Dude I have learn so much from you and your wife. I feel more confident in the men’s section. I tried reselling in 2020 and I failed miserably and lost a lot of money. Giving it a try again and being more careful. Thank you for your contribution! 😊

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you’re gaining some things! Take eBay slow and steady. It’s a marathon not a sprint even though everyone else looks like they are sprinting!

I started reselling 7 weeks ago, after watching few videos on what sells well in mens clothing. So I picked up each and every Ralph Lauren shirts I came across before I started, only to discover that RL does not sell as well as many youtube gurus were stating. So far what I have learned - it all comes with an experience, to figure it out what sells and what not. I have sourced around 300 items, and learned that 3/4 of that is not going to move on ebay whatsoever. I will be renting a flea market booth this summer, to get rid of that inventory, to make money to invest in better brands, and pick up only brands that have high STR.

@kandmresell

3 ай бұрын

Yup STR is everything!

Great vid man thx. This video confirmed some of my suspicions. I stopped picking up a ton of stuff.

Bundles of basic Polo Ralph Lauren have 59% sell-through. The short sleeves sell for about $8, and the long sleeve button-ups for 10-20/each. Looks like lots of 5 or more are good at around 100% sell-through.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the input! I’ll look into it whenever we’re pulling things!

And honestly with this economy it’s hard selling anything but keep on trucking love the information you give and I’m waiting patiently for the scoop on your flat lay have a blessed day and again thank you both appreciate you both

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Yup! Thanks for the support!

sometimes, I get rid of dead inventory to plato's closet or other stores that buy clothing. Great video as always :)

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Yup done that in the past a few times. They just only pay like $1-$2 for items like these here at least so probably will not go with them anymore. There’s other good consignment stores in the area too we might try.

Thanks for the info.

Love this video concept! I definitely have several of those brands in my death pile :( Do you just randomly check sell through rate on items you thought were good when you notice that they're not selling? Or do you have some kind of routine where you regularly check if STR has dropped? Thanks for sharing!

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

No routine. Just check them if I haven’t checked in a while for a certain item. Also check throughout seasons to see how the markets are doing for certain things!

This video is on point! I have a little bit of all the brands mentioned in my inventory and your right, they do NOT sale!! I just get views and no watchers. All these items are listed on Ebay for the lowest price possible. I think other resellers are hurting the market value on these items by selling them for $10 plus shipping…. Lol Wow! Smh

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Yup, markets always changing. Just a matter of supply and demand!

New Sub. Great Video keep up the vids thanks

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoy!

My experience with those brands are about the same as yours. Good info.

@kandmresell

4 ай бұрын

Right on

Please record the yard sale and post it! I plan on having one come spring.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Lol maybe…

We live in a rural area and I'm fortunate enough to have a Keevado near by, like a wharehouse full of boxes of Amazon and Target clothes. and they get a lot of shoes. I wanted to ask your opinion about a sale they recently had on women's heels for .99 cents. They had unusually large amount of them, they look new is or new witout boxes, what's the catch? I feel I wanted to buy a lot of them and like you are talking about in this video, I could have bought shoes that would never sell and take up space.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Yeah you gotta run comps on them and see if they are selling on KZread. I haven’t made a video yet on sell-through but almost every KZreadr has videos talking about it and showing how to calculate it. I would recommend mastering how to run comps and sell-through rates on items to make an educated decision on that purchase as well as future purchases! Sorry, can’t give really a better answer than that as every business is different and every item is different but the sell-through rate is the key to a successful business!

I agree with all of these!

I live locally and would live to come to your garage sale. Please keep us informed on a date. Thanks

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Will do!

I have had good luck with Spyder full zip in womens, but cannot sell Athleta to save my life. Mens brands I am still learning. I want to master suits/blazers brands. Good to know what to avoid. I do have Peter Millar just sitting, but have sold Peter Millar as well. My one year ebay anniversary will be next month part time..trying to improve my sell through and asp. Your channel helps alot.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Good to know! Glad to hear we’re able to help out a bit!

In your experience for golf polos of good brands is 2xl and 3xl better to purchase to flip?

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Yes but only of good brands/decent brands! Usually adds about $5 of value to a golf polo brand being 2xl or bigger in my opinion

Your eagle American tshirt tag says large but description says medium. Maybe see if changing title description to a larger size would help sell it?

Exofficcio pants sell really well still. I always pick up the pants and they sell quick every time.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Sweet! I’ll have to look them up once I’m free later!

When are you going to do the series of videos on your business processes?

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Soon! Just been slammed with eBay and life and those videos require more time and thought to produce so haven’t been able to make time for them. Things are slowing down here though so I’m planning on starting them this weekend! Sorry for the delay!

I agree with Merrell, I picked up a shirt a few years ago for $1 because I knew it was a good shoe brand. I also have a Peter Millar button down, a Nickit shirt (got it when I was a new reseller and don't know if anybody else had ever heard of this brand until today). Carbon 2 Cobalt sweaters have sold well for me at good prices ($30 or more), but I have a button front shirt that has been around a few months. I personally think it is very hard to find button front shirts that sell well (and usually they are the same price as sweaters) so I have started skipping that section when I am short on time.

@kandmresell

3 ай бұрын

Dang! We live off of button shirts. It’s our largest sales category. Prices are getting high but there’s hundreds of good brands in that category to sell it’s hard not to look at them!

@myresellerlife4666

3 ай бұрын

@@kandmresell Just started watching your videos and I realize I have a lot to learn. I am very part time and sell mostly women's but like to shop men's as well. It seems lately when I look up a new to me brand of a button down shirt, comps are always so low. All long sleeve shirts come out to $8 with tax at Goodwill (unless it is color of the week) so I have to be very careful about what to buy.

I auction my old inventory and start it fee cover price. Easier than having to inventory out and having a garage sale. Or take it into consignment and be done.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Might give that a try again! I’ve done it in the past but only 1/3-1/2 of the items sold at auction (so really bad inventory😂). The main reason we prefer to just pull them down though is to protect ourselves if there’s anything wrong with the listings since it was way back when before we had better quality control measures in place.

The Polo Ralph Lauren with the BIG pony sells.

@kandmresell

4 ай бұрын

Yeah it does!

Can you do a video on how you discount you items over time. Thanks

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

We just mass edit them and decreases prices by 5% as time goes on! Might be a video in the future!

How do you calculate cell through rate on the items?

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Divide solds by active listings. 100 sold vs 200 actives is a 50% sell-through rate. Gonna make a more in-depth video on it soon!

Dude! That setup on the back looks sick. You have a video of it?

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Working on it this weekend! Just took me a couple of weeks to figure out the best way to show how I built it but I think I found a good way to show it off.

@nuestromundo5815

5 ай бұрын

@@kandmresell how much time you think it will take to have a nice momentum in the store. I failed on a 2000 items store I wasn’t paying attention to the sell through and I’m starting from scratch again but sell through being my main focus . Have a 180 items store and selling around 2.3 per day now

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

It’s a slow and steady race. Just create parameters like your doing with the sell-through and you should succeed. At that size store, I’d recommend spending most of your time researching brands and things that sell well so your time is best used while in your sourcing runs. Optimize your processes to be more efficient and learn from others who are where you want to be! Tons of videos coming in the future that should help with all this stuff!

@nuestromundo5815

5 ай бұрын

@@kandmresellthank you man. I do it full time with Amazon combined. I did 120k on eBay alone last year but I almost cried when I had no more space in my storage and stuff weren’t selling. I knew that I had a problem in my hand. I decided to reset and back to 0. Thank you for the reply. Cheers

How do you determine the sell through rate of a brand? I look at “sold” listings on eBay, but how do I figure out the rate? Thanks!

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

It’s the sold listing amount divided by the active listed amount so 100 sold and 200 active is a 50% sell-through rate. Video in the future going in depth on the whole thing!

@Jendoyle

5 ай бұрын

Oooohhh, that’s a great tip! Thanks!

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

That percent btw determines how fast it should sell within 90 days. So if it’s 100% sell-through, the item should theoretically sell within 90 days if priced right. 50% sell through is 180 days. So on and so for. We aim for 100% on our store but also pick up 50%+ sometimes just depending on the cost of the item.

@Jendoyle

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I just found your videos and have made lists of brands to take with me to the thriftstores with what I’m learning from you guys. I have a full time job, but I enjoy the hunt of thrifting. 🎉🎉

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for the support and best of luck sourcing! Make sure to double check those sell-through rates and sale comps if you find any brands I mentioned. I always just speak out of memory so I can be wrong sometimes based on my memory

You're extremely innovative.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the compliment!

Is January typically a dead month for sales? I have been reselling for over 2 years now but really started investing a lot of time and money into it the past 3 months. I did well during the holiday season and thought things were starting to work out but now I am back to 1-2 sales a day which I have been doing pretty much since I started reselling. It's incredibly frustrating to be working harder than ever and putting in a lot more money and not seeing growth.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Honestly I don’t know about which months are better than others as it just depends on the categories your store sells in. For example our sales are down 10% simply because most of our store is spring, fall, and summer items. Not winter. Only a small % is winter. Luckily the season is changing right now and the spring items are picking up. Seems like a lot of people are struggling with sales currently but I think the leading problem is just not buying high demand inventory for the vast majority of sellers. A slow economy I think would honestly help used clothing sellers as people struggle to pay retail for new items and instead start looking for alternative “used” marketplaces to get a sweeter deal on thing. Just my opinions though. Keep hustling cause there usually an “ah ha” moment in this business that changes the entire trajectory of the way things are going! Thanks for the support!

@la6136

5 ай бұрын

Yes January and February are slow for clothes. Things pick back up in March. June and July are slower for clothes too. It is like this every year

@ASMRKlotz

5 ай бұрын

@@la6136 Thanks for the heads up... that makes me feel a little better about things.

Spyder snow pants and ski jackets are still good, seasonal of course

@kandmresell

3 ай бұрын

True I just can’t ever buy them here in Dallas. They are minimum $40 at the thrifts.

I dont pick up most Footjoy , Prana, Marmot, Merrell, North Face , Columbia.... I still get those brands but its gotta be the right model , Size, color and style

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Same here!

say you’re getting some of these for $1, do you think some would still be good pickups if you’re trying to make $10?

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

For our business model no simply because the sell-through isn’t good on these items anymore. We try to stick between 50%+ in sell-through rate. So all of these we pass on now just because of that reason.

The Merrell issue is being small. The ralph lauren polo if you add vintage, as it is based off the tag, similar sold for $16 in pink recently. If you change up some of those titles like footjoy to (Brand Item Gender Size) it will help. Someone has to search specifically footjoy golf to get your shirt where footjoy polo shirt mens large golf any search for polo shirt will come up. You can mess around in the search to test if footjoy golf pulls up 34k footjoy polo brings up 41k. Change the george straight to Wrangler Shirt Mens Large George Straight Cowboy should get $15. Running into the same issue not putting brand first. Took the technsports class for awhile helped fix so many of my poor listings. Oddly enough soon after changing just the wording it will sell.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Yeah and again these are just really old listing before we knew anything. Obviously we don’t do anything the same now as well as we just don’t want to spend the time going back and messing with these items. Also bottom line is these items have a horrible sell through rate. For example Merrell button shirts are 7.9%. And the others are under 25% rn Thanks for the advice!

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Just not the business model we’re aiming for

@dwfinds3030

5 ай бұрын

I get not wanting to redo photos, etc but fixing the title will take 2 seconds and you can get rid of the item. I had to go through and fix ton of mine. Unless you just plan to pull it, just going to take up space and not sell. They cant be found if the title is incorrect and not front loaded. Love the videos. GL@@kandmresell

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

@dwfinds3030 yes the plan is to just pull them! Thanks for the insight though and the support!

no longer pick up Canali, Untuckit and Zegna button down shirts. Exceptions: crazy patterns, exotic materials like cashmere/wool blend, silk and linen.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Same except will still pickup canali no matter what. Others are depending on material/pattern

Hey there. I'm pretty new. So, I'm not selling things that I saw many different recent videos said I SHOULD sell😁 I AM selling other stuff, but not the following. Plush BAB Disney and Vintage hats Remotes Sony, etc. Books Caps old style really good ones. Vietnam Veterans, Dope, retro hats Old original war photos VHS tapes. Classics unopened supposedly ok😒 CD video games So yeah, a bit of dead stuff. Thanks for your video❤

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and welcome to reselling!

Larry Mayhan was a pro rodeo champion. The Pearl Snap sell great and the more flamboyant designs. His name is pronounced ( may-han )

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Totally agree and thanks for the pronunciation!

I was making tons of sales with Brady Brand, but sales have falle n off since he left tampa

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Nice! Time to adapt I guess

Brands I’m not buying anymore: Johnnie-O, Vineyard Vines, Territory Ahead, Karl Lagerfield, Orvis, Lacoste, Prana, Gymshark, REI, Twillory, Diesel (except for jeans), LL Bean (unless its vtg), AX, Marine Layer, Billy Reid…so many others

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Same here. We still pick up half of these at really cheap prices but for the most part have stopped all of them!

I hear that Monday is a good day to source. Agree? Do you do it?

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

I’ll speak on behalf of our area. Mondays are the absolute worst day to thrift here haha. But, every city and chain is different so just depends on how your local stores operate. Just start going to them every day and you’ll learn overtime the best day and time to hit certain stores!

When I can’t sell - I group and sell a lot ….does well for me 😊

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Good idea. Might work well if we have a bunch of FJ polos and stuff. I’ll consider that if we do have a lot of the same brands sitting

maybe take all those Polo items and bundle them for your cost

Spyder is sold at Costco and I think that’s why it declined

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Ahhhh that makes complete sense!

@kyleeyoder2202

5 ай бұрын

That’s exactly it!

Seavees shoes have no following. I have a brand new pair of slipons comparable to Vans. They retailed for $109. Can't get rid of them at $49.95. Actually made with quality Hoffman Fabrics. Been trying to sell them for close to 3 years! Duds.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Geeez! Yeah I’ve never heard of that brand honestly. Try reducing the price maybe?

Take better pictures and relist it’s worked for me and you can always bundle

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

True! We thought about it but it’s just not worth the time to redo the listings whenever we have 100’s of other items that need to be listed that are also worth 2-3x the value of the dead inventory. Better ROI just liquidating it all!

I left 5 on the rack last time I went thrift. I'm over it

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

5 what?

@mikegaskalla1745

5 ай бұрын

@@kandmresell fj polo. Sorry. Should of commented this as a reply to my mess before an it would made more sense

I used to buy anything that I could make a profit on. Now I’m following another reseller’s model who has a higher average sell price than anyone else I’ve ever seen.

@dianevanderlinden3480

5 ай бұрын

yeah I'm getting hesitant to buy anything lol.

@PickingVegasandBeyond

5 ай бұрын

@@dianevanderlinden3480 I used to buy anything then I ended up with a huge death pile of stuff that I didn’t want to list. Now I usually walk out of every thrift store empty handed because I’m being extremely picky about what I buy because I’m following another reseller’s model.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

I know one local guy who was like that. Only sold things with asp of $50 or more. He always would talk crap about my store as my sales were lower than his and asp was lower. Long story short, the guys out of business now because he couldn’t find enough to pay his bills. As well as my sales and margin is much higher than his at his prime. The asp doesn’t matter as much as the margin as well! $30 into $60 is the same as $5 into $31 item after fees.

@PickingVegasandBeyond

5 ай бұрын

@@kandmresell The difference is that you’re talking about a local guy who lives there in Texas. Where I am it’s not hard to find high dollar items. I’m also not a clothing seller. I sell clothing, but only if it’s worth it. I’m also not new to reselling, so I know what I’m doing. I started before you were born.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Nice! Then there ya go! Glad you have a model that works well for ya! I’ve only been in the business for 3.5 years so still have a lot to learn and grow.

Love the video but some of the stuff you are downplaying is not selling because the sizes are too small

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Which brands? I thought it was only Ralph Lauren, FJ, and Johhnie-O that were decent in larger sizes or geometric patterns, which I mentioned in the video. We try to aim for 100% sell-through rate. Is there a brand other than those 3 that are good that I am missing? Thanks!

Just a pronunciation disagreement. Larry Mahan was a rodeo star back in the 60s and 70s. If memory serves, it is pronounced like "May hand," minus the d at the end. Just an old guy here, showing his age.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Good to know! Never heard anyone say that before so glad you told me!

Probably a more important video

Moral of the story is. Goodwill is destroying all these. Again putting their foots in their own mouths.

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

How so?

@-American-Made-

5 ай бұрын

@@kandmresell jacking up prices. Brings resell value down. Therefore now they're items are just going to sit. So resellers aren't purchasing the things to put out there. So therefore less marketing so price drops Just like any business that jacks up prices and all the sudden can't sell products. It destroys the business

You make mistakes? That's my middle name on Ebay

@kandmresell

5 ай бұрын

Haha just part of the business😂