My wife and I just moved to a new city. Maybe I’m just dumb but I could not even fathom how many clothes we had to move. Dozens of garbage bags and boxes full of them. To put it into perspective, my wife gave away or donated more than 50 PAIR OF SHOES! (and I …
YOU DO WHAT FOR A LIVING?! That’s probably the first response we get when we tell people that we buy stuff from thrift stores and sell it on eBay for a living. Even after we explain exactly how to sell on eBay, that, yes, we do make a decent living and, yes, there are literally …
Wondering what to sell on eBay is a question that plagues all aspiring resellers. Even after 5+ years of selling full-time on eBay Kirstie and I constantly ask ourselves what the best things to sell on eBay are at this very moment. Is it clothing? Is it shoes? Should I buy this? Is it worth it? …
Most people who start a small business do so on a shoestring budget. For the longest time after I started my eBay business, I didn’t care what the best thermal printer was or the best shipping scale. I just wanted the cheapest possible item that would do its job without breaking or causing issues. Which …
Waiting to receive a package can be horrible. I recently ordered a jacket off of Poshmark and the Poshmark seller took a week to ship. I’ve had similar experiences on Etsy, eBay, Mercari, and just about every other platform. The problem is that this always seems to happen when there’s a deadline (such as a …
I did some math. I hated it but it had to be done. In the past 5 years, I reckon I’ve spent well over 2,000 hours in thrift stores. As someone who flips thrift-store finds full-time for a living this isn’t super surprising. But the idea that I’ve bought nearly 10,000 items during that time …
If you’re a beginning reseller, choosing a platform to sell your goods on can seem like a daunting task. Choose wrong, and you’ll probably have no sales and be living on the street within a month. Not really. The reality is that every platform has advantages/disadvantages and there are sellers who do hundreds of thousands …
If you’re looking at ordering something from Poshmark you’re probably wondering how long it will take for you to receive it. Whether you need something before leaving on a trip or you’re hoping to have a gift in time for a birthday there are lots of reasons why you’d need your order by a certain …
If you’re looking to make some money flipping items online or just looking to reduce the number of items around your home, figuring out what to do with them can be a difficult issue. The way everyone talks about minimalism and simplifying your life always made me feel like getting rid of stuff is easy. …
If you want to initiate a monstrous crap-storm, just mention eBay’s new Managed Payments System on the eBay Community or any social media outlet. I can guarantee that you’ll get tons of crusty old eBayer’s claiming that it’s the worst mistake that money-grabbing eBay has ever made and that they’re boycotting the platform. *In fact, …