Years ago, people made a full-time living with Craiglist. They would buy underpriced items from their local Craigslist and sell them on eBay or to pawn shops. When Craigslist no longer had the right buy/seller ratio to support that, resellers moved on to thrift stores. Craigslist was then dominated by personals ads, pawnshops, and car …
If you’ve been selling online for any length of time you’ve probably heard of a shipping service called Pirate Ship. Allegedly they can save you a ton of money by offering bulk shipping rates to everyday people. But is there a catch? Despite being a full-time reseller I avoided using Pirate Ship for years as …
Pretty much every thrifter I talk to has strong feelings about which thrift stores are better than others. More often than not this is simply because the specific stores in their area are not a good example of all the others. As in, they might have the worst Goodwill in the world in their town …
One of the most annoying things as an online reseller is getting ready to print a shipping label, only to find that your printer is out of ink. It doesn’t happen to me anymore because I bought a thermal printer, but before I bought it, I had an inkjet that was constantly out of ink. …
eBay is the largest online auction house and the seven-largest online retailer in the world. Almost everyone knows the name, but do you know what it stands for? I mean the acronym, not their corporate values (which are “none”). I’ll admit that despite selling on eBay for almost 10 years I actually didn’t know. Like …
If you’ve opened up an eBay store or even visited someone else’s, you know the importance of communication and prompt shipping. Nobody likes buying something and finding out it won’t be shipped out for an entire week. For example, a couple of months ago I ordered a rain jacket for an upcoming trip to the …
For some reason, when we tell people that we sell on eBay (especially if we include the word “vintage”) they always respond, “Oh, like vinyl records and stuff? I have an Elvis record that I’m sure is worth a bunch of money….” Well….we do sell “records and stuff” but I hate to tell you that …
For many people deciding where to thrift (or donate) they are left deciding between Goodwill and The Salvation Army. Because of the accusations leveled at many thrift stores over the past years (okay, mainly at Goodwill) many people (including me) are left wondering which is better. Should you donate to Goodwill or The Salvation Army? …
It seems that nearly every young guy I talk to who wants to sell on eBay is determined to sell electronics. Of course, flipping video games and laptops for big profits sounds like a dream for many. But the reality is much less interesting. Selling electronics on eBay takes much more knowledge and work than …
I’m one of those people that lives in a small house with way too much furniture. Nearly every piece of wall has a cute hutch, a trunk, a couch, an antique chair, or another thing that I simply couldn’t leave behind. It didn’t use to be such a problem. If I didn’t want more furniture, …