Garage Sale 2 Ebay

Today I would like to talk about two of my favorite methods for finding items to sell when there are no garage sales to visit. Combined and used effectively these two sites can increase your earnings dramatically and I highly recommend they are both visited at least occasionally.

The first method is actually a website that I set as my homepage. It is called slickdeals.net and you can find price mistakes and rebate combinations to get items at well below their value. To give a few examples; one time I purchased two DVD burners and for $50 - $40 instant rebate - $20 mail in rebate for a combined total of $-10. Both DVD burners then sold on eBay for $15 plus shipping each. Just recently on July 20th I purchased a TI-83PLUS for $100 - $25 instant rebate - (2) $25 rebate’s for a combined total of $25. From looking at the recently closed listing I should get $50-60 for the calculator. You will not find good deals every day from this site, however gems do come around and its nice to not miss them which is why I set this as my homepage. I highly recommend at least
book marking this site. You can also go into their forums and find MANY more deals than are listed on the homepage, however the best ones usually make it to the homepage.

The next method is auction misspelling and typo web pages. There are many of them you can find through Google, one of the ones I use is auctionblooders.com This site will help you save money by finding misspelled items on eBay. You type in any item you want to look for, and it will search for all the common misspellings of that word on eBay. I managed to get a Escort Passport 8500 X50 radar detector for over $100 the going rate on eBay, and $200 less than new in the store all because the seller spelled it “Ecsort.”
I have a friend who makes quite a good living from purely buying and reselling
items on eBay, this tool is one of his favorites.

* - If anyone else has any auction typo websites they check feel free to add
them in the comments!

I was doing some research today on the best day, and time to end an eBay auction. It was very easy to figure out the best day, I visited 12-15 sites and every single one recommended Sunday as the best day. The consensus on time was between 4-7PM PST. One of the sites polled a lot of members on various dates to figure out trends, I recomend taking a look at it Here

Well today I got my first email from a reader, exciting day huh Anyways, they were wondering how to create an eBay account. I figured wrongly when I assumed everyone who might find this page would already have an account. Anyways I will be creating a walk through on creating your very own eBay account right now. If anyone else out there has any questions from the simplest to the most complex feel free to fire them my way (chris@garagesale2ebay.com) and I’ll do my best to answer them as detailed and quickly as possible.

* - The first thing you you need to do is go to the account registration page HERE.

* - You will then need to fill out the appropriate information. Make sure you pick the eBay ID wisely, as all your listings will use this name (I suggest the name of your business). Once you agree to eBay’s terms, you will be sent an email with instructions on how to continue.

* - You will now need to register as a seller. Go to eBay’s home page and click on “Sell”.

* - On the following page, click “Sell Your Item”. You will need to have a credit card ready to continue. You may have your eBay fees charged to this card, your checking account, or a paypal account.

* - You are now finished and you can begin selling!

I found this useful article over at http://www.theauctionrebel.com This is a list of items that show up fairly frequently that most people pass by mistakenly.

1.) Adult Halloween and Holiday costumes. If the costume is in a fairly common size and its in good condition chances are it can easily fetch $50 or more while you are paying less than $10.

2.) College Textbooks. Keep in mind outdated editions of textbooks often sell for a lot less. Nearly every hardcover textbook sells for at least $50, and a good chunk can go for over $100. I don’t know how common these will show up at sales in every town, but they are frequent in mine since we have a state university.

3.) Rich Dad Poor Dad books. There are a bit more than twenty different books in this series by Robert Kuyoski. Individually they wont fetch a large price, however many of the people who have one for sale, will have many. These books easily bring $50-100 for lots of 8 and above.

4.) Bright and Early Beginning Readers for Children. Look for the Dr Seuss Reader logo on the cover, you can usually pick them up for $.25 and then sell lots of 10 or more at a time for roughly $3-5 per book.

5.) Calvin and Hobbs books. Lots of people go crazy over these books, Individuals wont sell for anything extreme, however a group of 5-10 will bring you a very good return on investment.

6.) Homeschooling material. Anything related to homeschooling sells on eBay, however A Beka is the premiere name for books and curriculum material. When you find this stuff, there is usually lots of it and for very cheap. Buy it all and sell by groups for each school grade. Its is very common for a $10 purchase to bring $80-120 or more.

7.) Precious Moments and Prairie Schooler cross stitching pattern books. I only buy these if I can find at least five or so at a time (Which is fairly common,) or if you can find any of the earlier booklets. The early ones can bring $40 and more very easily, whereas the new ones sold in a group of five or more will also bring a very nice profit.

8.) Magic Crochet magazines. There are many crochet magazines, however these are the only ones I consistently make a good return with. Groups of 10 or more will definitely have a good profit margin.

9.) Weight watchers cookbooks. Look for soft cover cookbooks that have the copyright date in the last six years. Do not spend over $1 as most of them don’t sell well individually. Some of them bring $15-25 apiece, the rest sell in a group to make a nice profit.

10.) Animorphs books, these books sell well in large lots, and are also found for sale in large groups which makes it easy. Try not to spend more than $.50 apiece and try to get as many as you can at once. Sell them in groups to make a nice profit. If you happen to see Animorphs videos, games, or any other items at a good price buy them also.