First Month of Ebay Experiment - UPDATE
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- Опубліковано 2 лют 2018
- My first 3 weeks of new Ebay store. Visit my shop TRading Post in Crystal Lake IL.
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Thanks Pete, this is like going to reseller/ebay college for free.
I live in a rural area, 13% fees is well worth having 50 million people shopping in my living room right here on the farm.
Same here and my thoughts exactly. I get more traffic on my ebay store then any pawn shop around me will ever get. Cost of business for sure!
Pete, this is a great idea. I am really looking forward to watching this series. Thanks!
My rule of thumb for shipping is that USPS is best until you can't use a medium flat rate box (or regional rate A or B). After that everything goes FedEx. Usually works out well. USPS is just way too expensive. I also won't seal the box until I weigh it. often times you'll be an ounce or two over and can cut off box flaps or do something to save that ounce or two. Or I'll use up my heavier packing materials if I know I'm in between pounds.
Great video Pete, love tuning in!
"I got some Blowing in a can" Lol... I love watching you work. I cannot wait to get my store to your numbers
Haha I thought I was the only one giggling at that!! I had to rewind and listen to that a few times because that's how I am, lol. Gotta love Pete's accent! I am super thankful for these videos!! :)
Love me some "blowing in a can" haha, keep up the good work buddy!
Thanks Pete. Been a Reseller myself since early 90’s. Your videos are always helpful. You have really inspired me to take my little Gig to the next level.
Loving this series Pete! I think most people will because it’s closer to what they do on a daily basis and most don’t own shops. I’m learning a ton and the comments seem to be a bit more friendly too lol. I have always been and Amazon FBA Seller because Shipping scared me. This has been a real eye opener! Thanks again!
Can you do Please do A complete video on your of photographing product description and listing process from beginning to end
As usual Pete GREAT video! I appreciate the transparency of what you're doing! $1500+ for roughly 3 weeks of sales is GREAT in my book! I look forward to your videos ALWAYS and I watch them all the way through!
Nice Pete. As a power seller from the 90's, I can tell you that not much as really changed in the nuts and bolts of Ebay seller's travails. On shipping, I found that a long table, with the package moving from station to station, worked great. I also found that becoming skilled at quickly making custom boxes from cardboard sheets saved a lot of time in dumpster diving and sorting through boxes. Also, try a roll of brown butcher paper when you need to ship in the original NIB item. Hides the label and saves reboxing.
Also , I had a roll of meatpacker's film wrap set up. Great for wrapping loose items of all sizes, including golf clubs. Saved shipping damage.
Tom Doyle
Great video as always Pete. Love the interaction with your viewers. Best UA-camr hands down!
Outstanding video Pete. I think some people put stumbling blocks in front of themselves re ebay fees, shipping and packaging, possibility of fraud, etc. There is that element in all types of business, however it is as you say the "cost of business" and remains a small percentage of overall sales.
I love your set up Pete! I'm so jealous. I live in a small 2 bedroom apartment with my son and omg it's jam packed with my eBay stuff! I also have 2 storage lockers and a garage full of eBay inventory, shipping boxes, and packing materials. I've unfortunately had more fun shopping for eBay than selling, lol. Actually what happened is I became very ill in 2010 and I tried to keep my eBay going but things got very out of control due to being sick with severe fatigue and out of this world pain (narcolepsy and fibromyalgia). I am starting to feel a lot better not after discovering the root of my illnesses was food allergies and stomach damage! Anyhow, now that I want to get going full-steam on my eBay again, I am completely overwhelmed with all the "eBay Mountains" I have everywhere, lol, and all the disorganization. I will figure it out though somehow. I guess I just needed to vent here. If anyone else has been in a similar situation and has some advice on how they got it together, I'm all ears. :)
Good video Pete thanks for sharing. The Q&A was very informative good info.
very good video pete very informative keep them coming looking forward to the next one cheer's
409 works great for cleaning, especially sneakers. Thanx for another great video Pete. I love this new series!
Another surprisingly great cleaner is one you can get from Dollar Tree. It's just called "Awesome." It's in a semi-clear bottle with yellowish colored liquid. It really is AWESOME. Seems similar to 409 but better.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge , I recently picked up a Sony Video camera at a thrift store for $8.83 ,it was complete with extra lenses, camera bag, blank tape , charger and a working battery. Listed it for 159.00 the guy offered 119.00 countered it and sold for 139.00 with free shipping
Sexy.
Wow. Curious... do you know the model or tape format?
Congratulations on your first month's success!
Great video Pete! Love the experiment!
Awesome Sauce A big thank you Pete.
Pete, You are exceptional at what you do and thank you so much for the educational updates. I see at your eBay listings that you have a good number of NEW electronic items. How do you source those type of items? Same places that you thrift for pre-owned items. Thank you so much!
Thank You especially for taking the time to share your knowledge!
I made a great score today thanks to you Pete. DVD/VHS Recorder New in Box for $20, I should get just under $400 with shipping. I'm really new though. I have only one sold item so far. That went well but this one has me nervous. You said you do signature confirmation over $200. I'll do the same. Do you do anything else to protect yourself from scammers? I don't think I've seen a video dedicated to the subject. Might be worth putting together.
Awesome info. Def wanna see more Sunday sourcing vids.
Great video as always nice to see you just focusing electronics which is what we sell the most of on ebay i also do the big bulky heavy items too does not bother me ether.
Pete electronic contact cleaner to clean volume controls or to even clean an electronic boards & tube sockets is a MUST. Also denatured alcohol is the best choice for cleaning tape heads and can also be used in volume/tone controls or any electronic component that needs to be washed because it is non conductive similar to contact cleaner. Swiffers are great for cleaning large amount of dust from the exterior of dirty dusty components. If I buy a very dusty component & I mean it looks like a wall of dust inside, once I remove the back & or the "guts," themselves I use a leaf blower. Just be sure not to hit the speaker if there is one & if it's tube chassis make sure they're secure. I studied radio/tv repair DECADES ago in trade school and have been cleaning components & doing minor repairs since the 70's. Keep cranking it up!
Nice! Thanks for the tips!! :)
We use a TIF 9010A refrigerant scale for shipping. Super accurate and heavy duty. Expensive when new but its common to find for $80 or so used.
Great video Pete, love how you throw your viewer comments up on the video. How do you do that if you don't mind me asking? Thanks so much 🤗
Great Results! You inspire me to keep selling!
ty for sharing all your knowledge..
I am starting a band and I am calling it "Blowing in Can"! Thanks Pete for a great video.
Pete, instead of taking the time to watch your videos, I should really be listing this ton of stuff I have here sitting in my room. Especially since I am almost 100% confident that at least 3/4 of it will indeed sell, as well. Truly though, your videos are just so damn informative & helpful that they are virtually impossible to ignore. Anyway keep on keepin’ on, my friend. And on behalf of everyone who watches your videos, you are *’The Man’* in this buying/reselling game. And 2nd place, isn’t even close. Take care, brother. ✌🏼
Great video Pete very helpful thanks
Good work Peet, awesome video!
As for that bubble wrapper holder. You can go to any home improvement store and get a galvanized flange and a pipe. Depending on size of pipe about $20 to make.
I've been selling for about a year now, smalls eBay and bigger stuff like Speakers and Receivers at a consignment shop. You've inspired me to sell my first bigger item on eBay (a tape deck). I'm shipping it today. Thanks for the encouragement! Your new man cave work area doesn't seem right without a pet. Maybe a snake or lizard?
Great video!always learning something from you. Cheers from upstate ny
I agree that when a seller specializes in particular items I trust they are accurate in their description and condition
Great video Pete
Enjoy your videos. Great job and info. Thanks
great vid Piotrek !
Awesome video, lots of good content. TY
Look forward to every new video.
I see you are planning to do a packing video. When you do, please add a good resource for the types of boxes best suited for this type of equipment? Thanks Pete for another great video!!
Pete, thanks for being so honest and straight forward with your ebay experiment. What kind of sell through rate are you shooting for?
i have same scale:-))
good job pete has always good content
youre experience happen in a very good timing for me since i started my ebay cople weeks ago and enjoy it
keep on inspiration pete good job
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Congrats on your success
Thanks, Pete. I have learned so much from your videos. I am now selling electronics and larger items and making more money because of your videos.
Thank you. Learned a lot
Great Information and Examples!
hey Pete. i have found that a hairdryer on a sticker lets you lift it right off. it beats having to use the o oil or lighter fluid. Made my day when it worked. I had about 30 stickers to remove.
Yes that's what I've always used and it works super good!! Sometimes it leaves behind the sticky residue and then I use a drop of oil or even lotion to take the sticky residue off. I also use the hairdryer trick for packing boxes too. If I am shipping in a box that has a big sticker on the outside, I use the hairdryer to effortlessly peel it off. There will almost always be sticky residue on the outside of the box but no problem - I just stick my shipping label over the residue (works great!) then put clear packing tape over my label. Also, when I remove smaller stickers from the outside of my shipping box that leave residue, I just cover the residue with a small piece of clear tape. eBay tricks!! :)
Awesome Pete
Hey! I live maybe 10-15 minutes away from Chesapeake,Va!
Pete always love your videos. Question. When posting an item do you search the item first to see how many are out there already, the price range, and sold prices. Where do you position your item in terms of price and shipping cost.
Love your videos, thanks for the wealth of knowledge that you share. I am currently using your strategies to sell more Consumer Electronics in my eBay Store. I have a question about Remote Controls, do you test all of yours ? and what do you do if you don't have the unit for the remote ? will you still list it ?. FYI I have also started using a real wooden table to stage photos....thanks.
Great Info...Thanks
thanks for your help[full video i have been watching it for a past year and it is very interesting i do learn a lot my business improve dramatically since i follow your instruction the only problem i have with the electronic business is the return please if you have any knowledge how to minimize it i know we can not laminate it from the experience you have can you please shade some light to this matter thanks again your follower from Michigan state your neighbor
Great video and always find your video very good.
Thanks for the video! I did 600. In jan with one week i went dead :( im hoping to pay off some debt with selling vcrs
That Dentist arm thingy is a Monitor arm for a computer monitor.
I found a denon DVD player for $10 at estates sale cleaned and flipped on eBay for $120 so with fees free shipping my cost figure $50 still $70 profit there is room to make money love you Pete keep doing what your doing Bigbob from Romeoville
Great video!!!
Great tips!
Hi Pete, First off Thanks for sharing the update video! Question, with the Pioneer Receiver that you had shown us that sold, I noticed that the shipping preference that you had selected for the listing of this item was for USPS Priority Mail ( which is consider expedited shipping) but when the item actually had sold, you ended up going with a different shipping method, selecting Fed-Ex Home delivery ( in which according to Ebay is consider standard shipping). With that said, has a customer ever said anything and/or raised an issue about this - in regards to shipping your item with a different shipping carrier (like Fed-Ex) than from what was stated your Ebay listing (USPS Priority mail)? This question is directed towards just selecting & using fed-ex home delivery ( standard shipping) instead of USPS priority mail. Lastly did you get the USPS tape for free that was shown that you had used for your package,, or did you have to pay for it? I used to get the free USPS tape from their website, but they stopped giving it out for free online.
Thanks!
Geez, depressing me right at the start. 25 years ago. Thanks a lot, Pete.
Peter, I like your videos and I like the way you are dedicated. I have a question for you, I'm a school teacher and have a spare time, I'm thinking of reselling on eBay using the liquidation Wearhouse and online pallets? what is your view about that ? do you have any advice ! hope you will answer my question. Thank you and keep it up man.
I love watching your videos. Being a person who sells on ebay I often learn of markets that I have not played with by watching your videos. I do want to point out one thing. You talk about how you made a couple dollars profit on the shipping, but in reality you didn't when you consider the Ebay fees on the shipping and then the Paypal fees. Then there is the packaging materials and cost of printing a label. Just wanted to point it out, so newbies to this don't assume they can make some pocket change on the shipping. Keep up the great videos.
Pete could you touch base on shipping labels scales and how you proscess the shipping. Example do you use label machine and postage is already fugured? Then you just drop off at post office or do you wait in line and they scan them. One last ? What are the best scan tools for checking different platforms when checking comparables? Thanks Peace.
Have you ever shown a video on researching what brands sell better than others? If so please link video. Or could you create a video on this subject.
Something thats handy for other kinds of items is 0000 steel wool. I also like Simichrome metal polish for many metal items and even some hard plastics. WD 40 is also handy works to remove glue goo and other things
Really enjoy your channel. Will you ever open another reseller shop again?
Doing well Pete, keep us updated on your progress, "quick question how do you deal with fraudulent buyers"
Thanks
OMG! I want that Nirvana Tape!!!!
Surprising how much knowledge has been lost, can remember when 'everyone' knew how to clean heads. And I don't understand the fear of charging shipping, you want something, you gotta pay, or you really didn't want it.
If I could give you 10 thumbs up I would. Really enjoy this type of video. Learning a lot Pete. Thanks!
for your holder, you could use a flange and piece of pipe from a hardware store or department, would be same thing.
Hi Pete! Great video! I also learn a lot from the comments and replies. I don't know if you give this info out, but what are your store names on eBay? This one and the ones for your shop.
Thumbs Up! Great tips on this video. Thanks!
Nevermind~! =D yasssssss
OH~! You print postage from eBay~! Duh! I use Stamps.com and don't think about looking in eBay. Need to check those FedEx rates - especially after the hikes. Thanks for sharing your screen~!
PS I still owe you guys a Christmas card! Especially Vicky~! lol
Pete if you never got into thrifting/ebay/having a shop/etc. what do you think you would be doing for a living? Also how do you determine when to use the free shipping and best offer option?
Hey Pete. Just wondering why you choose to calculate shipping based on weight x 2. How about weighing and measuring item and entering in eBay for accurate shipping cost?
St.croix rods I sure love em
Hi Pete, I enjoy your insights and experience. Speaking of selling VCR's, I wouldn't recommend it, because the technology and workmanship of those machines is just not reliable. Especially if they are used machines, they are probably going to be defective even if they played okay for you when you tested it. It is likely that when a buyer gets it and starts using it that it's going to crap out on them. Just my opinion. Keep up the good work.
My problem with niche marketing is sourcing. Can't get enough of one item to stay in a niche. I don't use Fed Ex, if postal is too high, I will try UPS. Fed ex has been very rude to me, so I don't give them my business.
I would like to know if your average price includes shipping and handling or on your spent money is that part of purchasing and the shipping price?
Hello Pete, I have a question. The screen your were viewing that gave the option to change carriers to view the different shipping amounts and allowed you to print a shipping label. Is that a software you have, or is that through Ebay?
Thanks!
How do you know if you should just sell the entire electronic machine as broken for parts or if you should take apart and sell as individual parts?
Great taste in music, Pete - I got to see them the January before Kurt's death (in April); have you seen a photo of his (then) baby daughter, now? Yeah, makes me feel old as hell - great video, thanks ~
I just saw a picture of Francis Bean the other day and I was like wait, she's an adult??? LOL, yes I felt OLD as hell!!! Funny how time goes by so fast when you're older. When Pete looked at the year of this tape and said "1991", I thought omg, I was like 20 when this tape came out, and at that time remember how I used to think about the music from the 60's - like it was ancient...back in the hippie days! And to think that's how the young people of today (like my son who's 21) view the music of Nirvana, all 90's grunge, and other music of the 90's!!! And they see the music of the 80's like we viewed the MUSIC OF THE 1950'S when we were teenagers, LMAO!!! Think about that for a moment and you'll REALLY feel old, haha! Wow...to me when I look back, Nirvana and music of the 90's (even the 80's) doesn't feel that old and feels just like yesterday (I was born in 71). But I think that right there IS a sign of being old, lol. But we got to grow up when music was MUSIC!! I can't tell you how many kids and teenagers I've seen commenting on how they wish they could have grown up in the 80's and 90's when music was so cool. Some of the kids you can tell are truly bummed about it too - I kind of feel bad for them, lol. When I read those comments is when I realized what an amazing era - the 80's & 90's - I grew up in! It was really a revolutionary time in music!!! Sorry for the blog, lol. :)
Hey I see you you have a lot of remotes for sale I see them often for sale, and I was wondering how you go about testing them, do you have to have a machine of the same make or is there another way. Thanks!
I want some opinions here, whats the deal with goodwill prices now? Every time I visit a store in the NJ area the prices are crazy, $20 for a dragon ball z dvd, $60 for a used Nintendo Wii, $6 for xbox video games. Are they getting the prices from Ebay or what? Other thrift stores are way cheaper than Goodwill now, is this only happening here or is it the same in other states?
Question. When you show the amount spent, is that the amount only on the items sold? It always seems to me that we should account for entire inventory cost and although much is still for sale, we always have to spend the $$ to have an inventory larger than what sells in order to made the sales that do happen. Pete, you have a great sell-through, but I think of those sellers that have spent example: over $2000 on inventory, sell one item for $100 that they spent $10 on and think that they have made $90. In reality they have lost $1910. Exaggeration, but have so often wanted an experienced great seller to address this issue. Thanks so much. I never miss one of your postings!!!! Very best, Dina
We would like to know how you keep records for taxes and such? Do you use a spreadsheet or just all through eBay and PayPal invoices and such?
Nirvana! awesome band. i need a tape like that for testing. not this spice girl nonsense i use now
Does your customer get upset when you ship slower mail when you advertised on eBay shipping priority mail? When you created the label it said the buyer paid for priority, which you had priority selected for your shipping policy.
Pete, please make a video about sales and income taxes, that'd be great. Thanks
I wish i live in chicago, here in st louis thrift stores never have anything
What is the biggest flop of product that you believed it would bring alot of money and sunk?
He hasn't followed up talking about the clothing sales experiment at all. That's a likely candidate, because clothing sales have about a 33% return rate (from all the fickle women who can't ever make up their minds). I don't need or want indecisive, non-adult customers, thank you. They will waste your time.
What would the VCR have cost had you shipped it UPS?
I'm confused...been out of the loop. Pete, is this your own personal eBay store that has nothing to do with your "stores" eBay account??