/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>52697318
knobs and pulls

>>52697318
hand-crafted US civil war figurines

>>52697318
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>>52698519
Take your meds schizo

>>52697318
niggers

>>52697318
my feet pics

>>52697318
sports memorabilia

>>52697318
niggers

parakeet feathers that I collect when cleaning the cage

Trading cards, concert tickets, and egirl socks

>>52697318
Shit i find for cheap.

I'm into three niches. One is very reliable. One is a bit more scarce. And the other is just for fun mainly. I sell more than that but I generally focus on three.

>>52701218
How did you figure out which niches to sell in?

>>52701385
The fun one is diecast cars which is something I've been collecting already. The big one is clothing which I'm just copying youtubers. The other is just clearance stuff from stores. That one is more intensive because I have to scan just about everything. Just start with things you already know and just read reddit and watch youtube for ideas on new niches.

>>52701530
Thanks anon you've helped me more than you know. When it comes to clothing I'm assuming it's women's clothes? Have you been able to make a living off your arbitrage?

>>52701599
Men's. Sadly no I'm very small time and I still wagie and live with my parents.

>>52701710
I'm surprised that it's men's clothes! That gives me hope because I know nothing of what women like as far as textiles or cosmetics. I have a good sense for men though. Thanks for your help anon and good luck out there.

>>52697318
My farts in a jar

I use AI to pretend I'm an e-girl and I plug my link to simps in private chats

>>52697318
Creepshots of greta thunberg

>>52701775
Why not just do normal e-whore scams?

vaginas

>>52697318
Stolen goods and found objects.

>>52701812
>no tits
>no feminine features whatsoever
>take away the hair and would look like a boy
what's the appeal?

>>52701827
Where do you find/steal goods from without getting caught?

>>52697318
i buy junk cars or cars that were in accidents that are beyond repair for extremely cheap and part them out. I buy some cars for $50 and make that just on the stereo. I usually pay about $350. it's honestly easy fucking money. just takes a bit to build a rep and once that happens shit just flies off the shelf. i have repeat customers

>>52701816
I will probably expand into other venues this was just my first idea

cleared 345k last year

>>52701909
What site do you use? How do you find marks?
>>52701900
Checked. Who do you sell to? Businesses or consumers?

>>52701984
poker and chess websites, then I bring them to a private chat website

>>52701865
>Be central casting all American white male.
>Hate society
>Hate Jews
It's pretty easy. Archetype and stereotype. I look like the guy people trust with the keys. Understand inventory control and loss prevention.

>>52697318
second hand /biz posts

>>52702008
Men really respond to a "female" AI on a poker/chess website? Jesus how dumb are they?

>>52701984
both. why does that metric even matter to you? not being a dick either i just don't know what knowing that would help. i don't really target anyone in particular. for what it's worth i have autoshops that order from me and just regular people and they could be ordering on behalf of an autoshop i would have no way to know in those cases.

>>52702063
I've been looking at expanding into flipping cars and I don't know much about the auto parts market. I was asking because I'm curious if you've set up a B2C or B2B style business. I asked that because you said you had to "build up a reputation."

>>52701599
Back in the day I used to make about $80k a year on ebay. But they got greedy. Now with shipping fees and Amazon setting free shipping standard, it us impossible to make any real money unless you have a clear line to some goods. I used to buy 30 - 40 pallets at a time from a place called Genco. But the market is over saturated at this point. You are better off finding something else. I recommend trying to start a business groo.ing dogs or a daycare. Even care.com might be a good spot. Some people make $30 an hour. Ebay is too much stress and too little reward.

>>52702089
i meant the reputation on the site by having good feedback. i just take pictures of the parts and list them, I don't really consider myself a business man so if there's some proper way to list business-to-business vs business-to-consumer im not sure. i just found a field i was knowledgeable in from being a mechanic for 20 years and started listing shit on ebay on the side while i was working. eventually was making double and then triple my paycheck so i quit my job and do this now. my shop would buy from ebay all the time, and I even sold to my boss without him even knowing.

>>52702223
>I even sold to my boss without him knowing.
Holy based.

>>52702159
I'm getting a lot of returns lately because retards can't read descriptions. I can't even dispute returns anymore which is fucked. Plus uncle sam is going to tax my $600 or more in profits this year. Good thing i always keep detailed records of my expenses for deduction purposes

>>52701849
>no feminine features whatsoever
>what's the appeal?

That's exactly the appeal. It fulfills gay boys gay sex fantasy without it being gay.

>>52697318
human foreskins i think

>>52701072
I just thought up a pretty good business thanks to your post

I make $1500-6000 a month flipping stuff online and I won't share a single ounce of wisdom on the matter with you guys because I've never learned anything from this board that has made me any money.

>>52702596
Larp or an asshole.

>>52702596
how do you deal with the customers that are just trying to scam you out of a product. I used to sell new in box items. The shit was factory sealed, but i'd still get customers saying the shit didn't work and I was responsible. When pressed to send it back for a refund, they'd send back the same product but one that had been used for months/years. Often times it wasn't even the same color i sold.

>>52702596
Based. Only thing this place wants to give you is their shitty crypto bags

japanese animated monster cards that have been around for a while. most popular one is usually the red dragon with fire on its tail

Do you guys have more success with free shipping or including shipping?

Like is a person more likely to buy a $40 dollar item with $8 shipping or a $48 dollar free shipping item?

>>52702667
i rarely get returns. maybe 2 for every 100 items sold. and no i wont say what i sell.

>>52697318
Nothing. It's filling up with Nigerians. So it's pretty much inevitable you'll get a PayPal and ebay refund request through as a minimum.

Forget about ever actually getting the item back.

>>52704063
if you do free shipping and customer decides to do a return, then you have to pay for the return shipping label...BUT if you charge a shipping price on your item and the customer wants to return, then the customer will have to pay for the return shipping.

>>52704089
Didn't know that, haven't ever actually had a return though.

>>52704116
but adding shipping is a better way to recognize your profits. you can then create promotional discounts or sales in your store. doing free shipping and then activating a 10% discount is dumb because you will be losing more money since the actual shipping price isn't excluded.

>>52702223
How do you deal with storage and the vehicles? Do you own a junkyard? I am a full time EBay seller and sell car parts from time to time but I never had the space to bring in multiple vehicles. Any tips for easily testing car stereos?

>>52697318
scams mostly, earning 3-400€ per month

>>52697318
Ur mums cooch lolololol

>>52704344
What type of scams? Who are the easiest targets?

>>52697318
Vinyl records, clothes and about to get into selling books since I get them 4 for 25 cents at the quarter store. I am done slaving for jews except my way. I run the show at my house and just have to deal with fees. about to get to listing some vinyl and clothes today. haven't listed much this week and that is def the most important thing to do. list every day.

>>52702159
>Ebay is too much stress and too little reward.
zero stress and lots of reward. you just have to know where to get stuff cheap and the motivation to list it all.

>>52704088
you're a dumb nigger. paypal isn't even involved with ebay any longer and hasn't for a while. and the buyer doesn't even get a refund until I get the item back and approve that I got the item. you're just a dumb nigger though. I've never not gotten my item back and I've done this since 2019.

>>52702596
this but I will tell you niggers my niche. vinyl records I get for 25 cents or less in lots. clothes I get at the quarter store for a quarter and now books that I get 4/25 cents. check m8 niggers. I am never going back to a normal job. working from home and luckily I have a big barn/storage building that I horde inventory in and will eventually turn into a full blown ebay barn warehouse. feels gud

I don’t want to spread what I sell but I’ve made about 80k in the last 2 years, last few months have been really slow and I’ve been extremely busy with a wedding, a baby on the way, and a new job.

If anyone has questions go ahead and ask, but I’m not gonna share what exactly I sell. The profit margins are insane for me and the effort is very low.

What you mainly want to know if it’s worth it is if you have time (10+ hours a week minimum), if you have a product (or particular way to get certain products at cheap) and your expenses compared to profits.

eBay has about 16% in fees, and then you’re taxed another 16-20% on your entire net so adjust for that too. The only reason I continue to use eBay is due to the huge amount of retards and fools on there, easy sales.

>>52707207
Oh here’s a snapshot of my sales last 90 days. Very very low.

>>52702667

I went through the same. Take a video of you boxing the item, showing the serial number and showing you putting it into the box. Seal it up and mail the item.

When they try to pull the scam you offer the video to EBay in the dispute. You will win and they get kicked off eBay.

I won 2 disputes this year

>>52701072
I've bought from ebay for a long time. Is it hard to sell without a rating? Also, is there a trading card general?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/cwmg.2021/m.html?LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2046732.m1684
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/clickclickshopper/m.html?LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2046732.m1684
These guys automate drop shipping from Amazon to eBay and make £1300/£1500 + a month (if you assume £1 profit per sold item).
eBay has a lot of stupid buyers who are unable to shop around for a better price.

This guy https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385044469034?
/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aqua-Optima-Temperature-Microplastics-AUH011/dp/B09N9P549Q
has made around £900 (£26 profit per sold * 34) on this one item.
Head over to priceyak, start listing. Ignore buyers when they ask why they received a box with Amazon's logo on it and start cashing checks.

>>52707207
>>52707249
>>52707207
Congrats on the baby , I just started to help with grocery's and am doing like 260$ on my first month lmao

Question: What carrier would you suggest , and should you be using ebays supplied labels? Also what is the key to keeping inventory or is finding a certain product better, if so how do yo supply that niche. Thank you & Enjoy your holidays!

>>52707207
do you make most of your profits in clothes?

>>52698562
Post nose

>>52697318
Silver bars. You get way more than the market price

ive been selling on ebay professionally since i was in 8th grade and i'm 31 now. never had a real job. no one who has a profitable ebay business is going to tell you what they sell though for fear of more competitors

I do it part time but mostly I resell hard to find books. Like for example this 40k book was released about a year ago which cost MSRP and now you can't find it anywhere so people charge like 79.99 for them.

>>52708546
As >>52708851
stated I’m not gonna reveal what I sell my friend

>>52708533
Just compare products and find something you can get in abundance frequently, and how to store depends on you’re living situation or financial situation. Also eBay shipping labels are fine, I use them to make it easy but there’s probably a cheaper way.

What about getting cheap shipping supplies like tape, shipping pouches and label pouches? That shit at Walmart is too expensive.

>>52697318
N64 games

>>52709390
I use my company card to purchase shipping supplies

>>52704063
On small cheap things it's free shipping. On most of my stuff though it's separate shipping. Mainly I just look at what everyone else is doing and copy that.

>>52707249
That's a very nice sell through rate.

>>52708851
Holy shit those are some serious goals. I'm at 1/4 that amount so far.

>>52709390
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GR5XCW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1 is what I've been getting. I like the Duck brand tape. Amazon and ebay are where I get all of my supplies except bubble wrap, that's just from walmart.

>>52709154
Any tips on how to actually find products to sell? Can you share any tools or anything you use?

>>52708851
I have been a seller on FBA for 8 years. I have made enough money to live cozy along with part time bartending. Last year Amazon raped my listings. I had a competitor claim I was selling their products. Without even investigating me they disabled my listings, gutted my reviews, and my rankings suffered. It took almost 3 months to get my listings reinstated. They basically told me it was an oops on their part. I am done selling on Amazon after a year trying to climb back to where I was. I went from doing $600-$800 in sales to $40-$80. Is ebay a good place to migrate to? How do you like packaging your own products? How do you save money on cardboard/shipping yourself? I want my NEET lifestyle back brother. I have saved enough, and invested enough to be chill for several years, but I got genuine enjoyment out of selling tons of my 5 star product. My customers loved my products, and I felt rewarded when I would innovate.

>>52711292
Did you buy cheap on alibaba?

>>52711271
Best advice I can give you my friend is find something you’re knowledgeable in, or willing to research to learn, and find something either easy to find for you, easy to create, or easy to resell. Plenty of ideas in the thread and I suggest you look around you or think over what you can possibly offer.

>>52711103
I was having much better traffic last year. Thanks though

>>52708851
Similar situation. I will not reveal my secrets.

Been doing Fba for 5 months now averaging 3k in sales 50% margins. I will get to $10k per month in 2023. Most work will be outsourced.

>>52711292
i fucking hate selling on amazon, i did it for a while a couple years ago but most of the categories were gated where i couldn't list stuff under them and I listed a few of my old college books on there and they were taking like 40% of the sale price in fees

Lego sets (sealed and used)
Old collectibles around my house
Sold a bunch of purses and handbags recently (because Poshmark has 20% fee, while ebay is 15%)
Video games

Recently I sold mostly Christmas Ornaments, since my family hasn't celebrated Christmas in over a decade, and my parents aren't even religious anymore. My mom used to collect Christopher Radko ornaments and they were worth quite a lot.

I've made about 30k total on ebay this year before taxes between selling lego sets, christmas ornaments and other miscellaneous things.

>>52708851
As a Powerseller I'm highly impressed

>>52708440
>priceyak
interesting. how much do u make per month?

>>52704175
i have quite a bit of land and I do have my own mini junkyard. I have a 2 pole barns that I store the parts in. i am friends with the owner of a junkyard we dealt with and he takes them. they have a car crusher and im assuming they sell the scrap metal to a recycling place. tips on the stereo would be if it doesnt work and it's not an internal fuse or dirty pins I would just toss it. newer radios can be tricky if you dont have the antitheft code. everyone's threshhold is different but sometimes the juice aint worth the squeeze and it's best to just take anything that is in good condition and leave the rest.

I sell Pokemon cards with little white spots on the back that would usually sell as EXC, fixing them with a blue marker to make them look NM.
It works insanely good, I found a water based blue marker that it's the exact same color. 99,99% of the card I sell will never be inspected with 10x magnifier or be graded, literally zero risk.
The secret is just to make a little blue point near the corner and then slide the ink with the finger to not smear the borders, with small white spot it works like a charm.
All of this in Minecraft, of course.

>>52712561
do you take all the parts off and photograph them individually? or just take a picture of the wrecked car and list the part in the title? or just take a picture of one and do a quantity listing for parts you sell repeatedly?

>>52712677
no I take pictures, a lot of pictures for certain parts. you want to show the person as much as you can, it's reassuring. I just know from working on cars that certain things like brackets or connector colors on certain things matter. like some early 2000 ford ranger and explorers, if my memory serves me correct, have a either a brown or white connector. so things like that I list in description and take pictures of. I try to take pictures of the part functioning or being in the on state to show that it works. just think if you were buying the part, you would want to know what you are buying. it takes time, but the return for your time is so much greater when you aren't trading for money at a fixed rate.

>>52712760
yeah i do the same with photographing all the stuff. problem is i need to find a more efficient way because i can source shit faster than I can list it. I have probably 100k worth of shit built up that I haven't had time to list yet. its kind of mind numbing spending all day taking pictures of shit too

>>52712816
yeah sometimes shit is just slow. with winter coming up I usually see a boost with all the little fender benders and stuff. sometimes you are sitting on parts. i try and run it like a junkyard in a way, I have a cataloging system that I made and I tag everything and just keep some data on the part (time I received it, source, etc..) . i cap and wrap anything that requires it, to keep fluids from spilling and surface rust from building up.

>>52702596
Based

>>52712902
What’s the second one?

>>52702596
>Go to thrift store
>Open up eBay app
>Search the item you are looking at
>Go to filters > Sold / Completed listings
>Find exact match items with how much it sold for + when it sold
>buy low sell high

There fags

>>52697318
Watches, mechanical

>>52711292
Another FBA seller here. I have 6 amazon accounts for this reason.

I only whitelabel products that are not chinese and I have rights to do.

>>52712882
I honestly think the current trend of investing in stocks or crypto has slowed but there will always be a dent placed on ebay sales because of it. Ebay is far from perfect but at least they allow me to sell 10k items a month for $60 which is way more generous than they used to be. Since i quit gambling in casinos and quit cold turkey on thanksgiving, pun intended, i'll have plenty of time and money set aside now for crypto, stonks and reselling on ebay. I'm optimistic that 2023 is going to be a bullish year. I've lived thru plenty of inflationary years to know this one is radically different and a scam because nobody is defaulting on their loans, losing their houses, missing cc payments, yet the price of everything is rising coincidentally ever since there was a major, national increase in wages

>>52711883
>she thinks christmas is about religion
lol its just about comfy winter vibes, nobody actually cares about christ

>>52707207
I've started a few days ago and made a couple of sales, my approach right now is to sell at a low cost to the customer in order to generate some sales and get a boost to my seller rating, and then after i've gotten 20-30 sales then I will start listing higher margin products and get a basic subscription. Would you say that's a good approach?
Also what kind of margins should I be looking for, 20-30%?

>>52713685
Pointless imo, I wasted time doing that, if you’re looking for feedback and quick sale generation continue lower margins or find something that’ll sell quick. Don’t sell so low you’re losing money each sale, always account for tax/fees/cost of business in your expenses.

>>52713685
Oh I don’t even have any subscription either. And 20% profit margin is too low considering taxes and fees. I don’t bother with anything unless I have a 50% or better margin.

>>52713765
Really? Because at the moment I can only list 50 items on eBay, with the basic sub I can do 250k.
>I don’t bother with anything unless I have a 50% or better margin.
I'm just dropshipping off Amazon at the moment, and one other site where I have a free trial to get some of their deals. I figured going with their best sellers was the way to go to begin.
Do you sell on Facebook Marketplace as well?

Selling goods I take from my employer's warehouse. Like this Anon >>52702014 said, it's too easy if you're the guy people trust with keys and have years of experience in logistics.

Employer has a niche which I undercut him heavily on eBay. Been doing it since two only and make an extra $900 so far per month. Gonna increase the volume soonish.

Not my fucking problem.

>>52713865
Took me awhile to figure out that the only way to succeed sometimes is shady shit.

>>52713865
Posts like these make me trust no one, even my white wagies.

>>52714268
Never fully trust anyone.

Whatever isn't straped or bolted down on the job site. Lots of electrical equipment and rolls of cable

>>52707529
It's hard to sell without a rating to some extent but this is because low rating accounts are usually low IQ mobile users that take sideways pictures in a dark dirty room and write no description. Start with small stuff and build up from there and you'll be fine even with a new account in my opinion.

>>52715380
kek what are your sales

>>52711292
I meant $600-$800 a day in sales.
>>52711419
Higher quality off of alibaba. Customers never complained.
>>52711821
It was worth it for me to have them handle shipping hundreds of units a month for me. Doing that myself would of become a fulltime job. I also spent next to nothing on advertisements. I would place my products on other product's page and people would see it and buy mine instead. Majority organic sales as I was a very specific niche inside of a niche.

>>52711883
That sell through rate is insane. My active is around 900 with 515 sold.
>>52713085
This
>>52713685
Honestly it really depends on the items you have and your situation. If you can do big volume then fast selling, low margin items are good. I personally do higher margin. I don't really mess with an item unless I get at least 50% profit, unless it's a guaranteed fast sell. I usually double up on most of my items.
>>52713796
Since you just started they restrict the amount you're limited to list. You can call ebay and ask for them to increase it. Without a store you get 250 free listings. Once you get to the point where you want a store (I got one once my listing fees would have exceeded the subscription price) skip the started and get the Basic. You get a Terapeak subscription for free with the basic stores so you can research items a bit better.

>>52715380
Based crackhead

Im gonna start doing this any tips

>>52701812

>>52715906
YouTube has all the information you need to succeed. Stick with what you know, and then branch out as you get an eye for what sells and what doesn't.

Personally, I just started out this week selling my movie collection. I also source DVDs and Blu-Rays from thrift stores currently, gonna hopefully start hitting up yard sales in the future.

Yesterday I paid 25 cents for a sealed DVD and sold it on Ebay the same day for $10.40. If I can replicate that every day I'll be making some serious cash.

>>52712966
he won't tell u everything
Get it?

>>52715814
I've got about $1000 to put into this at the moment, and i'll reinvest profits for a good while. I don't need it to take off super quick since i'm getting neetbux so that's why I figured a slower approach was the way to go.
Is Terapeak any good? Sweetens the deal on the basic sub.

I dont do this anymore, but I used to sell my urine on Ebay. They allow you to sell synthetic urine there, so I just said it was synthetic when it wasnt. It was an easy way to make money.

>>52716086
If eBay finds out who you are, then urine trouble.

>>52715654
Why does no one accept crypto in these ecommerce sites? I know one crypto company that has been in talks with ebay, but I haven't heard anything recently. I hope good things come out of it, because I'm currently in a country that makes it hard to get anything outside the country with their currency.

>>52716202
According to that other thread AVAX now has a partnership with Alibaba so that might lead somewhere