iTunes   YouTube   Download .mp3  Download .ogg When we started selling on eBay in 2008, we had no idea what we were doing. If there were online tutorials or Youtube videos about eBay, we didn’t know about them. There were the eBay Forums, but they were mainly full of negative stories of how eBay was actively […]

iTunes   YouTube   Download .mp3  Download .ogg Our success on eBay is due primarily to one key factor: finding the right balance between scavenging and listing. Here’s the deal if you’re new to scavenging- it’s easy to find stuff to sell. You can complain all you want about thrift stores raising their prices or yard sales […]

iTunes   YouTube   Download .mp3  Download .ogg Anyone that runs a business of any type or size deals with self doubt. When you’re the boss, no one tells you if you’re making the right choice or the wrong choice. Maybe the next decision will ruin everything! Maybe it’s better to do nothing? Who knows! And if […]

iTunes   YouTube   Download .mp3  Download .ogg We recently asked listeners to share their “manifestos” on the blog so sellers could share the different strategies they use to run their eBay stores. You can scroll through them in the comment section here. Lots of great ideas were shared, but we especially loved what Tim Snoper shared. […]

iTunes   YouTube   Download .mp3  Download .ogg Ryanne’s sister visited us this weekend from Boston, so we’re enjoying our town like tourists again. Swimming at the lake, watching a movie at the theater, grilling, hanging out with friends. Instead of our normal “what happened this week”, we’re posting a recent conversation we had with Deric, who’s […]

iTunes   YouTube   Download .mp3  Download .ogg This week we wanted to clarify a bunch of ideas we introduced on the last podcast where we discussed how we were re-thinking our listing formats to better show up in eBay’s search. It definitely sparked a lot of conversations, competing interpretations, and pointing out some things we got […]

iTunes   YouTube   Download .mp3  Download .ogg The past couple years we’ve had some long comment threads about eBay’s search engine and how to make sure your listings are “fresh”. The hypothesis is if you end listings and re-list as “sell similar”, then you can fool eBay into thinking it’s a new item and get to […]

iTunes   YouTube  Download .mp3  Download .ogg We’ve seen some articles lately stating that another recession could be coming.  It could just be the result of nervousness around the upcoming Presidential elections that feels more and more out of control, but our American economic system has long history of ups and downs. A broken clock is […]

iTunes   YouTube  Download .mp3  Download .ogg Hi all. It’s been a slow week and there was a big lightning storm that knocked out our internet, so I’ll keep this short. We are remembering that when things are slow, experiment because you have time to do it. So far it’s paying off. Links we mentioned: eBay’s […]

iTunes   YouTube  Download .mp3  Download .ogg Ryanne’s birthday was this weekend which is why we’re bringing you an interview with a Scavenger Supreme.  We met Ben of VooDoo Vintage for the first time recently when we stayed in New Orleans. Even though we already knew some of his story from Wendy when she interviewed him […]