
Originally Posted by
Bojangles69
Id go the sales route cause its fun.
You first goal would be establishing a line of inventory which is the hardest but still not that hard.
Id recommend spending about 2 weeks researching products.
Google or use the phone book to find all local thrift stores in your area.
Then find all local flea markets which are usually just open on the weekends.
Walmart, costco and BJs also are real good for finding not just inventory but an unlimitied supply of it.
Some people recommend dollar stores, but the most profit I ever made off a dollar item was $4 and its too much bs shipping crap like that, you just wind up wasting too much time boxing and its not worth it.
Make yourself a small achievable goal at first, then give yourself some guidelines to work by. Like "I will only buy inventory that has a 3 fold return and the cheapest items I'm willing to sell will be $______".
That way you're not buying everything under the sun.
But what you do is just walk around for a few hours with a pad and pen and find things that you intuitively think are cheap and can sell.
If you have no idea, just research on ebay first to find items LIKE (not exact) walmart would sell, and start establishing an inventory.
The rest is common sense, but what makes or breaks a seller is their inventory.
The more research you do on products/prices and what has a steady demand, the better off you'll obviously be.
But thats the route Id go.
Just remember it takes a good deal of work in the begining, but if you get a decent product line the rest of the work is just listing and boxing things. Id say the biggest problem with me doing this was actually taking the time to get a solid inventory, its annoying and real boring at first, but the few things I did find was a lot of fun to sell.
Try hair clipping kits from costco, nicorette and commit nicotine products from flea markets, thrift stores sometimes have VERY EXPENSIVE shit in great condition. Sometimes days you wont find anything and other days you may find like 3 or 4 real good products to work with, but you need to consistently take trips because the expensive stuff goes real quick.
G/luck!
oh, and fyi flea markets are LOADED with stolen goods. You will know when you find them, they're brand new and the seller usually wont be a regular that you'll see every week, but LOAD UP when you find these kind of tables at flea markets. I made a ton off stolen commit lozenges a couple months back.