Building Your eBay Inventory For A Full Time Income

Maybe you sell on eBay to bring in an alternative source of income. Not really bringing in a full time wage, but enough to where you’re ready to kick it up a notch.

If you have plans to earn a full time income on eBay, you’ll have to build up your inventory – and savings in order to maintain the volume of sales to get you to the next level.

Take a good look at what is working for you currently. For example, if you’ve been doing this part time for a while, one skill that you may already be excelling in, is selling gently used items from around your home. It could be gently used appliances, clothing, toys..etc.

Have you already developed a well tuned eye for what sells on eBay in the “gently used” department? If so, then expand on it! Use your skills to your advantage to build the inventory in your store to purchase some new hot products that are selling on eBay.

One way you can do this is by helping others. Take their gently used items off their hands and flip it for profits on eBay. You can offer them a set amount for each product or a percentage. Most times, people are just so happy to get things out of the house, and any amount is appreciative. Use your discretion, making sure you take into consideration listing fees and final value fees.

Help friends go through their kids piles of toys and books, writing down each one. Take a day to research them, and break out their items into different piles

Donate–  Toys that may not be complete, broken or anything that may not be worth selling after you perform your research.

eBay – Can include complete sets of books, working toys in good condition, gently used clothing, games etc..products you are familiar with selling or anything that you’ve researched giving you a good return on your investment.

Craigslist– Utilize Craigslist for another alternate stream of income. Mostly, for delicate, big and/or heavy items that you really don’t want to risk shipping. The turn around time is usually pretty fast.

Hand-Me-Down – Items that will be donated to schools, family and/or friends.

You can go at your own speed. You can learn as you go.

Offer pick-up for your items or have a secure location where you can drop them off.

 This is just one way to boost your income with little investment.

Happy Selling!