Welcome back to the what sells on eBay series!
All I can say about my eBay business is, July was a flop. I didn’t make much.
With that being said, I barely did any work at all as far as listing. It’s pretty obvious that the more you list, the more you sell. And I don’t mean that you sell the items you list, it’s like eBay rewards you for listing more and you sell stuff that may have been listed for months. Not sure why it’s like this.
My profits might have gone down quite a bit, but hey, at least I still made a few hundred without doing much at all!
I’m going to be working hard in August and list a lot more than I did in July. We need to be getting our eBay stores packed with stuff because it won’t be long until the holiday shopping season is here!
I only had one issue this month. USPS never delivered one of the items I sent, so I had to refund the buyer. I’m hoping that I will make some money from this transaction by doing an insurance claim with USPS. I sold the item for $55+ shipping and I’m hoping to get $50 back from insurance.
I made some adjustments to the report this month. There’s been a lot of people reach out to me wondering why I don’t list the fees for every item. I wasn’t doing this because it was time consuming and these reports already take me hours to write up. Well, I came up with a system now that I’ve got Easy Auctions Tracker to do my numbers and it didn’t take much more time to type out all the fees associated with each sale.
The people spoke and I responded!
How I do my eBay numbers
What Sells on eBay: July 2019
Sony Cassette Tapes
- Purchased From: Thrift store
- Shipping Charge: $9.45
- Shipping Cost: $7.88
- PayPal Fee: $0.78
- eBay Fees: $1.97
Levi’s Denim Jacket
- Purchased From: Yard sale
- Shipping Charge: $11.95
- Shipping Cost: $9.26
- PayPal Fee: $2.48
- eBay Fees: $4.52
Nike High Top Shoes
- Purchased From: Got these from an abandoned house in my neighborhood.
- Shipping Charge: $8.30
- Shipping Cost: $7.61
- PayPal Fee: $0.98
- eBay Fees: $2.13
Creative Fine China Butter Dish
- Purchased From: Thrift store
- Shipping Charge: $8.00
- Shipping Cost: $7.65
- PayPal Fee: $1.17
- eBay Fees: $2.74
Order Of The Cootie Vest
I had no idea what the Order of the Cootie was! You can learn more about it here.
- Purchased From: Estate sale
- Shipping Charge: $5.30
- Shipping Cost: $3.88
- PayPal Fee: $1.32
- eBay Fees: $3.23
Cobra Roller Skates
- Purchased From: Yard sale
- Shipping Charge: $10.55
- Shipping Cost: $7.91
- PayPal Fee: $1.62
- eBay Fees: $4.17
Bailey Cowboy Hat
- Purchased From: Estate sale
- Shipping Charge: $0.00
- Shipping Cost: $4.33
- PayPal Fee: $0.88
- eBay Fees: $1.83
Eastsport Fanny Pack
- Purchased From: Yard sale
- Shipping Charge: $4.81
- Shipping Cost: $3.63
- PayPal Fee: $0.95
- eBay Fees: $1.36
Timberland Beanie
- Purchased From: Another abandoned house find.
- Shipping Charge: $0.00
- Shipping Cost: $3.22
- PayPal Fee: $0.74
- eBay Fees: $1.37
Volunteer Fire Dept. Shirt
- Purchased From: Yard sale
- Shipping Charge: $5.35
- Shipping Cost: $3.96
- PayPal Fee: $0.85
- eBay Fees: $1.75
American Eagle Jeans
- Purchased From: Yard sale
- Shipping Charge: $9.45
- Shipping Cost: $7.88
- PayPal Fee: $1.30
- eBay Fees: $3.15
Pioneer SX-50 Stereo Receiver
- Purchased From: Estate sale
- Shipping Charge: $23.90
- Shipping Cost: $16.68
- PayPal Fee: $4.33
- eBay Fees: $8.54
Blackberry Bold
- Purchased From: I got this from work. They closed down an office and this was in a pile of things to be thrown away.
- Shipping Charge: $5.53
- Shipping Cost: $4.19
- PayPal Fee: $1.04
- eBay Fees: $1.57
Premium Switch Shorts
- Purchased From: Another one of my abandoned house finds.
- Shipping Charge: $9.45
- Shipping Cost: $7.88
- PayPal Fee: $1.38
- eBay Fees: $2.09
Microsoft Office 2008
The buyer said this version doesn’t work anymore. I’m not sure if they were just trying to get a refund.
- Purchased From: Yard sale
- Shipping Charge: $0.00
- Shipping Cost: $2.75
- PayPal Fee: $0.56
- eBay Fees: $0.55
Vintage AT&T Duffle Bag
- Purchased From: Estate sale
- Shipping Charge: $8.00
- Shipping Cost: $7.65
- PayPal Fee: $1.11
- eBay Fees: $2.56
Pentacon Praktica Camera
- Purchased From: Yard sale
- Shipping Charge: $11.95
- Shipping Cost: $9.26
- PayPal Fee: $1.66
- eBay Fees: $2.88
Liberty Overalls
- Purchased From: Yard sale
- Shipping Charge: $10.40
- Shipping Cost: $8.50
- PayPal Fee: $1.33
- eBay Fees: $3.24
Prisoners Of War Missing In Action Shirt
- Purchased From: Estate sale
- Shipping Charge: $4.81
- Shipping Cost: $3.63
- PayPal Fee: $0.61
- eBay Fees: $0.99
Vintage Handkerchiefs
I don’t know why I bought these… They’ve been listed for a looong time.
- Purchased From: Yard sale
- Shipping Charge: $ 4.81
- Shipping Cost: $3.63
- PayPal Fee: $0.54
- eBay Fees: $.74
Franklin Mint Carousel Pig Figurine
I need to add up how much I’ve made off these figurines. I only gave a couple dollars for over 20 of them!
- Purchased From: Yard sale
- Shipping Charge: $4.49
- Shipping Cost: $3.22
- PayPal Fee: $0.87
- eBay Fees: $1.78
Camo Aeropostale Messenger Bag
- Purchased From: This was in a pile of free stuff at a yard sale.
- Shipping Charge: $9.45
- Shipping Cost: $7.88
- PayPal Fee: $1.01
- eBay Fees: $2.23
Sony PSP With Games
- Purchased From: Yard sale
- Shipping Charge: $9.45
- Shipping Cost: $7.88
- PayPal Fee: $2.34
- eBay Fees: $2.82
Woodland BDU Military Shirt
- Purchased From: Yard sale
- Shipping Charge: $9.45
- Shipping Cost: $7.88
- PayPal Fee: $1.01
- eBay Fees: $2.23
Collectable Coca-Cola Watch
- Purchased From: Estate sale
- Shipping Charge: $4.06
- Shipping Cost: $3.09
- PayPal Fee: $0.88
- eBay Fees: $1.83
Fitbit Blaze
I could’ve gotten probably $10 more for this, but an offer came through and I was having a slow month.
- Purchased From: Yard sale
- Shipping Charge: $5.35
- Shipping Cost: $3.96
- PayPal Fee: $1.62
- eBay Fees: $4.15
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Back when I was reselling stuff on eBay, I had some cassette tapes that just wouldn’t sell. I’m unsure if they were just too low quality, or I didn’t know how to properly describe them.
And does that Blackberry even work?
Yeah, I haven’t tried selling any used cassettes. I just came across those at a thrift store and figured I’d see what I could sell them for. Shouldn’t have wasted my time on them honestly.
The Blackberry did in fact work lol. I guess people still use them?
Interesting – I used to sell on ebay but got too busy at my current job (which fortunately came with a raise) to spend much time sourcing. I always liked to stick to small items I could ship for cheap, since I had found items sell better when you include “free” shipping (which I would just bake into the cost of the item instead). I think my best flip was an MP3 player someone in Sweden bought for $40, which I paid $2 for!
Yeah the small items are nice! If it wasn’t for the money I can make by keeping my inventory as broad as possible, I’d stick to selling only small items.
That’s a nice flip with the MP3! I just sold an old cassette player for $30 plus shipping this week to another country. I do global shipping, so all I see on the shipping labels is the Kentucky shipping center address.