I started reselling YESTERDAY!! My first purchase/sale was a Leather Callaway cart bag. I bought it at goodwill for $15, and sold it within a few hours for $150!! Can definitely say I'm hooked on reselling as a part time side hustle/hobby/!
@@GerbilTeeth I’m not a huge fan of reselling on ebay. Partially because I don’t know how to do it. I sold it on Facebook marketplace! Definitely much easier in my opinion, and less scams!
@@lam102510 thanks Lucas, and how do you prefer to ship it? have them come pick it up, or do you drop it off at USPS? and do you just have them venmo you? sorry im new to this and want to get started so just asking lots of questions!
Perks about doing this: you do it when you want. It may not be a lot of money but you still are making money when YOU want to. :) (THANK U ALL FOR THE LIKES! My mom started buying storage units and making money doing that, I no longer sell on eBay and other platforms, I did work for a ups store and learned some great things.. some of my coworkers actually sold on eBay and stuff also.. I quit and started working for Amazon delivering packages.. would definitely like to sell stuff again.. it’s so much fun.. but the money I made didn’t really go to much.. I live with my mother and four other brothers.. money made just went to food and reinvesting back into higher purchases to resale.. I wish u all luck! :-))
@@beet4416 yeah I tried this stuff already along with Amazon FBA... For the amount of time and gas you put into traveling store to store, it's never really worth it.. also can't forget you are paying for shipping supplies too. If nobody believes me, go ahead and add all that shit up.
Here is an idea for all the reseller wanna be's. I was a reseller for over 20 years. It was a fun hobby for me as I had a full time job. I had an easy office job that allowed me to come and go as I pleased so I could even shop and package/mail items while "at work." I thoroughly enjoyed it for years. Then ebay got flooded with professional store owners and the competition got really tough. Plus ebay and paypal raised their fees. Now reselling is tough. It's way harder than most jobs IMO. There are many resellers doing very well but the average reseller is lucky to break even. My idea for you is to get rid of your junk and turn your storage space into an airbnb. That is what I did and I make 4X what I was making reselling with very little investment of time and money.
There's a difference between ebay items that are selling for $15 and ebay items that have an opening bid of $15. Just because the seller thinks it will sell for that much doesn't mean it will. Pay attention to the number of bidders on items. The more bids there are on an item, the more interest there is and the better chance you will sell it for what you want, if not more.
*love your videos man, ebay has been literally printing me money the past few weeks, think cause so many people are stuck at home nowadays.. great time to start selling guys, hope everyone is crushing it!* 💪🔥🤑
Boomers are getting old+ can't get out+ shop like they used to. Me personally I won't buy goodwill items for outrageous prices on e bay when I can go myself!
deborah DeborahR yeah it’s a fad, once sneaker companies start putting lots of supply in the market to compete and for revenue it’ll be oversaturated and the prices will go down and it won’t be worth the resell. It already happened with adidas.
Pro tip from some1 who used to do this all the time go 2 a goodwill in a nice town near u and look for famous name brands my friend would buy cheap Ralph Lauren suits for 20 bucks and post them for 60-100
Big thing to remember when you're looking on Ebay to research items, be SURE to look into COMPLETED auctions. Yea, they are up for sale at a certain price, but are they REALLY selling for that? I saw a few items you got to sell, that there is NO way you're going to get what you think you will. Trust me, I've been buying and selling on Ebay for over 20 years and have probably sold or tried to sell just about everything they would let me sell on there..lol.
True that. I have seen items that are ridiculously priced on eBay and Amazon both. How much you list for isn't necessary what people are willing to pay for it.
Agree. Easy to learn that the hard way. What things are listed for may not be close to what they actually sell for so always check the "sold" link to see if any are actually selling. I sell rare guitars and currently there are listings from Japan all over ebay asking 3 times what most actually go for. That can really throw off a noob seller as well as a buyer. From what I am told the sellers do not even have the instruments. They just hope for a sucker, then they purchase it if they can and transship it to the sucker.
@@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 Cool! I don't have to worry about trying to get a guitar I can't afford...I build cigar box guitars..lol. No, they aren't the rare guitars you sell I'm sure, but I have learned a lot in the last year and a half I've been building, and now I'm building number 27, a 6 string lap steel. And besides, it's fun and I have something to show for it when I'm done! I've even made a few bucks selling some. ;)
Yes it does. I think that is one of the reasons he one of the biggest youtubers, in the reselling community anyway. Just seems like a genuine nice guy.
Good video on what NOT to do. Buying something for $10 profit is not worth it if you have limited capital or are tying to go full time. You can find items to sell at these stores but for the time invested in listing, inventory, and shipping I wouldn't source these. I recommend learning what sells and going to thrift stores first.
Eh. It’s good beginner practice. Profit might be low but you’re getting a free education. The better you get at these things the more cost effective your time spent is. And you can’t get better without repetition.
Agreed. I can also ship items less than a pound from home, print the label w postage, and have the mail carrier pick up so I don’t have to leave the house.
Good tips! I mostly focus on reselling vintage home items but I have been interested in learning more about the retail arbitrage. I wouldn’t have known that baseball sells better than football, either. Very interesting!
You have to know about anything you’re going to buy and sell if you’re going to be good at it, it’s all tedious work a lot of the times after Ebay and PayPal and shipping take their cut the profit is low, but can forsure be worked to your advantage
We are EBay sellers as well and we went to Ross after watching this video. We picked up 11 items for about $118 and listed them for $312. We will see how we do. Thank you for the suggestion.
David P. We sell on eBay full time. It is our living. We know we pay out less than 13% for their services, it’s called the cost of doing business. We should still make well over $100, we don’t ship free.
IRIE4IPIER 😂😂. People like you are hilarious. You don’t have a “real” life and are miserable so you come into things like TH-cam where you can be anonymous and try to make other miserable. We hope your life gets better and you start seeing the positive things. Oh and by the way we sold the Under Armor underwear that we bought for $6.99 and got $25 plus shipping. So yeah we are doing terrible. 😆
What many people think is that the same strategy works for everyone. You have to find what your market has that is a good flip. I used to go to this video game store because they would price their new games the same as old and I'd focus on older consoles and try to find games that people were collecting sealed new. I also flipped antique cameras that the margins were a lot higher, but finding the right deals took a while. My rule of thumb is to flip items that can go first class if its a small profit. Less than $10. For that profit, I want it to be just dropped in an envelope and shipped. If I'm making $20+ I will mess with bubbles and boxes to package something heavy/fragile up.
I would never go out of my way to buy something make a post (maybe have to repost) ship it. Then possibly handle any kind of backlash from the buyer for $7-15 dollars. But that's just me...
I love the sour grapes comments😉❤️ This works folks! It does take work and effort but its a great little money maker if given a chance. 100% of a $5 profit is better than 0% of nothing
You're adorable :) Remind me just a tiny bit of a younger Adam Sandler (love Adam!) Anyhow, thanks for the tips! So many videos about trying to make huge amounts or have massive inventory and sometimes its just overwhelming. Like how down to earth you are and how simple you make it! The pillow thing was great fun to watch, nice that you put them back too.
Thanks Taco for your time! That's where I shop for myself and look around for the fun of it! As always, see you next time. Enjoy to see what your up to. 🙂
Offer Up is my go to for selling. Screw ebay with all the selling fees and the shipping hassles. On Offer Up, I can choose who I sell to and I can choose for buyers to come all the way to where I am for pick up.
I sell REMOTES. My sourcing is from large e-waste distributors who sell large pallets of four boxes that reach 6' high stacked and a portable pallet lift to un-stack them. This saves me a lot of space in storage. I usually sell any remote from $4 to $6 with free shipping and returns not based on brand or value.. Almost every remote goes for these prices so I don't have to research any and just focus on testing them. I sold about 15 remotes today easily. I listed 50 more and will probably list 80 tomorrow and then every other day. I sometimes list about 700 remotes in a week and sell about 65 to 100 a week.
yeah, selling shoes on ebay sucks too. cuz they're so heavy and expensive to ship. so it's nearly impossible to compete with places that offer free shipping like Zappos.
@@ramonbarajas2258 oh yeah, if you have some highly sought-after stuff, then yeah, the shipping is not a problem. you're definitely correct. but if you buy like a $5 pair of chucks and try to sell them for $30, but have to charge $15 to ship, most people will say "screw that, I'll get them brand new on Zappos or in the store for $45." so that makes it hard.
@Vex T yeah, that makes sense. i totally get the numbers aspect. just depends on how much free time you have. personally, I'm not going to spend the time buying/listing/selling/shipping 80 pairs of shoes to make $220 profit. that's just me though.
What I do is I buy all my stock using a credit card so I don’t use my own money I use the banks money and what ever doesn’t sell in 3 weeks I return and pay what ever is left from the stuff that did sell and you waste non of your money
@@BatStong That doesn't make sense if you are NOT doing auctions. If you list Buy it Now on Ebay it stays listed now GOOD UNTIL CANCELED. Your comment makes no sense for Ebay
Yeah I tried selling them on offer up and let go like 5 people flaked I think if I would of waited a little more I would sold some shoes but I just returned them instead. I think clothes is a better option.
I've been doing the thrift store thing for quite a while to generate extra income and I've only recently started looking at TJ Maxx / Marshall's / Ross, very informative thanks for taking the time to make this!
Lyzander911 These overstock stores are all new with tags and although there are still return requests there are wayyyy less than typical used items from thrift stores
I just found you!!! Love how simple you are! I’ve been selling mainly clothes and shoes on eBay and poshmark .. I realized a year after.. I am not into fashion at all 😑 looking to make about $600 a week so that I can take care of my 87 year old loving dad- going to binge watch your videos! LOVED IT!!!!
do you take the ross price tag off before shipping? curious about that used to work at Marshalls and always found amazing deals on shoes, going to start flipping on eBay once I figure out shipping
Absolutely always remove tags! Especially seeings how resellers usually Jack their prices up. The last thing anyone wants to see when their item arrives is that u paid 2.99 & they paid 22.99!
@@mandymoore5774 curious, let’s say you sold an item on eBay for $12.99 but there’s a price tag that says $29.99 (just an example) would you still want to remove it? Maybe it makes them feel like they got a good deal?
Why not just go to thrift store pick out the good stuff for cheap and resell on eBay, poshmark and any other platforms. I know a man who would go to thrift store and buy women's clothing and resell on ebay. Then this one girl would buy vintage clothing and resell on eBay.
it's good that people are seeing this, you do realize that lot of items sold at Marshall's are defective (especially clothing and shoes)? I have been shoping at Marshalls for over 25 years and can assure that is the case. But at least I can try them on to decide. At first I didn't realize this, and couldn't believe the prices were so low compared to the stores in the Shopping Malls. But then I started to notice all the odd defects. I mostly buy items for working outside so I don't care if the sleeves are a bit too long, etc. But at least I can try it on. I also had an issue with Addidas sneakers, they were too small (they were clearly stamped the wrong size, and you can't remove that, it was more then just mislabeling) I am sure there are some resellers that do not care they are doing this, but now you are making money off TH-cam as well, and telling others, I just want them to see the reality of what you are doing.
My buddy buys and sells shoes on Ebay it's quite profitable. One trick he uses is he lists shoes and if they dont sell in 20-25 days he returns them at the ross for a full refund under the 30 days.
I must say here in Luxembourg we sadly don't have shops like ross that sell brand names cheaper :/ I only wear Calvin Klein underwear and must pay the whole price, if there was a ross here, I think I would only shop there. Thank you Mr. Taco for sharing information, its so interesting to see how you guys live there in the US :)
Be prepared, Ross is like a giant junk store. Buy bulk from many stores. Shop for a certain item and you may never see it here. Clothes are not the most stylish and are probably a few years old. At least the tv ads are now saying shoppers can not find the exact items at store!!!!!
I work at a Marshalls, never been to a Ross store, pretty neat to see such similar prices with basically the exact same products. It's a lot like TJ Maxx.
TMK 22 Coming from someone who consistently shops at both Marshals and Ross, they’re essentially the same thing expect Marshall’s usually sells better quality brands.
@@jonathanjenson7335 When you sell an item, it gives you an option to purchase a shipping label through ebay. Depending on what you sell, I usually pay ~$2-3. Then you put it on what youre shipping and drop it off at USPS
Thank You for this video , I'm in England so things are a little different , how ever I would love to sell small items on line to help me with my mobilities , these videos will help a lot of people , Thanks Taco x
The best thing about flipping from stores like this is that if you put them on ebay and in like a week they dont seel you can just return them worse that will happen is you get store credit instead of cash
$100 a day = $2800 a month. So you are telling me that bringing in $2800 a month, ON TOP OF any income you also make from a job is too much work and time??? Lol. Okay, stick to whatever money you make and leave it to others who can actually sell.
How much am I working? If I work 5 hours a day for $100, that's only $20 an hour. No thanks. Also, I am not convinced he is making $100 a day doing this. Buying something for $3 and selling for $12 plus shipping is about $7 profit. I need to sell 15 of those a day for that to be $100. That isn't happening. I can also spend four hours at an auction on any given Saturday, leave with dozens of items, and not sit around in a Ross's all day. So, good for you for being able to sell RA stuff. Assuming people who don't want to do that "can't sell" is ridiculous. They might just have no interest in this particular method.
IDK,$100 a day seems far fetched.I am a full time plumber and like to stop at any goodwills on my way home.I used to buy small profit stuff wich is good if you sell at flea markets,but now I just stick to high resale items.Quick return and less clutter.I also stick to offer up,letgo and craigslist,never fails with quality sought after items.
Agree with this comment. You have to put time into boxing/ packaging these items, then going to the post office and sending to the buyer, and then you get a profit of, say, $10-$15. Alot of work for little money. I think it would be better to focus on bigger ticket items where your profit after shipping/fees is at least $50. Two items per day is manageable, $100 clear, that's $500/wk or $25K per year. Otherwise you're just fussing around, and if you miss some sale or get a disgruntled customer review, it hurts your seller reputation on eBay. Also this approach leaves time to pursue other income streams. This is active income, not passive like investing or TH-cam vlogging, so your rate of return should be solid to reflect the extra personal time you need to put into it, at least $20/hr. To the channel host: thanks for your vid, it's helpful for the beginner, but need to keep things in perspective or you'll wear yourself out from exhaustion.
100-150% profit margin is nothing to squawk at. Even if this particular method might not be scalable, you can gain enough capital to invest in bigger flips. Plus the experience earned translates well.
You know I swear sometimes whenat goodwill I look stuff up on sold ebey and it shows real well then I get home try look it up again and ebay shows nothing
@@michaelstringly4138 Really? There's absolutely nothing wrong with clipping coupons. At the end of the day the quickest way to wealth, regardless of what some people may think, is simply minimizing your costs and maximizing your income (revenue) then investing the difference. YOU may think it isn't worth your time, but 50 cents you save now can easily be 10-20 dollars by the time you retire. May not sound like much but it definitely adds up if you are consistent.
When you buy the stuff and sell it on eBay, do you take off the Ross sticker? Like where it has the price you paid for. Or do you leave it on? Also for shipping, do you ship in a bubble mailer you buy from Amazon or smth or a usps flat rate one?
I really think eBay is dead. Their fees are absolutely expensive. It’s not worth buying something for $10 and selling it for 15 apart from that what shipping three dollars. Definitely not worth it for me I’m sorry but that’s just how I feel
You should try selling on Amazon. You pretty much have to sell something at least 5 to 6 times of its original cost. Then it has to be above around $12 or Amazon's fees will eat you alive.
what people dont realize and he doesnt say is this stuff can takes weeks and months to sell. 100$ a day is not worth it for the amount of hours you need to put into it plus your regular full time job.
what time? it takes minutes to post on ebay and researching products is simple. If I made 100 bucks a day, that's 3100 on average a month and 40,000 a year for a part time gig. tax free. worth it to me.
@@pawfootage That's saying you buy enough products and everything sells every day, which is never the case. Most of these items sit on the market for days/weeks/months before you ever see a sale
I’ve seen people buy LEGO kits and other very popular items that are discontinued. These are things that rarely go out of style. I mean, people buy up used Legos, lol. Then after awhile, they pull out the discontinued items and sell them for a nifty profit. Look, the naysayers will ALWAYS be out there. They’re sitting on their asses not making money begrudging anyone else that does. You ever hear Taco’s asides? He hadn’t been on a vacation or taken a day of in a long damned time. Posting a good (that is worth watching) video takes time not to mention skill. Going thrifting takes time AND knowledge. Going to auctions and buying storage lockers takes time, skill AND money. The thing that ALWAYS impresses me about Taco is that he churns his stuff and he thinks about how much time he spends loading & unloading (labor). He actually knows what he’s doing. And while he’s at it, he sells it. To me it’s like gambling. Well over 80 - probably more like 95% - don’t have any discipline whatsoever. Taco does. He works damned hard at what he does. If you wanna call that BS, fine. But when you do it, you really ought to tell us your channel and your sustained sales & profits. Because I’m betting you have NONE. zero. Zip. Zilch.
@@Mr.Beastforpresident What part of the video is bullshit? Retail arbitrage is pretty easy. You buy and attempt to flip, if it doesn't sale fast enough you return it.
Dave Franklin Why are you so upset at my comment? And I don’t believe your story. You making 100k by doing this and yet you are on TH-cam watching videos about how to do this? That is like saying a professional race car mechanic watches oil changing tutorials on TH-cam.
@@joshuawebb2766 Retail arbitrage isn't b.s. I know a lot of people that use it as their mainstay. I don't enjoy it. It's a lot of work to make a couple of bucks. But those bucks add up if you do it enough times. Taco is supporting himself with youtube, no doubt, with his views but he has to have content to film. I think his trash picking is extremely interesting and people who do that (also dumpster diving) seemed to get the highest views. People just love to watch other people dig through garbage LOL!
I've used 1) nail polish remover to get the permanent marker off the bottom of shoes and 2) goo gone, on most items, to get the stickers off mugs and cups and items as such.
I live I the country over 20 miles outside the city. This is not cost effective for me. Travel time to and from the store, then travel time to and from the post office every single order, wow, a lot of gasoline coming and going. However, this is a good idea if you live near the stores and the post office, and you have the time to investigate on ebay and treasure hunt if thrift stores and Ross (also check out DDs, they have much of the same stuff). I love these stores for personal consumption. Thankyou for this video, it is a good idea, nice of you to share.
I was doing that with my wife but to sell on Amazon FBA and after i realized the Amazon fees plus algorithms for it's "buy box" lucky game i prefer to do ebay even though if you have to take the product to the post office to be shiped. Plus Ebay gives discounts on every shipping label. I still don't get why people complains about some good way to generate income that does not include a manager, a store manager, a shit manager, a shit list of managers when you are just an employee... thanks for your sharing!!
Great video...but keep in mind ross and Marshall's gets some Jordan's and Nike's in and you can make 50 to 500 off each pair...my buddy and myself was at ross last year and they fragment 1 Jordan's Bgrade and sell for 1500 to 4000 each pair and we got 6 pairs for 700 at rosses .u just have to keep eye out..
I started reselling YESTERDAY!! My first purchase/sale was a Leather Callaway cart bag. I bought it at goodwill for $15, and sold it within a few hours for $150!! Can definitely say I'm hooked on reselling as a part time side hustle/hobby/!
That is awesome!
hey Lucas, where did you resell it? if it's ebay, how did you get it at the top of the listings? any custom settings you created?
@@GerbilTeeth I’m not a huge fan of reselling on ebay. Partially because I don’t know how to do it. I sold it on Facebook marketplace! Definitely much easier in my opinion, and less scams!
@@lam102510 thanks Lucas, and how do you prefer to ship it? have them come pick it up, or do you drop it off at USPS? and do you just have them venmo you? sorry im new to this and want to get started so just asking lots of questions!
@@lam102510 also how hard was it to get your listing noticed, any special description you mentioned or tags in your headline?
Perks about doing this: you do it when you want. It may not be a lot of money but you still are making money when YOU want to. :)
(THANK U ALL FOR THE LIKES! My mom started buying storage units and making money doing that, I no longer sell on eBay and other platforms, I did work for a ups store and learned some great things.. some of my coworkers actually sold on eBay and stuff also.. I quit and started working for Amazon delivering packages.. would definitely like to sell stuff again.. it’s so much fun.. but the money I made didn’t really go to much.. I live with my mother and four other brothers.. money made just went to food and reinvesting back into higher purchases to resale.. I wish u all luck! :-))
Well, if you consider how little he had in that cart, $125 profit for not really doing much is nice.
@@The_Gallowglass wrong, you just wasted a bunch of money buying stuff that everyone is selling on ebay already.
@@beet4416 yeah I tried this stuff already along with Amazon FBA... For the amount of time and gas you put into traveling store to store, it's never really worth it.. also can't forget you are paying for shipping supplies too. If nobody believes me, go ahead and add all that shit up.
@@beet4416 wat
It's not going to work anymore now that he made a video on it, LOL
Always keep your shipping costs in mind when buying. The heavier the item, the more it costs to ship.
GROVER BOX not when u got a label plug
and return costs
Andy Rodriguez you’re gonna have to show me your ways haha
How do you ho much an item would cost to ship?
I spent $50 on 39 pairs of crocs at goodwill and sold the all in the first 60 days for $25 each
nice
How did you sell them?
@@ericrainwater2076 ebay
You the man. Nice work.
Shame on you, Goodwill is for the poor not for the rich, who look to make profit off Goodwill's merchadise.
I found a pair of hiking boots in Goodwill a couple of weeks ago for $4, and sold them on eBay for $65! 🤑
tubularguynine , wow! What brand?
Fa2z SA - Vasque Skywalk
tubularguynine , Thanks a lot!
How? Is it really that easy. Whats the first step to make an account?
Fidel Solis , on eBay? Just go on eBay.com, they have tons of great tutorials.
Here is an idea for all the reseller wanna be's. I was a reseller for over 20 years. It was a fun hobby for me as I had a full time job. I had an easy office job that allowed me to come and go as I pleased so I could even shop and package/mail items while "at work." I thoroughly enjoyed it for years. Then ebay got flooded with professional store owners and the competition got really tough. Plus ebay and paypal raised their fees. Now reselling is tough. It's way harder than most jobs IMO. There are many resellers doing very well but the average reseller is lucky to break even. My idea for you is to get rid of your junk and turn your storage space into an airbnb. That is what I did and I make 4X what I was making reselling with very little investment of time and money.
Bought a hat for $20, sold it for $20.01
Balling
Profitt yurrr
let’s go!!!
Stonks
How!! If only I could make that type of money
There's a difference between ebay items that are selling for $15 and ebay items that have an opening bid of $15. Just because the seller thinks it will sell for that much doesn't mean it will. Pay attention to the number of bidders on items. The more bids there are on an item, the more interest there is and the better chance you will sell it for what you want, if not more.
Auctions aren’t usually worth doing anyway. “Sold listings” is what you need to be checking.
*love your videos man, ebay has been literally printing me money the past few weeks, think cause so many people are stuck at home nowadays.. great time to start selling guys, hope everyone is crushing it!* 💪🔥🤑
Boomers are getting old+ can't get out+ shop like they used to. Me personally I won't buy goodwill items for outrageous prices on e bay when I can go myself!
Bought $20 shoes and sold them for $100. Sneaker heads go crazy for shoes. I only do Nike tho.
Manny Ramirez where did you bought it from?
I hear if you sell too many nikes it's a problem and they block you from selling them or some shit like that. How long have you been at it?
deborah DeborahR yeah it’s a fad, once sneaker companies start putting lots of supply in the market to compete and for revenue it’ll be oversaturated and the prices will go down and it won’t be worth the resell. It already happened with adidas.
Muhammed Zahid Philippine bro thy sales lot fake nike shoes
Manny Ramirez you buy Philippine fake shoes there
I work at a Ross and I just want to thank you for picking up those pillows ! Best customer ever lol
Pro tip from some1 who used to do this all the time go 2 a goodwill in a nice town near u and look for famous name brands my friend would buy cheap Ralph Lauren suits for 20 bucks and post them for 60-100
Big thing to remember when you're looking on Ebay to research items, be SURE to look into COMPLETED auctions. Yea, they are up for sale at a certain price, but are they REALLY selling for that? I saw a few items you got to sell, that there is NO way you're going to get what you think you will. Trust me, I've been buying and selling on Ebay for over 20 years and have probably sold or tried to sell just about everything they would let me sell on there..lol.
True that. I have seen items that are ridiculously priced on eBay and Amazon both. How much you list for isn't necessary what people are willing to pay for it.
Agree. Easy to learn that the hard way. What things are listed for may not be close to what they actually sell for so always check the "sold" link to see if any are actually selling. I sell rare guitars and currently there are listings from Japan all over ebay asking 3 times what most actually go for. That can really throw off a noob seller as well as a buyer. From what I am told the sellers do not even have the instruments. They just hope for a sucker, then they purchase it if they can and transship it to the sucker.
@@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 Cool! I don't have to worry about trying to get a guitar I can't afford...I build cigar box guitars..lol. No, they aren't the rare guitars you sell I'm sure, but I have learned a lot in the last year and a half I've been building, and now I'm building number 27, a 6 string lap steel. And besides, it's fun and I have something to show for it when I'm done! I've even made a few bucks selling some. ;)
I use to buy Jordan's and I remember when Michael kors was really popular I would buy purses from there and flip them
There was a line during a sale at Michael Kors store that was 300 feet long this year. I would say Kors is still popular. lol
Don’t forget hitting the socks section. Can find Stance and other good brands for $2-3/pr sometimes
You're a good person for putting those pillows back. It says a lot
Introvert ?
Yes it does. I think that is one of the reasons he one of the biggest youtubers, in the reselling community anyway. Just seems like a genuine nice guy.
I noticed he missed one pillow. lol
Good video on what NOT to do. Buying something for $10 profit is not worth it if you have limited capital or are tying to go full time. You can find items to sell at these stores but for the time invested in listing, inventory, and shipping I wouldn't source these. I recommend learning what sells and going to thrift stores first.
Who said you were trying to go full time?? I just came to this video to make some sort of money and that's why it's called BEGINNERS you dumb fuck
Eh. It’s good beginner practice. Profit might be low but you’re getting a free education.
The better you get at these things the more cost effective your time spent is. And you can’t get better without repetition.
Find things that weigh 15 ounces or less, otherwise you pay Priority Shipping prices which is doubled!
Agreed. I can also ship items less than a pound from home, print the label w postage, and have the mail carrier pick up so I don’t have to leave the house.
I do this on a home decor level. I usually tracking what doesn't sell in 2 weeks or just returned back to the store
You at best are making a buck or two after fees on stuff selling on EBay $10-$20. Best to concentrate on items selling $40-$50 on ebay.
Informative!!! But the very best part is the Pillow Landslide!!!
funny
Good tips! I mostly focus on reselling vintage home items but I have been interested in learning more about the retail arbitrage. I wouldn’t have known that baseball sells better than football, either. Very interesting!
Thank you for sharing this! I have been using tjmaxx and marshalls for years to supplement my sales as I normally sell vintage. Great video!
You have to know about anything you’re going to buy and sell if you’re going to be good at it, it’s all tedious work a lot of the times after Ebay and PayPal and shipping take their cut the profit is low, but can forsure be worked to your advantage
We are EBay sellers as well and we went to Ross after watching this video. We picked up 11 items for about $118 and listed them for $312. We will see how we do.
Thank you for the suggestion.
After you get gouged for eBay and PayPal fees and shipping you have enough for a meal at McDonald's.
David P. We sell on eBay full time. It is our living. We know we pay out less than 13% for their services, it’s called the cost of doing business. We should still make well over $100, we don’t ship free.
@@DAP91Si Keep crying over fees, you're exactly the type of person that ends up working a dead end 9-5 with no ambitions
@bookmarkthis No, they probably work there.........
IRIE4IPIER 😂😂. People like you are hilarious. You don’t have a “real” life and are miserable so you come into things like TH-cam where you can be anonymous and try to make other miserable. We hope your life gets better and you start seeing the positive things.
Oh and by the way we sold the Under Armor underwear that we bought for $6.99 and got $25 plus shipping. So yeah we are doing terrible. 😆
What many people think is that the same strategy works for everyone. You have to find what your market has that is a good flip. I used to go to this video game store because they would price their new games the same as old and I'd focus on older consoles and try to find games that people were collecting sealed new. I also flipped antique cameras that the margins were a lot higher, but finding the right deals took a while. My rule of thumb is to flip items that can go first class if its a small profit. Less than $10. For that profit, I want it to be just dropped in an envelope and shipped. If I'm making $20+ I will mess with bubbles and boxes to package something heavy/fragile up.
I would never go out of my way to buy something make a post (maybe have to repost) ship it. Then possibly handle any kind of backlash from the buyer for $7-15 dollars. But that's just me...
Chris G it’s not for everyone , I actually find it kinda fun
I love the sour grapes comments😉❤️ This works folks! It does take work and effort but its a great little money maker if given a chance. 100% of a $5 profit is better than 0% of nothing
youll get more profit buying from second hand stores, garage sales or flea markets.
You're adorable :) Remind me just a tiny bit of a younger Adam Sandler (love Adam!) Anyhow, thanks for the tips! So many videos about trying to make huge amounts or have massive inventory and sometimes its just overwhelming. Like how down to earth you are and how simple you make it! The pillow thing was great fun to watch, nice that you put them back too.
12:28 best part of the video
Thanks Taco for your time! That's where I shop for myself and look around for the fun of it! As always, see you next time. Enjoy to see what your up to. 🙂
Offer Up is my go to for selling. Screw ebay with all the selling fees and the shipping hassles. On Offer Up, I can choose who I sell to and I can choose for buyers to come all the way to where I am for pick up.
Offer up is pretty dope I do 1k per month in sales there since they implemented shipping.
Jo Li nice
Jo Li wow!! What do you sell?
T Will waisting a lot of time in responding to those low ballers ⛹️♀️ on offer up
@@Gangstersmoveinsilence Wasting time? It takes 3 seconds to respond "No, but thanks for the offer".
I sell REMOTES. My sourcing is from large e-waste distributors who sell
large pallets of four boxes that reach 6' high stacked and a portable
pallet lift to un-stack them. This saves me a lot of space in storage. I
usually sell any remote from $4 to $6 with free shipping and returns
not based on brand or value.. Almost every remote goes for these prices
so I don't have to research any and just focus on testing them. I sold
about 15 remotes today easily. I listed 50 more and will probably
list 80 tomorrow and then every other day. I sometimes list about 700 remotes
in a week and sell about 65 to 100 a week.
yeah, selling shoes on ebay sucks too. cuz they're so heavy and expensive to ship. so it's nearly impossible to compete with places that offer free shipping like Zappos.
eRic depends on what kind of shoes you selling i used to sell jordan retros on ebay they were selling fast
@@ramonbarajas2258 oh yeah, if you have some highly sought-after stuff, then yeah, the shipping is not a problem. you're definitely correct. but if you buy like a $5 pair of chucks and try to sell them for $30, but have to charge $15 to ship, most people will say "screw that, I'll get them brand new on Zappos or in the store for $45." so that makes it hard.
@Vex T yeah, that makes sense. i totally get the numbers aspect. just depends on how much free time you have. personally, I'm not going to spend the time buying/listing/selling/shipping 80 pairs of shoes to make $220 profit. that's just me though.
Check BURLINGTON as well for the bars of soaps that you bought, that's if you have one close by.
I bought a ton of stuff for eBay that never sold, wasted my money too.
Afraid of this myself
Thats the main reason i stopped on ebay. Could have the lowest price item on the site and still never sold.
What I do is I buy all my stock using a credit card so I don’t use my own money I use the banks money and what ever doesn’t sell in 3 weeks I return and pay what ever is left from the stuff that did sell and you waste non of your money
@@BatStong how do you do on ebay?
@@BatStong That doesn't make sense if you are NOT doing auctions. If you list Buy it Now on Ebay it stays listed now GOOD UNTIL CANCELED. Your comment makes no sense for Ebay
OMG Taco Stacks thanks for the shopping trip. Great info. and demonstrations. GREAT VIDEO AND GREAT CONTENT.
THUMBS-UP ALWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve done this with shoes I didn’t sell any because a lot of ppl would flake at the end but I think I might give it another try but with other items.
shoes, probably most flaked on items on ebay. kids
Yeah I tried selling them on offer up and let go like 5 people flaked I think if I would of waited a little more I would sold some shoes but I just returned them instead. I think clothes is a better option.
Try market place on Facebook worksbetter for me.
I’ve never thought of that one yeah I’ll definitely try it thanks.🙏🏼
I've been doing the thrift store thing for quite a while to generate extra income and I've only recently started looking at TJ Maxx / Marshall's / Ross, very informative thanks for taking the time to make this!
Wich store makes you the most?
Ren Vill So far I’ve had most success with TJ Max, but I’m sure it depends region to region and even store to store
but what about all the returns?
Lyzander911 These overstock stores are all new with tags and although there are still return requests there are wayyyy less than typical used items from thrift stores
what resellers should know, just because something sold on ebay or elsewhere, it does not mean yours will sell. been reselling for 30 years.
I just found you!!! Love how simple you are! I’ve been selling mainly clothes and shoes on eBay and poshmark .. I realized a year after.. I am not into fashion at all 😑 looking to make about $600 a week so that I can take care of my 87 year old loving dad- going to binge watch your videos! LOVED IT!!!!
A very informative video today stacks 👍
Can’t say I’ve ever sat there and watched a guy buying underwear before but still informative 😂
Not only men's underwear sells well. Sometime women's bras can do even better and sell for more profit. Look for larger sizes.
Great info for sourcing, especially now that yard sales and rummage sales are dying down.
Thank you for this video. I started my eBay shop a couple days ago and already have 300$ net profit!
Hey hold on the the one hat uhm with the tomahawk bc they changed the logo & I think they’ll more than likely be worth more in future!!! Just FYI! 💕
do you take the ross price tag off before shipping? curious about that used to work at Marshalls and always found amazing deals on shoes, going to start flipping on eBay once I figure out shipping
Absolutely always remove tags! Especially seeings how resellers usually Jack their prices up. The last thing anyone wants to see when their item arrives is that u paid 2.99 & they paid 22.99!
@@mandymoore5774 curious, let’s say you sold an item on eBay for $12.99 but there’s a price tag that says $29.99 (just an example) would you still want to remove it? Maybe it makes them feel like they got a good deal?
😂That was a Pillow Landslide in there😂
Why not just go to thrift store pick out the good stuff for cheap and resell on eBay, poshmark and any other platforms. I know a man who would go to thrift store and buy women's clothing and resell on ebay. Then this one girl would buy vintage clothing and resell on eBay.
Those silver Nike's you touched are going for around $200 online. Go back and cop!
Those are called foamposites not very popular version of them
No they are called flightposites
No one buying those dad shoes for $200
@@bigeric8334 you not hip to the drip
Oh my bad ppl i was talking about the 2nd paid of Nike's he touches lol
prior to shipping what do you do with the Ross price tag? They make a mess when you try to pull them off.
If you want to learn about "discontinued items" I highly suggest you follow "thrift to travel" on her instagram and youtube
it's good that people are seeing this, you do realize that lot of items sold at Marshall's are defective (especially clothing and shoes)? I have been shoping at Marshalls for over 25 years and can assure that is the case. But at least I can try them on to decide. At first I didn't realize this, and couldn't believe the prices were so low compared to the stores in the Shopping Malls. But then I started to notice all the odd defects. I mostly buy items for working outside so I don't care if the sleeves are a bit too long, etc. But at least I can try it on. I also had an issue with Addidas sneakers, they were too small (they were clearly stamped the wrong size, and you can't remove that, it was more then just mislabeling) I am sure there are some resellers that do not care they are doing this, but now you are making money off TH-cam as well, and telling others, I just want them to see the reality of what you are doing.
Thank you for this chance to learn something new. You can use this info to come up with your own ideas.
When you knocked those pillows down...I literally laughed out loud
Katie Husman what’s your snap
The cap section is the FIRST place I go at TJM, MARSHALL'S, etc. (For myself! LOL) Got many awesome deals on MLB caps. Chief Wahoo is a great pick up!
My buddy buys and sells shoes on Ebay it's quite profitable. One trick he uses is he lists shoes and if they dont sell in 20-25 days he returns them at the ross for a full refund under the 30 days.
I must say here in Luxembourg we sadly don't have shops like ross that sell brand names cheaper :/ I only wear Calvin Klein underwear and must pay the whole price, if there was a ross here, I think I would only shop there. Thank you Mr. Taco for sharing information, its so interesting to see how you guys live there in the US :)
Be prepared, Ross is like a giant junk store. Buy bulk from many stores. Shop for a certain item and you may never see it
here. Clothes are not the most stylish and are probably a few years old.
At least the tv ads are now saying shoppers can not find the exact items at store!!!!!
@@lakelassie934 what are you talking about?
I usually stay away from Ross, but I do wear Under Armor boxers and for $6 , that is a good deal. Ross here I come
What sucks is that eBay takes allot of money for invoices
yeah they basically rob you
You basically paying Ebay a percentage of what you made in that month
@@vanthmora4238 how else would they make money tho?
@@vanthmora4238 they aren’t robbing you if you choose to use their service lol..
It's 10-13% typically.
I work at a Marshalls, never been to a Ross store, pretty neat to see such similar prices with basically the exact same products. It's a lot like TJ Maxx.
TMK 22 Coming from someone who consistently shops at both Marshals and Ross, they’re essentially the same thing expect Marshall’s usually sells better quality brands.
That's because Marshalls bought out Ross a few years ago... They're the same company.
@@Suzifully I had no idea. Thanks for mentioning that! The more you know.
I often find the prices at Ross are lower than Marshalls or TJ!
Yooo, I work at Ross and get a 20% discount.
@First Last Chuckle of the day award goes to.... you!
Hey you working Jack so hats off to ya
First Last 😂😂
Can I borrow your discount or want to make business?
@First Last that waa good one bro hhhhhhhh
Those selling on line would do well to check out all stores for bargains. I once found a German dog bowl at Ace hardware.
Can you talk about shipping cost? Or post like an excel sheet of an item you sold and break it down?
Nothing to it really. You get discounted rate thru Ebay with USPS. Buy light items and offer free shipping.
@@carlhammill5774 does it have a special name for it on ebay website? I do not seem to find it, thanks for the reply also!
Jonathan MANCIA automatically discounts when you print a shipping label
@@jonathanjenson7335 When you sell an item, it gives you an option to purchase a shipping label through ebay. Depending on what you sell, I usually pay ~$2-3. Then you put it on what youre shipping and drop it off at USPS
Thank You for this video , I'm in England so things are a little different , how ever I would love to sell small items on line to help me with my mobilities , these videos will help a lot of people , Thanks Taco x
12:30 😂😂 “Oh geez, oh boy”
That's really nice of you to give those tips.
Janice R.C. Ty grandma 😗
@@coldworldnoblanket9684 🤨
I bought a 50lb bag of dog food for 5 dollars sold it on eBay for 20.00 but the shipping was 34.58 🤔
lol that made me laugh
You're doing it wrong, man. You should tell people how to multiply your money by four just flipping dog food.
😂
f#&k it i just sold my dog for $4. all this talk of money is making me crazy
That's when you consider Craigslist as an option.
This video is awesome!! You totally know your selling venue. I admire your willingness to educate others TS.
never thought about checking the men's underwear section or skincare... brilliant!!
It’s Bc that stuff doesn’t sell
The best thing about flipping from stores like this is that if you put them on ebay and in like a week they dont seel you can just return them worse that will happen is you get store credit instead of cash
Sounds like a lot of work and time for little profit.Dont think I have the patience for ebay.
$100 a day = $2800 a month. So you are telling me that bringing in $2800 a month, ON TOP OF any income you also make from a job is too much work and time??? Lol. Okay, stick to whatever money you make and leave it to others who can actually sell.
How much am I working? If I work 5 hours a day for $100, that's only $20 an hour. No thanks. Also, I am not convinced he is making $100 a day doing this. Buying something for $3 and selling for $12 plus shipping is about $7 profit. I need to sell 15 of those a day for that to be $100. That isn't happening. I can also spend four hours at an auction on any given Saturday, leave with dozens of items, and not sit around in a Ross's all day. So, good for you for being able to sell RA stuff. Assuming people who don't want to do that "can't sell" is ridiculous. They might just have no interest in this particular method.
IDK,$100 a day seems far fetched.I am a full time plumber and like to stop at any goodwills on my way home.I used to buy small profit stuff wich is good if you sell at flea markets,but now I just stick to high resale items.Quick return and less clutter.I also stick to offer up,letgo and craigslist,never fails with quality sought after items.
Some people like to kill time by shopping i mean why not make money at while they are at it lol
Agree with this comment. You have to put time into boxing/ packaging these items, then going to the post office and sending to the buyer, and then you get a profit of, say, $10-$15. Alot of work for little money. I think it would be better to focus on bigger ticket items where your profit after shipping/fees is at least $50. Two items per day is manageable, $100 clear, that's $500/wk or $25K per year. Otherwise you're just fussing around, and if you miss some sale or get a disgruntled customer review, it hurts your seller reputation on eBay. Also this approach leaves time to pursue other income streams. This is active income, not passive like investing or TH-cam vlogging, so your rate of return should be solid to reflect the extra personal time you need to put into it, at least $20/hr. To the channel host: thanks for your vid, it's helpful for the beginner, but need to keep things in perspective or you'll wear yourself out from exhaustion.
You forgot the part where you have to pay 30% to the government
What A BEAUTIFUL DAY!! HEY SALSA MY GIRL QUEEN 👑!!
No Ross in our area but we have Gabe's. They are so cheap though and have to be careful what you buy.
100-150% profit margin is nothing to squawk at. Even if this particular method might not be scalable, you can gain enough capital to invest in bigger flips. Plus the experience earned translates well.
Taco knocking over pillows is me everyday lol
You know I swear sometimes whenat goodwill I look stuff up on sold ebey and it shows real well then I get home try look it up again and ebay shows nothing
You're not researching the correct keywords.
If you are going to buy from retailers, use any discount codes or coupons and loyalty card/rewards.
This is the best advice for beginners who want to sell new items, thrift hauls are so iffy.
So lame, it's like one level above clipping coupons.
@@michaelstringly4138 Really? There's absolutely nothing wrong with clipping coupons. At the end of the day the quickest way to wealth, regardless of what some people may think, is simply minimizing your costs and maximizing your income (revenue) then investing the difference. YOU may think it isn't worth your time, but 50 cents you save now can easily be 10-20 dollars by the time you retire. May not sound like much but it definitely adds up if you are consistent.
I actually have done this before, I bought a pair of supra sneakers for 19.99 + tax and sold them on ebay for 95 + shipping, great advice
When you buy the stuff and sell it on eBay, do you take off the Ross sticker? Like where it has the price you paid for. Or do you leave it on? Also for shipping, do you ship in a bubble mailer you buy from Amazon or smth or a usps flat rate one?
I used to work at value village and i bought a psp for $2 and sold for $150.
Also I remember someone donating a $800 brand new massage chair
I really think eBay is dead. Their fees are absolutely expensive. It’s not worth buying something for $10 and selling it for 15 apart from that what shipping three dollars. Definitely not worth it for me I’m sorry but that’s just how I feel
You should try selling on Amazon. You pretty much have to sell something at least 5 to 6 times of its original cost. Then it has to be above around $12 or Amazon's fees will eat you alive.
Love this video Taco!’ I hope to see more like this from you!! Thank you for sharing!!
what people dont realize and he doesnt say is this stuff can takes weeks and months to sell.
100$ a day is not worth it for the amount of hours you need to put into it plus your regular full time job.
Don't forget your money is wasted buying all these junk.
Yes because wasting your time watching T.V is better
what time? it takes minutes to post on ebay and researching products is simple. If I made 100 bucks a day, that's 3100 on average a month and 40,000 a year for a part time gig. tax free. worth it to me.
@@pawfootage That's saying you buy enough products and everything sells every day, which is never the case. Most of these items sit on the market for days/weeks/months before you ever see a sale
Asher You’re assuming that the products you’re listing will sell and sell in a reasonable amount of time.
I’ve seen people buy LEGO kits and other very popular items that are discontinued. These are things that rarely go out of style. I mean, people buy up used Legos, lol.
Then after awhile, they pull out the discontinued items and sell them for a nifty profit.
Look, the naysayers will ALWAYS be out there. They’re sitting on their asses not making money begrudging anyone else that does.
You ever hear Taco’s asides? He hadn’t been on a vacation or taken a day of in a long damned time. Posting a good (that is worth watching) video takes time not to mention skill.
Going thrifting takes time AND knowledge. Going to auctions and buying storage lockers takes time, skill AND money.
The thing that ALWAYS impresses me about Taco is that he churns his stuff and he thinks about how much time he spends loading & unloading (labor). He actually knows what he’s doing. And while he’s at it, he sells it.
To me it’s like gambling. Well over 80 - probably more like 95% - don’t have any discipline whatsoever. Taco does.
He works damned hard at what he does. If you wanna call that BS, fine. But when you do it, you really ought to tell us your channel and your sustained sales & profits. Because I’m betting you have NONE. zero. Zip. Zilch.
I’m wondering if the hats, etc for Cleveland Indians are more valuable now since they are dropping “Indians” name & mascot.
no. shut up
He made more off this video than if he did this eBay reselling BS for 5 years.
@@Mr.Beastforpresident What part of the video is bullshit? Retail arbitrage is pretty easy. You buy and attempt to flip, if it doesn't sale fast enough you return it.
Dave Franklin Why are you so upset at my comment? And I don’t believe your story. You making 100k by doing this and yet you are on TH-cam watching videos about how to do this? That is like saying a professional race car mechanic watches oil changing tutorials on TH-cam.
And he didn't make that much off this video.
@@Mr.Beastforpresident real talk right here. Listen to this guy.
@@joshuawebb2766 Retail arbitrage isn't b.s. I know a lot of people that use it as their mainstay. I don't enjoy it. It's a lot of work to make a couple of bucks. But those bucks add up if you do it enough times. Taco is supporting himself with youtube, no doubt, with his views but he has to have content to film. I think his trash picking is extremely interesting and people who do that (also dumpster diving) seemed to get the highest views. People just love to watch other people dig through garbage LOL!
Cool video, what do you use to take the stickers off?
I've used 1) nail polish remover to get the permanent marker off the bottom of shoes and 2) goo gone, on most items, to get the stickers off mugs and cups and items as such.
Buy storage units. You get like 100 ebay items for $250-$500 profit about $2500-$7000.
I got a question, how long did it take you to sell the underwear? Cause I think nobody buys things from ebay
I live I the country over 20 miles outside the city. This is not cost effective for me. Travel time to and from the store, then travel time to and from the post office every single order, wow, a lot of gasoline coming and going. However, this is a good idea if you live near the stores and the post office, and you have the time to investigate on ebay and treasure hunt if thrift stores and Ross (also check out DDs, they have much of the same stuff). I love these stores for personal consumption. Thankyou for this video, it is a good idea, nice of you to share.
when you buy clothing like men's underwear, do you pay attention to size? Are certain sizes better sellers than others?
Loved watching the pillows fall.
Do you return the stuff that doesn’t sell back to Rose/TJMaxx/etc?
Yes
Those first silver bikes you touched go for 100 plus depending on the size
After selling do you take off the Ross stickers or tags?
Craig C yes! You never ever leave a sale tag on something you’re trying to flip.
You need to make the buyer feel like they’re getting a deal.
Amy Pendergrass that subtle finesse
I was doing that with my wife but to sell on Amazon FBA and after i realized the Amazon fees plus algorithms for it's "buy box" lucky game i prefer to do ebay even though if you have to take the product to the post office to be shiped. Plus Ebay gives discounts on every shipping label. I still don't get why people complains about some good way to generate income that does not include a manager, a store manager, a shit manager, a shit list of managers when you are just an employee... thanks for your sharing!!
Great video...but keep in mind ross and Marshall's gets some Jordan's and Nike's in and you can make 50 to 500 off each pair...my buddy and myself was at ross last year and they fragment 1 Jordan's Bgrade and sell for 1500 to 4000 each pair and we got 6 pairs for 700 at rosses .u just have to keep eye out..