If you are renting 3 10x40’s that are attached to each other and are planning on renting for a long time, you can ask the storage facility to remove the walls and make your space a 30x40 for one monthly rate. This will allow you to only pay insurance on one unit (if you have through the site) and also be able to have easier access to the entire space. I am a Regional Manager with a large storage company and this is something that I’ve done for customers from time to time…… just thought I’d let you know. Thanks for all of the great content. My wife and I have been following a lot of your processes and we’ve been able to let her quit her job and focus on our eBay business and I’m hoping to join her in the next 2-3 years once our son graduates college.
Chris - awesome video. Thank you! Can you do a 2 minute video of a live consolidation of your items? I think that would be super helpful to see how you move the items from bin to bin. 👍🏼
Same , when u said move them over , I was wondering how the numbers would go , or restocking? What does the number system do and does the front of the bins number change or ?
I'm taking my store on the road next spring. Going to store all my items in a storage unit. When I want to move to another state or area, I'll pack it all up and get a different storage unit in another state/city. I'll be using a PO Box in each location I move to. Basically after I find my central location I'm going to travel out from there to source and adventure. Unless I find I can afford an employee, I'll just ship once a week from that central location. I'll probably move with the weather and/or when I get bored of an area.
Another great box is one you can get for free from gas stations. The boxes windshield washer fluid comes in is 12.25"x18.5"x12"tall. They are designed to hold 6 - 1gal jugs -- very sturdy.
It's worth it spending time weekly consolidating inventory than waist time daily hunting for empty spaces + updating inventory sheet / Ebay accordingly. Thank you Chris for sharing your updated system. I'll be copying it.
This was the best video. 👌 I like buying storage units went full time beginning of year but realized I need part of my business to have more of a commercial approach like yours. Every full time seller should have 2k clothing items.
thanks for the methodological input ! I like to take a quick photo when im looking up the comps , and list it ; like as a draft , but also live .... Then later on when I have the time with my busy schedule can fine tune it , and when I take a day to photograph I can add more photos directly from my phone when im at work or out and about running errands and what not on my down time , in moments where im bored or dont really have much else to do to utilize my time .... or I will go to the park and sit somewhere in nature and post them and relax ; i break down every process ...
I run everything out of my 1 bedroom apartment. I’m able to store 1200 items and still have a live able space because of how my shelving and inventory system is set up. I’m no where near 1200 listings but it’s nice to know how much I can store / grow my store at home before making the jump into a storage unit.
I made the leap to shelving and boxes from tubs. I condensed my space to 1/4 it used to be now I can bring in more inventory! Thank you for your ongoing advice. Now sourcing better is my focus. I have a hard time finding good items in Indiana.
I just leased a room in a converted elementary school. It's a classroom, 800 sq feet, for $665.00 a month. Includes utilities, I just need to pay for internet. The windows go all they way to the ceiling, the light is amazing. I cannot wait to start moving items out of my house! If I run out of room, I can rent another room or the storage room.
I use my home and it costs $0 per month. If I run out of space I will get one of those nice big pre-built sheds. I like the idea of having a dedicated space away from home to work in but I also hate being away from my inventory. Some nights I might not be able to sleep so I just get up and list for few hours until I get sleepy.
@@jerrystevenson9507 I use my home as well. But it seems to overtake my house! I already have two rooms that I occupy and I am still growing. This inventory system Chris has, I am switching immediately! I have tried the reusable numbers, the numbered bins and I am always looking for room. And my products to sell you are continually trying to find.
I love this system. It seems so much easier. Do you print out your labels 1-100,000 yourself or do you buy them pre-made? If you buy them, source? Thanks for all of your videos!
great info again. I agree boring makes money. You must have days that you have more inventory than you can list. Where do you keep those items before photo, putting away, listing.
Great video, as always, Chris. Right now, my inventory system is free "loose leaf" clothing, I guess you could say. Not sure if I like it better that way or not, as having it filed away in bags seems to conserve more space. I also like the idea of letting the clothes air out, because I have noticed that even after washing (sometimes multiple washes), some clothes retain a certain perfume or cologne smell if it is very strong.
I see you store items on the floor. I can't do that in Florida with all of the rain and flooding. Happened to me earlier this year, luckily the only thing that was damaged was my boxes. I keep everything and Poly bags like you.
True, same in GA, so I'm having to invest in a pricy air conditioned storage units while still keeping everything in protective bags. Plasic boxes are more expensive & limited in sizes. I'm copying Chris's system with modifications to fit a 10x5 storage unit.
@@joshl3078 So true, I have mostly plastic tubs. Have boxes because it is so much cheaper. Going to end up replacing them all once I have more cash flow.
Id love to see a live consolidation aswell its just confusing in terms of picturing it; I think part of my confusion is do you reuse your numbers when the items sell
Great! I liked it before I finished watching. The husky shelves are very expensive right now. I paid $220 for mine and they are up to $350 to $400 each. I have another unit I want to put them in but I'm holding off until the price goes down.
On the road eBay store. For returns I guess you would pick a state that is in middle of the US and have a PO Box set up to receive all returns and just go by and get the returns after some time. That could work.
Do the math.. for example t-shirts will be average about 1 inch in thickness so you'll fit 30 in a 30" box. I'm guessing he can fit anywhere between 1000 -1500 items with just one of those racks.
Great stories to me, means a random, not repeatable thing that happened (i.e. I got lucky). Being good at reselling means I put in best practices and do them over and over.
Great video!!!! I have grown so much I need to impliment this system!!! I don't see the link for those long boxes. Where did you get them? Many thanks!!
Fantastic Video. You mentioned you do Avery templates on their website. Which template do you use for the roll labels? I couldn't find one unless we use their printing service. Thanks in advance-
I am so excited to do this system. Have been watching all your videos on it. Can you tell us when you have the number on the bag, where do you put it in your listing, I am guessing it goes under Custom label(SKU)? Then when the item is bought how does the number show to pull from the bins?
What happens chris when you reach 100k in inventory? At your size that shouldn't take very long. Are you just going to continue to 200k? Thank you for your channel. It's been a great help.
mr magazine is well over a mill. but hes got half a million items on ebay with 15 employees and a 20,000 foot warehouse. LOL im also thinking mr buysalot is well over a mill. but again, got the huge warehouse and such. im thinking mr magazine is the largest youtuber on ebay, but i could be wrong, might be one above him im not sure of. craigslist hunter is gonna be over a million, but not just on ebay.
I may have missed it, but where did you get your boxes from so all can be the same size. I checked out your Amazon link and I didn't see them listed there.
Thank you for this video! I see that as I get larger I need to organize my inventory better, right now it's a hodgepodge. I think I'll start now, also I'm going to list 5 items a day to get back into a listing habit, thanks for your videos Chris!
Hey I just made a sale on eBay and I think it’s to a military base. When I go to purchase the shipping label a window pops up and says that something went wrong please try again later. Has anyone had that problem? And if so how do you fix it? Or is it a scammer?
Thanks for the info. I'm trying to start an ebay business right out of my room, and I've ordered some shelving to stock inventory. I might get 24 x 8 x 8 boxes that are flush with the shelving, because the shelving already almost seems too bulky for my room. I'm starting with clothing, and anything really thin/small because of my limited space. Don't know if I'll end up switching to something else down the line if I end up getting a warehouse.
Do you have anyone that sells hard goods that could share their inventory system? I would love to just be able to combine and condense items but it is nearly impossible to label all hardgoods in the same way.
Hi Chris, I’ve been listing the same number each day for weeks, with a 2-3 item bump up at some point from 18 to 20 + 5 drafts. Lately though impressions and page views have trended slowly downwards, I’m not sure the cause. I’ve sold a lot of volume lately, could it be the slowing of inventory growth? Thanks for everything!
Hi, I called a storage facility so I could just store my items and take pictures. They said I couldn't run a business out of the storage unit. Did you run into this issue getting a storage unit.
Call around. I stored all my things at my place for a few months, got in good with the manager and let him know I did ebay, then just asked him if he would mind if I just worked out of it like a day job. He was cool with it. But call around and get the feel for the people who own/run them. (Hope this helped) Maybe someone else could reply with another suggestion.
@@dailyrefinement you have mentioned that in another video, though! I remember! I watch them all! Will be joining your group soon! Thanks for all you do!
@@dailyrefinement i can't seem to find the channel of technsports, do you have a link to it? also, auction professor's store has 29k items listed. to me it'd be hard to have a 29k item store and not have 1m in revenue, unless his sell through rate is pitiful (he does sell mostly records, books, and slower selling stuff rather than clothes though, so it could be he only sells a tiny percent of his items a day)
