2. Selling for a profit on eBay is easy when you have kids.
People are earning hundreds of dollars a month by
selling kid related items. Here are some general ideas to
help you get started.
5. Go to eBay and look up a "lot" of size six girl's cloths.
You will find they are expensive! The average price for a
lot of 20 good conditioned clothes is about $35.00.
6. When your kids grow out of their seasonal clothes do
not throw them out. Bundle them into different lots by
category. For example bundle girls dresses separate from
girls play clothes, but only do that if you have at least six
of each different type.
7. Lots of any item sell better than single items unless the
item is unique or high priced. For example, a hand
embroidered dress that you paid a lot for would sell
better by itself instead of bundled with other basic
dresses.
8. The next item to lookup on eBay is toys. Most toys in
good condition will sell for a lot of money. One idea that
works well is to buy hot items in October at Wal-Mart or
Toys-R-Us and sell them on eBay. Busy people are willing
to pay extra for the convenience of getting the items
delivered to their home.
9. For example, last year a Mega Power Ranger came out in
stores around October and sold at Wal-Mart for about
$45.00. The same item sold on eBay for up to $65.00
plus shipping. The Yellow Power Ranger is yet another
example where the store price was about $6.00, while
the same item was selling on eBay for about $20.00.
10. Have your children ever received duplicate birthday or
Christmas presents? You can sell those on eBay also.
Look at the eBay listings for items of interest to see if
selling on eBay is worth more than returning the item to
the store.
11. Kid's videos and DVDs are also good money-makers.
Bundle about three of these together, and you can
usually make about $7.00-$12.00 per bundle. Bundle
more and the money goes up. Disney movies in hard
cases can go for a higher amount. This also works for
other types of movies as well.
12. Save those McDonalds toys. Some Kids Meals toys sell
high. Take the new Star Wars toys from Burger
King...very collectible. You will find them selling on eBay
from $1.00 to $5.00, not including shipping.
13. Ebay has a whole section devoted to dolls and bears. If
your daughter doesn't want her collectible dolls
anymore sell them on eBay.
15. Around the holidays, especially, have your children place
their hand in paint and make a print on some quality
paper. Add a holiday related poem and you have a great
craft to sell on eBay.
16. Have your kids make gift jars with ready made mixes.
For example, hot chocolate mixes in a jar with a plastic
spoon tied to it with a ribbon. Dip the end of the spoon
with white chocolate.
18. Used baby items are very profitable. Baby items cost a
lot of money, especially in their first year. Any "gently"
used items are generally good sellers on eBay.
19. If you have baby coupons that you will never use, sell
them on eBay! Left over diapers and formula sell well
also. A lot of 35 used cloth diapers usually sells for
around $38.00 plus shipping. Four Fuzzi Bunz diapers
(cloth diapers with hemp inserts) can sell for as much as
$40.00.
20. There you have it. Plenty of ideas for selling those
leftover kids items on eBay...and you can even make a
nice profit while you are at it!