Ebay

Okay, everyone knows about eBay, but eventually you don't want to sell anymore of your stuff, right? Right. Here is what I did, I started selling other peoples stuff for them, and I collect a percentage. It's easy, have them email you a photo and a starting price. Upload and ship it for them. Keep 20%.  I charge extra to go take the pictures for them. Flat rate boxes come in bulk and make it a breeze to mail things. Advertise your services in the newspaper or Craigslist. Facebook and Myspace work too! I get a kick out of buying things really cheap at yard sales and then selling them on eBay at a profit. :) For example, I bought a set of 25 porcelain thimbles for eight (8) dollars at a yard sale, I cleaned them, put them on a little wooden display I bought at the same yard sale for a quarter and sold them for $28.50 on eBay. That is a $20.25 profit from about 30 minutes of combined work. If you are like me and love yard-saling, it's barely even work.  All you really need is a computer, a half decent camera phone or digital camera and a combined 30 minutes to list your item and then mail it later while you run other errands.


Initial financial investment: $10 for 5 large flat rate boxes

Average hours per week invested: depends on how much you list (can be as little as 1 hour a week)

Potential earnings: limitless