Just turned 68. Worked full time. Part time Reselling for 20 years. Landscaping business. Raised kids. Survived illness. Became a widow. Looking ahead to next phase is always prudent. In business and life. Great video.!
Lil baby reseller here, I also work full-time. Regarding sourcing, I still find good items at Goodwill…just to name one, I found a Nutcracker Tails book that was from Barnes and Nobles, sealed! Paid $2.49 and sold it for $50. It was listed new by a couple others for over $100 but I didn’t list mine that high. Maybe it would have sold but I like to keep things moving quickly at this stage in the game. Maybe one day when I’m more established I can let things sit longer but the more I sell the more I can buy and grow my store. I now only buy items with the money I make from reselling, not my full time income. Obviously it didn’t start that way. Lol I am also very blessed that where I live and the small towns around me have tons of thrift stores where they have garage sale prices! I love it and it’s helping me grow my inventory and business! Im now selling multiple items a day while I work, hearing that eBay cha Ching is music to my ears! 😂 I sell a little bit of everything but I have a lot of vintage in my store. BTW I love your channel and your content!
the one constant is everything will change. Back in 1999 and early 2000s I was using eBay to source inventory. I did sell on there but it was very minimal. I was looking for sports cards,memorabilia, for local sales and collectible shows. For me and my friends the collectible shows at the time were the biggest money makers and eBay provided a low-cost source of inventory. Fast forward a couple of decades now people are sourcing on places like whatnot and other smaller platforms to put onto eBay. We got to evolve.
100% but i was in the minority and was sourcing on eBay back in 1998 to resell on eBay and other online places (amazon, yahoo auctions, Message boards and forums (via Paypal Payments) as well as selling at flea markets and collectible shows and my antique booth and Website so i was getting the best of both worlds and yes now 25 years later i use ALL platforms to Source from and i resell ON all platforms including offline (FB Marketpalce, Craigslist, Flea Markets, Collectible Shows) so the conclusion is Diversification will always be the way to go it will never lead you astray
My favorite teacher in Whittier California was Mr Uses. He played violin in the LA Suponic orchestra. I wasn't a very good student then but he was a great history. Teacher told me how he he saw wild Bill Cody and calamity dreams. I am 79 now on Cell on eBay. There was a great time to grow up. Love my life.
If you are looking for new sourcing/video opportunities and happen to find yourself in the northeast, you should look into the Brimfield Antique Market. It runs 3 weeks/year with May being the big show. Estimates thousands of vendors and over 50,000 people each week. Basically it is 16 flea markets all next to each other.
Teaching seems to be your calling, it comes natural to you. I like your presentation, works for me, and thanks for explaining about the gestalt influence.
Best year ever since I started selling on eBay this year! I appreciate how much you teach everyone that cares to learn and the different options that you point out. Wishing you and the family a great and prosperous holiday season!
Kevin... every video you put out on this channel you give me something to think about - thank you! I've been doing this reselling gig part-time & now full time for 25+ years and I'm older then you 😂 and i still learn something new almost every day!
I'm not able to buy in bulk and cheap to sell one item or several items individually in quantity. I think almost everyone would want to do this and sourcing is a big problem. Another problem is having a place to put inventory.
You have hit this one perfectly, exactly what I've been doing the past year or so. With my brand/niche not only is scaled down but depending on what time of year, because we are snowbirds, I sell differently. HBA mostly while in FL, although still variety of some other items. While in PA, usually estate and house clean out, vintage items. Also scaled down on eBay and doing mostly UA-cam Auctions, it's what works for me. Amazing info. Thanks so much 💜 Best Year Ever!!💜
I love selling dolls and I like kitschy items especially kitschy toys. 95% girly. I enjoy doing doll ooaks and sewing for dolls. I dabbled first year in ‘23 and this year goal to grow 20% but I grew over 100%. That’s not saying much given where I started. But I hope to grow in ‘25, shooting for 20% minimum.
I love history, back in the day {1983~1984} in my high school , it was all about kings and queens 💤 in the 🇬🇧 anyway, so I opted for typing instead, equally as boring , anywho thank you Kevin, I love listening to the different history you discuss 👍🏻
Actually one of my best friends and I all the way back to high school always talked about history. That's his Schtick LOL. He'd even buy these little military figurines and paint the uniforms exacting throughout historical reference. History and theology... He ended up becoming a history teacher after a jaunt and in the Navy and varied jobs after. Actually his ship was the one the brought the Marines that were killed in Beirut as surely you'll remember Kevin. I'm a fan of the youTube channel "History That Deserves To Be Remembered" and current are events are, well I don't need remind you right? I agree that the prospect for sellers is still bullish in as far as marketplace go given the fingers of regulatory measures don't blast it, this is the largest threat and it just got amplified IMHO by the seeming mandate of the population. I say population be careful what ask for (to be completed at a later date). Second to the above would be retail as they are able to evolve sales models beyond what these open marketplaces can really do. Its not just, cash, supply chain, lobbying and then some but the ability to truly evolve shopping online and with AI entering the fray its the "Big Boys" that can control the mass per se. eBay is ultimately what sellers make of it and they don't tend to try sit on eBay's side the equation. Instead the big business, faceless corporation stereotypes are the common reactionary measures of sellers which parallels population. I've always wondered Kevin and as a software engineer having thought about it what an open marketplace eCommerce site look like where a seller enter cost of goods honestly and the site do all it. That is to say "THEY WILL SELL IT period" like on a floating scale. If I make $0 no fees. If I make $10 whatever percentile. Even the old business to consumer sites like Overstock.com. uBid, Surplus Direct, Auction World to name a handful I used sell at via my own merchant account they never basically guarantee they move product but did have strict pricing aka: "We are auction sites" so its $1, $3, $5, $7, $9 start bids period. Retail Online is having a big effect on consumer buying more so apparently than ever before. Whilst sellers wanted banner season last Q4 many never saw it, sure some do. But online retail did very very well beyond expectations for the most part. I just read not months back in Q2 this year Target Merch Online (only) had a whopping 400% increase in revenues. At eBay we're seeing larger portions of revenues via promo and if it were not for that revenues be decline. Sellers blame eBay, I don't blame eBay. Its multifaceted, online retailers mainstreaming the web, pricing... The days of "I want this much for this thing..." are very much in the wane IMHO and eBay cannot control that. Shipping low ticket merch problem. Here's this item for $5 and cost $5 ship it? That's $10, not $5 and thats how most consumer view not how lots of sellers think. Now some of the core sellers (those who do millions in sales annually) are seeing competition via mainstream online retailers. The same merch they get authorized delist/surplus chain are being sold by online retailers who can always beat the eBay sellers price. The eBay seller has a nominal 20% +/- 3%(?) expense yet got these retailers blowing out at 60-80% same merch. Then you have sellers even buying that merch, mark it up and that waters eBay down even more. Lots of variables.
BEST YEAR EVER.....love your videos. Learn so much more from you than I ever did in history class. 😂 History was my worst subject. How do I get one of those fleet enema stuffies. I need one to help my ebay sales. 😊
Kevin, I’m trying to pick out the main thesis of this video. Correct me if I’m wrong: Resellers who believe eBay and reselling are dead need to niche down and start using social media strategically to create a brand. Static sellers on eBay without a presence are likely seeing their sales dip. Thanks! Enjoy the videos.
Been a busy first year in the country..havent done much with my ebay this last year besides a trickle of sales... 2025 will be * The best year ever *!!! 🎉
It wasn't that I didn't like history class. It was that I had to memorize so many things. I also took two history classes in college. In one of them the professor told us to bring two blue books to the test. The test that he gave us had two all encompassing questions. We had to fill both blue books with our answers. LOL. That is why I didn't like history class. I did well though.
02:00 The Blue-footed Booby is often held up as an example of God's sense of humor. History, btw, always seemed more cyclical to me than linear; humans can never pass up an opportunity to copy stupid mistakes. That said: I can confirm that you cannot do things "the old way" here, especially sourcing. Forget the big thrifts here; they're either sky high or voids. Small stores are closing their doors, especially the good ones. Tag sales in season were nearly devoid of traditional reseller goods, and what little you could find was close to retail when you could find a sale without doing Kevin-style driving to get there. (which I can't - confirmed it the hard way this weekend.) Even estate sales are problematic. You can get things no one in their right mind ships, but not the rest unless you're first in the door and into the right pile at the right time. I've been to two this fall where I went on very short sleep and spent as much on gas as on stuff, and when you have multiple disabilities you don't have energy to spare for that sort of garbage. I've gone back to hobby status essentially, out of having a good grasp on reality. (long story longer stuff omitted) Around here if you want to resell, you have to go Kevin's route of bulk buys and estate cleanouts.
@commonwealthflipper is very true. I would love to have a go pro and film all my Shenanigans. I have two channels and do lives on Facebook. I'm not camera shy. I have to learn computer technology, how to edit, clip, and all the stuff that will take me to the next level . Be blessed and keep doing you 🙏 💚🌿Agape
I don’t like buying fromlive selling because it takes too long and it is a pressure environment. I Do not want to go through a 2 hour show. I’m sure I’m not the only so eBay static selling will stay. I’m a hobby seller so not looking for an income to live on.
Absolutely correct. Amazon and eBay are going nowhere. All these live selling platforms are just the "flavor of the month" and are nothing more than a pimple on a flea. LOL
Just turned 68. Worked full time. Part time Reselling for 20 years. Landscaping business. Raised kids. Survived illness. Became a widow. Looking ahead to next phase is always prudent. In business and life. Great video.!
Lil baby reseller here, I also work full-time. Regarding sourcing, I still find good items at Goodwill…just to name one, I found a Nutcracker Tails book that was from Barnes and Nobles, sealed! Paid $2.49 and sold it for $50. It was listed new by a couple others for over $100 but I didn’t list mine that high. Maybe it would have sold but I like to keep things moving quickly at this stage in the game. Maybe one day when I’m more established I can let things sit longer but the more I sell the more I can buy and grow my store. I now only buy items with the money I make from reselling, not my full time income. Obviously it didn’t start that way. Lol I am also very blessed that where I live and the small towns around me have tons of thrift stores where they have garage sale prices! I love it and it’s helping me grow my inventory and business! Im now selling multiple items a day while I work, hearing that eBay cha Ching is music to my ears! 😂 I sell a little bit of everything but I have a lot of vintage in my store. BTW I love your channel and your content!
the one constant is everything will change. Back in 1999 and early 2000s I was using eBay to source inventory. I did sell on there but it was very minimal. I was looking for sports cards,memorabilia, for local sales and collectible shows. For me and my friends the collectible shows at the time were the biggest money makers and eBay provided a low-cost source of inventory. Fast forward a couple of decades now people are sourcing on places like whatnot and other smaller platforms to put onto eBay. We got to evolve.
100% but i was in the minority and was sourcing on eBay back in 1998 to resell on eBay and other online places (amazon, yahoo auctions, Message boards and forums (via Paypal Payments) as well as selling at flea markets and collectible shows and my antique booth and Website so i was getting the best of both worlds and yes now 25 years later i use ALL platforms to Source from and i resell ON all platforms including offline (FB Marketpalce, Craigslist, Flea Markets, Collectible Shows) so the conclusion is Diversification will always be the way to go it will never lead you astray
My favorite teacher in Whittier California was Mr Uses. He played violin in the LA Suponic orchestra. I wasn't a very good student then but he was a great history. Teacher told me how he he saw wild Bill Cody and calamity dreams. I am 79 now on Cell on eBay. There was a great time to grow up. Love my life.
If you are looking for new sourcing/video opportunities and happen to find yourself in the northeast, you should look into the Brimfield Antique Market. It runs 3 weeks/year with May being the big show. Estimates thousands of vendors and over 50,000 people each week. Basically it is 16 flea markets all next to each other.
Best Year Ever!! I always enjoy this channel! And Trash to Cash, also.
Teaching seems to be your calling, it comes natural to you. I like your presentation, works for me, and thanks for explaining about the gestalt influence.
Best year ever since I started selling on eBay this year! I appreciate how much you teach everyone that cares to learn and the different options that you point out. Wishing you and the family a great and prosperous holiday season!
Kevin... every video you put out on this channel you give me something to think about - thank you! I've been doing this reselling gig part-time & now full time for 25+ years and I'm older then you 😂 and i still learn something new almost every day!
You're not old. I'm 82, a retired music teacher, and I'm still selling.
😮 nice
Awesome, I'm 68 and how to keep selling on my UA-cam Auctions for the next 10+ years❤
I am 62. You give me hope. Thank you.
Best year ever! Thank you for your content. Your videos have helped me better my reselling business
Such a great video. THANK YOU. Your topic is giving me a lot to think about (in a good way❤).
Best Year Ever !
Thanks for all the shared knowledge & positive forecast
Best year ever. All you do is appreciated.
I'm not able to buy in bulk and cheap to sell one item or several items individually in quantity. I think almost everyone would want to do this and sourcing is a big problem. Another problem is having a place to put inventory.
Thanks for all the info. Looking forward to the Best Year Ever !
Best year ever. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Its given me a lit to think about. I appreciate your videos and hard work.
Best year ever! Thanks for all the great content on your multiple channels.
Best year ever!! Love all the content
Best year ever. And yes I have I sell very little but I love it, and love watching you.
Best Year Ever, which is totally true for me and my business.
You have hit this one perfectly, exactly what I've been doing the past year or so.
With my brand/niche not only is scaled down but depending on what time of year, because we are snowbirds, I sell differently. HBA mostly while in FL, although still variety of some other items. While in PA, usually estate and house clean out, vintage items. Also scaled down on eBay and doing mostly UA-cam Auctions, it's what works for me.
Amazing info. Thanks so much 💜
Best Year Ever!!💜
Hello Nana
Best year ever!! I graduated high school in 1986!! Love your videos!🙂✌
Always love your videos, always learn something. Thank you for all you do for reselling! Best year ever!
I love selling dolls and I like kitschy items especially kitschy toys. 95% girly. I enjoy doing doll ooaks and sewing for dolls. I dabbled first year in ‘23 and this year goal to grow 20% but I grew over 100%. That’s not saying much given where I started. But I hope to grow in ‘25, shooting for 20% minimum.
Best year ever. Totally enjoy your channel do not know how I found you since I'm not a reseller. Keep up all the positivity.
Thanks for watching!
Thank for all you do! Best year ever!
I think reselling is like your granny square blanket, lots of different parts that can fit together!
!!Love watching!!! Best year ever
Best Year Ever thanks for all your valuable info I always look forward to seeing your videos
Best year ever - Love your channel sir. Keep up the good work.
Best year ever! I enjoy your videos. Thanks!
Kevin is always calibrating, dependent on situations 👏👏👏 one of the best gifts he displays for all of us. "Life is changing"
Gestalt. Google it.
Love the tshirt, Best year ever. Keep up the good work and great videos.
Best year ever, whatch your channel daily, learned alot, ty
Thanks!
I love history, back in the day {1983~1984} in my high school , it was all about kings and queens 💤 in the 🇬🇧 anyway, so I opted for typing instead, equally as boring , anywho thank you Kevin, I love listening to the different history you discuss 👍🏻
Good question Matt.
Thanks 😊
Best Year Ever ! Hi Kevin you’re doing a great job
Best year ever. Love your videos Kevin.
Great sales Kevin , very well done 🎉 .... Best year ever .... 1984 for me ! Jayne
Best year ever! ❤️💎❤️
Best Year Ever! Love you and your family!
Best year ever!!! Great video as always. Thanks for the info.
Actually one of my best friends and I all the way back to high school always talked about history. That's his Schtick LOL. He'd even buy these little military figurines and paint the uniforms exacting throughout historical reference. History and theology... He ended up becoming a history teacher after a jaunt and in the Navy and varied jobs after. Actually his ship was the one the brought the Marines that were killed in Beirut as surely you'll remember Kevin. I'm a fan of the youTube channel "History That Deserves To Be Remembered" and current are events are, well I don't need remind you right?
I agree that the prospect for sellers is still bullish in as far as marketplace go given the fingers of regulatory measures don't blast it, this is the largest threat and it just got amplified IMHO by the seeming mandate of the population. I say population be careful what ask for (to be completed at a later date).
Second to the above would be retail as they are able to evolve sales models beyond what these open marketplaces can really do. Its not just, cash, supply chain, lobbying and then some but the ability to truly evolve shopping online and with AI entering the fray its the "Big Boys" that can control the mass per se. eBay is ultimately what sellers make of it and they don't tend to try sit on eBay's side the equation. Instead the big business, faceless corporation stereotypes are the common reactionary measures of sellers which parallels population.
I've always wondered Kevin and as a software engineer having thought about it what an open marketplace eCommerce site look like where a seller enter cost of goods honestly and the site do all it. That is to say "THEY WILL SELL IT period" like on a floating scale. If I make $0 no fees. If I make $10 whatever percentile. Even the old business to consumer sites like Overstock.com. uBid, Surplus Direct, Auction World to name a handful I used sell at via my own merchant account they never basically guarantee they move product but did have strict pricing aka: "We are auction sites" so its $1, $3, $5, $7, $9 start bids period.
Retail Online is having a big effect on consumer buying more so apparently than ever before. Whilst sellers wanted banner season last Q4 many never saw it, sure some do. But online retail did very very well beyond expectations for the most part. I just read not months back in Q2 this year Target Merch Online (only) had a whopping 400% increase in revenues. At eBay we're seeing larger portions of revenues via promo and if it were not for that revenues be decline. Sellers blame eBay, I don't blame eBay. Its multifaceted, online retailers mainstreaming the web, pricing... The days of "I want this much for this thing..." are very much in the wane IMHO and eBay cannot control that. Shipping low ticket merch problem. Here's this item for $5 and cost $5 ship it? That's $10, not $5 and thats how most consumer view not how lots of sellers think. Now some of the core sellers (those who do millions in sales annually) are seeing competition via mainstream online retailers. The same merch they get authorized delist/surplus chain are being sold by online retailers who can always beat the eBay sellers price. The eBay seller has a nominal 20% +/- 3%(?) expense yet got these retailers blowing out at 60-80% same merch. Then you have sellers even buying that merch, mark it up and that waters eBay down even more.
Lots of variables.
BEST YEAR EVER.....love your videos. Learn so much more from you than I ever did in history class. 😂 History was my worst subject. How do I get one of those fleet enema stuffies. I need one to help my ebay sales. 😊
Kevin, I’m trying to pick out the main thesis of this video. Correct me if I’m wrong: Resellers who believe eBay and reselling are dead need to niche down and start using social media strategically to create a brand. Static sellers on eBay without a presence are likely seeing their sales dip.
Thanks! Enjoy the videos.
Best Year Eva! 1988 starting college and meeting my friends for life ❤
Best year ever thank Kevin
Best year ever! Thank you!
Best year ever Kevin!
i bet you are the teacher everyone remembers for decades.
Best Year Ever!
I'm SOOOOOO AFENDED BY THIS !!!!! LOL Kevin you always speak the truth and us resellers and reseller wanta bee's need to hear it!
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Offended.
Best Year Ever!!!!
History was my favorite subject ❤😊😊 and still is science is 2nd 😊
Best Year ever!!!
You're doing something right in life, ya managed to get yourself a Blue Ridge mama
Best Year Ever.
Best year ever!
Interesting video. :)
1983 was the BEST YEAR EVER!!!! 🎉
Best Year Ever (gotta try for that 80s tee, right?)
Best year ever. Thanks
60 does not feel different 59. Still me.😊
Been a busy first year in the country..havent done much with my ebay this last year besides a trickle of sales... 2025 will be * The best year ever *!!! 🎉
I go to E-Bay first when I’m looking for something pre-owned in good condition… I have found Harry Potter merchandise for good prices!!
Best year ever!!!!!
The lessons don't bother me at all. The best year 1981. Have a great day and thank you for the content.
Love those t-shirts Best year ever!
Best year ever love that shirt
Best year ever. TY
Best year ever. Also about the worse year ever with thrifting. It would be nice to have a shirt in 3xl.
As you were talking about shop commons I got a sale there. :) BEST YEAR EVER 1977! :)
Nice! Good for you.
It wasn't that I didn't like history class. It was that I had to memorize so many things. I also took two history classes in college. In one of them the professor told us to bring two blue books to the test. The test that he gave us had two all encompassing questions. We had to fill both blue books with our answers. LOL. That is why I didn't like history class. I did well though.
Best year ever.
Best Year Ever!!
My only vero I have gotten was trying to sell hp printer ink so I haven't picked up anymore.
Good morning Kevin and family 😊😊
Kevin, you are definitely a history teacher…. You talk FOREVER before finally getting to the point. 😂 I love the video!
Fair
great content, I am a truck driver who does reselling on the side, and it has taken off because of these videos. Great advice. Thank you!
@@commonwealthflipper😂
Best year ever 🎉😊
Gestalt all the way.. love your style! Best year ever... unless you're Elvis ;)
Good morning Kevin!😊
Best Year Ever
Best year ever 😊
BEST YEAR EVER
1985 best year ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best year ever
02:00 The Blue-footed Booby is often held up as an example of God's sense of humor. History, btw, always seemed more cyclical to me than linear; humans can never pass up an opportunity to copy stupid mistakes. That said: I can confirm that you cannot do things "the old way" here, especially sourcing. Forget the big thrifts here; they're either sky high or voids. Small stores are closing their doors, especially the good ones. Tag sales in season were nearly devoid of traditional reseller goods, and what little you could find was close to retail when you could find a sale without doing Kevin-style driving to get there. (which I can't - confirmed it the hard way this weekend.) Even estate sales are problematic. You can get things no one in their right mind ships, but not the rest unless you're first in the door and into the right pile at the right time. I've been to two this fall where I went on very short sleep and spent as much on gas as on stuff, and when you have multiple disabilities you don't have energy to spare for that sort of garbage. I've gone back to hobby status essentially, out of having a good grasp on reality. (long story longer stuff omitted) Around here if you want to resell, you have to go Kevin's route of bulk buys and estate cleanouts.
Best year ever.
Your correct Kev. 1977. Lol
I was just thinking about this the other day . I think content creators sell more .
Depends on the creator
@commonwealthflipper is very true. I would love to have a go pro and film all my Shenanigans. I have two channels and do lives on Facebook. I'm not camera shy. I have to learn computer technology, how to edit, clip, and all the stuff that will take me to the next level . Be blessed and keep doing you 🙏 💚🌿Agape
Ommmm you told on yourself you old fart you late forties 🙀🙀 😂😂❤❤you are blessed
Best year ever😂
I think Platinum is way under valued... and will invest in cheap plat. watches (5 dollars for a working 1 valued 65, so far), and bullion
Platinum watch has to be 95
BEST YEAR EVER Y
I don’t like buying fromlive selling because it takes too long and it is a pressure environment. I Do not want to go through a 2 hour show. I’m sure I’m not the only so eBay static selling will stay. I’m a hobby seller so not looking for an income to live on.
Absolutely correct. Amazon and eBay are going nowhere. All these live selling platforms are just the "flavor of the month" and are nothing more than a pimple on a flea. LOL
That pimple is growing rather large.
Best tear ever 😂
Best Year Ever 1976!!!!!!!
Misty has VAMP ( Virtual Antigue Market Place ) 😊
It is sad what ebay has done to itself.
You keep forgetting to put up pics up of things that you say you are going to put up pics of. Otherwise, great videos! I love them all.
Yeah. My apologies
Jocelyn is opening a ABB 😊