It’s been a busy week for online sales for me, it seems like people are starting to do some of their holiday shopping.  It has definitely been showing as I have had more sales in the past few days than many prior weeks! Other new things I have been working on include buying 2 pallet of liquidation items and working on building up the FBA inventory.  I will report on how these items go for me, so stay tuned!

I wanted to share a few ebay sales that I have made mostly within the past week, that will hopefully give you some additional ideas for items to look for in terms of inventory to sell online.  May of these items come from thrift stores, so for those of you interested in reselling thrift store items on eBay, this should help! I also sourced some of these products from Big Lots.

Reselling Items on eBay

We’ll start with talking about reselling thrift store items on eBay — three items in particular.  The first item is a set of USA Boxing Gloves.  I picked these up at a thrift store for $2.99 about a month ago because I had a hunch someone might want these for a costume and they looked interesting.  They sold after Halloween, so it probably wasn’t a costume, either way I am happy to have them sell for $39.99.  This left me with a profit of $19.75 after shipping and fees.

Next up, is a Polo Ralph Lauren button up shirt.  I have had good luck selling this brand on eBay in the past, and here’s an example of a shirt I paid $5.99 for and sold for $24.99.  After shipping and fees I made a profit of $12.64.  Here’s the item:

The last of the thrift store finds I will show you today are some Florsheim Imperial wingtip dress shoes.  I picked these up because they were in very nice condition, and they had decent results in the completed listings.  You’ll notice that there are shipping and import charges showing up for this item.  That is because this item sold through eBay’s Global Shipping Program.  This allows you to ship your item to a Kentucky address and then this center takes care of the international end of the shipment.  The shipping and import charges are paid by the buyer.  They are aware of these charges when they buy the items.  I have not had any problems with this program, and I would estimate that around 1 in 10 of my sales is now through the global shipping program.  If you haven’t tried it yet, I would recommend giving it a shot, it’s free after all! Without further rambling, here’s the item: 

Now, I will show you a few items that I sold from Big Lots.  Big Lots is a store that sells a large variety of closeout items, and it will have different inventory just about every time you go in the store.  I enjoy shopping there and using it as a source for inventory.  The first item that I sold is 2 32oz cans of Monster Energy drink.  This is a unique size for the can, and the completed listings had decent results when I purchased these.  I bought these for $1.50 a piece and after shipping and fees made a profit of $5.01. Take a look: 

The last item for today that I will share is a lot of Old Spice Swagger Deodorant.  This scent of Old Spice is hard to find in stores, and some individuals are looking on eBay to find it.  I paid 25 cents each for these for a total of $3.75 and ended up with a profit of $7.92 after shipping and fees.  Here’s the sold listing:

These are just a handful of the sales that I made recently.  They are a random assortment of items to try to get the ideas of possible eBay inventory flowing.  Let me know what’s selling for you in the comments as well as any questions!

Also, I will be putting out a post or video on how to get started with amazon fba from square one (from a reader’s request – if you have request for posts, let me know!), so keep an eye out for that!