Selling On eBay In 2024 | 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting

I like that you can speak throughout lengthy periods in your videos without editing multiple clips one after another. Hard thing to do. Burps and all haha

Hey I have a question for you. I picked up 40 DeWalt battery chargers for 4 bucks each. They have over 100 % sell thru it seems like they all have free shipping. My questions are do I want to list them individually? Or do I want to do a listing wher I list them and they sell individually but it says I have 40? Also someone wrote on them with Sharpie how do I get that off?

Top rated +, no returns, no defects, been selling good for a year. Locked in at 500 but my store gives me 1000 free listings. I asked for an increase and Ebay said no. They are tight these days with everything concerning the sellers. No issues otherwise.

I've sold 48 items and only had one not make it to its destination and then I lost the receipt so I issued the refund and lost the product until I can find the receipt because the post office said the tracking number wasn't good and I got it from them . Lol

Yes so right thanks I just turned my no returns to accept returns with 30 days back on ! I don’t get scammers at all I think lol

Thanks Jake. Awesome info. Presented in an understandable way.

If some one asks me a weird question and there profile looks weird I block them

Thank You! :)

So a tad off topic, but didn’t know where else to go to ask….. Do you keep an inventory list apart from your listings on eBay or do to just let your eBay list be your inventory list. Aren't there other things you want to keep track of, that eBay didn't have available fields for, like purchase price or purchase location?

I dont think using zero free shipping is the best way to do things imo. I like to do a mix based on specific items i know might sell better with free shipping. I myself usually like the listings that have the included shipping in the price when browsing to buy things. But for a beginner and in most cases I do shipping additionally. Especially with heavy/big items. my 2cents

I don't take returns. I'm not in the rental business. Unless I made a mistake in the listing.

Only sold a few items here and there on ebay, but after a long pause, am trying to get back into it. You say customers like free returns, but I bet they like free shipping better. Why should I not sell items for customers to bid on, and list the item to start bidding with the least I'm willing to accept(cost of item + shipping + profit). Item non-refundable. Since shipping is included in price then make it, free shipping. Isn't that easier for buyer, and seller?

The #1 mistake is not watching this video IMO!!!

I’d say 95% of EBay sellers have no business having 5000 items in their store.

I’ve been ebaying as a side hustle for about 4 months consistently. Not doing bad. Your videos has helped. I’ve learned a good bit from you and others. Thanks for the content.

Deathpile is my middle name!

For the first time ever I got an unusual deal at the bins. I had a lot of electrical items and the gal gave everything in my cart for .79 a pound.
They always make me separate everything and today this gal just wasn't in the mood and gave me a deal.

QUESTION:
Do you log the items into reseller genie when you get home from thrifting?
Or how do you track everything.

Flat rate boxes are easy if the item is real heavy. It's up to 70 pounds.

Thank you, J! We appreciate you. God bless you.

The loneliness is real! I quit a career of 15 years and busted my butt for the first 5 months on my eBay business and at the age of 37 I had my first ever round of depression that lasted for about six months and I finally figured out why and it was the lack of a social life. It took me a little while but I snapped out of it and I'm back to the grind again but I make sure to hangout with some of my old coworkers and it's been enough to keep me happy and rolling on. When I left I had accounted for every worst case scenario I could think of but in the end what affected me the most is missing the guys I spent almost half of my life with. I know it sounds corny but I liked the guys and my job but it was the company that had slowly changed and made me want to leave.

I went to the bins today. 😊

Amen my brother! Thanks for the great content. I’ve been selling on eBay since 2000 but not very seriously till this year. I’ve been an automotive technician for 20 years and I just turned 50 last Sunday. I really want to retire to reselling only in the next 5 years and you’ve got me pumped that it can actually be done! I work at the auto shop 55 hours a week and only have the evenings and weekends to resell but it looks like I can pull down an extra 25-35K next year part time. I’m rambling but just wanted to say thanks again for the encouragement.😊

Hi, I have just started to sell things on eBay ( instead of buying lol ) I haven’t heard anyone talk much about the tax you have to pay on the amount of money you make at the end of the year ?? Is there any thing that you have to do different on your tax refunds ??? Will the amount of money you make affect your tax income ? Sorry if these are stupid questions, but I want to start out the right way and make the best money I can at selling !!!! Love your videos and thanks for the time you take to help the rest of us just getting started :) Thank you , Linda

Shipping is definitely challenging for me.

❤your content and positivity. I’ve learned so much. Today is my 1 year eBay anniversary. It’s been a blast so far.Thank u

Awesome. I appreciate your advice and content.

Im having such an issue with fraud. I Mainly sell name brand clothing and accept returns to help in algo. almost a 9% return rate or issues, not even half being truthful. buyers will most of the time damage the item just to return it when i wont send back a partialrefund. have been in contact with ebay and they side with me a lot but its a real hassle to deal with. Love your videos and advice really helps out man!

The ridiculous things is people watch this crap like it's new resellers been saying this same shit for years

I’ve been doing eBay part time for a year and a half learning the men’s clothing market. My wife’s career got to the point where I can afford to do it full time. I just perfected my photography, inventory and shipping system. I made a video showing my system on my channel. No one else has a system like mine. Could you check it out? I’ve asked other reseller channels to check it out but got ignored lol

I love that… eBay island, that is so true 100%. That is what makes this job very tough sometimes because it is a lot of work there is lots of traveling to get the thrift stores a lot of our listing then shipping. This is definitely a full-time job if not more.

Serve the customer!! I sold a learning English for Spanish speakers cassette and book set. I translated the listing into Spanish.

As the nurse flipper says, you make your money on the buy not the sale!

Could not agree more! Returns are the price of doing business !

Thanks for this video. Returns suck! I sold a Walkman CD a player the other day. It sold within a few hours. I got a return request for the player via eBay, stating that player was damaged and only worked when plugged in.
I responded to the buyer and informed him/ her that it worked fine with me when I used batteries. I never got a response.
Anyhow, I sent a label and I’m still waiting to get the item. I’m thinking the buyer had no idea that the battery was needed even though I made it clear in the listing. Now my funds are on hold and I’m out of the funds used for postage.

Newly here, I’ve sold three items, shipped 3 items…two were free shipping and one was buyer pays shipping…all three I paid eBay for the shipping label…so really it makes no difference as far as I can tell…

Scammers are early and not very often. Also depends on what you are selling. Pokemon cards... Horrible rate of fake returns. Men's clothing, I've only gotten one.

Did you go to college?

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Love the advise. Especially to tell people to get as much feedback as possible through buying before selling. Luckily I've been on ebay just as a customer since 2001. So I had a ton of feedback long before even considering being a seller. I noticed I never got those blatant scam attempts that a lot of newer sellers speak of.

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Awesome info as always! Getting prepared before I jump in! I am an original ebay user! An ebay tech they used from Germany with accent (gave it away) stole my ebay user name! When I complained, they said thats impossible! Only cure was to change names! I went to my old username, and he had a full store set up under my name all in German! Wow! Let my credit card company know too! All of my previous purchases were there too, all USA but they said my claim was impossible! Ha! Always proceed with caution and be watching for scammy people!

WHO PAYS FOR THE RETURN? You can't sell something and accept a return on your pocket, In my 20 years I DON'T DO RETURNS - It's bad business especially that you are not MADE IN CHINA

I have question about returns. If the buyer pays for initial shipping and you pay for the return, are you only refunding the cost of the item?

loving your videos. you have helped me tremendously would it be possible to decrease the amount of commercials? thanks