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Like many others here, I do eBay part time and work a day job. Lately I’ve been feeling the burn to go full time eBay. I don’t know how much more of the beuracracy I can take of a desk job. I feel like I’m wasting 50% of my life while sitting at work. The only thing that keeps me there is my very healthy paycheck.
I admire the folks on here posting awesome numbers over 2k a week in sales. If I could do that, I could definitely leave my day job behind.
Anyways, back to the mind numbing grind. I feel better venting a bit. Please keep sharing your numbers you amazing overachievers – you are building my confidence that I can do the same if I had the additional time.
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That makes two of us! My wife and I both work full-time jobs, for good companies, with great benefits, and good pay. Really tough to get to the point of replacing that income, but we’re focusing on demolishing our debts with our ebay income, and going to go from there.
I feel your pain, but for us, I can see light at the end of the tunnel. We’ve made a plan, and are hoping to be job-free in about five years…
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I’m right there with both of you. I had made an agreement with the hubby that if we got the majority of the house paid off and I could replace my income in eBay sales there would be no reason not to make the switch. I too have great benefits and the pay will be difficult to match when all the benefits are considered, but with the house payment gone, I shouldn’t need the full pay covered anyway. I had a short test of eBay focus this morning while I was at home with a sick child and it was my most productive morning, eBay or work, for a long time. I’m thinking this will be another 7 years for me. We are wrapping up construction on the house and will be refinancing into a 15 year mortgage in the Spring. Count down starts then! I’ll keep gaining motivation from all the awesome sales others are posting!
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We’ve got a countdown calendar/clock on our phones as motivation towards our goal. Currently at 1945 days (my wife’s 46th birthday). We’ve started having quarterly “business meetings” to make sure we’re on track and staying focused. We’ve been selling on ebay for almost a year now, and definitely see the potential. Currently at 813 listings on our main account, and 59 on a second account. Pushing for 1000+ total by New Years.
If all goes as planned, we’ll be debt free (with the exception of our home) in about a year. Then we can bank cash and pay down the mortgage for a few years before pulling the trigger and moving somewhere slower/cheaper/quieter…
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I had already cut the cord to my “real job” before seriously starting Ebay. I find it difficult to bring in more than 2-3K per month, even though I can spend as much time as I want to, probably because I just list what I like to list. And I make Ebay a secondary priority, after homemaking and other commitments. I would caution against giving up a job you need until you have a wise plan like many of you already do. That said, it sure beats working a job that you hate. That is no way to live, dreading every Mon-Fri and living for fleeting weekends and holidays. In that case, if you can pay the bills and live w/o the benefits, it might be worth taking the plunge. Pray for guidance!
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I started eBay end of Aug 2015, I have been doing eBay full time since I was “let go” from my job Oct 15 2015. Thankfully I am debt free so that relieves a lot of stress. My sales are actually down 12% from last year this time as a new full time eBayer. I believe the economy is going to improve and selling will be back on track soon.
I am also having pictures disappear. Very frustrating. I have told Facebook eBay for business 3 times with a reply of they have copied my steps with no problems so it must be my way of storing pictures?? I use Google Chrome, they suggested that might be the problem?? They suggested I clear cookies once a week. I upload pictures to my desktop computer and use eBay multiple lister. Also have found if I bulk edit my pictures will disappear – but its random. I agree it is unacceptable since paying for a service that is not working properly but what do I do? -
I am nearly ready to go part time full time, if that makes any sense. I work full time now and am grateful for the job as the firm has been good to me for many years. My spouse retired three months ago and I have health insurance through her retirement benefits. We paid off the house a year ago and we are debt free I just need to figure when I can retire as unlike her I won’t have a monthly annuity. But, when I do retire, I don’t think I’ll be “working” or putting in 40 hours a week on ebay, instead it will be my main focus rather than the day job. Certainly retirement will be within the next 18 months and perhaps as soon as within the next six months. I relish the day when I can go to a local thrift store anytime I want, drive alleys at twilight the night before trash day and take short mid week road trips to scavenge in near by cities.
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I have been on Ebay and involved in reselling since 2000. But I felt this burning desire to get a ‘real job’. So I got myself a masters degree and ‘real job’. Never really stopped selling on Ebay because I loved it. After 10 years at the ‘real job’, I am going back to reselling full time this summer.
If you don’t control your time and more and more of your time is being taken away from you to save a company/institution money/make them more money, it is time to redefine what you consider to be a ‘real job’.
I feel like I am jumping off a cliff with my eyes closed, but my husband has a good job, we are paying off a tremendous amount of debt every month. I get paid for three months I don’t work in the summer. Life is short. I am jumping. I did something very similar to this when I was about 8 years old, sitting on the shed with a blanket around my neck. That actually didn’t turn out so well, and I can’t believe I am back in that spot. I know I am jumping, I am just not sure what the end results will be.
Best wishes to everyone else thinking about making the jump!
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