For bubble wrap, i found it more space savy and efficient to buy them in rolls and have them on rods sticking out of the walls under my packing boxes. This makes it to where you don't have to bend down as much. As far as your layout, it is supurb. Great job! I can only hope one day to reach that level.
I'd recommend putting bed risers on any of the folding tables that are being mostly used when standing up, it makes a huge difference not having to bend over the table for extended periods of time
I think this video shows more your ingenuity and intelligence, the process you have put in place and the absolute dedicated focus is paying off very well for you.
Card penny sleeves hold handheld games perfectly. Whether you send in to Amazon or have a store front. No stickers on labels, and technically it’s a bag. You can use that trick to bag after verifying tested/good battery. 🎉
@@isaacwidrick3065 nice! I use the Penney sleeves for everything except psp (too tight) but coin holder would be great to make bigger games stick out! 🫡🫡🫡
Any “bad” cases you’re throwing out can typically be sold if they’re not damaged and just have excessive stickers, etc. Box them in bundles of 50 or 100 and sell to smaller resellers who can take the time to clean and reuse them.
Can you make 1 gane go through the full process from start to finish. I wanna see literally the box coming in opening, inspecting, disc surface, prep, bagged listed and shipped. I wanna see how the listing part works for Amazon vs eBay.
Q & A questions related to the console partner: What's the process of consoles & assessories now that you partner with Sosa games? Do you recieve them, organise them into a box and then ship that out? What type of benifits do you get from this partnership? Everything from time saved, hassle, percentage of revenue, etc. Just curious of the partnership. Place looks great, keep it up!
Love seeing the evolution of the space especially after being over a few times. As you know, I work full time and sell games part time. If you were in my shoes, how would you go about scaling up the part time business with time being as unfortunately as limited as it is? Keep it up, friend!
Caleb Fantastic Videos very indormative and i have caught myself saying jeez why havent i thought of that before! I have been watching renix pesale and your main channel phoenix resale for the last year and have caught up on all your videos this pst week. Truely inspiring content and made me make the plunge into reselling part time. Keep up the great work!
Personal Q: What brand are your glasses and how did you finalize on them? Glasses always give me a headache from the pressure but I think I’m just buying cheap ones. Professional Q: what margins do you target for your business generally? Both Q: what are the salaries of you and your employees? I think a financial review would be really fascinating for this type of business.
Have you thought about documenting your entire process? The reason is that I want to implement the same philosophy in our IT storage space, which goes through pretty much the same process. It needs to go through a clockwise motion and we are currently spending too much time finding stuff. Thank you for taking to show this and wishing you all the best!
Awesome Layout! Was curious if you had any problems with selling games with xyab cases instead of the originals? Any returns/complaints? Is it possible to show what prices you’ve changed on one-up from the previous month?
Later on, when it's time to upgrade the tables, I would recommend getting like waist high workbenches with storage cabinets/drawers underneath. Doesn't even need to be workbenches... waist high tables are fine too but some under table storage would be convenient. As someone who is 6 feet tall, a table that sits less than 3 feet tall will come with more bending and leaning over than I would like. The back pain is more noticeable using those 30 inches or less tables I've noticed. Seriously a 2.5 ft tall table isn't really great for standing next to as a workstation area. That height of table is basically geared towards a sitting table only.
wow I like how everything turned out~lately I've been making more space to work on my resell side hustle really is a game changer to have more space to work. I think the work space can use a bit of wall décor I notice you started putting some near where the TV use to be maybe a little here and there would be nice to give your eyes a break from processing 👍
Question for the Q&A (well 3 in one!): Aside from the obvious reach, why did you choose Amazon as the storefront for your business? Is it well suited to selling used and retro games? And finally do you think the industry needs a dedicated marketplace specific to retro games like we already have for trading cards in TCGPlayer(US) / Cardmarket(EU)?
Are you planning to do an update on oneup, how it's doing economy-wise? For example how it's doing now that it's free instead of a sub model, and a catch-up on total cost to maybe how much it costs per month to keep it updated/bug fixed etc.
So from a logistics stand point. How far is your PO box from your address? How long does it take one of your employees to go to the PO box and pick everything up? Then carry it all downstairs and load it up. At that point it seems much more efficient to have an actual office space with a roll up door.
Question for Q&A: On Amazon, it seems the pinnacle of vg reselling is through the Amazon Renewed listings for most used games. Do you have any plan to apply for that, or is the $50k invoice requirement make it out of reach? I have been seeing some of the non-renewed listings get taken down and results in me having stranded inventory, but never renewed.
@@legoboy-ox2kx Amazon seems very picky for me, so I’d be surprised if quick flip invoices worked since it’s not an authorized distributor. I’ve been seeing some sellers with renewed listings that only have a couple ratings, so I’m not sure how that they managed that either. Seems like a messed up system in a way.
Why do you hold so much inventory on hand rather then send more in? Or what is the ratio of inventory that you send in during a week Versus what you keep on hand versus what you receive in a week
I have seen and enjoyed every video of yours. How do you keep from being bored seeing the same games coming in all the time? It is much different than being out and finding the weird, rare and unusual items in the wild.
How many hours a day do you work on the online reselling business vs OneUp vs UA-cam (both channels)? Would love for you to talk about how you manage your time with some many business going on at once! Also, submitted a batch of games to you at the end of last month and the process was incredible. Thank you!
Question: When you hit a business size where you say “big enough” do you know yet how you’ll curb further growth? Loved this video, thoroughly enjoy watching you grow this (and any future) business, you definitely inspire me! 😀👍📺🐕
Replace the folding tables with proper Uline ones. You can buy cheap ones with shelves on the back and underneath. So much better use of your space and organizing so that items like your packing tools are organized at their station.
My #1 question is what do you think about the hype of whatnot and other live auction platforms ( not ebay and Amazon) How does that affect the over all price changes for video games and what that does to pricecharting???
12:30 Sosa Games, that names sounds very very familiar. I think this is one of my repeat buyers for certain titles through ebay. Its almost like a bot its so quick to purchase certain titles as soon as they are listed within their threshold. I know of some other sellers that also get pretty frequent orders from them as well, im fairly certain its the same person I think its Sosa-Games on ebay or something to that degree.
Hello! When you get collectables game or other items, do you ever try to hold on to them or sell them right away to keep the flow going, I kind of have a hard time once I get a good item, even though it is meant to be sold. Thank you for your vids!~
Hi Caleb - I want to know how you balance being scrappy with the iterated boxes with the value of your time. $10 for a tray doesn't sound a lot of you have to use your mental energy solving that problem rather than other more strategic problems in the business
I notice your appreciation for Colin & Samir Do you have intentions that UA-cam is a commercial for your reselling business or an additional revenue for yourself? Would you ever be interested in being a host/entertainer more than a reseller?
So i actually have a question about sourcing. I part time resell books and video games but i am from a country in Europe in which we don't have big conglomerates like Gamestop and Game exchange to source some games. How would you approach this problem? Where would you try to source from in a smaller country?
Is it worth it for a beginner to start on amazon ( it cost like 400 to start up, llc, buying supply from a wholesaler, monthly fees) or ebay, where the profit margins are not as high.
As a fellow Amazon seller. I’m curious to hear how many loose DS and GBA games are lost in the Amazon warehouse. I probably do 5% of what you guys do but it seems like they lose 1/10 loose games I send in for FBA even when I bag them. Then they need impossible to get invoices to get reimbursed …
As an Amazon seller on a much much smaller level than you. How do you deal with discrepancies on an FBA shipment? Also, what are your thoughts on New, Renewed, and used being combined into one listing and possibly sharing the BB?
Q and A question: Hey, i wondered if you incorporate PAL territory games into your business? Or do you stay away from it? Is it considered a premium in the US to sell these or do they just not move? I only ask as I’m trying to understand the NTSC vs PAL territory markets as I’m based in the UK
How do you combat the buyer return fraud? Maybe that's another reason why you stopped selling consoles. I've had two 100-200 dollar FBA items return to me with a switcharoo. Complete switch and the one returned was destroyed. Even though I showed Amazon the disparity between serial numbers, they literally ignored the specific proof. They said they work on "offers" and since they returned the same model, the'yve done nothing wrong to get a reimbursement. Complete BS
You seem to have a lot of stock sat in your basement. Do you think it would be beneficial to hire more staff. I imagine in a few months you’ll have far too much for the size of your basement?
How did you get past the awkwardness and self-conciousness of scanning games in Game Stores and Pawn Shops? For some reason I don't mind thrift stores and garage sales, but I feel weird standing there scanning.
i thought your dog was a statue until the tail wagged lol
Same 😂
For bubble wrap, i found it more space savy and efficient to buy them in rolls and have them on rods sticking out of the walls under my packing boxes. This makes it to where you don't have to bend down as much. As far as your layout, it is supurb. Great job! I can only hope one day to reach that level.
This is pretty dope to see man
I'd recommend putting bed risers on any of the folding tables that are being mostly used when standing up, it makes a huge difference not having to bend over the table for extended periods of time
agree 100000% (i’m older than Caleb)
Or an adjustable table. Old men in the room sharing advice of years of chronic wear.
100k listings in one week between 2.5 people is actually insane. Well done! I would love to see a video on your processes for hitting those numbers
cant be 100k listings, that would be 4s per listing in 100h of work
@@AUserUnknown Pretty sure he meant $100k in value listed
@@GameFootageArchive makes total sense! You are right
@@GameFootageArchive that makes a lot of sense. Still impressive!
I think this video shows more your ingenuity and intelligence, the process you have put in place and the absolute dedicated focus is paying off very well for you.
Congratulations on all your hard work. I’ve watched you from your roots and it’s great to see you succeed
Card penny sleeves hold handheld games perfectly. Whether you send in to Amazon or have a store front. No stickers on labels, and technically it’s a bag. You can use that trick to bag after verifying tested/good battery. 🎉
I do this in my store and customers love it. Loose Ds/3ds also fit perfectly in 1" coin holders.
@@isaacwidrick3065 nice! I use the Penney sleeves for everything except psp (too tight) but coin holder would be great to make bigger games stick out! 🫡🫡🫡
Agree these floppy soft card sleeves are perfect and probably much cheaper than actual bags. STAY SCRAPPY!!!
Any “bad” cases you’re throwing out can typically be sold if they’re not damaged and just have excessive stickers, etc. Box them in bundles of 50 or 100 and sell to smaller resellers who can take the time to clean and reuse them.
Can you make 1 gane go through the full process from start to finish. I wanna see literally the box coming in opening, inspecting, disc surface, prep, bagged listed and shipped. I wanna see how the listing part works for Amazon vs eBay.
Q & A questions related to the console partner:
What's the process of consoles & assessories now that you partner with Sosa games?
Do you recieve them, organise them into a box and then ship that out?
What type of benifits do you get from this partnership? Everything from time saved, hassle, percentage of revenue, etc.
Just curious of the partnership. Place looks great, keep it up!
I needed to hear this! Will be translating this into my construction business in how I equip my van 👍
Love seeing the evolution of the space especially after being over a few times. As you know, I work full time and sell games part time. If you were in my shoes, how would you go about scaling up the part time business with time being as unfortunately as limited as it is? Keep it up, friend!
I have this mindset in not only work but all aspects of my everyday life, the ol' "work smarter, not harder"
Caleb Fantastic Videos very indormative and i have caught myself saying jeez why havent i thought of that before! I have been watching renix pesale and your main channel phoenix resale for the last year and have caught up on all your videos this pst week. Truely inspiring content and made me make the plunge into reselling part time. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for saying it out loud. There is no multitasking, only switchtasking!! Love your organization!!
The flow of the new layout ls amazing! Great job, dude!
Impressive. And let's not forget to give a big shoutout to 6 foot folding tables.
Glad you might see some of these comments! Love the content, keep it going, we're here for you and I've been watching for years 🫡
Check that grammar, bro.
Congratulations 🎉 been awesome to see you grow. I do wonder if anyone ever tells you that you remind them of Daniel from breaking bad?
Watching your videos I learn something new all of the time
Personal Q: What brand are your glasses and how did you finalize on them? Glasses always give me a headache from the pressure but I think I’m just buying cheap ones.
Professional Q: what margins do you target for your business generally?
Both Q: what are the salaries of you and your employees? I think a financial review would be really fascinating for this type of business.
Have you thought about documenting your entire process? The reason is that I want to implement the same philosophy in our IT storage space, which goes through pretty much the same process. It needs to go through a clockwise motion and we are currently spending too much time finding stuff.
Thank you for taking to show this and wishing you all the best!
Where do you eat lunch?
Awesome Layout!
Was curious if you had any problems with selling games with xyab cases instead of the originals? Any returns/complaints?
Is it possible to show what prices you’ve changed on one-up from the previous month?
Later on, when it's time to upgrade the tables, I would recommend getting like waist high workbenches with storage cabinets/drawers underneath. Doesn't even need to be workbenches... waist high tables are fine too but some under table storage would be convenient.
As someone who is 6 feet tall, a table that sits less than 3 feet tall will come with more bending and leaning over than I would like. The back pain is more noticeable using those 30 inches or less tables I've noticed. Seriously a 2.5 ft tall table isn't really great for standing next to as a workstation area. That height of table is basically geared towards a sitting table only.
I thought Nintendo Labo was innovative for using cardboard, but Caleb has them beat for sure!
Question: Can you show your new gaming area?
wow I like how everything turned out~lately I've been making more space to work on my resell side hustle really is a game changer to have more space to work. I think the work space can use a bit of wall décor I notice you started putting some near where the TV use to be maybe a little here and there would be nice to give your eyes a break from processing 👍
Hey Caleb,
Question for the Q&A - Where do you see yourself in the reseller journey in 5-10 years? When does it end?
Many Thanks and Great Vids!
great setup Caleb!! God bless you and your team!!
Question for the Q&A (well 3 in one!): Aside from the obvious reach, why did you choose Amazon as the storefront for your business? Is it well suited to selling used and retro games? And finally do you think the industry needs a dedicated marketplace specific to retro games like we already have for trading cards in TCGPlayer(US) / Cardmarket(EU)?
Thank you for being honest about how old you are. 🙏 so many people on UA-cam fake their age. It’s annoying.
Basement looks great.
QUESTION
When are you going back to grandma’s attic to get more 🔥 hats. I’m still waiting.
What constraints do you still see in your business and what is your plan to eliminate them?
Looks great! Hope all is well
Are you planning to do an update on oneup, how it's doing economy-wise?
For example how it's doing now that it's free instead of a sub model, and a catch-up on total cost to maybe how much it costs per month to keep it updated/bug fixed etc.
So from a logistics stand point. How far is your PO box from your address? How long does it take one of your employees to go to the PO box and pick everything up? Then carry it all downstairs and load it up. At that point it seems much more efficient to have an actual office space with a roll up door.
My best advice for stick notes. Is switch to painters tape.
Take an extra 15 20 seconds and try stretching the bag a bit and the top will stretch around the can. 👍
I have old gaming informer magazine any price you could give it's about 40
great video! would definitely be interested in hearing more about the process you went through to find this partner for consoles and accessories.
Love seeing the evolution of the business! What happened to the original idea of putting the business in the garage?
love to see your growth.
Question for Q&A: On Amazon, it seems the pinnacle of vg reselling is through the Amazon Renewed listings for most used games. Do you have any plan to apply for that, or is the $50k invoice requirement make it out of reach? I have been seeing some of the non-renewed listings get taken down and results in me having stranded inventory, but never renewed.
I wonder if Amazon would accept his quick flips invoices for the requirement?
@@legoboy-ox2kx Amazon seems very picky for me, so I’d be surprised if quick flip invoices worked since it’s not an authorized distributor. I’ve been seeing some sellers with renewed listings that only have a couple ratings, so I’m not sure how that they managed that either. Seems like a messed up system in a way.
Why do you hold so much inventory on hand rather then send more in? Or what is the ratio of inventory that you send in during a week Versus what you keep on hand versus what you receive in a week
RIP gaming (room)
Not goodbye…Only see you later😂
I have seen and enjoyed every video of yours. How do you keep from being bored seeing the same games coming in all the time? It is much different than being out and finding the weird, rare and unusual items in the wild.
What if you added one of your box organizer to the top of the new shelf’s for the over flow games. The games being on the floor would bother me 🤣
Not business related, what is your favorite way to unwind after a work day?
Everything is epic, except that cable management hahah love the channel and keep up the good work!
guy is too busy staying SCRAPPY to worry about cable management 😂
How on earth do you keep track of COGS with that much inventory flowing through?
Awsome setup ❤
try getting costco out door garbage bags. They should come in a blue box that has 2 rolls in it.
How many hours a day do you work on the online reselling business vs OneUp vs UA-cam (both channels)? Would love for you to talk about how you manage your time with some many business going on at once! Also, submitted a batch of games to you at the end of last month and the process was incredible. Thank you!
What kind of camera do you use to film?
Question: When you hit a business size where you say “big enough” do you know yet how you’ll curb further growth? Loved this video, thoroughly enjoy watching you grow this (and any future) business, you definitely inspire me!
😀👍📺🐕
What's the Amazon store name?
Replace the folding tables with proper Uline ones. You can buy cheap ones with shelves on the back and underneath. So much better use of your space and organizing so that items like your packing tools are organized at their station.
If you could go back would you still have made the one up app?
Oh look. He got rid of the game room. Shocker. Truly.
So you replace the origininal cases with counterfeit cases ?
My #1 question is what do you think about the hype of whatnot and other live auction platforms ( not ebay and Amazon)
How does that affect the over all price changes for video games and what that does to pricecharting???
Question. Where did your Switch collection go? To a different room or did you decide to sell them off now that Mission Switch finished?
How many times have you gotten a game to buy that you have already sold before
Are you gonna document retro ricks convention
wait man ! is that a DELL 2007 fpb 4:3 monitor right there ? 0:42 seconds in
12:30 Sosa Games, that names sounds very very familiar. I think this is one of my repeat buyers for certain titles through ebay. Its almost like a bot its so quick to purchase certain titles as soon as they are listed within their threshold. I know of some other sellers that also get pretty frequent orders from them as well, im fairly certain its the same person I think its Sosa-Games on ebay or something to that degree.
Why did I think the dog was a golf bag right before he walked around and talked about clockwise it’s like a circle ⭕️
What a nice doggy.
Hello! When you get collectables game or other items, do you ever try to hold on to them or sell them right away to keep the flow going, I kind of have a hard time once I get a good item, even though it is meant to be sold. Thank you for your vids!~
Hi Caleb - I want to know how you balance being scrappy with the iterated boxes with the value of your time. $10 for a tray doesn't sound a lot of you have to use your mental energy solving that problem rather than other more strategic problems in the business
Gotta stretch the bag over the sides of the can. My goodness
I notice your appreciation for Colin & Samir
Do you have intentions that UA-cam is a commercial for your reselling business or an additional revenue for yourself?
Would you ever be interested in being a host/entertainer more than a reseller?
(don't know how Amazon works) do you have a store front on Amazon or literally Amazon just takes your inventory?
Do you get a percent or commission when someone sells a console to your new business partner through the one up app?
when will it be worth it for you to have a warehouse? Are you at the limits of this space currently?
So i actually have a question about sourcing. I part time resell books and video games but i am from a country in Europe in which we don't have big conglomerates like Gamestop and Game exchange to source some games. How would you approach this problem? Where would you try to source from in a smaller country?
How is it being 30?
Is it worth it for a beginner to start on amazon ( it cost like 400 to start up, llc, buying supply from a wholesaler, monthly fees) or ebay, where the profit margins are not as high.
As a fellow Amazon seller. I’m curious to hear how many loose DS and GBA games are lost in the Amazon warehouse. I probably do 5% of what you guys do but it seems like they lose 1/10 loose games I send in for FBA even when I bag them. Then they need impossible to get invoices to get reimbursed …
I do wonder if he has issues shutting off fron Work during off hours since the business is always in sight even when it's chill and game time.
that’s why he took over the whole basement and relocated his game room/collection! to separate things
@@Steve_The_Weaveto get to that space you still see the buisness.
As an Amazon seller on a much much smaller level than you. How do you deal with discrepancies on an FBA shipment? Also, what are your thoughts on New, Renewed, and used being combined into one listing and possibly sharing the BB?
What software do you use to send stuff into Amazon ?
Behind the day to day operations
Are you doing split shimmers when sending into Amazon ?
Q and A question:
Hey, i wondered if you incorporate PAL territory games into your business? Or do you stay away from it?
Is it considered a premium in the US to sell these or do they just not move? I only ask as I’m trying to understand the NTSC vs PAL territory markets as I’m based in the UK
So do you sell to Amazon who sells it or do you sell on Amazon via your own store? What is the name of your Amazon store?
Have you stopped going to garage sales and pawn shops completely ?
Hey! I would love to hear how your employees feel about you as their boss!
1) you figure out the handhelds area yet?
2) can we get more spanky?
3) stay hungry
Do you have any issues / limitations due to amazon capacity limits, storage fees, placement fees, etc.
How do you combat the buyer return fraud? Maybe that's another reason why you stopped selling consoles.
I've had two 100-200 dollar FBA items return to me with a switcharoo. Complete switch and the one returned was destroyed. Even though I showed Amazon the disparity between serial numbers, they literally ignored the specific proof. They said they work on "offers" and since they returned the same model, the'yve done nothing wrong to get a reimbursement. Complete BS
wild!! let’s hope no bad apples follow this channel 😅
You seem to have a lot of stock sat in your basement. Do you think it would be beneficial to hire more staff. I imagine in a few months you’ll have far too much for the size of your basement?
Just thinking of moving on from gaming also have a gta xbox san andreas pamphlet also
How do we contact you for some NES and SNES games?
How did you get past the awkwardness and self-conciousness of scanning games in Game Stores and Pawn Shops? For some reason I don't mind thrift stores and garage sales, but I feel weird standing there scanning.
How can I buy from you directly on Amazon? I would like to support your business
Looks great!