Love this episode. Those who want to disbelieve always will but those who know.. know. For those of us in the know.. reselling is so much fun and such an adrenaline boost. What you said about getting excited each time you hear the cha-ching is spot on. I still have a childlike reaction every time something sells.
How could anyone hate you? You are so genuine, raising a lovely family, generous with your knowledge and love your pets. You would perfect if you had pet cows.🐄🐄🐄
I appreciate the transparency about your reselling vs. social media earnings. I have a family member who has a very large RU-vid channel and I know the amount of work that goes into creating content. I appreciate your style and knowledge that you share with the audience. Keep up the good work!
Kevin, it’s so refreshing to get the energy from your channel. Lots of YT videos can make EBay seem like a very bad place, and I watch them too, but I like your positive personality.
It was so nice seeing you at the Thash to Cash in Orlando. I want to thank you for coming over to our table asking us and everyone else at our table if we were enjoying ourselves and if our meals were ok. Your an A+ host! Thanks for having us.
Hello Kevin, I am a retired Safety Director for a major Charter service and I don't like the idea of you driving while reading your questions. Distracted driving is a major cause of accidents on the road. However I still love your shows. Just something to think about 😮😮😮.
In addition to being dangerous… if you are ever in an accident the other drivers insurance company could use this video to show that you have a history of vlogging while driving. Not hating- just trying to give you some insight.
You should consider taking the entire family to Florida several times a year. When garage sales stop in your area take a trip. The kids could still do their school in the mornings. Get a Uhaul to bring back everything you buy. You could hit the markets, yard sales, and stores. Check the rentals that would accommodate the family and during the off season you will get a better rate. You can buy groceries and cook at the rental. With as much as they have during your off time at home you will cover the trip plus make money.
Thank you for everything you do to educate and inform us. You have a great relaxed style. I know there is so much hard work that goes on in the background. I am a part time reseller and have learned so much and amazed at how much you share. Thank you!
All my yrs on youtube and watching reselling content my #1 pet peeve is to gain my respect you must be generally honest about your intentions and that is why you still make the short list of people I still watch, when I hear people say "My #1 reason for this channel is to help others" I just want to throw my shoe at the screen because I know 99.9% of the time this is just not true nor would it be true if I was to build a following to be fair. Always a pleasure friend stay you!
I Really like the way you edited this video! I love the conversation in the car and the back-and-forth clips that you inserted throughout the video. It was a nice flow. I also enjoy how genuine your videos always are! I’ve been reselling for about 12 years and I only started watching RU-vid and reselling videos for the last two year. It’s always nice to hear the perspective and different ideas within the reselling community! Thank you
Love your videos! I am a brand new as of January 1, 2024 part-time reseller and while I am nowhere near ready for all the great monetary avenues you talked about, I am excited about what the future holds for me as a reseller. I can't imagine me having my own RU-vid channel but who knows! I love your positivity and encouragement to those of us that are just starting. Thank You!
Hey Kevin, Regarding the whole numbers thing I don't understand how anyone hates you. You literally give so much knowledge and great information on this channel. You also donate to so many charities and get the community together to do good for others. You are honestly an amazing guy. Regardless of the money you make wherever you make it .. I wish you made more cause you deserve the best 🎉 Great video
I enjoy and appreciate all of the content that you create - especially this channel. Thanks for all you do and for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Thanks for your openness with numbers. I’m kind of a nerd with stuff like that and enjoy it. Plus my husband does content creation and I do reselling so I find it helpful and interesting. Thanks again!
Anyone that could Hate you Kevin is just Jealous please stop saying that I can't wait to watch your videos and you have encouraged me to be a reseller and doing very well at it. Thank you
I think when Dawn/Cary's parents are gone, they might go to FL, it would make good sense for them. You could go to southern GA or West FL and be happier than where Dave is. Jealous of that ice cream! Today I drove 440 miles, 4 good solid estate sales. Tomorrow will be about the same. No yard sales because of the rain 3 weeks straight I think. I also gave out 3 stickers today to pull more people into my store, meet them at the sales. I changed my handle time to the max to stay in top rated, I couldn't go to sales on Thursday and many Friday with 1 day. I LOVED this
I think you handled the question (income/sources) very well. Actual "numbers" are nobody's business, but it was a helpful explanation of how there can be various sources of income -- and all of them take plenty of hard work!
Kevin I want to thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question. Of course the reality is to find a way to combat the market. I find that keeping your customer service at a premium and sell a good product you can overcome though you must adapt to conquer. You are an inspiration to me and others and I always look forward to your videos and your wise insights. Keep up the awesome content and I hope to meet someday. Tell the guys from TTC hi.
I personally feel, your income and where it comes from is no ones business but yours. I understand wanting to be transparent which is something relatively new because of social media platforms paying active channels that bring in watchers etc. But still, it is no ones business where or what your get paid. And of course your watchers are going to buy from you and if you did buy items to attract buyers on social media platforms, good for you! I think you have done an amazing job, marketing your "business" in many forms. Keep up the great work!
During one of the driving sequences, a commercial came on that started with the sound of a car horn! I was turned away from the screen when it came on, so when I heard the horn, I honestly thought someone had honked at you!
This is my favorite of all your channels as well! There's a little bit of everything going on here and I feel like I get the most valuable information from it❤ thank you for all your great information and yes yes I watch trash to cash 😂🍍 guilty pleasure - you guys are hysterical
Kevin, thanks for the answer about shipping! I'm trying re-selling but figuring out best practices for shipping costs is really confusing to me. So any info you give is appreciated. I want to shift the cost of shipping to the buyer but don't want to over-charge them. It sounds like I might need to figure out flat fee shipping. Thanks again.
Hi Kevin, I put the eBay generated packing slip with the order as it has a QR code for my store and I write a note on the bottom. Thanks for the great video, Randy.
If somebody buys a expensive guitar that’s rare for example …they don’t care about the shipping cost as long as it reasonable .I always use calculated shipping based on address for the larger higher cost items.
The internet can be vile so dont let the small minority of loud negative voice drown out all the positive. Anyone who doesn't have a poor mentality should be able to appreciate diversifying streams of income. If not, thats why they are still poor and broke and project on others that they actually envy. Im glad for all the people out there that look to share their success to teach, inspire and motivate others. There is zero value brought by negative opinions and tons of value your content brings. Thanks for doing what you do and keep it up.
Idk why you have haters my goodness you have given out such great information, hell you helped me make over $1500 on sealed VHS . And I’m old school too about telling ppl your income it’s nobody’s business 😡 I hate when someone asks how much you paid for something ( I’m talking a car or house etc) Thanks for all that you do !
Hello Kevin. The reasons to do free shipping, for example, that Bluejackets book sold for $110 not $100, and eBay doesn't take the real final price (item + shipping) into account when you look for comps. Also, returns are paid for by the buyer. Keep up the good work.
Such a great video. So interesting!! I hate it that others out there choose to tear down people. What is the benefit?! Kevin you do so much good theu tour life's work (YOU, really means, tou, your wife, tour kids, your dad the dogs, the cats...etc...🤣) Just to YOU. Don't let the naysayers get your goat. 😁
Great content as always, hey man, history is SUPER interesting, people who don't agree just haven't heard the right stories or associate 'history' with being bored at a desk with a drab teacher going through the motions. You should work more history knowledge into your videos, it's interesting stuff.
I have a Ph.D. That job is my full time job. I think doing reselling full-time plus doing social media would be challenging. I resell as a hobby because I enjoy it. One of my high school best friends, who also has a Ph.D., also starting reselling as a hobby. We live in different states and sell completely different items. We both enjoy shopping and finding the gems. I also think of reselling as a way to be green, in a way, since there are so many products out there that might otherwise end up in the landfill. I reuse most of my packaging from my own deliveries and get it from thrift stores.
Ya know- I actually thought Commonwealth Picker was copying your Commonwealth Flipper channel- so I never bothered to check because I'm loyal to you and this channel ( and a select few others) lol. Good to know.
I still have my Ricky Van Shelton hat from when he played at the shoreline a few decades ago up here in the Bay area, CA! Oh yeah I can't live anywhere where I can't get to the beach pretty quickly or the snow for that matter
You need to check out Georgia islands. St Simon’s st Mary or Tybee island. You are less than an hour from Florida st line & Savannah & Hilton head are less than a day trip. Islands can be quite or if you like the college town try Statesboro far enough from hurricane season 😜
American Pickers make more selling t-shirts off the popularity of their show - what's wrong with that ? The issue of Busting your chops of the pineapple leaves me worried that what started as a joke amongst friends allows strangers to take it to far and say things they shouldn't. Your putting in the work for the social media and reaping the rewards - good for you ! American Pickers selling 1 million dollar worth of t-shirts doesn't make them any less entertaining or pickers. They are using their fame to make more money - isn't that part of the American Dream ? Ok Kevin enjoyed the conversation - take care.
The irony, right as you're in the middle of the spiel about not wanting to have many commercials the video cut to a commercial. Not complaining, but the irony was so thick it could have been cut with a knife. 😂
I don’t have RU-vid or any other social media, I have an eBay store and yes it was very slow the first 2 yrs but I kept at it, I promote everything and I believe that helped me greatly, the last 3 months were my highest sales ever. I also price a little lower I refund unused shipping over $2. I had no idea the amount of time needed to keep up an eBay store, I put in a lot of hours into watching resellers because I’m still learning and watching resellers like Commonwealth Picker, It is truly invaluable when trying to resell. So with this all said and done I forgot the point I was trying to make😂😂😂
when I first started on ebay, I just list the item with lots of photo, titled it, described it and listed it with what I thought was a fair market price(probably below what others would have listed it for, but I thought was fair), then let ebay buyers do the rest. if I got views or watchers then okay but I didn't worry about it until it sold.
I am a reseller… calculated shipping has changed (at least for me) since around November’23… eBay is charging my buyers exact shipping cost -or- LESS! Not sure what to do besides inflate the weight to make sure the actual cost or covered & hopefully a little more to cover fees
I grew up in So Cal too and left 34 years ago. I have no desire to return after living in a smaller place in the Southeast where people actually know my name. Sourcing isn;t worth crazy!
Came actually your channel a few weeks ago. I’ve been home recovering from 2 knee surgeries. It’s been a great way to pass the time. I’ll be retiring in a few yrs. May try some flipping myself. What is that baseball picture that is hung above your TV in your shed
I think my store would do better if I was better at promoting it. I do mention it often on my largest RU-vid and on my instagram but that gains very little traction. I also recently made a what sold channel but it’s in that similar boat. I was fortunate that the name of my eBay store was available for a RU-vid channel both are Fortunate Pickups.
Even if you make more income on social media, without reselling you wouldn't have content for a RU-vid channel. I see it as symbiotic relationship and you can't really separate the numbers.
Wow I had my ffirst experience with mentally challenged person very tuff he gave me horrible feedback before we even spoke I just issued refund and ask eBay to help me rover it doggone guy was so mad and. Hateful but going put it behind and move on. But it's hard believe how Ebay. Just jumps on the buyers side before anything is even talked. About
I think the real issue is the reseller RU-vidrs who make more money from their RU-vid channel, and make videos to get views rather than to help the viewer. I won't name names, but there are many channels that put out junky content - return or lost and found pallets, dumpster diving, etc- that are very successful but of little use to the viewer. I think it's great that you make so much from social media. You put out great content, despite the temptation to pander to the newbie resellers who are the main audience for reseller channels. One suggestion: PLEASE do not use those cheese stock video clips. So many RU-vidrs use them and they are really cheesy.
Question for you Kevin: With that mobile set-up, how do you guys deal with eBay's item location policy? I am asking because I was thinking of doing something similar at a summer home (moving some inventory back and forth).
So far it’s only being used for whatnot and dibdit. My guess is it would be harder with eBay unless you had two accounts. With two different return addresses
I don't blame you for not giving your numbers out, and I don't think it's a generational thing (easy for me to say, I'm a few years older than you), I think it's just a common courtesy thing- meaning, no one should ever ask you what you earn. If they ask what your greatest source of income is, then fair enough, I guess. But asking for amounts is just rude- I would never give them, either, if I were you.
I have been doing my RU-vid channel for almost 2 years and I am only at 60 subscribers. I'm doing 2 different formats with my Rex Flippers what sold and my We the People format on American History.
Kevin I guess your laws in America are not strong about driving with your phone in your hand. Not a good look 👀 Please be safe and only do it with your phone in a car mount. In Australia it’s not allowed 🚫
Great answers to some great questions. Can you help me build my RU-vid channel too? Haha. Editing videos does take up a lot of time. Sometimes I just want to go sourcing instead and sometimes I get in the grove and edit all day. Keep on going!
Businesses are not real businesses because, they make money using other sources, and contracts (their viewer sales i.e. their references said business). Especially someone like 3M
I am baffled that people don’t like you. It’s weird because of how much you do for the community not just the reselling community but your local community as well as charities. It just doesn’t make any sense to me. People need to get a life.
If your videos were three minutes long I bet you you would get a lot more subscribers. Nobody wants to sit through 20 minutes of boring talk to get to your Clickbait
