I’ve been very successful over the past year in selling old baby clothes, toys, books on CD, computer games I no longer have time to play, baby gear, and a host of other stuff I was going to throw out.

The actual use of eBay isn’t that complicated once you get used to it, so you should start small and read up on tips and tricks where ever you come across them. You never know when you’ll learn a new tip that could get you a few extra dollars.

Here’s some tips that I’ve found helpful, but the Internet is loaded with sites and articles about eBay.

http://hubpages.com/hub/7-steps-for-successful-selling-on-eBay

BTW: Thanks for the link to http://wahm.com/forum/... I’ll being passing that along to my wife

-mab.

I hope this helps!

i’m just not having a lot of luck finding the ‘work at home’ type of “gigs”

from wisebread

http://www.wisebread.com/free-shopping-at-walgreens

As far as all the extras ebay has you don’t need to purchase all the little extras like Bold Title, Featured Listing or pre-made layouts. Be sure to include a good photo and describe it accurately. I’ve only had to refund someone once because I missed a flaw in a vase I sold. Also, paypal is essential for getting paid quickly and getting more impulse bids because it makes it easy for buyers to pay.

Just go for it! Pick one item that you think it will do well and do it. Once you sell your first thing you will get addicted! Now is a good time too since people are starting their Christmas shopping.

I bought my scale for around $30 a few years ago at the post office itself. I wanted an “official” scale (I use it for mailing work-at-home packages as well). I’ve heard you can buy the same type of scale on eBay itself. (I also can use it for weighing food items!)

One thing I find to b discouraging is making any money to speak of. Everytime I go to list something, I see that there are zillions of it already being listed, and it seems like a buyer’s market. I’ve actually posted small things at 99 cents that haven’t sold at all!

But I’ve sold a few things I was astounded about. One was a small package of Christmas napkins, with a cartoon on them. Unopened package. What I did was research the cartoonist online and then I wrote a very detailed description, telling everyone who the cartoonist was, etc.

I find the more details you give in your description, and if you are very honest about any conceivable flaw or problem with the item, it helps a lot.

You won’t get it perfect at first, but it’ll improve over time. If you’re shipping something fragile and don’t have bubble wrap or newspaper, make sure you add some handling costs to your shipping price!

I did order those boxes from eBay that have a set shipping with USPS (forgot exactly how much it costs to ship one of them), but it seems so expensive to ship!

Clothing that is name brand sells the best. The trick is to estimate shipping and to avoid ebay fees. I use basic listing features to save more money. Vintage items and new items also do well. The buyers are savvy so try not to sell broken or soiled items – it will save you hassles down the line.

I think I average about $20 an hour with the amount of time I spend listing – this is OK because I have no social life until my debts are gone! I’ve made approximately $2,000 this year on ebay! Sell your crap! Become a saver instead of a spender! You guys can do it!

Thanks!

Also, do it before November 4 (or 5th maybe?) because they’re having a 30% of listing fee sale. So I’ve been selling a lot of clothes with a starting bid of .99 cents, and it’s only costing me .45 cents to list each item (and it’s that much because I pay the .35 cents to have a picture accompany my listing in the search results).

All the costs are indicated when you list, so there are no surprises! Good luck!

Soon I’m just going to fill in the basics with their listing wizard and just go with a no-frills listing to see what happens just to get things moving. All the additional stuff can be figured out after some practice I guess.

Have you had any luck getting started with that? I’d love to hear more about your experience with it. (we want to declutter ourselves before looking toward other income streams)

I recently just started working more hours and have noticed a substantial increase in our net worth. It hasn’t risen so high since we got married (wedding gifts).