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Hello. I’ve posted once here some many months ago in a numbers thread with high spirits about my ride to the moon on my eBay sales, but now I’m back in reality and decided its a good time to start sharing numbers for my eBay store. I started it in 2021 and sales have been up and down and then way down after I picked up consignment.
- Total Items Listed: 808
- New items Listed: 19
- Items Sold: 27 (+9)
- Items Returned: 0
- Gross Sales: $406.13 (+$155.67)
- Cost of Goods Sold: $64.04
- Consignment Owed: $8.86
- Net Profit: $333.23 (+$165.01)
My sales aren’t the best but I’ll just keep moving forward and listing my own inventory. I’ve made less than $500 from consignment in the last 6 months from 2 weeks of work sorting through items and creating 200-300 listings… and now I’m thinking it might not be for me as the stuff I’ve sold I could’ve bought for less. It was nice getting stuff for free and things I wouldn’t normally sell but it’s a lot to manage. And managing a consignors expectations is a LOT of work. Not the type of work I enjoy.
Hello, new here to the forum but decided it was as good a time as any to start posting some of my numbers.
I’ve been selling on Ebay as a hobby since early 2000s and started taking it seriously in 2021. I sell everything and anything I can get for cheap and have been learning as I go. I also buy the lots no one wants at auctions and leave with a fully packed car. An auctioneer has already told me “you dont spend much but you always leave with a lot!” It’s a lot of work hauling it all, and I’m usually the last person to leave because it takes so long to pack, but I’ve had some good wins in these lots and a lot of 10-30 sales. Spending $1 and my time (which is cheap right now) to make a couple hundred awesome. Being able to get a return like that with the small cash flow I have has allowed me to get a years worth of inventory in a a couple weekends.
Theres a lot I see being undervalued that could very well sell for more in the future, like VHS’s and depression glass. Just this last year I probably got 7 totes worth of depression glass no one wanted, and some the auctioneer put in my pile for free as a joke because I was the only one buying “junk”. Some of the pieces are crystal and look to sell for a good amount. This glassware stores insanely well, lasts forever, and I am willing to gamble my dollars on a box of depression glass to see if they rise in demand in the next 10-15 years. My up-front cost is a dollar and the effort I make hauling it to the basement. I’d rather do this than support the stock market.
I’m also seeing a lot of older party glassware like serving trays and punch bowls / glasses that are going for next to nothing. People may not be having parties now but maybe that will change in the next 5 years.
There’s definitely a lot of opportunity in buying the unpopular items. Reading this forum really drove that point home for me, so thank you jay and rayanne.
This week I shipped out 20 items and while my profit is still under $400 it continues to pick up as I list more expensive items. Up until recently I listed mostly small and inexpensive stuff, and kept a low number of active listings of 100-250. This last year had unexpected events that kept me from listing but now that things have normalized I’m able to do real work, listing daily.
See you all around the forum. It’s inspirational to follow everyone’s numbers.
