Scavenger Life

Trash to Cash. A podcast about making a living on eBay.

Scavenger Life Episode 19: What’s Happening In Your eBay Store This Week?

We sold a lamp from our eBay store to the set designer of Mad Men. And look, there it is!

Jay and Ryanne talk about an exciting week in their eBay store. Seeing a mid-century lamp debut on Ted’s desk on Mad Men a few months after it was purchased by Mad Men set designer Claudette Didul. Also, after many years of putting everything at Fixed Price, Buy It Now, they decide to put a necklace on auction and it grosses enough to pay their mortgage for a month!

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Scavenger Life Episode 18: How to Sell on eBay. Tips for Beginners.

The best way to get started on eBay is to clean your closet and sell some of your own stuff.

Mikey and Ryanne discuss the long list of tips for new eBay sellers. There is a huge learning curve of stuff to avoid and remember and this podcast will explain it all from shipping to descriptions. We tell you how to follow other ebayers, where to source your items, how to avoid being a hoarder, avoiding the post office and much more!

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Scavenger Life Episode 17: What’s Happening In Your eBay Store This Week?

Fixed price or Make Offer? Ryanne says Fixed Price for jean jackets works! Doesn’t she look happy about that?

Ryanne and Mikey discuss what is happening in their eBay worlds this week. Mikey’s bones got returned, Ryanne’s coat hanger sale goes wrong and we are now in the iTunes store. Plus an update on global shipping.

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Scavenger Life Episode 16: Research

Terapeak, Worthpoint, eBay completed listings. What works for you?

How do you research your eBay merchandise before listing it? Do you watch other ebayers, use Terapeak, or scan the completed listings? Jay and Mikey discuss what tools they like to use, don’t use and would really like someone to invent. Figuring out price and keywords is definitely an art. Learn more about it in the episode.

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Scavenger Life Episode 15: What’s Happening In Your eBay Store This Week?

Mikey sold some real animal bones for some real dough on his eBay store!

Jay and Mikey discuss what’s going in their stores and the eBay world at large this week. Jay went on vacation and sold some stuff while thrifting in Florida. Mikey and Wendy broke 1,000 items in their store. Jay and Mikey are now interested in the extreme early retirement scene. Jay talks about living without health insurance after cutting his hand. eBay is still fighting the online sales tax, but just how will that work out? Tune in to learn more.

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Scavenger Life Episode 14: Wendy and Mikey’s eBay Lifestyle

eBay as a lifestyle allows us a lot of freedom. We get to do other things like grow food!

Wendy and Mikey talk about what it’s like living the eBay scavengers lifestyle. Sitting on the beach, but still selling stuff. Visiting new places and having the perfect excuse to explore a city through yard sales. Living in the waste stream can be extremely fun, satisfying and profitable.

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Scavenger Life Episode 13: What’s Happening In Your eBay Store This Week?

Even selling stuff that’s broken can be a success on eBay. Full disclosure is the key!

Mikey and Wendy get real honest about what they should keep and what they should sell on eBay when they open their tool shed and it’s filled up to the hilt. So far, so good- they’ve been selling tools, even broken ones, for a good profit. That’s the beauty of eBay, it’s one of the best recycling resources in the world.

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Scavenger Life Episode 12: Ryanne and Jay’s eBay Lifestyle

Hey, I’m hanging at the beach, but my eBay store is still selling!

Jay and Ryanne talk about what it is to live the eBay lifestyle. Always on the hunt, always scavenging, but also always selling. Even when we travel to look for cool stuff, visit family or do freelance work, our store is open and ready for business.

This episode brought to you by all sizes of Sharpie markers. I’ve recently bought the Sharpie Magnum and it’s brilliant at covering print on old boxes for shipping.

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Scavenger Life Episode 11: What’s Happening In Your eBay Store This Week?

eBay’s Global Shipping Program- only time will tell if it helps our customers.

Jay and Ryanne discuss one of the biggest topics of their ebay store this week- eBay’s new Global Shipping program. Will it help or hurt their business? Only time will tell.

This episode brought to you by all types of shoe polish. We mentioned cleaning and polishing about 200+ pairs of shoes this last week. These are the tools to do it!

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