Have you tried this source for eBay inventory? Hint: You don't need to leave your home.

[love2beselling]

Posting this here for all us hardworking sellers.

We’re always running around to find amazing inventory, but have you tried kicking back on your couch and browsing with the eBay app? You can score big by spotting undervalued gems from casual sellers just looking to make a few bucks, and folks that have created lots because they want to get stuff sold fast.

So, do you shop eBay for inventory? If you haven’t, give it a try, you'll be amazed at the goodies that are listed!

[sreu3058]

I do not shop EBay for inventory.  I do purchase items from EBay from certain sellers, yes.

There are wholesalers who have such coveted material/ talent/ products/ skills/ value,

that they hold live sales on Instagram, and have a large audience vying for items shown one at a time, and whomever types ‘me!’ first, gets the product.

[gurlcat]

How do you have so many adorable CAT cards????  -They all appear to be by the same artist too. 

[hartungcards]

"How do you have so many adorable CAT cards????"

I was always running around to find amazing inventory, but then I tried kicking back on my couch and browsing with the eBay app.  If you haven’t, give it a try, you'll be amazed at the goodies that are listed!

Just don't expect anything to work right on the app.

[tools*]

The 30-40% in fees (Final value fee, sales tax, shipping cost) when you buy on eBay and the 30-40% in fees when you sell means that the eBay of today is barely viable as a source.

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

@love2beselling 

I agree and have for many years, fact I have 2 packages on the way here now. 

[hartungcards]

I'm pretty sure that the sales tax and shipping cost that you pay when you buy on eBay are not "fees," at least not "fees" charged by eBay.  And I was not aware that buyers pay a FVF on their purchases either.  This is why I come here, I learn something new every day.

[tools*]

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@hartungcards wrote:

I'm pretty sure that the sales tax and shipping cost that you pay when you buy on eBay are not "fees," at least not "fees" charged by eBay.  And I was not aware that buyers pay a FVF on their purchases either.  This is why I come here, I learn something new every day.

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All fees are factored into the purchase price of something for sale on eBay, unless of course the seller doesn't know better.

[love2beselling]

Good for you

[fbusoni]

@hartungcards 

See the can of worms in the bottom right corner?

That's my BBL.  

[luckythewinner]

So, do you shop eBay for inventory?

I do it all the time. 

I just make sure I do not use the same account to sell it. 

I once bought 500 35mm slides for $100, and two weeks later I sold sold 2 of the slides for $125.

[bashort]

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@love2beselling wrote:

Posting this here for all us hardworking sellers.

We’re always running around to find amazing inventory, but have you tried kicking back on your couch and browsing with the eBay app? You can score big by spotting undervalued gems from casual sellers just looking to make a few bucks, and folks that have created lots because they want to get stuff sold fast.

So, do you shop eBay for inventory? If you haven’t, give it a try, you'll be amazed at the goodies that are listed!

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I used to do a whole lot of it, I used to search my fav category, auctions only, ending soonest with no key words and set and watch a endless stream of potential new inventory scroll by, I sometimes would do this for hours sometimes making many bids, ebay ended the ability to search like that some time ago.

Also I used to buy a lot from basically a business owner setting up a ebay account to liquidating a  business, ebay ended that gravy train also by making it impossible for a new ebay seller to sell any quantity.

anymore I rarely even try

[itsjustasprain]

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@luckythewinner wrote:

I once bought 500 35mm slides for $100, and two weeks later I sold sold 2 of the slides for $125.

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Just curious: what was the subject of those slides?

I have seen properly preserved Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides (cool dry storage in either their original boxes or carousel slide trays) that were photographed as far back as the 1950s and the color rendition is still dead nuts PERFECT. They look like they were photographed yesterday.

[luckythewinner]

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@itsjustasprain wrote:

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@luckythewinner wrote:

I once bought 500 35mm slides for $100, and two weeks later I sold sold 2 of the slides for $125.

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Just curious: what was the subject of those slides?

I have seen properly preserved Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides (cool dry storage in either their original boxes or carousel slide trays) that were photographed as far back as the 1950s and the color rendition is still dead nuts PERFECT. They look like they were photographed yesterday.

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They were music artists. The two I mentioned were promotional photos of Barbra Streisand.