How to Make $200/Day Buying Video Games
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- In this video I buy underpriced video games from my local video game stores. I talk about how to scan the shelves and pick out the profitable games from the rest of the duds. You might not believe it, but there is plenty of money to be made at video game stores!
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Man i would've been super pissed had the guy not asked and straight up opened that ICO game, fists would've been flying lol. Great video!
I started watching his videos I couple days back. One of his videos was in my recommended section and I immediately fell in love with his videos this is truly some great content.
Thanks K, much appreciated!
Same
Another great video Caleb! I think this was really well done and the voiceover gave you a chance to explain your thought process. Thanks for taking the time to share! Inspiring me to go thrifting again!
Thanks man, glad you liked it!
You two need to team up for a video!
@@PhoenixResale hi question I went to open up a Amazon seller account and Amazon wants to charge me like 30 bucks a month does that sound right to you ?
You've really opened my eyes to this type of reselling. It's been genuinely transformative for my ebay business. Sales have been up like CRAZY.
Great to hear!
If you go to shops like this in Europe (The Netherlands) with the whole time your Phone out and scanning everything and filming yourself I think you be asked in 10minutes to leave the shop.🤣
I'm in California and it's the same. If I have my phone out they start giving me shifty looks.
@@droopy935 lol why you on his video if you hate it so much ?😏
Good. No one likes Europe lol.
You should try going to flea markets you can get some crazy good deals there!
Odds are the quality of the items would be bad a lot more. These stores have already filtered those out for you.
That is very true but when you can get it for cheap enough it is usually worth the risk.
@@bigbrixstudio5768 yea Pawn shops and goodwills are the same too and he goes to those places so I mean flea markets you probably are better off than the pawn shops and goodwills because I’ve bought some games from goodwill very cheap and one didn’t work but it didn’t bother me because I pretty much got it for free but pawn shops are the same way tbh so really your idea makes sense tbh
I'm from Texas, crazy amount of flea markets, I hit gold once I found a complete box of crystal from a old lady for $20 and it works
@@GAMERJEFFRO yeah you can still get some great scores at thrift stores, just yesterday I got a xbox 360 with 2 controllers for 13$ at salvation army and it works fine!
Excellent work on this one! Crazy amount of value here
Ma man
The big flaw to doing this is you will be sitting on inventory that you don’t want. I’ve been sitting on a few DVDs and games that have not sold in a month. So it’s not a guaranteed way to make cash. It can be but you really have to have high demand games or items for them to sell. Just because something is valuable doesn’t mean you’ll be able to sell it. I only look for things I know for a fact will sell (Mario, Minecraft, etc...) Also, there’s no guarantee that someone will actually pay what you think it’s worth or what you see it selling for online. Some people just aren’t willing to pay those kind of prices. There’s a lot of assumptions in this video. There is definitely some great information here and I learned something from watching this!! But it’s really a guessing game with higher probability the more informed you are. I know this because I’m trying to do this myself and it’s not an easy task by any means. $200 a day doing this is very VERY unlikely. Possible, but unlikely. Way too many variables to say that anyone can make $200 a day doing this. A.) Finding a place that has this stuff. B.) Finding things that are valuable or high demand. C.) The condition of what you do find. D.) The price that you actually buy the item at. E.) Having the time to actually hunt around for this stuff.
I hear you, reselling is no walk in the park. However I’m not assuming anything. If you sold on amazon you would understand that each item has a sales rank, which tells you how fast it sells. Combine that with the fact I’ve sold dozens of copies of many of these games and I actually have a very clear idea of how much something will sell for and when. Limiting yourself to super popular IPs is a sure way to make much less money than you could. And of course when I started I wasn’t making $200/day, but now I’m selling an average of $500/day on amazon alone.
@@PhoenixResale Good Information to know! For sure! Your channel rocks! I’m mainly just stating the fact that the average joe making $200 per day relies on several factors that I just mentioned.
Heck yeah, man! Finally got my Amazon business going Sent in over 70 games!! super excited. Thanks, I was inspired by you and chase! Medium eBayer making the jump!
Great to hear, nice work man!
@@PhoenixResale THANKS!
$64.99 Eternal Darkness complete...awesome that’s a steal right now..great find
Hey bro, just wanted to thank you for these vids. I have been going to yard sales and finding collectible figures, pops, etc and then trading them into my local game store for store credit and then buying a game that has not been adjusted and flipping them on eBay. Recently, I got Persona 4 Dancing all night (Vita) for $40 with my trade in credit, I just saw a sold listing for $175. Be on the look out for that one.
I still have a unopened copy of the limited edition version of that game on the vita.
Nice work!
It would honestly feel really weird to just start scanning game after game after game for like an hour inside of a store. Idk but that’s just me.
Caleb you are one of my favorite channels. Keep it up brother, high five from the UK
Thanks RM!
I just hit up a couple Game X-changes these last two weeks too. Picked up 6 Xbox One kinect sensors at $14ea, 5 guitar hero dongles at $5 each, couple copies of Rhythm Heaven for $8, and a few N64 gamesharks (3.2 & 3.3) for $13. Definitely one of my favorite stores to find deals.
Wow that’s insane
Love the channel man I'm addicted to these videos
I probably should have said it when you originally released this video but congrats on finding that magicians quest game considering how there have been several sold listings for close to $100 for just the cartridge loose around March and April! Also it made the #3 rarest spot on nintedrews top 5 rarest ds games list to be on the lookout for!
How to give yourself a ton of competition.
good. fuck resellers. hes making it expensive for the rest of us
Been doing that since 2019 my guy. When it comes down to it, I’m just better.
No way, man. I'm way better at looking up sold listings than you!
Hey Caleb been since 18 k sub's crazzzzzzzzy how fast you're growing good for u brother keep it up!!!!!
Thanks for all the support!
Caleb keep up the good work and good finds! Keep up what you do, don’t ever let anyone tell you otherwise!
Thanks for your help for the apps you use to scan pricing
So far I've been doing resale as a hobby and doing most of my sourcing locally. Probably going to be doing it a little more seriously here in the next few months I'm trying to figure out about how far out from your home will you typically go to source?
One good game to look out for is Fortnite on PS4, the original version that came with save the world. It’s going for $100+ on eBay and around $2-300 sealed!!
As a reseller who doesn't have a vehicle I'm always on foot or on the bus between stops I am really curious what you keep in your backpack that's a good video idea right there give us a tour of what you like to have on hand with you
Haha not much honestly, maybe a snack or two it’s mostly just to clip my GoPro onto
I’m surprised you didn’t get tackled wearing a back pack in places that sell games lol
Just started watching but can’t stop keep up the good work
Thanks MB!
Great sourcing video, love your content and tips!
that no mercy if it is the usa-1 version it sells for $400 on ebay its special release of the game
London/Corbin Here. Love Your Shows.
I'm chilling and watching what games are inflating or deflating during the opening of the retail sector
I am surprised the shop owners or managers didn't step in with your video making. Either way, props to you if you making money, can't knock the hustle!
The intro beat sounds like the beginning to an aerochord song. Or something in a need for speed game
i just started collecting sealed games and in my area i have been finding sealed psp, ds, and wii games for cheap money
Related to figures, Funko Pops are another great thing to keep an eye out for. If you know what to look for, you can find some valuable stuff!
Haha I don’t, but sometimes I find some anyway!
@@PhoenixResale If you're ever curious on value, check pop price guide. I do a lot of Funko stuff on my channel and have been able to to find some expensive stuff just at local video game places, and comic book shops.
Action figures can be a Diamond in the rough. I’ve made almost $10,000 this year alone from selling stuff from my personal collection and various finds.
One day I want you to give us the bird when you say "on the flip"
Lol
If that no mercy has a certain code on it it's worth alot more.
USA-1
Love the content! I am a part time wrestling figure reseller on eBay.... I would have passed out walking up on those action figures. At the 4:39 mark right in the middle in the blue tights that's WWE Classic Superstars Bruno Sammartino. Probably about $25-$30 out of the box in a buy it now format on eBay. I imagine alot of the figures from the same classic line would have been worth it. Like I said great videos. Subscribed quickly! Lol
Thanks David!
Hahahaha did you say the word CRUD??? Haven't heard that since the late 80s/90s mate!!!
I'm amazed at how much Tiger Woods PGA 08 on the Wii goes for in the US, here in the UK it sells for 50 pence, which is 62 cents from a store called CEX.
That’s only if it’s sealed
I recently came across your channel. I live in Etown & you give me good places to look out for here in Kentucky lol
Oof equipping the competition. Comes with the territory I guess.
Haha
Super informative, great stuff!
I’m sure they love you scanning
They do actually, I’m a great customer
Just found your channel, love your vids! I've been slightly getting into reselling so thanks for the tips.
Weird, not sure if the rude people are new or not but I never noticed all the crap comments before. Don't understand what the problem is. You're clearly out there putting in the time and effort to do this to support you and your wife. And some people act like you're doing something awful. I resell also to help support my family, not sure why that would ever be a bad thing. Anyway, lol, I enjoy your videos man. Great content and I'm sure a lot of people are able to learn from the things you do. Keep up the good work man.
Why the fuck are people disliking this dude? He's so wholesome
I got really lucky last two days I sold my super Mario 3d all stars for £30 buying stuff cheap from others shops trade them Around and got these switch games
- Astral chain x2
- Hyrule age of calamity
- digimon cyber sleuth collection
- lego dc super villains
And super Mario maker 2 brand new wirh 12 months switch online and was only £14.99 and digimon was only £7.99
Astral chain
Be careful on the battery packs Caleb. Most used ones don’t work anymore
Good tip!
theres a poliwhirl in the pokeball on the poster lmao
As much as I would love to sell video games on Amazon, the combination between the $40 monthly fee as well as the 15%+1.80 fee is such a big turn off. Don't know how you do it but happy it works for you!
goodwill hunting albeit very rare as far as what they put out and having to make the effort to go frequently sometimes you get good finds. just last week i found a lolipop chainsaw for ps3 for 5 bucks and a copy of chamber of secrets for 2 bucks. i am a collector but i cant pay some of these extensive prices so on the collector side of things its fun to also know the market on if youre getting a good deal or ripped off.
i recently found about 14 to 18 big box pc games out here at goodwill and got them all for about 20 bucks and kept what i wanted and took them to a local shop to get trade and got well over 240 bucks in trade off a 20 dollar purchase. it got me some higher end amiibos they had in shop i wanted so it works out. good deals can be found . just gotta know what to look for
Thanks for caring Calvin I care about u to
I found your channel last week and u have gotten me back into collecting old gen games and consoles and also taught me that i can make money in doing something i love, which i never thought about doing at all
Sweet video, I didn’t think you could send like disc only games on Amazon, thought they needed to be complete.
Nope, they would just be “acceptable” condition
Maybe even since like 10 12 k...love ur content
you always find minecraft story mode season 2 for $5 because that's what gamestop sells it for and I guess they try to match it.
Awesome videos good sir man I sooo want to do this someday
How does Lexington, KY have more places to buy games than St. Louis? LoL!
We don't have gameXchange or Disc Traders here, and we only have 3 Half Price Books. All we have is GS, a few Vintage Stock's, & 2 retro game shops where 1 of them deals more with tabletop games than video games.
Now tabletop game stores, you can't go anywhere in STL, St. Louis County, or St. Charles County w/o hitting a few. But once you get to Jefferson County and further south, down all the way to Cape/boothill, practical desert for ANY type of game store.
If you watched PBS then I know you remember some Wishbone...I watched that and Arthur everyday after school. "what's the story, wishbone? Do you think it's worth a loooook?"......
I think this dope for your region. I don't think this is exactly repeatable for everyone. I have like 2 used game stores in my area of cali and both hate when you have your phone out and checking prices. Idk why I think they just don't like people coming in and making money off them. So you have to know the values before you go in. I flipped for a living for a couple years on video games so I know it makes money and I think it's dope if you have access to places to source, but sourcing looked away different for me. Unless I was at gamestop buying sale games. Then it's basically the same. But keep it up make that money and keep putting out quality content.
In the ba ground there I saw a Warhammer store. I never knew that was a thing before. I've never seen a store dedicated to one game like that.
Holy shit,if only i lived in there
I think we are on the opposite sides of the globe
Good stuff man looking for the next
I think I've heard you say in some of your videos that you do not test all the games you buy, Do you get very many returned because of this? or negative feedback?
Dude I got Klonoa 2 from Game X Change for $35 it was super hype
Nice find!
Also, as a PSA, just wanted to let you guys know to be on the look out for PS3 memory card adapters. I have sold 2 each for $100 on eBay. Collectors needs these to transfer saves from their ps1 and pS2 memory cards. If you see them for under $60, buy them. I ended up getting one for free and another for $5.
Great call!
I’m pretty certain this is in Lexington Ky
Another day, another honey hole...
Love seeing those Pokemon Battle Coins, if they weren't so expensive I would have picked them all up.
Gran Turismo 6 is like a $20 game on PS3
when you tell the whole world how much money you make of game exchange and pawnshops dont you think there going to catch on this is why prices are increasing inventory is hard to find because of all of this scalping
Awesome content brother 👍
Way to many people do this in my area. The stores have all ready caught on to them as well.
where the discord link
In the description of the video!
Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the knowledge! Q: do you look at BSR and have best practices for that? You should do a video on how you do this with pawn shops. Q: Do you have a priority order for sourcing?
I don’t know what bsr is so no haha
@@PhoenixResale BSR = Best Sellers Rank on amazon. helps determine how fast something will sell. Example - PS4 prototype hazard bundle game has a BSR of 32,975 in the video games catagory. this is a could be a great opportunity. I usually look for games with a bsr of 10k or less. (helps turn faster). Q: how do you judge how quickly a product turns?
It’s funny because I was just at a half-price books the other day by my house, and they were trying to sell NCAA 14 for $175... The prices are kind of all over the place when it comes from store to store
Make some more vids bro!!!
@@anthonycruz5569 haha, I wish I had time to do more than one a week, but working full time, and handling my sons 1st grade virtual schooling makes it a little tricky to even get my weekly ones out sometimes.
@@CincyGameHunting takes your time Your videos are worth the wait!
@@CincyGameHunting all good my friend. Keep up the good work.
Love you videos. How do you resell on Amazon? Everyone single brand you need to get invoices for before selling?
This is why ebay is usually a last stop for me buying games. Unless I sort by lowest price and then ebay snipe.
was just in that exact game exchange lol
Hey man, do you have to pay anything for that amazon seller app to scan all of these games? Great video, I’m very appreciative of this video, nice job on it thank you!
Nope it’s free
Because of videos like this I see a ton of people flip out their phones looking up prices for reselling games like ICarley or Bratz. Phoenix you forget to remind people to do proper research before jumping into game flipping for major profits, its almost as bad as those informercials for house flipping.
Have to disagree with you there Tony. The entire video was about how to do the research on each individual game to determine if it’s profitable. Maybe you weren’t paying much attention, but the information was there for anyone who was.
I’m very interested in doing something like this as a side hustle, but why do they sell for higher on amazon or eBay when the person can just go to their local shop and get it for same price you bought it for? This blows my mind lol
1. Convenience 2. Scarcity 3. Time savings
Magicians quest is the first game I ever sold on ebay
Brother have any of the employees asked you what you doing there scanning all kinds of games?
Not often, if they do I just say “price checking@
I respect the grind but uve been in the Louisville/Lex area stealing some games and handhelds I wanted just to play :/ I dont wanna resale I just really want a 3ds and games for cheap second hand
Nobody is entitled to get stuff below the going rates, you gotta work for it!
@@PhoenixResale no I just have a problem with resellers not so much u but resellers like Pokémon scalpers who take from kids
@@PhoenixResale like I don’t buy to resale I buy to play and enjoy the game and it’s hard to wanna go play a game that should be like 40-60 bucks but u can only get it on Amazon and eBay for 150 or something outrageous
@@PhoenixResale and I’m still young I can’t afford a resale triple the price
My half price books had silent hill 1 for $200 and silent hill 2 for $150 there is NO deals to be had on games at my local HPB haha
Some locations are better than others
@@PhoenixResale it is what it is man but at least your scoring some deals out your way. Keep it up man
The goat 🐐🔥
A Goat does not boast and show off his profits. No need to.
@@PhatChanceAthat respect the grind
Half price books priced is very random at times. Picked up a Wii game The Last Story Collectors edition for only $50 two days ago.
Was the Gauntlet Dark Legacy on OG XBox at GameXchange not a good price? That's a highly in demand game from that era.
Also Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2
Can’t remember honestly!
Anyone else find hidden clearance at Walmart for 3 cent video games then Walmart not selling them to you because it “isn’t allowed”?
Yep lots of folks have been having that experience lately
I'm in scotland and I really struggle to find stores but would love to do this, any reccomendations?
Haha sorry not too familiar with the Scottish market
Ah game x change theres one in my bowling green ky area i love that place
Maybe a dumb question but as a reseller how do you know these will sell for sure?
Sales rank and experience. Video games almost always sell if priced right.
Do you have to have a amazon membership to be able to sell on amazon.great videos.big fan.thinking about trying this.
I wonder if theres good resale in Miami. I've been looking around but I feel as if though the retro scene is really obscure and the places I go to know their prices so far. Great video btw
I think it's insane how on the wwe no mercy can be worth $300+ if it has a -1 after USA!
Hey Caleb, most games I've been coming across just seem too scratched for me to comfortably sell without testing (if I don't have the capability to). Do you run into this at all and do you clean/repair them in any way? Maybe I'm just overthinking, I just resell on the side so I'm still new to it.
Yeah if it makes you nervous either test it or don’t buy it I’d say
Is really hard to get a good deal these days was hitting 65$ games now I'm going to my price point 5$ games 😊 I think because I use to buy new games for 5$ 😊 sealed 😊
Hey caleb a late comment on your last video about your switch collection, you like the animal crossing switch a lot , but did you know that the version that comes with the download game have different box art work, its worth checking it out
How do you know if the games are in good working condition when making a purchase? Do you test every game at home? How do you handle returns?
I don’t, I don’t, and I process them as they come. Bound to happen sometimes.
@@PhoenixResale how do you word a ad for a game you dont know if it works or not?
You're the man bro 👍