lately and I really need to get another job. But what??? I saw a book on Amazon called, Selling on ebay for dummies, so I bought it. Good book, Anyway's I know allot of people do this and it sounds like it would be a good job. No boss but yourself, working at home. And since this will be a second job...well. My question is for those of you who sell on ebay, is the money good?, what are some ideas for selling?. I'm in the military...hints the second job and there is always people selling shit dirt cheap because they are getting shipped off. So is this a good idea or should I look else where??? Thanks

*shugga* · 01-06-2003, 12:10 PM

There are many tricks to sellin on Ebay.

Its very time consuming as well. Yeah you can make a living doing it, but Im sure you would have more free time if you got normal job 9-5.

StuntLife is proof that EBay works. Thats how I started! Stunters dont buy shit.... I still use ebay to pay my bills.

One thing I found, to sell enough on Ebay to pay your bills and make a living, you need to have ALOT of stock of whatever you are selling. You need to have you shipping dialed in etc etc etc

Anyway, all I have to say is... there are MILLIONS of people on ebay, and a very very small percentage make thier living off of it.
It can be done, but its a rough and bumpy road/

PhearCVBz · 01-06-2003, 01:25 PM

Yeah, I thinks Shuggs summed it up good.

We moved this summer so my woman had a lawn sale to sell all the stuff not worth packing and a guy stopped by. He bought all kinds of unusual stuff that we had for cheap (you know, boxes marked "All for $0.50"), and picked up anything we had laying around marked free.

We were talking to him and he said he makes a living selling stuff on Ebay. He said that he travels around in the summer everyday all over the place looking for lawn sales and free stuff on the side of the road. He then takes it and sells it on Ebay.

He said you wouldn't believe what some people would buy. I guess his biggest attraction is cheap antiques and old stuff that looks valuable. He said that there are tons of collectors on there looking for stuff.

Anyway, if you look around on Ebay you will find products selling on there for more than they do in the stores. My woman uses it a lot and sells on there a lot too. She by far doesn't make enough worth quitting her job over, but a little unexpected cash is always good. She goes through the sale papers every Sunday to find good bargains in the stores...when she finds a deal on a certain product she'll go on ebay and see what they are going for there. If ebay is more expensive she'll pick a few things up at the store and list 'em on ebay. It's a quick and easy way to make $10-$20 (or sometimes more) per item. She also goes on a lot of "freebie" sites and signs up to receive free coupons on baby items, and cigarettes and stuff like that. You can actually make a good percentage for selling coupons on there. I can't remember exactly what she had, but I think she had a few books of $5.00 off coupons for cigs that she got from a freebie site on the web. She'd list like a $20.00 book of coupons on there and get like $5.00 off of it, not bad when you have 5 or 6 books.

Anyway, I've rambled enough.

Take care.

-Josh

*nags* · 01-07-2003, 01:14 AM

I used to sell dvds on ebay and made pretty good money doing it, but yes.. it was very time consuming. I'm always selling stuff on ebay even now, but not at the same volume that I used to. I need to find something else to start selling on ebay. I really need a 2nd job

abad71camaro · 01-07-2003, 02:15 AM

We started on Ebay with about $200 in our pockets and no jobs and one of us was a full time student, selling off some things we had laying around in the way of automotive interests, then used that money to buy more stuff at a swapmeet where we met our first contact. And now we are the one of the biggest distributers for this company with the exception of Summit and Jeg's, but in a matter of 15 months of selling on Ebay we have purchased 2 cars, next week will buy our 2nd motorcycle (totalled the 1st xmas eve) a dirt bike and a 4 wheeler, and 3 weeks ago signed on our first house which we had custom built to our desires. I would say Ebay has dealt us pretty good hand, we sell over $30,000 a month on Ebay, it pays all of our bills and we only spend about 3 hours a day working and are both now looking for 2nd jobs just to have some additional money on the side to spend a bit more money on the fun toys like the motorcycle. Ebay is a great community but the best thing you can have is the absolute greatest customer service which is what I would like to say brought us as far as we have come.

mattdedes · 01-07-2003, 02:20 AM

a friend of mine bought a partially wrecked 91 taurus SHO, this car had a HUGE list of mods to it, he paid $700 for the car and has already made back $1100 just in selling the aftermarket parts, cant go wrong, just seems the whole shipping deal would be a pain the ASS

*nags* · 01-07-2003, 01:24 PM

If anyone has connections for getting shit to sell please PM me or IM me

Thanks,
nags :helmet

mattdedes · 01-07-2003, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by nags
If anyone has connections for getting shit to sell please PM me or IM me

Thanks,
nags :helmet

yeah for sure, im with ya nags, we'll split it 50/50 :D :D

abad71camaro · 01-07-2003, 11:14 PM

we have tons of stuff you can sell

BrainNirvana · 01-10-2003, 02:04 AM

Well, thanks for everyone's reply. I do have the extra time. I'm going to go for it. I just got the book....Ebay selling for dummies. It has allot of good ideas. I just need to find a product. PM me...

mattdedes · 01-10-2003, 03:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by abad71camaro
we have tons of stuff you can sell

well what do ya got for me?? im curious.......

abad71camaro · 01-10-2003, 02:44 PM

send us a pm also you can call us at 706-681-2415

mattdedes · 01-10-2003, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by abad71camaro
send us a pm also you can call us at 706-681-2415

ohh keepin it secret i like that, must be some HOT goods :D
goddamn im so broke

abad71camaro · 01-13-2003, 05:17 AM

hay guys check me out on ebay abad71camaro any thing you see there i can hook you up so you can sell it to and make some good money

01-06-2003, 04:49 AM	#1
BrainNirvana Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Beaufort, SC Age: Bike: R6 Gender: Posts: 9	Selling on Ebay? I been doing allot of thinking lately and I really need to get another job. But what??? I saw a book on Amazon called, Selling on ebay for dummies, so I bought it. Good book, Anyway's I know allot of people do this and it sounds like it would be a good job. No boss but yourself, working at home. And since this will be a second job...well. My question is for those of you who sell on ebay, is the money good?, what are some ideas for selling?. I'm in the military...hints the second job and there is always people selling shit dirt cheap because they are getting shipped off. So is this a good idea or should I look else where??? Thanks

01-06-2003, 12:10 PM	#2
shugga Make Wheelies Not War Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dallas/Ft Worth, TX Age: 32 Bike: Some fiddys & GMC Typhoon Gender: Male Posts: 8,483	There are many tricks to sellin on Ebay. Its very time consuming as well. Yeah you can make a living doing it, but Im sure you would have more free time if you got normal job 9-5. StuntLife is proof that EBay works. Thats how I started! Stunters dont buy shit.... I still use ebay to pay my bills. One thing I found, to sell enough on Ebay to pay your bills and make a living, you need to have ALOT of stock of whatever you are selling. You need to have you shipping dialed in etc etc etc Anyway, all I have to say is... there are MILLIONS of people on ebay, and a very very small percentage make thier living off of it. It can be done, but its a rough and bumpy road/ __________________ StuntLife... Its a way of life!

01-06-2003, 01:25 PM	#3
PhearCVBz CVBOYZ.COM Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Montgomery, Vermont Age: 28 Bike: 1 of each Gender: Male Posts: 3,982	Yeah, I thinks Shuggs summed it up good. We moved this summer so my woman had a lawn sale to sell all the stuff not worth packing and a guy stopped by. He bought all kinds of unusual stuff that we had for cheap (you know, boxes marked "All for $0.50"), and picked up anything we had laying around marked free. We were talking to him and he said he makes a living selling stuff on Ebay. He said that he travels around in the summer everyday all over the place looking for lawn sales and free stuff on the side of the road. He then takes it and sells it on Ebay. He said you wouldn't believe what some people would buy. I guess his biggest attraction is cheap antiques and old stuff that looks valuable. He said that there are tons of collectors on there looking for stuff. Anyway, if you look around on Ebay you will find products selling on there for more than they do in the stores. My woman uses it a lot and sells on there a lot too. She by far doesn't make enough worth quitting her job over, but a little unexpected cash is always good. She goes through the sale papers every Sunday to find good bargains in the stores...when she finds a deal on a certain product she'll go on ebay and see what they are going for there. If ebay is more expensive she'll pick a few things up at the store and list 'em on ebay. It's a quick and easy way to make $10-$20 (or sometimes more) per item. She also goes on a lot of "freebie" sites and signs up to receive free coupons on baby items, and cigarettes and stuff like that. You can actually make a good percentage for selling coupons on there. I can't remember exactly what she had, but I think she had a few books of $5.00 off coupons for cigs that she got from a freebie site on the web. She'd list like a $20.00 book of coupons on there and get like $5.00 off of it, not bad when you have 5 or 6 books. Anyway, I've rambled enough. Take care. -Josh __________________ www.CVBOYZ.com

01-07-2003, 01:14 AM	#4
nags FUCK IT. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S. Florida Age: 26 Bike: 2003 F4i / 2002 Honda CBR954 / Yamaha Zuma Gender: Male Posts: 57,675	I used to sell dvds on ebay and made pretty good money doing it, but yes.. it was very time consuming. I'm always selling stuff on ebay even now, but not at the same volume that I used to. I need to find something else to start selling on ebay. I really need a 2nd job __________________ Advertise Here! http://www.the-nags.com/ http://www.stuntex.com http://www.moto-heaven.com

01-07-2003, 02:20 AM	#6
mattdedes Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Dexter, MI Age: 25 Bike: 929, 50 Gender: Posts: 1,375	a friend of mine bought a partially wrecked 91 taurus SHO, this car had a HUGE list of mods to it, he paid $700 for the car and has already made back $1100 just in selling the aftermarket parts, cant go wrong, just seems the whole shipping deal would be a pain the ASS __________________ [url=www.scootertrashst.com]Scooter Trash[/url] Sponsors: [url=www.speedrag.com]SpeedRag[/url] [url=www.lbz.com]LBZ[/url] [URL=http://www.eperformancepowersports.com/] Performance Powersports[/URL] [url=http://www.recleisure.com/]Recerational Leisure[/url] [url=http://www.freestyleingenuity.com]Freestyle Ingenuity[/url] [url=http://www.second-look.com]Second Look[/url] [url=http://www.tnahosting.com]TNA Webhosting[/url] Scooter Trash Supports: [url=www.westcoastfilmworks.com]WestCoast Film Works[/url] [url=www.xsba.com]XSBA[/url]

01-07-2003, 02:15 AM	#5
abad71camaro Regular StuntLifer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: smiths,Al Age: 28 Bike: cbr954 Gender: Posts: 234	We started on Ebay with about $200 in our pockets and no jobs and one of us was a full time student, selling off some things we had laying around in the way of automotive interests, then used that money to buy more stuff at a swapmeet where we met our first contact. And now we are the one of the biggest distributers for this company with the exception of Summit and Jeg's, but in a matter of 15 months of selling on Ebay we have purchased 2 cars, next week will buy our 2nd motorcycle (totalled the 1st xmas eve) a dirt bike and a 4 wheeler, and 3 weeks ago signed on our first house which we had custom built to our desires. I would say Ebay has dealt us pretty good hand, we sell over $30,000 a month on Ebay, it pays all of our bills and we only spend about 3 hours a day working and are both now looking for 2nd jobs just to have some additional money on the side to spend a bit more money on the fun toys like the motorcycle. Ebay is a great community but the best thing you can have is the absolute greatest customer service which is what I would like to say brought us as far as we have come.

01-07-2003, 01:24 PM	#7
nags FUCK IT. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S. Florida Age: 26 Bike: 2003 F4i / 2002 Honda CBR954 / Yamaha Zuma Gender: Male Posts: 57,675	If anyone has connections for getting shit to sell please PM me or IM me Thanks, nags :helmet __________________ Advertise Here! http://www.the-nags.com/ http://www.stuntex.com http://www.moto-heaven.com

01-07-2003, 11:14 PM	#9
abad71camaro Regular StuntLifer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: smiths,Al Age: 28 Bike: cbr954 Gender: Posts: 234	we have tons of stuff you can sell

01-10-2003, 02:04 AM	#10
BrainNirvana Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Beaufort, SC Age: Bike: R6 Gender: Posts: 9	Well, thanks for everyone's reply. I do have the extra time. I'm going to go for it. I just got the book....Ebay selling for dummies. It has allot of good ideas. I just need to find a product. PM me...

01-10-2003, 02:44 PM	#12
abad71camaro Regular StuntLifer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: smiths,Al Age: 28 Bike: cbr954 Gender: Posts: 234	send us a pm also you can call us at 706-681-2415 __________________ 2002 cbr 954 crunchy for sale 2003 cbr 954 2003 blaster 2002 xr-80

01-13-2003, 05:17 AM	#14
abad71camaro Regular StuntLifer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: smiths,Al Age: 28 Bike: cbr954 Gender: Posts: 234	hay guys check me out on ebay abad71camaro any thing you see there i can hook you up so you can sell it to and make some good money __________________ 2002 cbr 954 crunchy for sale 2003 cbr 954 2003 blaster 2002 xr-80