Ebay is very different though people are used to typing in what size, color and type of garment they are looking for and willing to even pay for shipping. The children and I and sometimes Chris began shopping at the Goodwill Outlet several times a week for the specific purpose of finding items to sell for a profit.
Our Goodwill Outlet is only 10 minutes away and conveniently located next to Aldi, Walmart and the Farm Park so I am always over there anyway. The cost for clothing there is $1.39 per pound. The household items and toys are all $.59 per pound. With those prices most shirts are around $.70 and pants about $1.50 so even selling for $10 or so will turn a $7-8 profit.
I do charge shipping to the buyer. I weigh the package from home with a food scale and print the label right from our printer. I stick the item in a polymailer, then I just stick it in the mailbox and wait for the mailman to pick it up each day =). In the last few months I have scaled back my shopping greatly and have only gone a few times each month instead of a few times each week. My sales earn us play money for impromtu trips to chick fil a and such, allow us to be more generous in gift giving, and we have even used the extra money for unexpected car repairs that would have otherwise had to go on a credit card. It has been an overall fun and rewarding experience for the whole family. The hardest part is photographing, measuring and listing everthing especially with alot of littles who apparently want to get listed on Ebay..lol.
There are tons of videos on YouTube if you want to learn more =).
2 comments:
I love this! They must not have these in Kansas though. I feel like our goodwill prices are high. They seriously smell namebrand things for minimum $5.99 and then it just goes up.
Our home is way too small for this though. I’m so burnt out on stuff that I’m giving away what I could make money on even though we are poor in the worlds eyes. It’s a hard balance for me to find. Plus it really is a lot of work to sell things so kudos to you!
And thanks for the new posts...lol...even if I’m the only one reading! Ha!
Yes, regular Goodwill prices are horrible and you would really have to have a keen eye for upscale items to turn a worth while profit shopping regular prices, I am not all that savvy on what is what and we mostly will pick up new with tags items and sports teams, if we didn't have a garage I couldn't do this either with our living space..lol. Stuff does weigh you down for sure I have a hard time not buying too much stuff for our family at these rock bottom prices!!
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