Day 2 - My Week As a Full Time eBay Reseller - Oops Pile, Shopping, Shipping, and Poshmark Plans
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- One week as a full time reseller. Join me from Monday to Friday as I spend 40 hours reselling on eBay and Poshmark.
Today I donated my 'oops pile' and did a quick shopping trip. I ship my sales -- making sure to calculate my profits. And share my plans to sell on Poshmark.
Please never stop making videos. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
You take really good pictures. Can you maybe do a video with photography tips?
A few retailers take clothes and give you a coupon for. Like
H&M will give you 15% off per bag. Levi will give off also.
Thanks for the help and encouragement. I just started reselling part time so far ok just overwhelming trying to balance everything out . Ebay is a challenge Poshmark is ok but time consuming with sharing. But then again going into this blind I have made $800.00 in 3 months very proud of myself.
great job!
I've seen clothing resellers who state in their listing "I don't sell anything I wouldn't wear myself/put on my own kids". I'm the total opposite! My closet and my children's closet are full of my "oops" purchases. I tend to buy the things I love in general and am always so excited when an item we can use has a flaw.
Deidre Lee Come check out our Goodwill adventures and our garage sale explorations!
Curious if you've considered photographing yourself wearing your clothes? UA-camr and eBay seller Myka Stauffer says she gets better sales by wearing her merchandise. Especially because I noticed you said you're an XL, and also that you sell a lot of that size. Thanks for the super useful videos!!
I know that you got to already know you are amazing. I love listening to you and hearing your explaination I share you videos whenever I have the chance.Thank you so much for motivating me to get busy opening a store.
Mercari is also a great place to sell. I'm always getting lowball offers on posh because the buyer is trying to make up for the $7 shipping.
I looked for you on posh.
I'm. @kimberlyskorner
your videos are helping so much. today I was actually going thrift ing becouse of you I feel like I know a bit more.
thank you so much. I love posh. I'm not doing good but it's becouse i don't have right stuff. now becouse of you I might
Could you please show your storage and organisation for your inventory once you post the item, before it sells?
Hi NY Thrifter,
Thank you for the informative videos. I am a new subscriber and hope you can help me with a question I have asked others and for some reason just don't seem to get an answer.
I am wondering if you do the global selling with thrift store clothing? I would like pros and cons as I am considering it but don't know enough about it.
Another question: I am not very good at descriptions and wondering if you have any pointers on how to get better at it. Some people are fabulous at descriptions and you seem to have that quality as well.
Thanks,
Jean
Love your videos! You answer so many of my questions!!!!Thanks!😘😘😘😘
You are so inspirational & generous to share everything! Thank you!
Never buy damaged merch! It's a waste of your time and $. Inspect everything BEFORE you buy! Also never redonate ! Disclose the flaw in your listing and sell it for what you paid for it or for .99 cents.
I'm a new subscriber and loving the daily videos! I've gone back and watched your previous videos and find you VERY helpful and enjoyable to watch! Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks, it makes me feel brave setting up shop!
You can do it! Feel free to leave questions in the comments in case you need any additional help!
I just learned that EVERY Lilly print has "Lilly" somewhere within the pattern!
My Posh experiences have not been good so far. I bought something, paid for it and the seller backed out and refunded claiming it was damaged. And they removed all my listings for my skin care line saying I couldn't ship liquids - which is bizarre because Mac is shipping liquid foundations, etc. I was really looking forward to it as another platform. I guess I will try listing clothes there, but so far, I feel left out even with 2000+ followers.
Thanks so much about the insight into poshmark. I have been thinking about opening a shop and at least now you have given me a pragmatic approach! Dina
Because I get a lot of estate sales that are from expensive homes but I am in a smaller city, so I end up with a lot of lovely clothes but are not the best labels. They often cost me nothing as they are given to my ministry. What is the best thing I can do with them. I have limited space so am thinking I might do better to do eBay and do lots. I have a fairly large Good Will but not a huge SA but would like to help support the ministries to homeless with these treasures. No bind, no jewelry jars few sales
Make sure when you re-donate you take note of how much the items are worth for tax write offs
Thanks for the video. I was and still am feeling discouraged about not noticing flaws in clothing when I buy.
It can be hard, but flaws in clothing is the life of a reseller so don't get too down on yourself. The pieces that are in great condition will make up for any damaged clothing you find. Especially if you are sourcing at inexpensive clothing.
wow, where are you finding LP for $2.50???!! That piece would be $14.99 at my local thrifts. You find some great prices!
At my local Goodwill thrift stores, girls dresses are $5.00 so on half off day, I get them for $2.50. Adult dresses would be $9.00 or $4.50 half off.
Very nice! I am really enjoying your videos. Thanks!
Oh my gosh! I have that same Love dress from Anthropologie. It's sooo comfortable. :)
Hello Newyork Thrifter please can you share on what name you search for when buying clear plastc sealing bags for your clothings.Or an amazon link.thanks
Head to Amazon and type in "clear poly bags".
I feel you... I purchased a lot of shoes and cloths and as i am cleaning and preping them up i am finding holes, damage and so far about 6 pieces went to the trash...sometimes i rescue buttons or something nice of the garment...boomer...well this is a lesson learned and next time i will take more time checking the items ...LOL no more trash items for me.
I absolutely love your videos! I followed your beginner series step by step for starting on ebay and I'm not high in sales yet but things are selling steadily thanks to you. Still no feedback though :( (even though I've kindly asked for customers to leave it). I still sell really good peices with flaws. I make sure to do full descriptions and close up photos of the flaws (like tiny holes or clasp is missing). People still buy them! I do believe I will stop selling flawed peices because it can be a hassle with customers still not being satisfied when they see the flaws. What are your thoughts? Thanks again for the wonderful videos! :)
Love the Poshmark recommendations! With the 30 minutes, I would recommend doing this on a desktop because it is so much faster to share and follow. Sadly, you can't do the listing or editing parts, those have to be done on the app but for the sharing, it really cuts your time in half. Love your channel, I'm totally binge watching right now!
Also, Sizely is amazing! I've never heard of it! Thanks for the tip!
Can you put a link to your Poshmark? I can't seem to find your closet when I type your info in.
poshmark.com/closet/shoppingnewyork
So helpful! Just tried the Posh 6 step tips. My sales are not great on there. Just spent a few minutes putting in some work! Thank you!
I've recently started selling on eBay and I've seemed to get a system that works for me down, learning tricks & tips as I go from you & other youtubers like you, your videos are so helpful btw! One question, how long do you usually keep up an item, or relist before you consider reducing the price?
Great question! I don't have any hard and fast rule. The majority of my pieces are 30-day buy in nows which means every 30 days I have to relist whatever doesn't sell. At this time I evaluate if I want to keep the price the same, drop the price, move it to auction, or just take the piece off eBay altogether. I go off my gut and decide in the moment which of these options I want to take. Sorry I couldn't be a little more specific!
Hi question, I have stayed away from 30 day listings because there seems to be some urgency when buyers know they only have a few days left to buy. Do you see what I'm saying??? Whenever I have done 30 they sit and sit and sit. So I always do 7 day now. What are your thoughts on that? Thank you, love listening to you!
I've been on Poshmark for approx a month and have had no sales. I have designer shoes and a designer suit. So I'm glad I saw this vid from you,
Love your videos, Question I have 23 listed and getting many view with no one buying. How do I turn that item into a sale? Any hints
Carrie Fetes Do you have the "make an offer" option on? You may make less profit but it can jump start sales.
Yes I have the make an offer on- I using ann taylor loft gap talbots 7 all of man kind J crew - would you mind taking a look at my site to see if you can see anything I can to improve my site and sales == caf4157 is my site
I am joining you on both eBay and Poshmark.
style revivalist I don't know. I was talking about the challenge.
Can you please tell me where do you get this clear shipping bags?! Thanks
Head to Amazon and type in "clear poly bags".
Thanks
So, since this vid is a few months ago, how did you do with the steps? Did you receive any sales within the 3 weeks?
My Poshmark name is Karen C or karencas1. I haven't discovered which name appears for people to locate me on Poshmark. :)
I have a question about shipping. I'm still confused as to how it works. Is there a website that can show me how to convert the oz. per item into the amount of money it would be. For example; anything over 10 oz. would be how much? or anything under 5 oz. would be how much? I've been holding on to clothing items for two weeks now b/c I dont want to over/under charge for shipping. Please help. Love your videos btw
Here is a shipping calculator! You can put in the package size/type and it will tell you the price. www.ebay.com/shp/Calculator
Thank you so much! this is exactly what i was looking for. Now I can finally get my items listed!!!
Hi. I am new to your channel! Great video, info. & link referral! I have definitely subscribed. Thank you for caring enough about the thrifty- resell community to make these videos. 😀
I use to resell on Ebay but then life butted in. Excited to get back into it. I have a huge hill to climb 1st though. Been collecting items for awhile & need to go through now & sort, clean, take pics..etc. Urgently before I get labeled a "hoarder" lol I don't specialize in clothes but want to mainly for the shipping/packing aspects. Shipping bulky, fragile items is a real pain.
Believe it or not, my 1st intro. into wanting to do clothes was Barbie. I found a cute little vintage coat for .50 & resold it for 45.00$!! Like wow!
Looking forward to more. ty🤠
Good luck! I reselling clothing because 1) I love fashion and 2) the shipping is so easy.
My Goodwill will exchange clothing for store credit.You might look into their return policy.
Yep. My Goodwill will also take back clothing within 7 days for store credit. The problem is that I rarely get to the clothing within that time period so I am usually stuck with the pieces. But again, I am used to this and factor it into my pricing strategies for the items that do sell.
Followed you on Poshmark!
Can you do this with wholesale also?
Yep!
Thank you
First of all let me say I love your channel 2nd of all I cannot believe how awesome that Sizely website will be when I start using it today! When you were talking about that I was sitting here thinking whaaaaatttttttt! That will be a huge timesaver hopefully I can get it to work since I'm sometimes technologically challenged!! Fantastic tip you don't know how much I appreciate it. It is ok to use it right no infrigement or copyright issues?
Thanks for the videos you have helped me so much ...i would be interested to know how you handle returns I get very paranoid when I get returns I am sure it happens to everyone ...I try to look over my items very throughly I am fairly new only part time reselling since november 2016 hoping to make it full time someday ...
I am of the mindset of just accepting returns and moving on. There are lots of cases where the buyer changes their mind (or the item doesn't fit), so the buyer pays to ship the item back. I've only had three cases where the items were 'not as described'. I accepted the return and when the buyer sends the item back, I offer a full refund. This is just how reselling goes, nothing to get upset by or stressed out about.
Thank you so much ... I am working on my moving on skills ... Your videos are very helpful ..
is there a reason you pay shipping?
I charge shipping (which goes into the 'sales' section -- so for example if a shirt sold for $12.99 + $2.99 shipping the total amount would be $15.98 -- I calculate it this way because the eBay fees are calculated on the TOTAL sale price including shipping. So then when I say I paid for shipping, I really just added the shipping into the sales...
Do you have any research available on how many of your buyers become your regular customer? maybe once a week you ship some of the pieces to the same address, or even more often
I once found an Elements Escada jacket in one bin, then the pants in the other. But found the pants was stained so I just threw it back. Was that a mistake? I'm kind of regretting now ...
Your store has great prices. By me those things would be at minimum twice as much and usually a lot more than that.
I have follow a lot of resellers on instagram so I'm not sure who posted that they sell a lot of damaged clothes. you might want to give it a try. they said that they put damaged in the title and sell it for a little.
Yep. I do sell damaged clothing on auction. I make sure to disclose all damage and take clear pictures. However, some items that I get for inexpensively or are not great brands I just donate back to the store...it just doesn't seem worth the time and effort to get them up to an auction.
How long does it take you to complete that many listings? Do you take the pictures at the same time or were they already taken? Great video!
I like to take photos in batches if possible -- so I get together at least 10 'like' items (i.e. dresses, tops) and take the photos. Then I go to my laptop and start listing (taking measurements at this time). It depends on how much time things will take to list, mainly based on the condition of the clothes and if they need steaming or specialized treatment to photograph.
Is everything half off on Wednesday at Salvation Army?
Everything except one color tag (which rotates each week).
New York Thrifter thank you!! I'm also from NYC.
Ive been selling 3 weeks on poshmark and made 30 bucks..why?? lol im so discouraged
Do you use the eBay mobile app?
I list exclusively on my laptop, but for researching comps at stores, and accepting bids, I use my mobile app...a lot!
Thank you for all your help and quick responses! I'm excited to start my eBay selling journey
do you use mannequin for display
I do have a mannequin...but it takes a bit of time to do the photos with it, so I only pull 'her' out every once in a while. In tomorrow's vid I will show a few dresses shot on my manni.
New York Thrifter can you give us a tutorial with mannequin photos I am thinking to buy one