A Warning for the Future of eBay (Live Q&A) 

Real Collectible, Real Vintage anything still do very well on Ebay without having to compete with Temu or whatever. Daily refinement has great advise for people that want to move the hardest things to move on ebay .....things like clothing and everyday household items. That's why I'm a "Picker"....I pick out the odd, collectible, vintage / antique stuff out there, this way i'm not competing with daily refinement and Temu etc. Thats way to much work and headache.

You're sining my song: vintage. Always vintage.

I LOVE DAILY REFINEMENT HE GIVES SO MUCH HOPE WISDOM

I just cring when people say...I got it on temu

I bought 4 pieces of clothing from Temu to see what the quality was like. It was SO bad. The quality is awful. I wouldn’t even sell them for $1 I donated the items to my local thrift. I think if people are looking for quality, they will see these fast fashion brands are garbage. I’m not worried about these companies.

Chris is such an excellent teacher. I am a longtime eBay seller and always learn something from his videos.

I think the market hasn't changed and it's big enough to support both classic/quality AND trendy/cheap. It's always been this way. The former is usually for older people who know better, the latter for younger people with little money and into trends who don't want to do laundry.

last one promise. In those "old old days" of the 80s, I started buying Dooney & Bourke. I am like a 2 year old on everything so what I owned (now and then) has to be indestructible. They were what we call now "Big Duck" style of all leather and bulletproof. If someone was to hurt them we could send them back to the factory and they were fixed! Free. If they were too far gone, we got 50% off a new "Big Duck" all 100% leather made in the USA item of our choice. I only bought Dooney for myself and my mom till this day! I was and have been a life long customer and will continue but not the new stuff--- only made USA Big Duck. To penetrate online to find these people... the people like me who buy plumbing fixtures from the 60/ 70s called Artistic Brass and hunt it down...stalk it at real estate postings and wait for the new owners to come and see if I can get their faucet--- to drill down on quality minded people is so hard.

My sales have tanked these last couple months. It's hard to compete with big companies who are selling cheap clothing now. So disheartening.

You have completely validated Alvin Toffler's " Future Shock ".

So very happy I watched this video. I have been reselling for about 18 months and am just getting out of the beginning stage just as you described. I have a much keener eye for what is better quality and moves at a higher price. Not at the $20 profit per sale YET but have learned through you the importance of streamlining my listings so that I can list quicker. Anyways, thanks for all that you do and you have made my Ebay Reselling Journey more successful than it would have been had I not have had the insights you have shared 😍

You can find cool stuff everywhere. You need “the eye”. An eye. You can train your eye to recognize quality or specifics. I’d rather thrift in Las Vegas or the middle of Pennsylvania than here in El Paso, but that said, it’s about spotting cool stuff that happened to land in front of you.

I always appreciate your videos and all your knowledge you share. I am so appreciative of your delivery as well. You are so kind and noninflammatory.

I think people have to experience the cheap stuff, and in turn, it makes the branded or classic items more valuable. We have gotten used to Walmart cheap, but they were the new cheap market when they started.

I agree with you on the quality in those cheap websites. I’m a millennial and my mother ran a cleaners business for many years. She has like 50+ yrs of experience in the field & I still call her anytime I stain carpet, clothes or need to be reminded on how to wash it. She’s so good even the eco friendly cleaners don’t use quality products on the clothes. Certain clothes need be dry cleaned, but most pple don’t take the time to understand what that process entails. My husband doesn’t go shopping with me for clothes at the stores. Not because he doesn’t enjoy it, but because I take my time looking at the labels. A lot of the clothes at Ross, Marshall’s, TJ Maxx usually have that California tag “could cause cancer” & they have been moved around to so many warehouses to warehouses. Clothes can get very dirty and dusty. Shein is horrible, bad quality, and they use allot of bad dyes. Those type of clothes do not hold their shape, so these clothes end up in piles in a dump in another country. RU-vidr Bailey Sarian has done a video on this and she is so detailed. I was happy she did it so people understand. At my old job, the girls used to brag about buying things off websites like shein and I’m just like 🤮

I got approved on whatnot last night! Gathering inventory for a show soon! selling vintage toys and other collectibles.

Great convo. Thank you. I agree with you. Investing time in research to know what to look for is huge!

Your comment on getting rid or donating things that need a little repair, to buy something new, just shows the lack of value people are being taught in regards to money and work.

my puerto rican friends here in kissimmee FL would disagree the toyota corolla statement! LOL

Not everyone is buying from direct to consumers. And not everyone is trendy type of people.

Much better video without the noise of the warehouse 😊

Thank you Chris for your knowledge

Thanks Chris, great video as always. gonna need to borrow that Carhartt jacket 🔥

This was very good! I think with the economy the majority can only afford the cheaper items also with malls closing shopping has changed. I remember going to the mall and the store brand clothing was popular. Everyone I knew wanted store brands Gap, Hollister ect. But not anymore

I love this so much. Thank you for this. We need this ❤️

Love your info it’s very helpful :)

Yes, you’re right about trend brands. But, brand reputation matters now more than ever. Be careful some items use to demand high prices but now won’t. Creating your market will happen as you scale what you’re selling. Go for long run, even if selling some things lower. Thanks again, for sharing!

I can confirm one of my closest mates has pumped many thousands into multiple old corollas over the years 😅. We’re a bit different down under though 😂

Love to see you come to Apollo PA and find something in the thrift store that's worth money 😂. I've been doing eBay for over ten years. Good luck.

Nice environment for video. Great background!

Thanks Chris! Great video. If I may, how does this sound: de-list some old items (over 60 days) then create new listings for them a day or two later. Then give them 30 hours by themselves before adding other inventory to give the “new” listings a chance to sell. Also, picking items at thrift in Denver is WAY better than finding things to sell in New Orleans - more poor people in the south I guess. People hold onto things longer and good stuff doesn't last long on shelves. Folks in Colorado donate really good stuff. I still haven't found a car stereo in a NOLA thrift store.

Good advice Chris

Great video. 👊

I so agree. Iwill go to the ends of the earth to find high end quality vintage items and just dropped a rebuilt engine into my 1987 Saab 900S for the 2nd time! Yes, 3 engines in 30 years and I will do it again if I have to. I pay 5 times what a new piece of furniture costs to have a mid century one rebuilt. I was raised where you bought your furniture for life. Ikea? I do like the meat balls, but that is where that ends. They are good even if they are not healthy! The problem I struggle with is that so few people (and certainly next to no 25-35 year olds) have this concept. I am working my ass off trying to downsize a huge family of collectors and it all landed on my mom and I. Calling out theft on ebay got us tossed out. Quality and Ebay are not words I see that should be in a well constructed sentence. : ) You are very concise and organized, you don't waste viewers time and are engaging.... and I can hear you! I will learn from you. Thank you!

I thought that's how it always was? Only picking high quality and leaving all the crap

Good information! Oddly, the "write yourself up " comment was the most useful to me. I'm a 1 woman show and I'm not listing or organizing like I should. I knew that before, but I need to be a manager.

Im not doing social media. I'm not doing that "we're friends and family " crap. I'm a store. These people aren't "supporting" me! Are they "supporting" Walmart when they buy toilet paper? Why am I thanking them and saying Happy Birthday?! That's exhausting and people get weird when sellers don't acknowledge them...."because we made you a success!" Yuck!

What are you talking about? Goodwill passing on forever 21 ? what Goodwill are you going to?

bummed it missed this live

There is a market segment that this holds true for. They are not just older people. Some Genz's are more savvy shoppers. Good video, thanks. eBay has forgotten both shoppers and sellers. The CEO and his troops need to be replaced. Reselling is a thousand-year-old industry that will always be viable.

They all do that; Google, Amazon and Ebay, serving what we're searching. That's why KW are so important. Not sure about their new AI descriptions? I agree that I need to source for higher quality, higher return and rare items. I'm not a clothing seller and just finding my niche. I haven't been listing the past few days but doing lots of delete and sell similar that has generated sales now. WooHoo! Great Videos, I enjoy your channel!

I shop there for concert/party clothes only. Wear it once maybe twice if I’m lucky. Otherwise vintage and a few name brands

Sellers who only sell clothes have a narrow skillset. I have chuckled at the sellers who only sell clothes, I guess we are limited because of our minds, time to open them up more & more.

Hi Cris well a few yrs ago bought very cheap ,about $3, 88 rayon blouse from China ..classic style , still look new. I hand wash every shirt. Cheap or expensive. Just sn anecdotal experience

Thanks!

Believe it or not there are quite a few vintage corolla restorations and corolla clubs out there...

This is the way.

Another good video, Chris, thanks! Proper way to pronounce "Hermes" = "air mess"

SHEIN and Temu have pretty fast shipping. Receive items within a week

i go to a swatmeat 20 min away from home and i find quality items low prices but is a lot work jaja i have to dig walk im learning every week im faster thanks for your advice and help

Yeah! I have friends that brought from Temu thinking they got a bargain....lets just say you get what you paid for lol! one wash the threading was disintegrating, another item when she tried it on one sleeve was shorter then the other and the sizing is all wrong

It’s always been like that. It’s called diversity, affordability , accessibility. The good thing is we are 7 + billion customers. There is room for everyone under the sun, and for their theist and wallet

I'm opening package from Temu as I'm watching your video. LOL Glad I didn't pay a lot for this stuff. Thank you for all your tips!

Thank you

This seems closely related to inequality and social stratification. It’s ludicrous to talk about “buying a quality sweater” for $100 (or more), when a $10 sweater is what you actually have the money for right now. Saving that $10 for 10+ weeks is not on people’s agendas.

I call the the cheap clothing as disposable clothing. Costco has been selling name brand disposable clothing for years.

Reality EBAY SHOULD BE PART TIME WHILE STILL HAVING A MAIN JOB. Unless if your a stay at home parent.

😂😂😂 Chris you so funny!

Another home run Chris this is what I'm striving to emulate !

High quality was made in 50s, then discovered disposable is more profitable. I'm tired of the cheaply made junk. I'll pay extra for built to last.

Not evwrything you buy on temu is junk. I have been buying gaming dice and flipping them on ebay. Super high quality. I agree with the assesment of this video in general.

If you know what you are looking for, you can find things. I live in New York City, so of course, I find a lot of great things. However, I own a house in rural Ohio, and find bangers there. I also just spent a week in Wales, Holland, and Belgium. There were so many great items, but I was limited by suitcase room.

I found I do more sales locally than ebay and I didn’t need to deal with fees

I wish buying disposable clothing wasn't a thing.

Vicuna is a cousin to alpaca and llama. People raise Vicuna in the U.S. too

I agree with what I call cheap fashion and what I call junk product. Amazon and Ebay has been knowingly and allowing counterfeit and cheap knock-off at every level. I sell nothing but licensed collectibles and this has been a major issue as buyers are looking for cheap knock offs.

China Knockoffs have put me out of Ebay . After 1000 purchases over the years i refuse to be robbed again. I now buy at the stores and dealers again

In Ukraine, there is a major Toyota Corolla Club, there was a ton of them imported from Japan after communism, and they're all left hand drive with very cool wing mirrors!

I like this 👍

In the UK we get Free 3 day postage. How soon will i get a tracking number. Appreciate your content brother.

I am on 10:00 of your video so far. And there with the clothing you are absolutely right! I do the same thing. I buying mainly actually unbranded but higher quality T-shirt that cost me like 10 EUR but althogh its 3x cheaper than some branded T-shirts like Adidas, Nike etc. etc. it LAST for 6,7 even 10 years! For 10 Euros just basic T-shirt with thicker layer of 100% natural cotton. While I've got a gift it was actually some Gant T-shirt it was 4 times more expensive than that basic just single color one (I use mainly black and white single-color) And you know what you can take that T-shirt on your leisure time as well as on your non-formal business meeting. No one notice its not branded T-shirt, the cotton is very soft even after hundreds of washes. And fun fact one day I have visited my parents and my mom told me ,,Hey that's the T-shirt I bought you as a gift 8 years ago?" I said yes and she said ,,It still looks like brand new" and it does! While that Gant T-shirt did just 2 years and I had to throw it away. Sad but what to do yep 4x more expensive and lower quality. Jeans I know person who buys a new pair of jeans like every two years. I have 2 jeans I rotate for maybe 8-9 years. I think if you pay for a quality and if you take a good care of your clothes, it lasts decades. And that white T-shirt will be modern now and even 10 years later. But hey I have a company and we specialize on reselling and on custom made items that we selling through our own online store, before we sold stuff also on Etsy which we ended all our listing at the end of 2023 and some stuff we also have on ebay. BUT Since 2021 we've done an experiment. Our company invests into inovation that helps reduce electricity consumption by buying more efficient heater solution. adding solar panels, using recycled and recylceable materials for packing etc. In 2021 we've tried to run campaign where we cut 20% out of our net profit revenue and we used it to buy a land and plant a small forest. Then we've written an article about that event for our buyers and surprisingly some of them started asking ,,HOW can I support this project and have my own tree?" So that basically directed us into an idea ,,why not try to upsell by offering to plant a tree by your own choose (spruce, pine, fir) and then actually plant it? Then you could have choose whether you want one tree or 1/4, 1/2,, 3/4 and we then combined that with other order(s). That way in 2021 we've planted 250 trees where 125 trees came from our own pocket and 125 trees came from our customers pocket. At the end of a 2021 we've sent email to all customers that supported this project where we sent them drone view of a new planted forest. At that time it was 60% orders that chosen the tree over 40% that chosen an random item for free. In 2022 that number increased to 85% for tree 15% for an item and in 2023 it was 96% plant a tree over 4% for free item. Needless to say that unlike other companies that plant 10-30 cm trees, we've chosen 1,5 m to 2 m high trees - they are more expensive but does their job faster + we supporting local school plant that plants them. At this moment our forests has 918 planted trees and this year we want to plant another 582 trees to round it up on 1500 or even more if the economical situation mainly in Europe allow us to do that, where 350-500 trees will come from our own pocket and the rest 100-300 will pay our customers.

"Well, if he just came to life..." ⛄😄

Is this inside your warehouse? Good video

Chris - If you were dropped off in California and you had Zero money, Zero possessions, No house, and all you had was a new car, a full tank of gas, and a fresh clean out fit on with a Cell Phone - What would you do to make money? A car, one clean out fit, a cell phone, and a full tank of gas….go….

Wow!! Crazy!! Random Cheap Trendy

Chris*

i can tell you the market is changing to manufacture to consumer. the new dead mall will amazon fullment centers due to this. when nike left amazon just showed me that will be the new trend. amazon see the writing on the wall. that is why they are branch out to AWS exp. e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, they dont want to end up like blockbusters. ebay will be the last man standing due to there used items & authentication services (biggest garage sale in the world).

There are some places that are definitely harder to find things. I love in a very very small city, 50,000 people. There are a ton of resellers, a ton and i don’t go to theift stores. They are jammed oacked of people and nothing but junk.

Automotive parts are great. If you know what your doing you can make 6 figures a year

Whats the name of that luxury brand you were talking about?

The reselling market is growing exponentially and the demand for quality products still far outstrips the supply. The complaining about eBay comes from people who've been selling a certain way for years and can't or don't want to adapt to change. It is harder if you live in a rural area, but then you have to adapt and focus more on NextDoor and local apps and put in the groundwork. Most of my bread and butter has come first from what I own, then family, then friends, then neighbors, then neighbors of neighbors, then garage and estate sales and only THEN thrift stores. There's exponentially more "stuff" that people have and don't use that they're just sitting on in every city and town in the US than there is for sale on the market at any one time. It's up to resellers to come up with creative ways to "unlock" those trillions of dollars in product.

Vintage Tupperware!!!

Which temu docu did you watch? (mentioning at 1:50)

I try to tell people that I can't afford cheap shoes and I guess it doesn't click.

What’s the name of the book mentioned? At 18:14 I could not hear clearly

I sell servers and hardware in Germany. Though our economy is tanking bc of the rising cost of energy, (which is intentional... 😡) my business on eBay is running fine (it tanked on the classifieds, though), quite against my expectations. Again, I'd welcome advice on selling and particularly sourcing other stuff, too. Else, keep up the good work!

25:15 how do you spell it? And where could I find his social media at?

I have always stayed neutral with everything thats going on with your channel (I'm sure you know what I mean) and I have also watched your content for about 3 years now and there has been alot of interesting and good content. But I just want to point out you do make ALOT of assumptions with your content. I would advise listening back to each step of your video and think when you state each point have you made an assumption or did you cover the full spectrum of you blanket comments.

I feel the market is flooded with cheap products so it takes longer to sell it.. people want brand name quality products.

I hate fast fashion. I prefer long lasting clothes.

Around 27 states have laws. That you have to have a auctioneer license or some kind rules. To sell live. I heard 3 more states passed laws for 2024. No one is talking about this! Seriously what happens when or if they crack down on this? I live in Ohio they passed a law no live selling without a auctioneer license. Exception you can sell $10,000 in personal items a year only? What do you think Chris?

I know that you know this Chris. You have asked this before; "Would you rather sell 34 cars next year or one 1.3 Million $ yacht?" Temu works for many reasons that a single reseller cannot compete against. The world's retail and reselling market is in a stunning shift that started about 10 years ago and is at a breakneck speed now. Many of the resellers I know are caught off guard and will fade away. Remember the real estate market shift 2007/8 thousands of agents went back to regular jobs because they were caught flatfooted. It seems 85+ resellers have a death pile that they cling too. Like the antique store That is happening now in many selling formats. And the most common problem is what you stated... desire coupled with an unwillingness to do what works. The strong always the weak. Too bad so many love what you say but will not make a shift.

Hi This is SOOOO Interesting. I did not know any of this. I knew Shein was a cheap cheap brand but not the process of how they do it. And you mention items fading over time. It does not have to. I have a method that insures almost no fading ever when I wash my clothes. I turn all my clothes inside out if I can, then I use no dye detergent and wash on cold gentle...I do use stain treatment if I need to. Then I hang dry most of my tops, I do dry my pants usually. I haven't noticed any fading at all, or shape changing. And how lazy is a person who can't do laundry!? LOL. I mean we have actual washing machines available, we don't go to the river banks and smash our clothes on the rocks for gosh sakes LOL. I'm sorry I had to joke about that. I think its terrible because OUR WORLD is paying a VERY HIGH PRICE for cheap fashion. Terrible for our planet because producing it emits tons of greenhouse gas emissions, uses water both in making the material and making the garment, any bleaching or dying, Some companies are urging consumers, is it better to have 20 cheap tshirts or 2 good tshirts? Of course, 2 good. Always. Then comes the fact it goes to the landfill. At least with more expensive fashion, as we know we can use it for quite a while, then donate it and it will hopefully be re-used again You can't don that with fast fashion, I once bought one pair of Shein shorts at Goodwill, because they were cute...I came home and tried them on, Did not fit..the waist way too tight, the zipper was so cheap I was afraid to even try to zip them up...and they were a size bigger than i usually wear. I can't sell on ebay, no one would buy them plus size is wrong. So I guess I'll donate again...probably end up in the landfill,, Good companies are starting to use recycled fabrics and do things like save water by whitening jeans using rocks instead of water. I have to get off my soap box but Thank you for informing us about this all! I'll keep listening

Chris it is China get cheaper shipping with bad deals we made with other countries. Politicians making bad deals for your country. Not helping out at home where they should trump talked about I once I think but not sure.

Temu, SHEIN aren’t they based in china? China made products well the problem is the quality of these products. if people want to put up with cheap quality then go ahead. it’s not for me. I do not mind paying more as long as I can use it for a long time. that’s saving right there

Your not a jr seller if your selling items under 20. Some top eBay sellers clear millions, sell items under 20 dollars. I listen to you for some advice but that’s a very dumb statement.

Dicks sporting goods sells Chubbies 😂, ironic.

“Random”? Meaning what?

lol 80s is not super old!~ omg I went to undergrad in the 80s. My brain can't even think of that as old. My standard.... If I buy something I try so hard to not let it be made in China. (not saying anything about the country--- gosh, saying anything is too hard these days) I feel lucky that I always loved classic styles and have starved myself for years so I can wear my Ralph Lauren suits from 90s!

Those factories are killing innovation