Comments on: 7 Tips to Making a Living on eBay

By: Angie Nelson

Angie Nelson — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 11:53:31 +0000

In reply to Karen Hilton. That's great, Karen. Best of luck!

By: Karen Hilton

Karen Hilton — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 02:04:44 +0000

HEY! GREAT NEWS!

I am an ebayer and found that the USPS has upped their “First Class” mail from 13 oz. to 16 oz. WOOOO HOOOOO!

Thank you for all your great info. Using what I can learn from you, I look forward to really getting into high gear with my online endeavors.

Again, thank you so very much!

Love~

By: Angie Nelson

Angie Nelson — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:32:13 +0000

In reply to Amanda. Best of luck, Amanda!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 23:39:50 +0000

Hi you sound like an amazing person. I will soon be starting an ebay shop. Thanks for the article it helped build some confidence in this endeavor I am about to begin. I hope I can build my business quickly.

By: Angie Nelson

Angie Nelson — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 12:37:58 +0000

In reply to sarah. Great tips, Sarah. Thanks for sharing!

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 11:20:07 +0000

I’ve done the same thing with Ebay. Getting a good rating helps tremendously! I search garage sales and goodwill, but the craigslist idea is great! also bidding on items in lots and selling individually almost always guarantees a profit.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:53:56 +0000

I would love to start an eBay business just wondering how long before you started making around 500 a month and how much money did you use to startup

By: Veronica

Veronica — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:46:10 +0000

Very nice article!
As a fellow eBay seller and garage sale flipping guru, I only saw one thing I slightly disagreed with-when you said that you’ll never get a good deal if the sellers see you looking things up with your phone.
Honestly, I always look everything up on my phone, even in front of the seller. For all they know, you are texting someone, and I’ve never had anyone raise the price on an item after I looked it up.
Just wanted to let you and your readers know not to be afraid to look an item up before buying it. Some people have actually seen me scanning book barcodes into eBay and asked me about it, but still charged me $1 anyways.
The act of pre-screening items online with my phone has made me thousands over the years and also saved me hundreds by not taking chances on items I thought were worth something before I checked online and realized they were junk.
Happy Flipping! 😉
~Veronica

By: Angie Nelson

Angie Nelson — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 11:47:33 +0000

In reply to Vianka.

Hi, Vianka. You can contact Sarah with additional questions through her website http://www.sarahtitus.com/make-a-living-on-ebay/.

By: Vianka

Vianka — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 05:47:30 +0000

HI, I enjoyed reading ll the information. Did you need to get a business permit? When is great time to get the permit after starting to sell on ebay?

By: Rusty

Rusty — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 17:37:07 +0000

This article was great!
Thank you kindly for sharing.
You are a definite go getter Sarah ~ Bravo!

By: Neal

Neal — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:59:21 +0000

Great piece of advise. It does take a lot of commitment and dedication to get a steady source of income from Ebay.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 04 May 2015 21:59:45 +0000

Great article! Just what I needed to get back in the swing with eBay! Thanks for sharing!!

By: Vicki Miller

Vicki Miller — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:09:59 +0000

Hi Sarah,
I am very new to learning about how to sell on eBay & am getting started. Your post and information on Pinterest has really helped me a lot so far out of everything I’ve read. I did have one question however, and that is how do I find or get free shipping materials on Craigslist? I see where people are requesting peanuts or even selling 100
Feet of bubble wrap but was just not sure how to go about it all the way your post read. 🙂 so maybe you could explain to me how you are able to get these free items to help your business? Thanks so much and I’m eager to get started and on the right track.
-Vicki Miller
vickilmiller.miller5@gmail.com

By: Angie Nelson

Angie Nelson — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 23:43:38 +0000

In reply to Yvette. I believe you have several payment options at eBay, Yvette. PayPal is likely the most popular however.

By: Yvette

Yvette — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:32:19 +0000

I’m so happy to have found your site!
Do you believe that it’s best to use PayPal? Do buyer feel more of a sense of security using it?

By: Jenine

Jenine — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 16:32:52 +0000

Great article! There are many perks to selling on eBay. I started back in the fall of 2013 around Thanksgiving to be exact. I also wanna crack into selling on Amazon. I made my first sale back in September. However, it took five months for it to sell. I wanna list a plaque on there, but haven’t found the time. Any suggestions?

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 08:14:34 +0000

I’ve been selling on ebay for nearly 10 years and the one thing that’s constant is *change*. Every time you turn around ebay have changed something, so my advice to newbies is to keep up with everything by paying attention to their announcements.

I’ve made decent money ebay but it’s becoming quite the roller coaster for small sellers so expect the unexpected!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 02:47:18 +0000

What is your eBay store name?

By: Ana N.

Ana N. — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 02:24:38 +0000

Your advice is very motivational. I have recently become an Ebay seller last month, but I’m haven’t thought of using it as a full time source of income rather than passive income. Thank you so much for your knowledge. I know it will take a lot of dedication and communication to achieve making my Ebay store as second source of income.

By: Angie Nelson

Angie Nelson — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:04:38 +0000

In reply to Gypsyrosenil.

Here are a few articles that may help explain things a bit.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11658852/ns/business-answer_desk/t/do-i-have-pay-tax-stuff-i-sell-ebay/#.VLaTcivF_3g
http://www.ebay.com/gds/Taxes-and-Ebay-eBay-Sales-May-Be-Subject-To-Taxes-/10000000000720733/g.html

By: Gypsyrosenil

Gypsyrosenil — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:27:57 +0000

Luv your post. Am just selling 40 items a month at the moment because it’s free listing. Been thinking of getting an ebay store, the 20.00 a month. I stop and start all the time so not sure if l should. What would you advise. And also what happens with tax if you sell a fair bit. Do you need to declare it?

By: Dina

Dina — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:18:31 +0000

Thank you for this article, I am trying to sell on eBay and etsy, but I’m not sure how to get my selling business going. This answered a lot of my questions. I will just keep trying:)

By: Sarah @ SarahTitus.com

Sarah @ SarahTitus.com — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 05:43:53 +0000

In reply to stan.

Stan, you’ll want to set up an eBay store if you plan on making eBay a business. If you want to sell a few items here or there, it may not be worth it. It’s fairly easy to set up. You’ll be prompted to select monthly payments or yearly payments (to save money) as well, so bear that in mind. I would suggest monthly payments when just starting out as it’s a contract, meaning you must pay a large penalty if closing early.

If you want to brush through listing a ton of items quickly, simply click “sell similar item.” Everything is pre-filled in for you, so be sure to change the spots you need to and leave all the static info the same. It’s a fast way to list a bunch of stuff quickly. 🙂

By: Sarah @ SarahTitus.com

Sarah @ SarahTitus.com — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 05:40:01 +0000

In reply to Kathy. Yes, that is the one I use Angie :) except that mine is 75 lb capacity, which I've never really used over 50 lbs anyway. :)

By: Sarah @ SarahTitus.com

Sarah @ SarahTitus.com — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 05:38:25 +0000

In reply to jamie. Jamie, great question. I would try to ship things that can go First Class Mail if you want to run a business. Otherwise, all your profits get eaten up by postage. If you have to ship things outside of that, use calculators on the eBay form and have the buyers pay exact shipping. Sometimes Parcel Select is cheaper, sometimes Priority Mail is cheaper. I always insure anything over $30, and Priority Mail gives me insurance up to $100. Bear that in mind when making a decision as well.

By: Angie Nelson

Angie Nelson — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:09:11 +0000

In reply to jamie.

Hi, Jamie. Sarah offers some great eBay advice at:

http://www.sarahtitus.com/make-a-living-on-ebay/

By: Angie Nelson

Angie Nelson — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:08:43 +0000

In reply to stan.

Hi, Stan. Sarah has several great posts on running an eBay business at http://www.sarahtitus.com/make-a-living-on-ebay/.

By: Angie Nelson

Angie Nelson — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:04:47 +0000

In reply to Kathy.

Hi, Kathy. I believe this is the scale Sarah recommends:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003N3ZVJQ/

By: Angie Nelson

Angie Nelson — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:04:23 +0000

In reply to Kathie VanDeraa.

Hi, Kathie. I believe this is the scale Sarah recommends:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003N3ZVJQ/

By: Kathie VanDeraa

Kathie VanDeraa — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:09:39 +0000

There is no link for the scale where you say here is the one I use. Most local Facebook groups for freebies have a policy that you are not allowed to sell items you get there for free. That will get you banned from the group.So be sure they are okay with you doing that.

By: stan

stan — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 15:20:42 +0000

What is the process for setting up an ebay store? I have tons of stuff to sell and individual auctions are time consuming. Ebay is ambigous. Could you post how?

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 15:03:00 +0000

What is the scale you use…you mentioned it in the post but there is no picture or description of what brand it is? Thanks 🙂

By: jamie

jamie — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:03:40 +0000

I have sold some stuff on ebay but am still confused on how to do packaging. I had always just used boxes that i had. What is yhe best way to charge shipping and use the usps boxes.

By: Kate Marie

Kate Marie — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:39:26 +0000

Awesome ideas! This makes me want to ramp up my eBay selling. Thanks for the info and motivation.