I started in november, i just hit 2k on my 90 day total sales. Thanks to youtubers like Jride flips, technsports, Flippin aint easy, shed flips, one foot flipper, and flipping junk i have a 100 item store with 40 sales in just under 2 months with a 5 a day listing habit while working a 9 to 5. also 8 positive feedback as seller and seeing 1-3 sales a day consistently for the last couple weeks. The advice these channels give is GOLD. I live by sell through rate and if not i price down until it creates a fast sell through rate. Thank you jride

bro you put me on tough. became a full time reseller in like 3-4 months with your info

Not being negative. Just letting your people know my experience. I run a repair shop so I started out with a ton of electronics and electronic parts and those frauds were about 1 in every 50 transactions. Until I started letting people know in my description I record the whole process of testing, shipping and returns. Electronics are a lot more likely to get at least fishers for refunds.

❤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

You're literally my favorite eBay youtuber. Thanks for the great content and the constant motivation! Also, imo you've broken eBay down the best of everyone. I learned the comps and sell thru rate from Ralli Roots, but it's so wholesome to hear you drill it in our heads with each video.😂 It truly is a MAJOR KEY 🔑

When you said aside, the point, I really enjoy your content. I like that you’re thorough and yeah it is a very good point. You’re utilizing as much as you can goals.

Great video. I watch a lot of these and this is probably the BEST information for newer resellers I have seen. Spot on with everything you are teaching. Thanks Jake.

Jacob! Thank you so much! I watch your videos frequently. I raced to your videos when I lost a significant amount on USPS ground advantage yesterday. You are very helpful and I appreciate you!!

I'm preparing to start selling on eBay and your video was really helpful. I just wanted to say thank you. A lot of what you said I was already thinking so your video confirmed what I was thinking. I totally agree about focusing on the customer. I've always been one of those who think of the customer I'm serving.

Excellent tip about buying on eBay to build up your reputation! This comes with perfect timing because I’ve drastically cut my purchases on Amazon now because their customer service is terrible compared to when I first bought from them 18 years ago.

You are an inspiration and I really enjoy your content. I am Ruthanne and I am the 4seasonspicker. I sold $36000 worth of product this year and my goal for 2024 is a $100000. you inspire me to do that even more. Thank you for your hard work. I am a natural born worker. And I believe that I can make this happen this year. I don't know you but I am very happy for you. Keep up the good work. I appreciate you.

I appreciate you for sharing the game & showing what's possible you inspire many bro 💯

Thank you for your content and your openness to share what you've been through.

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.

This is by far the most informational and useful video on here regarding ebay selling. I just started a couple weeks ago, just trying to get rid of old crap and make some cash. I have 53 items listed, sold 3. Made $100. I wondered why some of my stuff wasn't selling, and had questions about selling on there. You've answered all of them and then some. Thank you.

I'm a complete newbie, and I find your videos extremely helpful!! Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and wisdom!

Thanks for the advice and encouragement. I'm super excited to start my Disney resell store!

Great content Jake. 😊 I was thinking of pulling back for a while. I think I'll keep it on my radar and refine shipping, sourcing, keeping track of my inventory and so on, and shoot for q4 2024.

I appreciate all the knowledge and advice I get from this channel! I’m a newbie so it all helps a lot

Thanks for explaining realistic expectations on sells for the first little bit. I keep wondering when it’ll pick up but after you explained it the way you did it totally makes sense that eBay limits sales to a new store. I’ve watched tons of videos and so far everyone has failed to mention this.

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

So true about importance of sell through rate when sourcing. My warehouse is full of junk that I picked up a few years ago when I was clueless. Stuff I source now usually sells within 3 months.

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

As a newbie i really appreciate you breaking all this down.. good luck in all your endeavors

WOW! So glad I found you. Just starting again for the 2nd time. Thanks for such valuable info!

Thanks for all the advice. I’m retired military and was looking for something to do that I enjoy and this has been it. I’ve implemented your tools and in my first 90 days I’m already over 2K profit.

What a wonderful, wonderful video this is. I am not planning to make a business of selling on Ebay, but even so the tips made will be very helpful for the Ebay selling I plan to do. However, the stunning and most valuable thing about this video is you -- you have such a great, great heart. Anyone watching this should make sure to watch it all the way to the end.

I’ve been following since yesterday your information is mind blowing an extremely valuable

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.

thank you so much for the encouragement and great information!

I usually go thrifting with my best friend. She typically goes for women’s clothes and I typically go for men’s clothing. If I come across something she might like I give it to her and vice versa.

Thank you so much for this information! It's 100 percent real and authentic with no fluff.

I'm a new seller on Ebay. I put the cost of shipping supplies in the price of the item being sold and the buyer pays for shipping at Ebay rates. So far, this is working nicely. I never list an item without having the item pre-weighed and pre-packaged if it's hard goods. Clothing is kept sealed in a zip lock bag with the item number on the bag and packaged when sold. Thanks for your videos as they have been very helpful. Picking up high sell thru items has been a huge help to our business! 💲🤑

Jake, thank you for pointing out the "eBay island" aspect. 3 months after I retired, my former supervisor called, and asked me to please come back, because sev new hires didnt show up. (All young, which doesnt make a good statement for modern youth in the workforce.) Anyway, i returned to work for another year; then worked 3 years at state parks, because my car bit the dust and I had to replace it. Long story short, after I got my new- to-me vehicle paid off, I realized I wanted to work for myself. I got into eBay and have never looked back. 😊😊

Appreciate the info as usual, have had a couple fraudulent returns but much agreed that it doesn’t happen as often as some make it sound like lol

I was a buyer before seller and I never dragged payment out and always got delivery hassle free,no lost goods or damaged items. So without knowing that has actually helped me avoid scammers is great.

I'm a new reseller on eBay and your teaching has really kept me on how to start. Thanks....I will like to get more tips on how to complete setup the store for more visibility

Amazing channel and advice. I get a buzz sourcing items, an actual rush. I've shivered with adrenaline paying for items that were cheap only because I already know how much I will be able to flip it for. I don't sell tat, but high value items. Works well for me, keeps me out of a 9-5 office job and allows me to have more family time working from home. A scammer or courier losing my item in the post can seriously eat in to my profit margins big time though which is the only downside to my business and it has happened.

Awesome. I appreciate your advice and content.

This info is invaluable. Thank you!

This is definitely one of the better “reselling starter” video out!

Started my Ebay account today. TAKING 1 Step everyday. Thank you!

🌹📚 my notes ✒ 1:30 increase positive feedback 3:00 linear v. exponential growth 7:04 store size doesn't matter 10:58 deathpile term, overspend 12:08 sell thru rate 90 day 15:17 shipping will make or break your business 19:17 serve your customers, not the algorithm 21:45 ebay island, loneliness 24:31 start now

What a great video. Thank you so much.

Your info on shipping was presented so anyone can understand how it works so they can be accurate. I've never seen anyone else actually demonstrate it. Also, I think most people are looking at the total cost, not shipping cost only.

So glad I found your channel!! Or should I say the KZfaq algorithm did 🤑😁. Great info.

Wow Man great video! I love your passion!

Thank you for your honesty!

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.

You are a super amazing person thank you 🙏🏻

I’m new and love your advice and journey. Great!! I started following same resellers you suggested. I could add Shed Flips good team working together. Thx!

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.😊

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

There are great tips, man. Thanks.

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!

Thanks Jake another great video.

Fantastic motivating video! Thank you!

Thank you so much for your information.

Thanks Jake for the information please do more?

Great info, Thank You!

Great advice. Thank you.

Best video I have seen in months!

Great content. Thanks!

Thank you so much for this video. I am definitely on eBay island. I haven’t even seen friends in the last couple of months since I started this. And the ones I’ve talked to don’t really understand “this 16hr a day job”. Starting a KZfaq on the process of this journey in the next month. I hope it helps.

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

Like your videos and honesty

What you suggest to save in padded envelopes or small boxes to ship through post office. Is using post office boxes that are free and wrapping them with brown paper wrapping ok to do? A video on sourcing shipping stuff?

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

Great breakdown...I consider myself a pretty disciplined picker.

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.

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

Thank you.

I love these "I wish I knew these things before starting" videos usually so helpful. Also wish I started sooner back when I had a job and extra income, wasted so much time.

I've had more returns the past week than I've had sales this week so now I'm in the red with them this week. I sell clothes and I provide measurements. My return rate has been about 3% for the past 3 years. I've had so many returns this week that it bumped my overall return rate to 7%

When looking at sell-through rate, how far back in time can a seller see in the eBay app? Is this time span something that can be changed in settings? In my very limited experience, the Solds don't go far back -- maybe a couple of months. I would love to see more like one year's worth of Solds. Also, how do you get the juicy eBay trending stats that you share in your videos? And I agree with the eBay Island factor. It can be a drag, even though I am an introvert. Thank you for your content -- much respect!

Had a similar experience with renting an item. Sold a Sony Handycam before the Christmas and last week received the item back stating they found one at a cheaper price. Frustrating, yes, but relisted and sold within a day! Let's hope I don't see it again 🙂

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

I do my own postage instead of using eBay for one thing I don't have a printer and I just kind of guessed that the price what it's going to cost from other stuff that I have sold and most the time I come out ahead sometimes I lose a few bucks but our post office won't tell me how to figure the postage cuz they say it depends on how far it goes well you don't know that until you have a buyer

I bought and then sold sports cards like you to get my feedback up. List great items at first. Get them sold. Over a year of selling...over 1,000 items sold finally had my first return request. Shipped a very well packaged diploma holder, but unfortunately it got slightly damaged on delivery. Buyer requested a return and sent a pic of the damage. No problem. I accepted the return but then they left me neutral feedback (that ebay refused to remove but I am ok with that) stating basically they were too lazy to return the item and just wanted a refund. It is what it is.

I have 56 listed with 42 sales!

When it comes to focusing on asking listed vs focusing on sales goals those are kind of hand in hand but it rewrite understanding all through rate. The best advice is to find your MINIMUM acceptable sell through rate and then you a target of listed items that are all at that minimum or higher. If you do that and researched your STR properly than the sales will follow the listing quantity Also, recommending people only look for items for 100+% str is absurd, I've been trolling for years and do well, but I could go months without finding a single 100% str item that's profitable

I’ve sold 1.9k items and include a handwritten personal thank you card in every one. (Except media mail, that’s a no no). I’ve found that my customers really appreciate this - they’re less likely to get upset if they’re slightly unhappy, I get wonderful feedback and sometimes it makes their day. Because it’s time consuming during shipping I’ve started to pre write cards leaving a space to write in the item so it’s personal. Pack of 8 thank you cards at dollar tree are still just $1.

Thank You! :)

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

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

Your videos are excellent

What about needing to filter from new to used that also changes sell through rate, no?

Hahah, I love everything you said on this. Except the very end when you said it's the same as losing weight. I challenge you to read Fast, Feast Repeat and Obesity Code. The calories in calories out model is not that simple. You'd be surprised at the scientific evidence out there!! Thank you though. I just want to pay for Disneyland in the spring and see where it takes me!!! I also love that we are helping out landfills. I am going to start here soon. Wish me luck. EEEEEK

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

Thanks helps alot

Hey man great video, I’ve been struggling recently and the fees eBay are charging now are getting too much for me, mainly because of values dropping, what’s the take on eBay selling items now with the final value fees and promoted listing fees are off the total price Inc VAT, where’s as before it was fees based on the sale price not the total including VAT?? It’s honestly screwing me right now

Thank you..

I started selling 2/10. Im learned in this almost month...to not buy certain things. Seems like people love buying tennis shoes and casual shoes really fast but i got to step it up

I went to the bins today. 😊

Very good show

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

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

Do you source through online auctions? What's your favorite place to find great stuff. We're going everywhere right now. We've done well so far. Up to about $1000 a month after only 3 months but it seems like it is increasing each month. We just need more storage space!

Hey I know you said keep listing and you will get more sales. But what I’m trying to understand is you also said having a lot of items listed and 2 or 3 sales is not a good look. What do you do not to end up like that if I’m at 33 list with 10 sold. I ended up listing more after my 8th sale everyday. What do I do to keep listing but not end up stacking so much? Do I delete some of the old ones or what? Im listing used auto parts.

I agree that selling to the customer is correct. But I also do a lot of customer service. Letting them know i dropped off their package, letting the know hey I see your package is arriving today. I also tell them if they could rate my store whether bad or good. Nothing but 10/10 ratings on shipping, communication etc. I do not do returns and do flat rate shipping. When they want it they want it as long as it is a good product.