Had to quit full time work to take care of my mom and we had our first Grandchild and they needed childcare. We have been struggling but I am determined to make it work, the freedom is amazing. Thanks for all you do!!
That’s my goal to work at getting mobile .. I am sick but get a few hours of energy a day! You are right reselling gets me up in am keeps my busy .. definitely a cure for boredom 😊👍
Yep! I am a retired entrepreneur. And that entrepreneurial spirit never retires. So I found reselling. I enjoy it, it keeps me growing and learning. I set goals for the profits and strive to achieve them. Now, newly widowed, it fills time and has become a more social experience. I don’t plan to give it up😊🤗 I enjoy spending time with you, your family and other TH-cam creators! Y’all make me laugh (and sometimes cry). So keep doing what you do and thanks for sharing your family with me ❤️❤️
Alright, this might be my first time chiming in but check it out, work construction in the bricklayers union goin on 20yrs after my service in the Marine Corps, we go where the work is so all over the state (wisc) and sometimes out of state. So I pick on my way home wherever I'm coming home from. Very easy to look for signs on the way home. Then all new construction has all new furnishings so all the boxes and bubble wrap is free. This has been a fun ride, definitely a hustle with 3 teenage boys and a beautiful wife but that's who it's for. Learned a lot from ya'll n want to thank you.
I started reselling 2 years ago as a hobby, I was already working a full time job plus running a small lawn business( I’ve been doing this for 25 years). Lost my full time job last year and I ramped up my lawn business as well as my eBay store. I’m very blessed with having no debt(house is paid off) and my wife has a good paying job. eBay sales pays for our monthly expenses & my contribution towards retirement. Lawn business money helps to build up or savings & paid for a new(to me) truck 2 years ago. Paid cash of course.
I’m like you as well. I had a full time job that let me go. I ended up finding a good part time job at a hemp shop which with tips it does support us. My fiancé had a full time job at a dealership but we wanted something more. Not just money but mostly excitement! It’s fun hunting and refurbishing. Now I don’t think I’ll ever work another full time job. I’m burnt out with selling 45-60 hours a week of my life to help some company make money. The reselling addition to our jobs has enhanced our life in a lot of ways. Buyers I think forget that when they get pissed at us for making a mistake. Most of us just love to do it and we want to make other people happy with what we found.
I fell during hurricane clean up of Hurricane Sally back in 2020 & it has disabled me. During that time I was a dog handler at one of our local vet clinic. My husband has the stable income that provides our health insurance & pays the bills until I can get this reselling up and running like I desire to. I’ve always excelled at reselling, but I’ve never done it online so that’s new to me as well as learning what my body will and will not allow me to do. I’ve always been a hustler & I will press past this physical set back & make this work for me and my family. I am in my own way & gotta get that part sorted.
I resell full time on 5 different platforms. i just signed up for commons to sell on. I have doubled my sales since watching and listing to you and others. Thanks keep selling.
I am in sink or swim mode. I am 68 and had to take social security at 63. Been out of work 2 years because the world doesn't like to hire older people.
I'm semi-retired as in I'm taking Social Security, but it's definitely not enough in this economic scenario to cover expenses and feed me. I'm diversified into reselling my parent's estate which includes a lot of antiques and collectibles, working part time as a consultant with a fantastic long-term company relationship and I am a painter, so occasionally sell an original painting or prints. As you mentioned, I love the time flexibility I have, yet definitely "work" much more than if I had a j o b. Because I adore researching the antiques and collectibles, it drives me to continue reselling even though my sales revenues are off about 60%. I appreciate watching your videos as it helps keep me motivated in the face of drastically declining sales. With good sales, reselling helps me increase savings and allows me to visit family out of town. With sales as they are now in an inflationary economy, my lower sales basically feed me, for which I am grateful! Thank you for sharing your hustle, which keeps me looking at other income options and ever moving forward as a self-employed person!!! ❤🎉
Been full time reseller on eBay for 12 years I have seen ebay sales collapse over the past year. Last year we added a storage unit with racking and worked to almost double our listings. We got zero increase in sales. I’ll put items on here and they sit for months. Unless you price your items at ridiculous low prices it all sits. Plus I’m Seeing the dumbest low offers I’ve ever seen. $80 items and they offer $20. If you don’t have money already and can withstand the shenanigans of the eBay algorithm then you won’t last on their platform ( and I’m in a hot area , down here in TN with the Nashville flippers )
I've sold part time online since 1999. I was a high school teacher social studies teacher like yourself and went into administration too (like yourself, I was quite good at both of these roles). It just about killed me (literally), but I made it to 25 years this year, so I have a partial pension. After taking my early retirement, I have ramped up my online reselling, which is what I really love to do. I think you hit the nail on the head -- being your own boss gives me the most flexibility that I have ever had, and I wouldn't give it up! Every day is now great, even if the sales slump from time to time. Thank you for your great outlook on the world - I love your videos!
I listed and sold my first item on eBay at the end of last week. I definitely am looking forward to listing and selling more. I am planning on it just being a fun little side gig. Love the videos and thanks for all of the how to videos that you do.
Hay Kevin, so maybe I am the outlier, I am 100% a full time reseller, I do have a small You tube, but I don't make enough there to even see that as an income. I am solo--PERIOD! I have no other form of income. It has been a little slower this past few months, however, I am up 20.8% this year vs the prior time period. I may not be having amazing sales daily, but I look at my sales as monthly not daily. Not going to complain--I'm happy--and I can do better, as we all can. Hope all is well with the Fam, Noel ❤🔥❤🔥👩🌾👩🌾
I’m glad i experienced early eBay. I’m a millennial, remember being a kid selling OG pokemon and Yugioh, computer parts on my dad’s account. Waiting for money orders, learning how to estimate profit, learning early logistics and so on. eBay now is bland and boring, it’s just one of my businesses, next to working in the medical field, and early military pension and so on. Never seen EBay so bad, so many bugs on the platform now.
I fit in the small TH-camr, Ebay reseller, who Doordashes too...plus a bunch of other stuff lol the hustle don't stop, but yea I definitely work more hours than a regular job...but It's worth it
I got into reselling in 2021 as a side gig. One of my adult children died a couple of years earlier and I needed a little extra something to keep my mind occupied and to sell off some of the excess I found myself accumulating. I have recently retired and don’t rely on the income solely but it will definitely help with the financial and emotional needs of my retirement years…until I get too old to be active. I enjoy the videos of yours and always get a few chuckles out of trash to cash podcasts.
My husband is on disability and I take care of him. I do reselling on ebay and etsy and facebook. Etsy if I find some vintage things to sell. I also have another Etsy shop where I make suncatchers and resin items, and I also sell a lot of those through word of mouth. I'm not quite making enough to live comfortably but it's just kicking in right, I'm quite busy with orders. I'm hoping to stock up on the handmade stuff and be able to relax for awhile. As far as the reselling, not a lot of places here in winter to get items but I go crazy in the summer, garage sales and collecting free stuff. I've gathered so much that I've had to rent a storage unit to hold it, so now it's up to me to get through it all.
Made the choice to go full-time reselling on Ebay about a year ago when the company i worked for shut down our local office. I had a nice nest egg, but that has dwindled as I've ramped up my Ebay business. This past summer was much better than i expected, but October has been dead. Love reselling and the freedom it gives me over my time. Time is what we can never get back, and what i value the most. I love not having to say "I can't do that because I have to work". Thank you for your inspirational videos. You always say exactly what i need to hear to keep me motivated. Bless you and your beautiful family!
We started selling on Ebay in July of this year. We are retired and this has helped us to supplement social security especially with the higher cost of living. We have enjoyed it and put in a lot of time to do this. We have learned a lot from you and others on what to source. Thanks a lot for the videos you do, it really helps new resellers like us.
I have a great flexible full time job. I keep it for the various benefits, especially medical. I started reselling a few years ago to make a little extra to pay debt, pay for vacations and I still do it simply because I love it. The ups and downs don’t get me worried because I don’t depend on it. So I’m in it for the long haul. One day I may become one of those retired resellers 😊
Hey Kevin, We resell mostly as a hobby. My husband has a full time job. I have had a small business for quite a few years now. I started my own small business in 2008 when I was homeschooling my girls, first creating custom fashion jewelry, then encompassing costume creation for their dance studios. Now that I'm finished with homeschooling, I have more time on my hands to resell for fun! It has been a blessing because it covers my Jeep costs and has helped with those unexpected medical bills that have come up lately. We both enjoy the thrill of the hunt for sure and I absolutely love learning about the history behind the vintage items we sell. 😃
So, I absolutely love your videos! I am a nurse by trade and still a nurse, but I am salary because I’m management now. I work for anyone when they call in which is quite often but then I have the management tasks that have to be taken care of as well. I am struggling, paying the bills as a single mama and I don’t have any child support. Father tapped out along time ago.
We started reselling as a way to downsize prior to moving to our current home in 2022. I’m twice retired (once from the Army, and also from working for the State), so we have full benefits and a decent monthly income that pretty much covers living expenses. The reselling income is mostly for covering unforeseen expenses, and for vacations, big purchases, etc. I look at the numbers monthly, and I’m sure I could make more working outside the home. But we enjoy the freedom of not answering to someone else, making our own hours, and we enjoy most aspects of reselling (especially sourcing).
I very much enjoy reselling. I do have a full-time job along with my reselling and also my freelancing business where I do photography and graphic design. So, to say the least, I stay busy. I always make time to source and list because it is an adventure, and it helps out during slow times with my freelancing, and I get to enjoy the mystery of what to find and what it sells.
I fell into this trying to clear my parents estate. I had a full time job until the last year of their lives...I was their caregiver and I just could not keep up with the job and their needs. They passed 16 days apart (they always said they were going together and I guess they did) but before my dad died he said "don't go back to the stress job, be an artist and live your dream"... so that was the plan but I was selling more of their estate and enjoying thrifting and finding more things to sell so I do my art but it doesn't sell as fast... so ebay covers my bills and I'm hoping i can figure out how to find the time for art & ebay... it's hard as a single person. My 4th quarter sales are lower than my other quarters this year... so right now is tough.
People often think I get some sort of disability or government assistance, but I do not. 95 percent of my income is online auctions and 5 percent is TH-cam.
Reselling is my side hustle. I have a pretty good regular job with a good company and I have a good boss who is very flexible with my schedule. The money is pretty good too for the area I live in. My goal is to set myself up for retirement. I want to be debt free and have my house and out buildings the way I want them. I am also in the process of getting my auctioneers license.
I'm chronically ill and fighting for disability, and I sell on eBay because I can no longer physically teach at the preschool. I also run an author promotion business, so both are my income. I'm working towards selling more on eBay and looking into other e-commerce sites, such as Pangobooks, Etsy, etc. So, yes, this is a great portion of my income whilst I build up my author business. I've been selling on eBay ever since 2001 but in the past, I did it just part-time but now I do it more full-time. Not only do I now need to work from home but I do find it so much easier because I no longer have to "take off work" and worry about using up too many sick days for doctors' appointments. When I have an appointment I still can get my listings done or author promotions, at any time of the day. So, for me, this is best. I also enjoy being a reseller. I've honestly always enjoyed selling on eBay. It's amazing to see what sells! Plus, I love the hunt for good bargains!
I'm a part time reseller by choice , I set my goals to meet the monthly needs I have. I am retired and only Have soc sec , and I am very happy with the return from Ebay. I try to stay in my niche but it is tempting to just post up willy nilly, but I am happy with the small boost I get. Great advice Kevin.
Love your point of view on this! My husband & I started reselling appox 2 years ago & as much as we would love to do this full time.....because we enjoy doing it, sadly it does not pay enough for us to live on. HOWEVER we have found that it makes enough to pay for us to take more vacations that we wouldn't be able to do with just doing our regular jobs. That alone is HUGE for us....we love to travel so we find joy in the extra work because of that reward we get :) Love your channels, you have a great outlook on things! Keep on doing what you do!
Hello, we actually run Estate Sale businesses on top of my Reseller side. We are crazy Estate Sale, family, and Reseller and by the way I love your content. It has helped me a lot in the past and future.
I was pushing a 6k 90 day total on ebay half a year ago. Went down hill to like $1600 but so did my effort. Instead I've been doing WhatNot since January and I've hit $38k in sales and just hit my 1k sale instant payout privilege. Now working back on building up my Ebay for static sells. In other words never put all your eggs (effort) in 1 basket.
I started in 2022 as a side hustle but grew to love it. At that time I was still working at my government job spending 4 hours a day commuting and working 10 hour days. I retired at age 57 but had 30 years in so I have my retirement to fall back on. I really enjoy reselling and the hunt for the items!
Been reselling for about a year, strictly as a hobby! Gets me outta the house, and makes me smile when I make a sale (even if it’s only a couple bucks profit. I make a couple hundred a month and sales are steady, have been since I started. Love watching the videos, thanks for your content. It’s entertaining and helpful! Keep on keeping on!
I switched from part-time to full time and although I've been struggling a bit with the financial management part, I don't regret it a bit. Contrary to you, my worst months for sourcing was June-Mid August as I source online and there was very little of interest to buy. Now sourcing is much, much better and I'm hopeful things will turn around as I'm really putting in the work. Love your video, as always, your lovely family and fluffy pets!
First the gossip: Poshmark is going back to their original fees. I guess sales had tanked. (saw that coming 😜) I'm self employed. Reselling is my primary, but I also consult.
Started reselling in 2004, never quit my job. I am now retired and social security is my main income now. Reselling basically covers my food bill and utilities each month. I don't work more than about 30 hours a week.
I have a part time retail job. Funny thing is some weeks/weekends I make way more than my PT job weekly check, but obviously I got the job to be there supplemental for when I have the bad slow weeks. Before going Full Time reselling I worked 20 years plus retail so just went back. But I was reselling on eBay part time since 2006.
I sell on ebay part time. I sell to supplement my income. Thanks so much for making the informative videos. I always look forward to watching them. You are a mentor to me. Have a great day.
I bartend 2 nights a week at the American Legion as a side gig. Owned a real estate company, owned a local tavern, was a paraeducator, and a secretary for the State government in the past. Burn out and boredom led me to reselling. Best decision ever! If things went south, I would sell my house and RV it for about 2 years!
Work full time (50 plus hrs a week), Ebay, 2 flea market booths (soon to be 3), scrap metal and about anything else I can squeeze in just to make ends meet. Getting harder and harder with this economy
Great episode. I have a job I love but my wife and I recently started reselling as a side hustle. We love thrifing and yard sale finds but we can't keep it all. LOL
This is the most realistic video by far for probably 90%, or more, of resellers. I think most resellers would benefit greatly from living as close to a 'debt free' lifestyle as possible. Thank you sir.
I quit my office job this summer to be self employed. I sell on multiple platforms, have 2 antique booths, cat sit, and teach fitness classes. I love hustling; the freedom and variety makes me feel like I don’t work.
I have already realized this and started diversifying my income. I still list like normal, but the time I don't spend doing eBay work, I am doing something else with my other sources. I have been trying to figure out a way to combine all of them so they can all mesh together.
Retail worker over here. I tried the other platforms but they're even slower for me than eBay (niche seller of comics)...if I have to choose between slow and none, eBay's the way to go for me. Great vid, sire!
We have also homeschooled all 4 of our kids. Our youngest is in her last year of schooling so they have always helped me and the flexibility has been wonderful
I do have a side hustle and it is usually very seasonal. I do not make a lot of money but see it as more of a service for the spaniel field trialing community.
I retired and started reselling local. Stuff started piling up, I said I got to learn eBay to sell this stuff. Things went good "Covid days". So my wife quit her part time job to work with me on eBay. We like it, it's going pretty good, not near as good as the first 3 years. I told myself after 40 years I never want to work for someone else again.
I work a full time job and resell on the side I’d eventually love to be completely self employed whether that is reselling alone or reselling and something else I’m determined to make it happen
I work full time at a large credit union (just recently started working from home) and reselling is my side gig. I have been reselling for years but really ramped it up during covid. I’m now building it more and more as I get closer to retirement age. Looking forward to having some years of working for myself and reselling as much as possible. 😊
I have been working since I was 12 years old. Been reselling since 1995. I have always done it for fun and to increase my own collections. I owned my own business (Comic Book Shop and Tattoo shop) from 2005-2008. Now I work a pretty lucrative job and still do things on the side (food truck) for fun. My reselling is to support my bad habits and have fun money. I have seen the market go up and down, but I have always found cool stuff, kept some and made some good sales. 🌮🐺
I'm a quarter time reseller. Right now I only have two electric guitars listed but I'm working on listing more items. I'm retired and I started eBay back in 2002 selling one item at a time and the item would sell immediately...and NOW, the economy is so bad that I can't blame people that get frustrated with eBay because they quit their jobs to sell. They blame eBay. They chose to quit their jobs and give it a try. It's the economy that is hurting resellers. I'd rather buy groceries than items online. Don't blame eBay. Love your channel Kevin!!
Been self-employed since 2004 with the exception of one year. Owned carpet cleaning business for 10 yrs in VA. Sold the business, and our family moved to NC. Always sold on ebay as a hobby/side income. I wanted to start another business, and after working one year at Bojangles for one year as assistant manager, I realized why I worked for myself. Started selling full-time in 2020. I've never worked it as much as I've had until this past year because, honestly, I don't need to. We prepared ourselves somewhat financially by selling our cookie cutter home 2 yrs ago and moved away from the city and bought another home and paid cash for it. It's the smallest house we ever owned, but it affords us to live life without the stresses of needing to rely on $100k income. We can make it by with $80k. My wife is also self-employed, and between both of us should save $40k this year after taxes.
We've been selling for the past 11 years. Full time for the last 7. It has allowed us both to quit our full time jobs. I was able to leave fedex after 20 year's. We constantly net over 225k a year in sales. We both work harder now than we ever did at a regular jobs. But I will never go back to a full time 40 hour a week job!!
I'm a part time seller and have a full time job that covers my bills with a little left over. I like to find the good deals. I'm selling now to help my twins buy their 1st car. Thanks for your videos it's been very helpful.
Biggest positive is AI can't replace resellers like many of other jobs. The only issue that will happen is people having goggles that will detect values vs people with just their eyes knowing. So you must know things those goggles can't pick up aka vintage military or specialized items where values aren't available.
Self employed is why, yes. Wish I'd known this a long time ago. Being a single mom, I needed insurance, retirement, etc. I made the right choice, but now I'm supplementing and having fun!
Also those that are wanting to get into self employment, there are many deductibles and other benefits that really can be thought of as an addition to the income. The percentages may not be great but it helps.
I do eBay part time mostly sports cards, I make about and extra 1500 a month plus I work at Home Depot full time do hvac since I have a license as another side as well as small engine repair. My full time pays my bills everything else is savings vacations and “fun money”
Im on year 2 fulltime, next year with the sourcing oppourtunites i have buiit this year and inventory collected, i will make 100k. At about 85k this year.
I was a preschool teacher before having my own 3 boys. I started a handmade business 15 years ago which has been slow (luckily my husband has a great job) I started reselling kind of by accident in 2022 and didn't realize I can make some good money doing it. I love the picking and that my boys help out. I hope to keep it going and growing. I still have my handmade business along with I started selling digital products for teachers in 2021. It doesn't make me much money but I love making learning resources (it is the teacher in me).
My husband is a full time railroader. He carries the benefits and I have an eBay store. We also have a wedding rental side business. I’ve tried Ubereats, but my husband doesn’t like me going alone, either. I worked as a radiology tech for 12 years and it was very difficult working with a chronic illness. I’m very thankful for the chance to work when I feel good and around my doctor appts and to get to be there for my kids when they need me. I’m constantly looking for new side hustles!!
I prefer to have multiple "side hustles" keeps me from getting bored or burnt out. Reselling is where most of my time is spent. However, I'm still in the music industry doing 5-10 shows a month at this point. On slow sales weeks I make up the difference Door Dashing.
I work full time and I started reselling as a side hustle to help pay off debt. I fell in love with reselling so Im now trying grow the reselling side to one day replace my full time income.
I work full time for a trucking company 40 hours a week and I also buy people's hot wheels collections and sell what I don't want and try to work for myself full time as well so eventually it will lead to me working full time for myself. I've been selling hot wheels and other stuff for like 25 years and the last 10 or 15 years I've gone hard on buying people out and try to go to the flea market every good weather weekend and go to any toy show and convention I can using pto at work.
I just had my 2nd year reselling anniversary. No, my husband and I could not survive on what I make. We are empty nesters. He has a good paying job. I absolutely love reselling! I do not ever what to go back to an office job.
It’s just strange how eBay just turns off for days at a time. I usually sell $100-200 a day worth of items. In the last 5 days I’ve sold one item for $10. Over the weekend I listed 42 items and nothing. Very strange.
Ive been having better ebay sales lately and its no because of holidays coming up. The holidays have helped a little with some older listed items. Ive been lucky to have been able to source higher dollar items at cheap prices and move them quickly and have had good luck with being a repeat buyer at estate sales and getting to know the sellers. I dont go out of my way anymore to hunt yard sales unless there is not many estate sales. I am also a back ground Actor for TV and movies but that has been very slow since covid and the strike and has come back a little but no where near what it was before
I have been reselling collectibles for years at festivals and collector shows. The whole time I have been working full time. It was always a way to get a cash bump. I have tons of stuff I bought for resale, but did not have a outlet. Ebay is not a good platform for everything. I just openned up a booth at a Antique Mall. It is already positive for the first month there and I am moving stuff I normally do not take to collector shows.
Just watched one of your videos from about a year ago regarding a disreputable TH-camr. I didn't know who it was and I basically only watch you and Jocelyn. It's a personality thing I think and you are both overflowing with good information and good personalities. That's all the variety I need or have time for. 😂 and now that I watched all of it!!!.....Hilarious! What threw me was in the beginning "..he even stages" his sales. I guess u do in a way. Ya got me!
I’m selling almost full time right now as my brother and I work to grow our business. We also just took on an e-commerce fulfillment gig to increase income. I tell you, it’s nice to ship small, consistent items. My wife works full time; I quit my job to be home with our autistic daughter, who needs tons of attention to be able to function.
Ive always liked the treasure hunt, I metal detect and also used to look for arrowheads and other artifacts as well but reselling started as a hobby because I couldn’t do much due to a leg injury. we already had a small booth at an antique mall so I decided to “run” with the online selling instead of a booth. I still get to treasure hunt just in a different sense and It funds itself and a little extra helped with medical bills. P.s. took the ikea dibdit bag for its maiden voyage to a flea market this past weekend, worked great but I may need another.😅
I think the pandemic caused a light to go on in many people's heads. Self-employment has blossomed and I believe that is, in part, responsible for the difficulty companies are having finding employees. Eventually, it will dawn on big business that they desparately need their employees which should result in better wages, benefits and treatment for workers. Win, win for all.
I am recently retired and thankfully can pay our expenses with Social Security and my 401Ks. eBay gave us a financial boost when I was working full time and now gives me a purpose everyday. It provides extra money for travel and other fun with our family. Last two years, my wife and I have been to Manchu Picchu, Egypt and Greece. Thank you eBay!
I have other income. A small pension. A small social security benefit. The wife has a small pension and a small social security benefit. We sell some products from our small farm as well.
I had to retire early with long covid so I had been doing reselling anyway in a carefree way.. it was just extra money that I didn’t bother with much! But now I’m home I decide when to work with being sick.. I have built the biz up but diversifying has helped! Some platform’s did great them died so like you I’m always thinking! I wanted to volunteer and that was my plan until I got sick .. I’m glad I can get everything I need delivered.🙏🙏🙏 so thankful for that! I even purchased fabrics to manufacture clothing myself but after getting sick I don’t have the energy! Being born into my parents clothing biz my brain is wired to always think ! Never bored at home 😊 my goal is to get driving again at some point as my ultimate joy is thrifting new & used .. you guys seem to make the most of your family life 👏👏 cherish it as they grow & go 😢
I hear you. Long Covid sidelined me for a year and a half. Then my health improved. I left my professional job and am now home with teenagers so I'm always busy. Reselling is so fun and a great part time job for me. My spouse is main financial support but my goal is to pay full college tuition bill for my son going away to school next year. I may need to pick up another job/sidegig to make that work. We'll see.
I currently have a full time job with 40 hours I’ve been reselling to save extra money to save on future investments and a New Home. I also enjoy reselling and making Social Media content. If you don’t enjoy doing this kinda of work, then it’s definitely not for you. This is hard work and you need to enjoy the grind. Hustle Hard, Sell Hard, Play Hard and Keep Pushing Forward 💪😎👍🏼
eBay is 90% of our income, with only me doing it. I'm branching out w list perfectly but managed to crash my computer the first week I signed up for it so it's back to eBay for the moment. Lol. I do marketplace, my husband works on a lady's yard a couple days a month but thankfully we don't have a lot of bills.
My husband and I retired in 2022 at 56 years old. I resell on eBay for a hobby. My husband did take on another full time position. We don’t need my eBay income for our everyday living. We use this eBay income for our travel expenses. But, my sales have dropped. I’ve tried everything to boost my sales and I’m backing off on hunting for new items which is honestly my favorite part of selling on eBay. I just don’t know what else I can do to boost my sales.
I’m leaving my 9-5 this quarter. I have been doing eBay as a side job for the last 5 years. Reinvested into Bitcoin and Solana. Because of crypto I can pay off my mortgage and new Tesla. eBay can then cover my utilities and food. I am 37 with a wife and daughter. We homeschool so I can’t wait to help out with that too!
We have no other income but reselling. Not having benefits is hard. We have catastrophic health insurance but nothing else. We have no minor children but are too young for SS. We work a lot too!
Retired and consider myself a part time full time reseller. Make just enough to plug the gap between our combined full time income when we worked and our current combined pension. I ramp up my activity when I want to generate more income.
I did really good last month.. this month so far.. is awful, and eBay is the only source of income I have now since the hurricane.. I’m getting ready to make my first eBay video, hopefully today and I’m going to mention you, and cat, I’ve learned lots from you both. 🙏🏼
Hi Kevin, I'm retired going on 7.5 years so I have a passive income. Started selling as a hobby this past March. I love bargain hunting and finding that unexpected treasure that turns $1 into $XXX. I've been learning a lot by watching your and other reseller's videos and by my own trial and error. Thanks for putting out your videos, they make a difference. Mick
Hello Pepper! Cat tax: paid. Old line traditional resellers were often disabled and couldn't do 9/5 or retail jobs. I quit reselling several years ago, because among other problems I'm progressively disabled and working a 9-5 is impossible. It's not like I could "go back" to anything. I'm also 99.99% likely to be on the Autism spectrum, so even when I could physically tackle standard jobs no one wanted me. (blindingly stupid of them, but...corp-rats gonna corp-rat.) But now if I earn too much money and I'd lose my health coverage. Add in all the garbage eBay and other platforms were piling on and..now sourcing locally is getting harder and harder. (diversify, diversify...smack into a very restrictive permanent weight limit and...yeahwell.) It was time to bail. Reselling in my old niche is harder and harder too; I have friends who still do it and the old crew is shrinking; they're running into the same sourcing drought and getting to the point where reselling is creating more bills than it pays. BTW - living beneath my means would mean a tent by the river.
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Had to quit full time work to take care of my mom and we had our first Grandchild and they needed childcare. We have been struggling but I am determined to make it work, the freedom is amazing. Thanks for all you do!!
Retired eBay keeps me active both physically and mentally. Go out to find items great way to be out of house rather than sitting around doing nothing
Me as well ❤
That’s my goal to work at getting mobile .. I am sick but get a few hours of energy a day! You are right reselling gets me up in am keeps my busy .. definitely a cure for boredom 😊👍
Can me and my wife and kid come live with ya and I can be your prodigy? 😬
Good for you👏👏👏❤❤❤
Yep! I am a retired entrepreneur. And that entrepreneurial spirit never retires. So I found reselling. I enjoy it, it keeps me growing and learning. I set goals for the profits and strive to achieve them. Now, newly widowed, it fills time and has become a more social experience. I don’t plan to give it up😊🤗 I enjoy spending time with you, your family and other TH-cam creators! Y’all make me laugh (and sometimes cry). So keep doing what you do and thanks for sharing your family with me ❤️❤️
Love the spirit ❤❤❤❤🙌
Alright, this might be my first time chiming in but check it out, work construction in the bricklayers union goin on 20yrs after my service in the Marine Corps, we go where the work is so all over the state (wisc) and sometimes out of state. So I pick on my way home wherever I'm coming home from. Very easy to look for signs on the way home. Then all new construction has all new furnishings so all the boxes and bubble wrap is free. This has been a fun ride, definitely a hustle with 3 teenage boys and a beautiful wife but that's who it's for. Learned a lot from ya'll n want to thank you.
I started reselling 2 years ago as a hobby, I was already working a full time job plus running a small lawn business( I’ve been doing this for 25 years). Lost my full time job last year and I ramped up my lawn business as well as my eBay store. I’m very blessed with having no debt(house is paid off) and my wife has a good paying job. eBay sales pays for our monthly expenses & my contribution towards retirement. Lawn business money helps to build up or savings & paid for a new(to me) truck 2 years ago. Paid cash of course.
UH MAZIN' 👏👏👏👏
I’m like you as well. I had a full time job that let me go. I ended up finding a good part time job at a hemp shop which with tips it does support us. My fiancé had a full time job at a dealership but we wanted something more. Not just money but mostly excitement! It’s fun hunting and refurbishing. Now I don’t think I’ll ever work another full time job. I’m burnt out with selling 45-60 hours a week of my life to help some company make money. The reselling addition to our jobs has enhanced our life in a lot of ways. Buyers I think forget that when they get pissed at us for making a mistake. Most of us just love to do it and we want to make other people happy with what we found.
I fell during hurricane clean up of Hurricane Sally back in 2020 & it has disabled me. During that time I was a dog handler at one of our local vet clinic. My husband has the stable income that provides our health insurance & pays the bills until I can get this reselling up and running like I desire to. I’ve always excelled at reselling, but I’ve never done it online so that’s new to me as well as learning what my body will and will not allow me to do. I’ve always been a hustler & I will press past this physical set back & make this work for me and my family. I am in my own way & gotta get that part sorted.
I resell full time on 5 different platforms. i just signed up for commons to sell on. I have doubled my sales since watching and listing to you and others. Thanks keep selling.
eBay, bonanza, craigslist, Facebook, mercari?
I am in sink or swim mode. I am 68 and had to take social security at 63. Been out of work 2 years because the world doesn't like to hire older people.
you got this!
Honey resell! If you make anything handmade as well- do it!!! Praying for you❤️🙏
Buy low sell high BUT NOT TOO HIGH ❤❤❤❤❤
I'm semi-retired as in I'm taking Social Security, but it's definitely not enough in this economic scenario to cover expenses and feed me. I'm diversified into reselling my parent's estate which includes a lot of antiques and collectibles, working part time as a consultant with a fantastic long-term company relationship and I am a painter, so occasionally sell an original painting or prints. As you mentioned, I love the time flexibility I have, yet definitely "work" much more than if I had a j o b. Because I adore researching the antiques and collectibles, it drives me to continue reselling even though my sales revenues are off about 60%. I appreciate watching your videos as it helps keep me motivated in the face of drastically declining sales. With good sales, reselling helps me increase savings and allows me to visit family out of town. With sales as they are now in an inflationary economy, my lower sales basically feed me, for which I am grateful! Thank you for sharing your hustle, which keeps me looking at other income options and ever moving forward as a self-employed person!!! ❤🎉
Been full time reseller on eBay for 12 years
I have seen ebay sales collapse over the past year.
Last year we added a storage unit with racking and worked to almost double our listings. We got zero increase in sales.
I’ll put items on here and they sit for months. Unless you price your items at ridiculous low prices it all sits.
Plus I’m
Seeing the dumbest low offers I’ve ever seen. $80 items and they offer $20.
If you don’t have money already and can withstand the shenanigans of the eBay algorithm then you won’t last on their platform
( and I’m in a hot area , down here in TN with the Nashville flippers )
Truth
I've sold part time online since 1999. I was a high school teacher social studies teacher like yourself and went into administration too (like yourself, I was quite good at both of these roles). It just about killed me (literally), but I made it to 25 years this year, so I have a partial pension. After taking my early retirement, I have ramped up my online reselling, which is what I really love to do. I think you hit the nail on the head -- being your own boss gives me the most flexibility that I have ever had, and I wouldn't give it up! Every day is now great, even if the sales slump from time to time. Thank you for your great outlook on the world - I love your videos!
You know what's up❤❤❤❤
I listed and sold my first item on eBay at the end of last week. I definitely am looking forward to listing and selling more. I am planning on it just being a fun little side gig. Love the videos and thanks for all of the how to videos that you do.
Hay Kevin, so maybe I am the outlier, I am 100% a full time reseller, I do have a small You tube, but I don't make enough there to even see that as an income. I am solo--PERIOD! I have no other form of income. It has been a little slower this past few months, however, I am up 20.8% this year vs the prior time period. I may not be having amazing sales daily, but I look at my sales as monthly not daily. Not going to complain--I'm happy--and I can do better, as we all can. Hope all is well with the Fam, Noel ❤🔥❤🔥👩🌾👩🌾
Farm Gurl you are definitely one of the most interesting You tubers. You go gurl! dallya
@@jasteimel79 ❤️🔥❤️👩🌾
I’m glad i experienced early eBay. I’m a millennial, remember being a kid selling OG pokemon and Yugioh, computer parts on my dad’s account. Waiting for money orders, learning how to estimate profit, learning early logistics and so on. eBay now is bland and boring, it’s just one of my businesses, next to working in the medical field, and early military pension and so on. Never seen EBay so bad, so many bugs on the platform now.
change change CHANGE With THE WIND ❤❤❤
I fit in the small TH-camr, Ebay reseller, who Doordashes too...plus a bunch of other stuff lol the hustle don't stop, but yea I definitely work more hours than a regular job...but It's worth it
I got into reselling in 2021 as a side gig. One of my adult children died a couple of years earlier and I needed a little extra something to keep my mind occupied and to sell off some of the excess I found myself accumulating. I have recently retired and don’t rely on the income solely but it will definitely help with the financial and emotional needs of my retirement years…until I get too old to be active. I enjoy the videos of yours and always get a few chuckles out of trash to cash podcasts.
Thank you Donna.
So sorry for your loss
My husband is on disability and I take care of him. I do reselling on ebay and etsy and facebook. Etsy if I find some vintage things to sell. I also have another Etsy shop where I make suncatchers and resin items, and I also sell a lot of those through word of mouth. I'm not quite making enough to live comfortably but it's just kicking in right, I'm quite busy with orders. I'm hoping to stock up on the handmade stuff and be able to relax for awhile. As far as the reselling, not a lot of places here in winter to get items but I go crazy in the summer, garage sales and collecting free stuff. I've gathered so much that I've had to rent a storage unit to hold it, so now it's up to me to get through it all.
Made the choice to go full-time reselling on Ebay about a year ago when the company i worked for shut down our local office. I had a nice nest egg, but that has dwindled as I've ramped up my Ebay business. This past summer was much better than i expected, but October has been dead. Love reselling and the freedom it gives me over my time. Time is what we can never get back, and what i value the most. I love not having to say "I can't do that because I have to work". Thank you for your inspirational videos. You always say exactly what i need to hear to keep me motivated. Bless you and your beautiful family!
I do reselling, DoorDash and Walmart spark. I have been self employed for 30 years and will continue to hustle anyway I know how to to stay this way.
We started selling on Ebay in July of this year. We are retired and this has helped us to supplement social security especially with the higher cost of living. We have enjoyed it and put in a lot of time to do this. We have learned a lot from you and others on what to source. Thanks a lot for the videos you do, it really helps new resellers like us.
I have a great flexible full time job. I keep it for the various benefits, especially medical. I started reselling a few years ago to make a little extra to pay debt, pay for vacations and I still do it simply because I love it. The ups and downs don’t get me worried because I don’t depend on it. So I’m in it for the long haul. One day I may become one of those retired resellers 😊
“I’m a hustler that’s what I am.”
- Kevin Commonwelath Picker
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Hey Kevin, We resell mostly as a hobby. My husband has a full time job. I have had a small business for quite a few years now. I started my own small business in 2008 when I was homeschooling my girls, first creating custom fashion jewelry, then encompassing costume creation for their dance studios. Now that I'm finished with homeschooling, I have more time on my hands to resell for fun! It has been a blessing because it covers my Jeep costs and has helped with those unexpected medical bills that have come up lately. We both enjoy the thrill of the hunt for sure and I absolutely love learning about the history behind the vintage items we sell. 😃
So, I absolutely love your videos! I am a nurse by trade and still a nurse, but I am salary because I’m management now. I work for anyone when they call in which is quite often but then I have the management tasks that have to be taken care of as well. I am struggling, paying the bills as a single mama and I don’t have any child support. Father tapped out along time ago.
full time reseller, work my ass off so far i've made about net 145k pretax this year
do you source and sell only expensive things
We started reselling as a way to downsize prior to moving to our current home in 2022. I’m twice retired (once from the Army, and also from working for the State), so we have full benefits and a decent monthly income that pretty much covers living expenses. The reselling income is mostly for covering unforeseen expenses, and for vacations, big purchases, etc. I look at the numbers monthly, and I’m sure I could make more working outside the home. But we enjoy the freedom of not answering to someone else, making our own hours, and we enjoy most aspects of reselling (especially sourcing).
I very much enjoy reselling. I do have a full-time job along with my reselling and also my freelancing business where I do photography and graphic design. So, to say the least, I stay busy. I always make time to source and list because it is an adventure, and it helps out during slow times with my freelancing, and I get to enjoy the mystery of what to find and what it sells.
I fell into this trying to clear my parents estate. I had a full time job until the last year of their lives...I was their caregiver and I just could not keep up with the job and their needs. They passed 16 days apart (they always said they were going together and I guess they did) but before my dad died he said "don't go back to the stress job, be an artist and live your dream"... so that was the plan but I was selling more of their estate and enjoying thrifting and finding more things to sell so I do my art but it doesn't sell as fast... so ebay covers my bills and I'm hoping i can figure out how to find the time for art & ebay... it's hard as a single person. My 4th quarter sales are lower than my other quarters this year... so right now is tough.
People often think I get some sort of disability or government assistance, but I do not. 95 percent of my income is online auctions and 5 percent is TH-cam.
Reselling is my side hustle. I have a pretty good regular job with a good company and I have a good boss who is very flexible with my schedule. The money is pretty good too for the area I live in. My goal is to set myself up for retirement. I want to be debt free and have my house and out buildings the way I want them. I am also in the process of getting my auctioneers license.
Yes, I work full time. I just love going to auctions and garage sales, and it gives me a place to get rid of stuff I buy
I'm chronically ill and fighting for disability, and I sell on eBay because I can no longer physically teach at the preschool. I also run an author promotion business, so both are my income. I'm working towards selling more on eBay and looking into other e-commerce sites, such as Pangobooks, Etsy, etc.
So, yes, this is a great portion of my income whilst I build up my author business. I've been selling on eBay ever since 2001 but in the past, I did it just part-time but now I do it more full-time.
Not only do I now need to work from home but I do find it so much easier because I no longer have to "take off work" and worry about using up too many sick days for doctors' appointments. When I have an appointment I still can get my listings done or author promotions, at any time of the day. So, for me, this is best. I also enjoy being a reseller. I've honestly always enjoyed selling on eBay. It's amazing to see what sells! Plus, I love the hunt for good bargains!
I'm a part time reseller by choice , I set my goals to meet the monthly needs I have. I am retired and only Have soc sec , and I am very happy with the return from Ebay. I try to stay in my niche but it is tempting to just post up willy nilly, but I am happy with the small boost I get. Great advice Kevin.
Love your point of view on this! My husband & I started reselling appox 2 years ago & as much as we would love to do this full time.....because we enjoy doing it, sadly it does not pay enough for us to live on. HOWEVER we have found that it makes enough to pay for us to take more vacations that we wouldn't be able to do with just doing our regular jobs. That alone is HUGE for us....we love to travel so we find joy in the extra work because of that reward we get :) Love your channels, you have a great outlook on things! Keep on doing what you do!
Hello, we actually run Estate Sale businesses on top of my Reseller side. We are crazy Estate Sale, family, and Reseller and by the way I love your content. It has helped me a lot in the past and future.
I was pushing a 6k 90 day total on ebay half a year ago. Went down hill to like $1600 but so did my effort. Instead I've been doing WhatNot since January and I've hit $38k in sales and just hit my 1k sale instant payout privilege. Now working back on building up my Ebay for static sells. In other words never put all your eggs (effort) in 1 basket.
eBay is about to lose sellers in a mass exodus, and they could care less so let them not care, and I will care where it matters (elsehwere)
I started in 2022 as a side hustle but grew to love it. At that time I was still working at my government job spending 4 hours a day commuting and working 10 hour days. I retired at age 57 but had 30 years in so I have my retirement to fall back on. I really enjoy reselling and the hunt for the items!
I have my eBay store, I’m a realtor and a notary public, and I work two days a week at a friend’s shop.
Do what you have to!!!+ legal & moral MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!❤❤❤❤
Been reselling for about a year, strictly as a hobby! Gets me outta the house, and makes me smile when I make a sale (even if it’s only a couple bucks profit. I make a couple hundred a month and sales are steady, have been since I started. Love watching the videos, thanks for your content. It’s entertaining and helpful! Keep on keeping on!
I switched from part-time to full time and although I've been struggling a bit with the financial management part, I don't regret it a bit. Contrary to you, my worst months for sourcing was June-Mid August as I source online and there was very little of interest to buy. Now sourcing is much, much better and I'm hopeful things will turn around as I'm really putting in the work. Love your video, as always, your lovely family and fluffy pets!
First the gossip: Poshmark is going back to their original fees. I guess sales had tanked. (saw that coming 😜)
I'm self employed. Reselling is my primary, but I also consult.
Started reselling in 2004, never quit my job. I am now retired and social security is my main income now. Reselling basically covers my food bill and utilities each month. I don't work more than about 30 hours a week.
keep it up ❤👏👏👏👏
I have a part time retail job. Funny thing is some weeks/weekends I make way more than my PT job weekly check, but obviously I got the job to be there supplemental for when I have the bad slow weeks.
Before going Full Time reselling I worked 20 years plus retail so just went back. But I was reselling on eBay part time since 2006.
I sell on ebay part time. I sell to supplement my income. Thanks so much for making the informative videos. I always look forward to watching them. You are a mentor to me. Have a great day.
I bartend 2 nights a week at the American Legion as a side gig. Owned a real estate company, owned a local tavern, was a paraeducator, and a secretary for the State government in the past. Burn out and boredom led me to reselling. Best decision ever! If things went south, I would sell my house and RV it for about 2 years!
Work full time (50 plus hrs a week), Ebay, 2 flea market booths (soon to be 3), scrap metal and about anything else I can squeeze in just to make ends meet. Getting harder and harder with this economy
Great episode. I have a job I love but my wife and I recently started reselling as a side hustle. We love thrifing and yard sale finds but we can't keep it all. LOL
This is the most realistic video by far for probably 90%, or more, of resellers. I think most resellers would benefit greatly from living as close to a 'debt free' lifestyle as possible. Thank you sir.
I quit my office job this summer to be self employed. I sell on multiple platforms, have 2 antique booths, cat sit, and teach fitness classes. I love hustling; the freedom and variety makes me feel like I don’t work.
This is my side gig. I’m 2-3 years away from retirement. Though, and will definitely continue reselling.
I have already realized this and started diversifying my income. I still list like normal, but the time I don't spend doing eBay work, I am doing something else with my other sources.
I have been trying to figure out a way to combine all of them so they can all mesh together.
Retail worker over here. I tried the other platforms but they're even slower for me than eBay (niche seller of comics)...if I have to choose between slow and none, eBay's the way to go for me. Great vid, sire!
We have also homeschooled all 4 of our kids. Our youngest is in her last year of schooling so they have always helped me and the flexibility has been wonderful
I do have a side hustle and it is usually very seasonal. I do not make a lot of money but see it as more of a service for the spaniel field trialing community.
I retired and started reselling local. Stuff started piling up, I said I got to learn eBay to sell this stuff. Things went good "Covid days". So my wife quit her part time job to work with me on eBay. We like it, it's going pretty good, not near as good as the first 3 years. I told myself after 40 years I never want to work for someone else again.
Selling on eBay is my side hustle. I also work a part-time job, babysit, and volunteer at a church community service thrift one day a week.
I work a full time job and resell on the side I’d eventually love to be completely self employed whether that is reselling alone or reselling and something else I’m determined to make it happen
I work full time at a large credit union (just recently started working from home) and reselling is my side gig. I have been reselling for years but really ramped it up during covid. I’m now building it more and more as I get closer to retirement age. Looking forward to having some years of working for myself and reselling as much as possible. 😊
I have been working since I was 12 years old. Been reselling since 1995. I have always done it for fun and to increase my own collections. I owned my own business (Comic Book Shop and Tattoo shop) from 2005-2008. Now I work a pretty lucrative job and still do things on the side (food truck) for fun. My reselling is to support my bad habits and have fun money. I have seen the market go up and down, but I have always found cool stuff, kept some and made some good sales. 🌮🐺
I'm a quarter time reseller. Right now I only have two electric guitars listed but I'm working on listing more items. I'm retired and I started eBay back in 2002 selling one item at a time and the item would sell immediately...and NOW, the economy is so bad that I can't blame people that get frustrated with eBay because they quit their jobs to sell. They blame eBay. They chose to quit their jobs and give it a try. It's the economy that is hurting resellers. I'd rather buy groceries than items online. Don't blame eBay. Love your channel Kevin!!
Another great video Kevin! I'm curious as to what camera you use for your videos? Thanks!
Been self-employed since 2004 with the exception of one year. Owned carpet cleaning business for 10 yrs in VA. Sold the business, and our family moved to NC. Always sold on ebay as a hobby/side income. I wanted to start another business, and after working one year at Bojangles for one year as assistant manager, I realized why I worked for myself. Started selling full-time in 2020. I've never worked it as much as I've had until this past year because, honestly, I don't need to. We prepared ourselves somewhat financially by selling our cookie cutter home 2 yrs ago and moved away from the city and bought another home and paid cash for it. It's the smallest house we ever owned, but it affords us to live life without the stresses of needing to rely on $100k income. We can make it by with $80k. My wife is also self-employed, and between both of us should save $40k this year after taxes.
We've been selling for the past 11 years. Full time for the last 7. It has allowed us both to quit our full time jobs. I was able to leave fedex after 20 year's. We constantly net over 225k a year in sales. We both work harder now than we ever did at a regular jobs. But I will never go back to a full time 40 hour a week job!!
I'm a part time seller and have a full time job that covers my bills with a little left over. I like to find the good deals. I'm selling now to help my twins buy their 1st car. Thanks for your videos it's been very helpful.
Biggest positive is AI can't replace resellers like many of other jobs. The only issue that will happen is people having goggles that will detect values vs people with just their eyes knowing. So you must know things those goggles can't pick up aka vintage military or specialized items where values aren't available.
Self employed is why, yes. Wish I'd known this a long time ago.
Being a single mom, I needed insurance, retirement, etc. I made the right choice, but now I'm supplementing and having fun!
Also those that are wanting to get into self employment, there are many deductibles and other benefits that really can be thought of as an addition to the income. The percentages may not be great but it helps.
I do eBay part time mostly sports cards, I make about and extra 1500 a month plus I work at Home Depot full time do hvac since I have a license as another side as well as small engine repair. My full time pays my bills everything else is savings vacations and “fun money”
Im on year 2 fulltime, next year with the sourcing oppourtunites i have buiit this year and inventory collected, i will make 100k. At about 85k this year.
I was a preschool teacher before having my own 3 boys. I started a handmade business 15 years ago which has been slow (luckily my husband has a great job) I started reselling kind of by accident in 2022 and didn't realize I can make some good money doing it. I love the picking and that my boys help out. I hope to keep it going and growing. I still have my handmade business along with I started selling digital products for teachers in 2021. It doesn't make me much money but I love making learning resources (it is the teacher in me).
My husband is a full time railroader. He carries the benefits and I have an eBay store. We also have a wedding rental side business. I’ve tried Ubereats, but my husband doesn’t like me going alone, either. I worked as a radiology tech for 12 years and it was very difficult working with a chronic illness. I’m very thankful for the chance to work when I feel good and around my doctor appts and to get to be there for my kids when they need me. I’m constantly looking for new side hustles!!
I prefer to have multiple "side hustles" keeps me from getting bored or burnt out. Reselling is where most of my time is spent. However, I'm still in the music industry doing 5-10 shows a month at this point. On slow sales weeks I make up the difference Door Dashing.
I work full time and I started reselling as a side hustle to help pay off debt. I fell in love with reselling so Im now trying grow the reselling side to one day replace my full time income.
I work full time for a trucking company 40 hours a week and I also buy people's hot wheels collections and sell what I don't want and try to work for myself full time as well so eventually it will lead to me working full time for myself. I've been selling hot wheels and other stuff for like 25 years and the last 10 or 15 years I've gone hard on buying people out and try to go to the flea market every good weather weekend and go to any toy show and convention I can using pto at work.
I just had my 2nd year reselling anniversary. No, my husband and I could not survive on what I make. We are empty nesters. He has a good paying job. I absolutely love reselling! I do not ever what to go back to an office job.
Do you mostly sale on eBay? I want to start but eBay is not appealing to beginners
@@James-f1r5t A little on Poshmark but majority on EBay.
It’s just strange how eBay just turns off for days at a time. I usually sell $100-200 a day worth of items. In the last 5 days I’ve sold one item for $10. Over the weekend I listed 42 items and nothing. Very strange.
I had days like that. I would stop listing and it seems like the algorithm decided to throw some sales my way.
What's your page where you sale I would like to look at your inventory
It doesn't "turn off", you just have long tail items.
I’m a server , an Uber driver, a soap maker , a notary and an aspiring eBay seller. My goal is also to be self employed 🔆 full time also.
Right now this is a side hustle for me.
Diddo. A few hundred a month i can count on.
Ive been having better ebay sales lately and its no because of holidays coming up. The holidays have helped a little with some older listed items. Ive been lucky to have been able to source higher dollar items at cheap prices and move them quickly and have had good luck with being a repeat buyer at estate sales and getting to know the sellers. I dont go out of my way anymore to hunt yard sales unless there is not many estate sales. I am also a back ground Actor for TV and movies but that has been very slow since covid and the strike and has come back a little but no where near what it was before
I have been reselling collectibles for years at festivals and collector shows. The whole time I have been working full time. It was always a way to get a cash bump. I have tons of stuff I bought for resale, but did not have a outlet. Ebay is not a good platform for everything. I just openned up a booth at a Antique Mall. It is already positive for the first month there and I am moving stuff I normally do not take to collector shows.
Just watched one of your videos from about a year ago regarding a disreputable TH-camr. I didn't know who it was and I basically only watch you and Jocelyn. It's a personality thing I think and you are both overflowing with good information and good personalities. That's all the variety I need or have time for. 😂 and now that I watched all of it!!!.....Hilarious! What threw me was in the beginning "..he even stages" his sales. I guess u do in a way. Ya got me!
You are correct for me I work 50% drafting and design (house plan design) and 50% reselling
I’m selling almost full time right now as my brother and I work to grow our business. We also just took on an e-commerce fulfillment gig to increase income. I tell you, it’s nice to ship small, consistent items.
My wife works full time; I quit my job to be home with our autistic daughter, who needs tons of attention to be able to function.
I own 3 companies & re-selling/antique booths have been side hustle for 20 years. I’m a busy body😂
Ive always liked the treasure hunt, I metal detect and also used to look for arrowheads and other artifacts as well but reselling started as a hobby because I couldn’t do much due to a leg injury. we already had a small booth at an antique mall so I decided to “run” with the online selling instead of a booth. I still get to treasure hunt just in a different sense and It funds itself and a little extra helped with medical bills.
P.s. took the ikea dibdit bag for its maiden voyage to a flea market this past weekend, worked great but I may need another.😅
I think the pandemic caused a light to go on in many people's heads. Self-employment has blossomed and I believe that is, in part, responsible for the difficulty companies are having finding employees. Eventually, it will dawn on big business that they desparately need their employees which should result in better wages, benefits and treatment for workers. Win, win for all.
I am recently retired and thankfully can pay our expenses with Social Security and my 401Ks. eBay gave us a financial boost when I was working full time and now gives me a purpose everyday. It provides extra money for travel and other fun with our family. Last two years, my wife and I have been to Manchu Picchu, Egypt and Greece. Thank you eBay!
I agree I replied to this video and earlier. Yes it gives a purpose plus we do as much or as little as we want. Peace.
I have other income. A small pension. A small social security benefit. The wife has a small pension and a small social security benefit. We sell some products from our small farm as well.
I had to retire early with long covid so I had been doing reselling anyway in a carefree way.. it was just extra money that I didn’t bother with much! But now I’m home I decide when to work with being sick.. I have built the biz up but diversifying has helped! Some platform’s did great them died so like you I’m always thinking! I wanted to volunteer and that was my plan until I got sick .. I’m glad I can get everything I need delivered.🙏🙏🙏 so thankful for that! I even purchased fabrics to manufacture clothing myself but after getting sick I don’t have the energy! Being born into my parents clothing biz my brain is wired to always think ! Never bored at home 😊 my goal is to get driving again at some point as my ultimate joy is thrifting new & used .. you guys seem to make the most of your family life 👏👏 cherish it as they grow & go 😢
I hear you. Long Covid sidelined me for a year and a half. Then my health improved. I left my professional job and am now home with teenagers so I'm always busy. Reselling is so fun and a great part time job for me. My spouse is main financial support but my goal is to pay full college tuition bill for my son going away to school next year. I may need to pick up another job/sidegig to make that work. We'll see.
I currently have a full time job with 40 hours
I’ve been reselling to save extra money to save on future investments and a New Home.
I also enjoy reselling and making Social Media content.
If you don’t enjoy doing this kinda of work, then it’s definitely not for you.
This is hard work and you need to enjoy the grind.
Hustle Hard, Sell Hard, Play Hard and Keep Pushing Forward 💪😎👍🏼
Fulltime job and part time reseller. Will retire next year but have 3 savings plus teacher retirement and eventually social security eventually.
eBay is 90% of our income, with only me doing it. I'm branching out w list perfectly but managed to crash my computer the first week I signed up for it so it's back to eBay for the moment. Lol. I do marketplace, my husband works on a lady's yard a couple days a month but thankfully we don't have a lot of bills.
My husband and I retired in 2022 at 56 years old. I resell on eBay for a hobby. My husband did take on another full time position. We don’t need my eBay income for our everyday living. We use this eBay income for our travel expenses. But, my sales have dropped. I’ve tried everything to boost my sales and I’m backing off on hunting for new items which is honestly my favorite part of selling on eBay. I just don’t know what else I can do to boost my sales.
I’m leaving my 9-5 this quarter. I have been doing eBay as a side job for the last 5 years. Reinvested into Bitcoin and Solana. Because of crypto I can pay off my mortgage and new Tesla. eBay can then cover my utilities and food. I am 37 with a wife and daughter. We homeschool so I can’t wait to help out with that too!
We have no other income but reselling. Not having benefits is hard. We have catastrophic health insurance but nothing else. We have no minor children but are too young for SS. We work a lot too!
Retired and consider myself a part time full time reseller. Make just enough to plug the gap between our combined full time income when we worked and our current combined pension. I ramp up my activity when I want to generate more income.
I did really good last month.. this month so far.. is awful, and eBay is the only source of income I have now since the hurricane..
I’m getting ready to make my first eBay video, hopefully today and I’m going to mention you, and cat, I’ve learned lots from you both. 🙏🏼
Hi Kevin, I'm retired going on 7.5 years so I have a passive income. Started selling as a hobby this past March. I love bargain hunting and finding that unexpected treasure that turns $1 into $XXX. I've been learning a lot by watching your and other reseller's videos and by my own trial and error. Thanks for putting out your videos, they make a difference. Mick
I'm a gig worker trying to make reselling my ft gig. I've been a sahm most of my life and have to be 'free' 😊
Hello Pepper! Cat tax: paid. Old line traditional resellers were often disabled and couldn't do 9/5 or retail jobs. I quit reselling several years ago, because among other problems I'm progressively disabled and working a 9-5 is impossible. It's not like I could "go back" to anything. I'm also 99.99% likely to be on the Autism spectrum, so even when I could physically tackle standard jobs no one wanted me. (blindingly stupid of them, but...corp-rats gonna corp-rat.) But now if I earn too much money and I'd lose my health coverage. Add in all the garbage eBay and other platforms were piling on and..now sourcing locally is getting harder and harder. (diversify, diversify...smack into a very restrictive permanent weight limit and...yeahwell.) It was time to bail. Reselling in my old niche is harder and harder too; I have friends who still do it and the old crew is shrinking; they're running into the same sourcing drought and getting to the point where reselling is creating more bills than it pays. BTW - living beneath my means would mean a tent by the river.