We happened to stumble upon a full on basement clean out of a friend’s defunct business downtown. Happy to help, we joined the group to organize, sort, donate, dump and ultimately scavenge and sell all their unwanted stuff. We live for moments like these! We mentioned eBay’s Summer Seller Update. Amazon banning buyers who […]

Our friend in a cush, tech job has never made a budget and didn’t know his monthly burn rate. What! We made sure he left on his trip home with the tools to change that. Join the conversation in the forum>> Our Store Week May 13-19, 2018 Store #1 Total Items in Store: 6567 […]

A big conversation on the forums this week was about diversifying our stores by selling on other sites like Etsy, Bonanza and Mercari. But being on other platforms still takes work, it’s not a magic bullet. Work on one platform takes time away from work on another. Your profit won’t double, most likely it […]

We turned on Free Returns hoping eBay will help us fight frivolous INAD cases. There was no fighting it. Not fun, but not avoidable. How about you? Join the conversation in the forum>> Our Store Week April 29-May 5, 2018 Store #1 Total Items in Store: 6475 Items Sold: 30 Cost of Items Sold: […]

 We got an interesting call on our voicemail line this week that sparked the question you see in the title. Great question and it really made us think. What about you? Would you start your business knowing what you know now and considering the structures and rules of online selling today? Join the conversation […]

 We were caught off guard when our copious amounts of drafts that were over 30 days old started losing photos on the eBay server. Huge lesson learned not to live our eBay life in drafts, get it scheduled and get it listed. Never wait this long! Check out Reply All podcast #117 The World’s […]

 We last interviewed Maria and Ryan from passportvintage.com in 2015. Living in Chicago, they were the first sellers we met who made a living almost exclusively through Etsy, selling 90’s fashion. We had no idea Etsy could really be a full time thing. Some sharp eyed Scavengers let us know that they had moved […]

 We last interviewed Mark Tew in 2016. Since we last spoke, Mark quit his job as a CPA, opened his own tax accounting business, sold his house, and moved his family to Nicaragua. He’s also had learned a lot more about doing taxes for eBay and Amazon sellers since they are his main client […]

We realized that this is our tenth year selling on eBay. Guess that makes us professionals. A fellow scavenger sent us this link to an artist who bought slides on eBay to use for some wonderful art. Just a reminder to buy eBay shipping supplies with your coupon because it’s a new quarter! Join […]

We certainly can talk every week about how we do this (and the forum is the perfect place for that), but this week we talk, again, about why we do this. We like to think that philosophizing keeps us from getting bored and burnt out. You? Join the conversation in the forum>> Our Store […]