A note on an easy, cheap way to get a white background: use poster board or foam core board. If you are taking photos on the floor, as some of these sellers seem to be, it will take barely any additional effort and make the photos cleaner and more appealing, imo.
They are also called "foam project boards" You can find them in the stationary department at Walmart or at the dollar store. Great for small items. They're cheap, a few dollars tops. You can get a flat one to lay the item on and a trifold to set up around the back and sides which will reflect light and reduce shadows. Psychologically I think people associate carpet with being walked on with dirty shoes and can be a put off, especially for clothes. An old roller blind rolled flat works great for photographing clothes and is an easy wrinkle-free background and easy to store. You can often find them at thrift stores
I like this one, Wick! It's a nice addition to your content! If you wanted to streamline it, which I think would do well, you could just do like 5 stores per vid; show lowest to highest on active listings and sold listings and comment on the items/presentation as you did here; Also you could maybe drop a link to each store in a pinned comment in case your viewers see something they wanna snag; it's a great way to expose other sellers and possibly give em' a little boost! And if you did one a couple times a month, it's a great way to engage with the community, as anyone that watches you would agree that you're one of the most respected resellers on YT, and your advice is scripture! Thanks for a great video brother!
Thanks Wick I really appreciate your time and effort for taking a look at my store. I like to donate 10% of my sales back to the charities that I source from and as a shopper I do prefer to shop at store who give back too. Looking forward to seeing more great content 👌
Single McDonald's toys are a hard sell but themed lots sell well and fast for me! I've sold McDonald's Furby lots, Winnie the Pooh lots, Peter Pan lots, etc and they sell pretty quick! As long as they're new sealed, they're usually pretty decent in themed lots, at least for me.
Wick! Thank you so much for your feedback on my store. I’m going to go through and wipe out the older low value items like games, dvds etc. I appreciate your kind & helpful advice ❤
I would recommend taking low dollar DVDs to a pawn shop (if they're still accepting them; otherwise, I save up a couple hundred "dud" DVDs purchased from lots that I then sell on craigslist, FB Marketplace, etc.) and video game stuff to a game store. I trade cheap game stuff for store credit and have racked up hundreds that I then use to purchase big ticket items to flip.
As Wick briefly stated, some stores (like mine 😊) will have a number of poor listings and a few good listings - the poor listings are very old from when we didn't know much. Good listings are recent ones and sell quickly so there aren't many showing.😊
I want eBay to get rid of fees on shipping if we use their discounted rates. It’s robbing us of margin on something that is an expense. There is not profit from shipping fees.
New Sub here. Let me say thank you for helping fellow sellers. So many others claim to help but only exploite viewers for sales and followers. HUDSON VINTAGE BEING ONE OF THEM!
That Charity Donation is the same BS at the supermarket. You get nothing, they get to take your 'donation' and stack it quarterly, and then THEY get the tax deduct on YOUR 'donation'. That's how that goes.
Im a full time reseller that sells everything but heavily specialize in sports cards. Unfortunately people won’t buy random cards in lots like that. You honestly have to list them individually unless you can lot them up by set or team and even then they take forever to sell as lots of
Really enjoyed this video Wick! Thanks for evaluating my store. I found all the store reviews interesting, appreciate your sharing your knowledge! Thanks.
My rule is, if an item doesn't sell in one year, I throw it away or donate it, which is painful, and I never buy that item again. It's really helped slim down the amount of items I have to deal with and helped me focus on getting better, more valuable, and higher margin items. Over time I've made a lot more money and deal with 75% less items.
CRAZY ,,,IVE SOLD SO MANY HIGHER DOLLAR ITEMS THAT SAT WELL OVER A YEAR .... WATCHES ...CDS JUST SOLD A 39.00 CD THATS BEEN SITTING A CPL YEARS ....I GOT LIKE 15 SEALED CDS IN THAT SAME LOT FOR 18.00 ...I SOLD ONE BEATS CD FOR 90 ... SHOES THAT HAVE SAT FOR OVER A YEAR FOR 80-100 BUCKS ...SOME STUFF AS SOON AS I SELL SIMILAR BOOM THEY SELL ... BUT IF IT WORKS FOR U ,,,THATS WHAT MATTERS .....I ALSO DO NOT PROMOTE ANY ON ANY ITEMS ....BUT I ACTUALLY HAVE BETTER SALES NOW THEY WHEN I PROMOTED EVERY ITEM ...NO BODY BELIVES ME ...
@@717liquidationllc At around 9 months I will reduce to my "break even" price. Even if it does sell at break even price, it's not an item I want to buy again. If it still won't sell at break even, I'm throwing it out.
I personally rarely remove an item after I listed it. Since I've put in the work, I just lower price until I can make some money or get some back. If I'm running out of room that might change. I have no issues waiting 2+ years for something to sell. I'm always selling items that have sit that long.
for the last few months I've been driving around wealthy neighborhoods on trash day. The items I've found and sold on ebay is unreal. Always grab parts off of equipment at the curb for trash pick up. Just sold dirt devil water container for 50$. Another tactic that works for me is under pricing the the shipping when I'm into an item dirt cheap. its bn worki g
My (step) daughter made me a dancing chicken rolling tray in the spirit of the GD dancing bear. It’s going on t-shirt one day. Yes we have chickens and they dance to the Grateful Dead.
Nice video but imo you should have done more of the lower end stores. If a seller has sold more then 1-2k+ items its obvious they know more or less how to do this and they simply want the extra exposure. Just my 2 cents lol.
@@onlyluvisreal6691 they will remove your store for not following policy. Policy reads all items must be clean and it has to be stated in each ad it was cleaned to eBay specs
I honestly really like this kind of video idea. It help the people who's stores you look at while also helping other people. Just seeing how other people outside of influencers are doing things (and hearing somebody talk about it) is very unique and a good mix up from the normal reselling advice type videos out there.
I am the same way. But I'm a little more aggressive. I only deal with items that make $20 or more... profit....like, after eBay fees and taxes.... my first year or two doing eBay I wasted a lot of time with cheap things. It was good practice though....
@f.avilla6383 Yes, it depends on the item. If it is small, it only requires a couple of quick photos (eg, a cookbook I've sold before and know will sell quickly), I'll accept $10.00 net profit. That being said, my net profit per item this year average is $46.20.
What is your opinion on people putting question marks in the title(s) of their items? I saw this on the second store that you reviewed. Personally, I absolutely despise this and will absolutely not even click on an item like that. Tells me that the seller doesn't have a clue what they are doing and / or don't put forth the time and effort to find out exactly what they are selling.
Yes, I do really like this kind of content! I never knew when it was cost effective to get a store. I only sell about $1,000/mo & have about.500 items listed. Is it time to get one now? What do you consider ehen deciding to get one? Thanks!
My God the minimum store is 250 listings ..you must love to throw your money away paying by the ad on eBay? You get a store when you exceed the minimum listings.
Stores are not necessary, but you can get shipping supply coupons and unlock more items to list for free etc. I don't even really know the perks anymore since I've had one for so long lol
I have had a basic store for about 6 months. I realized that whenever I was ending and selling similar, I was running out of listings. As you get 250 free two list. It dawned on me that I was paying $39 a month just to end and sell similar. And the basic store would cover it I think it's $27 if I don't pay for it all at once. But still that's cheaper and the basic store will afford me whatever else I want to list. Just remember if you're ending and listing similar or you're putting up a new listing that after you run out of your free listings for the month with those two combined it's going to be 35 cents a piece after that and it adds up that's why I moved to the basic store.
@@heathermccary9776 well of course...it states how many you get and that's all you get. After that you have to pay per ad to list on top of your monthly . Delist relist and sell similar get you zero .eBay computers aren't stupid. You have to fix the problem if it with your ads fix your pics,title,price,shipping. If that is correct then make sure you are listing every single day. eBay accounts that don't move and don't show any progress do not do well and continue to go under til they quit. eBay is in it for the money not to babysit sellers that won't work.
Been having the same problem, I think the problem with Poshmark is the scams are ridiculous, almost nobody trusts anyone seller unless they’ve been in the game for awhile. All you can do is just wait, stay active, and eventually something will sell, have yet to sold my first item 🤷
@@FlippingJunk the easiest way is to follow the seller then you can search their solds. Or refine search for their store specifically. Example Seller: weirdstuffoutlet Then choose sold
@@FlippingJunk its the same as clicking the sold toggle for comps. its under the filter function. i think it would be useful to see what is actually selling for folks. You are able to filter it from high to low or most recent. its how i do research as well. I go onto the goodwill ebay pages and filter it to sold/completed and high to low and i see what people are bidding on the most. Anywho- your content is great and ive learned a lot! thanks so much.
Hey love the videos any way you would want to review my EBAY account for me tell me what i need to do or if its all good please let me know if this is something your interested in doing thanks.
