So You Wanna Sell On Ebay

Luke is an eBay power seller known as The Wolf of eBay from how he got his start online. He buys and sells, and now teaches people around the country how to make money on eBay selling used Smartphones & Electronics. He currently sells $25,000/month on eBay. Interesting Notes Luke had a rough childhood. His mom tried to murder his dad when he was still a kid. His parents went through a five-year-long divorce. He moved out of their house when he was 17 and did not allow himself stuck in his past. Now, he is 24 years old living in a small town with 13,000 people and is having a great life. He sells $20,000 to $25,000 a month on eBay selling smartphones, smartwatches, iPads, and electronics. He buys any kind - new, used, cracked, and broken locks. A lot of pawnshops in their area do not touch smartphone so he has the market to himself. He also sources phones and electronics from Craigslist, Facebook Groups, and Facebook Marketplace. He has his own Facebook Group where he advertises. He created his own Faceb

Ryan is a reseller and the owner of Hand Picked Elements, a store on eBay. He has been in business for almost 4 years and has over 800-900 items available in his store for sale. Interesting Notes Ryan has a full-time job. He does eBay on the side and works on it at night. He does a one-man show using their house basement for his eBay biz. He has always been a big fan of some TV shows like The Resellers, American Pickers, Storage Wars, and other similar shows. He used to work with a guy who sells on Amazon and thought to himself, why not give it a try. After all, it is another way to come up with extra income. With some money saved up, Ryan decided to get into the reselling business. He started sourcing his inventory for a couple of months before he launched his store on eBay. He made some research and watched some videos on YouTube, and joined Facebook groups. He did it to learn as much as he can about the basics of reselling and what kind of stuff to look for. When he launched his store, he started with th

Shawn is the co-owner and operator of yosemiteshawns eBay store. He started this business in 2015. He sells Blu-ray DVD movies, comic books, and collectible toys. Interesting Notes Shawn used to be a truck driver for 12 years. Due to some health problems, he could not drive anymore. He was having a hard time making money when he found eBay. So he started doing it. When he found that he was making money out of it, he decided to do eBay for as long as he can. When he was new to eBay, he watched all the shows related to online selling. He read everything he could find on eBay. He did not know much about computers. The guys on eBay taught him. He studied eBay really hard. He had the time to do it and put the time in. He also learned all the rules because there is a lot of little things he does not want to get caught up in. He started selling some of his own movies. He looked up all the movies and found out that the Disney ones are the best. He saw what they are selling for, what they are going for, and what peo

Barbara has been selling on eBay for 6 years. She grew up with picking & sourcing in her blood. She loves selling vintage items and connecting people with pieces of their past but sells a little bit of everything. She runs a Facebook page for sellers that love vintage. Other than eBay she loves making quilts, singing and playing the piano. Interesting Notes Barbara is the Queen of Multi-Task. Her dad was a picker before there were pickers. He loved to go for a long drive and would always find a car part or an air-conditioner broken down on the side of the road. He would take it home, fix and sell it. Sometimes, he would keep it for somebody who would need the part. Barbara uses her iPhone in taking pictures of her items. Her husband does most of the picture taking for her. She and her husband work as a team. Her husband likes to go to thrift stores and garage sales. Barbara, who has a back problem, goes to Estate Sales. Unlike a thrift store, the Estate Sales,  always have a chair or a sofa or a bed whe

Doug and Valerie from Urban Chic Resale Boutique started their eBay business in 2010. It became evident that eBay was a great source to showcase and sell beautiful things at great prices. Valerie has a great eye for buying unique and unusual things. She loves to decorate and was invited to showcase her home to the public for a museum fundraiser. Interesting Notes Doug and Valerie are doing eBay full-time. They own a very old house with a wraparound porch. Valerie decorated it from top to bottom every themed-occasion like Fall, Halloween, etc. Doug used to sell insurance, door-to-door, going all over St. Louis, St. Peters, and St. Charles. After so many calls, he realized that direct selling was not for him. So, he started selling on eBay on the side, selling luggage and sporting goods. One day he felt he had enough of direct selling and liked the freedom he gets from listing and selling on eBay. So, he quit his job and made eBay full-time since then. Valerie does the sourcing and listing. Doug does the ship

Since beginning on eBay in the 90's Jason's mission has been to educate and train other thrifters on how to become self-sufficient and independent by finding and flipping deals. He can help you find the treasures in what others may think is discardable. Interesting Notes Jason describes himself as a modern-day pirate. He never knows when he would turn a corner and there is going to be a holy grail. For him, it is as if the skies open up and the angels sing "ha-ha". He is introduced to thrifting when he was six years old. His parents took him to the flea market. Back in 1977, there was no cool stuff in the flea market unlike nowadays. All were crappy antiques like butter churners and old grinding stones. Stuff that a kid at the birth of Star Wars would not care about. He did not care about the stuff. He was only in awe of it. His parents would always find him talking to vendors. He would ask them questions like "Why are you selling this?", "What are you selling?", or "Why are you doing that?". He was 11 year

Cheryl has been selling on eBay since 2001, full-time since 2012. She's a Top Rated Seller and Silver Power Seller. Her eBay store, Funkarelics, specializes in all things vintage, retro, antique and eclectic - with a few new items slipped in on the side. Interesting Notes Cheryl is the only child. When her mother passed away, she brings all her mom's stuff, from St. Louis to Kansas. It filled Cheryl's basement. Her mom's stuff gave her an inventory that did not have any cost. She decided to give eBay a shot. eBay at that time is still young and new. She cut her teeth in selling learning all that and got hooked on eBay. She takes her own pictures using her iPhone7. She has a photo booth of a linen tablecloth. It has a natural lighting from a window close by. The set up works well for small stuff. She goes to another room if she will take pictures of clothes and use a mannequin. There is not much of a thrift store in Cheryl's area. Most of their houses have a basement because of the tornado. So, everybody sa

Jeff is the owner of Atlanta Classic Comics, an eBay based collectibles store. He started in 2011 in Atlanta, Ga. Interesting Notes When you are in the Collectible Space, you have opportunities to dabble on Variant Covers, Records, Toys, Glassware, Memorabilia, Autographs and a lot more. Jeff focuses on Comics because it is where he finds his market the strongest. As a kid, he is never into comics. But, his grandfather gave him a hundred comics. And as he moves into life, the comics have somehow hung in there. It became the seed planted for his business. During his teenage years and early adulthood, Jeff started to see the rise of the comic book movie. Comics became more in and hip. Jeff had done some eBay selling before like going to a yard sale and pick a stuff to find a larger market online and double the math. One night, he was on eBay. He saw online that he could pick up lots of comic books for 10 cents per piece. There were people selling comic books in a Grab Bag setting for a dollar to a book. So he

John and Denise are the owners of Sarge & Red's Hobbies and Games. John "Sarge" is a Marine Corps veteran and his wife Dee "Red" began their store to with donated items to raise funds for an adoption. They have been buying and selling on eBay ever since. Interesting Notes John started to sell on eBay with a duffle bag full of cards as donations from friends. The cards are still in boxes and are in good condition. This is at the time when John's parents were raising funds for the adoption of his son. His friends helped too. Instead of cash, they donated magic cards. John remembered too well the magic cards. He used to play it back in his junior high school. But, he sold his collection to a guy in the Marine Corps. He checked the prices of the cards to see what they are going for. Much to his dismay, some of the cards that were valuable when he was a kid are no longer valuable now. A $20 card then is only worth 20 cents now. He started to list it on eBay. Since then, John was drawn to eBay. He has met som

Mace and Mandy are a husband & wife team and parents of two. They are eBay sellers of licensed goods for all sports teams and colleges. They purchase closeout and overstock items in bulk to get the best prices and genuine merchandise. Mace and Mandy started selling on eBay in an extra bedroom they had before having children and then upgraded it along the way. They have been selling on eBay for 11 years full-time. They have a 9,000 sq ft. warehouse in Tooele Utah in the middle of nowhere. They have 3 full-time employees and 2 part-time employees. Interesting Notes Mace once bought from someone on eBay a jersey the size of 5X because it was cheaper than the 2X size that he would wear. When he got the item, he looked ridiculous with the oversized Jersey on. Instead of returning it, he put it on eBay himself. He made a $20 profit and figured he can do it some more. Since then, he has started selling on eBay. Mace had $250 as a seed money for his eBay business. He bought 10 jerseys out of it. Every time he se

The Cowboy House is a hobby gone wild. Everyone knows that the Dallas Cowboys are America's team. In 2009, Chris and his wife Jennifer, took a risk and purchased the entire upper deck and half the lower bowl of stadium seats at public auction from the Old Texas Stadium in Irving Texas. From this, they grew a small business opening the first Sports memorabilia store in a 4 town area known as the Lake Cities. They provide custom a framework, autographs, game used equipment, actual game turf and stadium seats from the old stadium. They also have NY Yankees seats, Ball Park in Arlington seats. SMU Moody Coliseum seats, etc... They do many promotions with local businesses where they bring professional athletes to openings of They do many promotions with local businesses where they bring professional athletes to openings of sports-themed restaurants or simple shows where the public can meet players like Roger Staubach and Bo Jackson! Interesting Notes Dallas Stadium is the only stadium built with a hole in the roo

Aron Hsiao is head of communications at Terapeak, where he's worked since 2013, supporting eBay sellers with powerful research tools. Before that, he spent nine years as the guide to eBay at About.com. He's been an eBay seller since the year 2000 and has never received a negative feedback rating. Interesting Notes Aron had known Terapeak for a long time. As a seller himself, he has been using it and liked its services. As the guide to eBay at About.com, he had written positive things about Terapeak. At a time when Terapeak had enough of spelling errors, Aron was working at About.com. Terapeak decided to hire somebody who can talk to the press and came to Aron. Aron found the offer fascinating and fun. And so, he hopped over the fence and join the company. Aron feels lucky to work with Terapeak. He does the press releases, website content, and talking to the media. He makes sure that the way Terapeak communicates inside the application makes sense. He sees to it that there are no spelling errors on buttons. T

In 2012 Gabe & James co-founded human-I-T, a nonprofit focused on digital equity and sustainable e-waste management. Their humble beginning in a cell phone repair shop has crystallized their vision into what human-I-T is today. human-I-T breathes new life into your unwanted electronics; converting e-waste into opportunities for others. Interesting Notes Gabe and James both have a passion for technology. They don't have a formal training in IT. They learn things only by day-to-day tinkering. They wanted to share their passion for technology to others. They founded the human-I-T and do it full-time since 2012. human-I-T is a non-profit business that takes in unwanted or inoperative technology. Instead of recycling the said technology and breaking it down into the commodities, human-I-T refurbishes the technology and redistribute it into the hands of the low-income families and non-profit organizations. Gabe and James's mission is to offer low-cost technology not only to their recipients but to the communit

Ciara Brown is 22 years old and was recently nominated as eBay's Young Entrepreneur of the year. Her business is called The Diamond Hanger. They sell new, used and vintage designer clothing up to 70% off retail price. They have a 1,000 square foot soft warehouse located in San Diego, CA. She started her business almost 2 years ago and now has 2 employees. On eBay, The Diamond Hanger has performed thousands of successful transactions and they look forward to many, many more :) Interesting Notes Ciara is the eBay's Young Entrepreneur of the Year. At a very young age, Ciara and her sister had to learn how to resell. Raised by a single mom, her mother taught her how to have a garage sale and do anything she can to make extra cash on the side. Every time Ciara got home from college, her mom would often ask her to get rid some of her stuff by selling it online. She tried to list some used jeans on eBay and ended up making $20 more. On that same day, she took pictures using her laptop and listed everything in her c

Ellen Lin is a 7-figure entrepreneur, author, and a bilingual e-Commerce coach who has coached over 350 clients from 12 different countries. She worked with one of the original sharks from the TV show Shark Tank, Kevin Harrington’s As Seen On TV. She has worked with Fortune 500 companies like Electronic Arts. Her core mission is to use her knowledge in e-Commerce to teach and empower others so everyone can create the lifestyle they want by selling online using her success story of building a million dollar e-commerce store with $600 in just 4 years. Interesting Notes Ellen speaks 3 languages and covers pretty much all the marketplaces. She considers e-Commerce as a large-scale thing because she sells on eBay and Amazon. She believes that e-Commerce is a global thing, not just one marketplace. She sells in the United States, Europe, Japan, and South East Asia including Thailand. She is into private labeling --- she buys cheap stocks in Asia and brings the inventories back to the United States. She then put th

Angie Nelson an immigrant from Colombia and 2017 SHINE Awards for Small Business Winner started an electronics recycling company with her husband over 9 years ago, they quickly discovered that eBay was an amazing platform to extend the life of retired electronics from Companies, this has allowed them to create 13 jobs and divert millions of pounds of eWaste from the landfills. This accomplishment has earned Angie an ambassador role with eBay's Government relations Team. Interesting Notes eBay Shine Award is a program eBay has started on 2016. It aims to bring the best in the eBay community. This year, there are 2,500 sellers who submitted their eBay story. Out of those 2,500, 15 are the finalists: 3 sellers each in the Global Business Category, Charitable Business Category, Young Entrepreneur Category, Rising Star Category, and Minority or Woman-Owned Business Category. Any eBay seller can join the eBay Shine Awards. The seller has only to submit his/her own eBay story and make it shine. The seller needs to

Keith is a former factory worker turned professional dropshipper. He has been dropshipping on eBay full-time since 2014. He employs virtual assistants to make his life easier & enjoys learning new skills and traveling. He also enjoys teaching others how to make a living online through e-commerce. Interesting Notes Keith defines Dropshipping as simply taking a product from one store or one vendor and placing it on a marketplace or website for sale with a markup. He likes MAP (Minimum Advertised Pricing) price for wholesale, as long as there is profit. He said that you will find good wholesale companies that police their MAP. There are some that don't care. And those are the ones that you have to let go. When Keith was still doing the wholesale, he would look and monitor the competitor's prices. Then he would make a phone call to the company and report a competitor who is breaking the MAP. He would then see what the company would do. After 2 to 3 times that the company would not do anything, he would not c

Suzie is an eBay seller with over 20 years experience. Over the years, she's learned to adapt her business to an ever-changing marketplace. In doing so, she's sold to a variety of different customers. She also writes an eBay advice column and manages eBay for a major catalog company. Interesting Notes Suzie started selling on eBay in 1998 --- a time when not a lot of people knew what eBay was. At that time she started on eBay, she had a newborn, a 3-year-old, and a 7th grader whom she had homeschool. She thought of ways on how she could earn money and stay home. In secret, she bought 3 pieces of GI Joe Masterpiece Edition action figures. They were $85, yet she got them at 70% off. She was able to sell one piece for a $175. Another piece is sold $125, and the other piece is sold for $150. Seeing the profit Suzie made, her husband encouraged her to do it again. Suzie would go to auctions. She would buy stuff that she did not mean because she wanted one thing in the box. She started selling antiques, collectibl

Andrea is a retail veteran and a former MacysMedia Buyer, who turned her hobby of selling on Ebay into a successful online handbag store. She started selling in 2009 after Macy's decided to move corporate to New York. She decided to embrace this new opportunity and become a full-time entrepreneur which allowed her flexibility and the ability to spend more time with her son. Interesting Notes Andrea used to work part-time at Macy's. His son would help her box the items. Back then, they did not have printed labels. Everything is done manually. Her friend who worked at Macy's too advised her to get rid of her son's outgrown clothes and sell it on eBay. That is how Andrea started selling part-time on eBay at around 2004. She switched her other account into all handbags. Macy's decision to move corporate to New York left Andrea with two options. Her first option is to move to New York too, with his son, and try to find a job in Macy's. Her second option is to stay and make selling on eBay a full-time venture and

Kameron George is an entrepreneur that currently works behind the scenes, virtually unknown to many, as he quietly works with his inner circle, influencing positive change on his terms. His uncanny approach to marketing and leadership has dramatically altered the landscape of today’s work-at-home arena. Kameron operates his business from anywhere in the world, with nothing more than a laptop and a cell phone. Entrepreneurs around the world contact Kameron every month in quest for his marketing prowess and leadership. Many have found his teachings to be truly life-changing. His tips, philosophies, and marketing strategies are proven, powerful and highly effective. Interesting Notes Kameron grew up in Canada. The majority of the people there are influenced to take on a blue-collar job and work on trade. His dad is an Electrician by trade. Kameron grew up following his dad's path and the things that his dad had laid out for him. In high school, he enrolled in a registered apprenticeship program. One semester, h