Such a valuable tutorial. You can take the teacher out of the classroom but you can't take the ability to teach out of a teacher. Thank you so much for sharing.

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! I love teaching

Sell thru rate is the absolute #1 way to know you’re buying good items! If you’re a reseller and want to follow only one rule. This is the absolute biggest rule! Great video

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree! Sell through rates tell you more about whether it's worth picking up than a price comp

Thank you for your time here! SO easy to listen to you and clear :)

@TheChaChingKing

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the encouragement.

Thank you so much for your generosity and Kindness. Am loving your videos - You ROCK! Thanks again...

@TheChaChingKing

10 ай бұрын

You rock! :-) Thank you for the encouraging note

Thus far all of your videos I’ve watched, great relevant content! Thank you!

@TheChaChingKing

11 ай бұрын

I really do appreciate that. Thank you.

Pausing this video at 3:43 to go fix my Ebay Titles! 🤩

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

LOL...I've redone countless of my own titles.

Love that sound too.

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

With my name choice, it's pretty obvious how I feel. 😆

@backpackbaby

Жыл бұрын

@@TheChaChingKing My hope is if you play the sound my ebay store will hear it and I will get a sale lol.

Great video Scot! You broke it down so simply for beginners. I wish it was around when I first began!

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

I still have a long way to go to get the videos like I want. But I'm working on it

Congratulations on 13k subscribers 👏

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!! 😀

Lovely and clear, thank you.

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

I have an ebay account since 2010 but only recently starting selling. Right off the bat I was able to post up to 250 things for free. Only thing I had to wait on was getting paid.

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Anyone who has an older account, I think it's a good idea to use that whenever possible.

Agreed, 99% do buy now. Cuts down on non payers and a lot of my high dollar items are niche long tail. Happy new year!

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

Yes!!! Love that, a way I learn search terms for listing an item is just simply “sell similar” on an item the exact same that has sold! I’ve learned the real names of products that way! Rather than “jacket” like a “chore coat” and ect. Big differences! 👊🏼

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

Thank you for all your inspirational videos! making mine into a store has really helped as I can now have sales when needed! I appreciate your help on this!

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

This guy is so amazing

@TheChaChingKing

4 күн бұрын

That is a genuinely kind thing to say. Thank you.

Like all your videos Scot. New Old Reseller here. (New as in 3 years, Old as in 63 years. 🙂) Can you do a starter video for ETSY? And, off the subject, what Air B N B do you stay at in Duluth? 🙂

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

I haven't shot any etsy videos. We use Etsy, I just haven't been able to do all the eBay ones I want to do yet. Oh gosh, I'd have to ask Melody of the name of the place we stay. It's a house she found on VRBO.

Thanks for taking the time to teach the newbies!

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

I love teaching.

Did not know about the feed back, I have purchased quite a few things on Ebay over the years so that will help on my Ebay reseller journey .

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

It will help a ton. And, not just because of the feedback. Your account also has a date it was opened. Scammers target new accounts

I have learned so much from you and your experience. I am waiting for my first product to come in to resell. So I have been soaking in all the knowledge I can while I have been waiting. Your videos are the best I have found for what I want to do and I am really hyped to start this journey and you have helped fuel that for me thank you.

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

I hope to be helpful. Thank you so much for the kind comment

Great video. 🙂

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙂 I really appreciate that

Most informative seller videos on KZread, thank you

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

High praise. Thank you so much

Super helpful shipping tips! No doubt, one of the scariest things on eBay. Thanks!!

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

So very helpful about fixed vs calculated shipping! Thx much

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you!

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

I truly appreciate you watching!

Absolutely the best - clear and easy to understand!!

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

GREAT VIDEOS!

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much.

Thank you you are the best.

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

I truly appreciate that. Thank you

Such helpful videos as usual. Your videos have helped me so much I cant thank you enough

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

So I happen to live very close to the post office. This makes things very easy for me. Have you ever or do you live far, say 15+ minutes, from a post office?

@TheChaChingKing

8 ай бұрын

I haven't. I've lived in a small town for about 30 years. Not only have I always been close to the post office, but I usually have the place to myself when I do go in.

Thanks again for the great info. I’m learning a lot. You said that flat rate shipping is what you use. I would like to simplify my shipping. What exactly does that mean? Thank you!

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Since I have shipped some of my items many, many time, I know about what they will cost. For example, baseball caps. I have shipped SO many that I know they will cost me around $5. Maybe a bit more, maybe a bit less. But close enough to $5 that I know I won't take a beating. So, I charge $4.99 shipping. If the hat cost a dollar and sells for $25 and I miss on the shipping by another dollar, it won't crush my financial empire. On items over a pound that fit in a USPS padded flat rate envelope, I know that's going to cost me $8.30. So, I charge $8.99. Does that help?

Love your videos, ebay blocked my good account because i sold to much items as particulater(europe)

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Oh no!

Would love your take on the 'refund policy' settings. What are your usual practices? Thanks!!

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

I do 30 days with the buyer paying returns. I tried free returns, briefly, and I had many more returns. It could have just been the luck of the draw. I didn't run the experiment long enough to see if free returns did bring in more sales and no more returns. For now, I'm 30 days, buyer pays returns. Offering NO returns doesn't work. Simply because all a buyer has to do is say that it wasn't as described and they can return it anyway. So, no returns only hurts honest buyers. My return rate is normally under 1%, so it hasn't been a big deal for us.

Hi Scott - Great starter video for new resellers. But when I look at other sellers' listings Ebay shows me the shipping cost to my zip code. I am always logged in. If buyers are logged in don't they see actual shipping costs too?

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

You are 100% correct. If you are logged in and always ship to the same address, it just shows up. Mel and I do all of her parent's orders, and they live in a different city. I was also thinking about people who are on shared computers. But, no doubt, that step wouldn't exist for anyone who's logged in and uses one primary shipping address. I could have been more clear in the video.

I'm watching your videos and absorbing as much as possible. Thank goodness I can go back to them when I'm lost and need clarification on something. I do have a question now that I'm not sure if you've addressed yet or not. I understand you can sell without having a store and assume that the feedback for buying or selling from your personal account is the same as you mentioned in this video with no differentiation. When you open a store does your feedback carryover from your personal account to your store?

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Yes, your feedback will carry right over. :-)

It's very cleaver of how you usually present your assorted merchandise each time you post ebay tips... smart marketing, indeed, Sir ChingKing! LOL!

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

I don't know how good I am at marketing. I've given away almost 100 shirts now and sold 2. 😀

@lol_05.76

Жыл бұрын

@@TheChaChingKing Give to get... that's salesmanship, for sure!

What makes something vintage? Enjoying your videos thank you!

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Melody and I have always defined "vintage" as an item over 20 years old. We define "antique" as something over 100 years old. There's some variation on those definitions in certain categories, but that rough rule serves us pretty well. Thank you for the kind comments!

Thank you so much for your videos! I currently do not have a printer for making labels. I own a surface go 3 tablet. What printer would work best? Any suggestions?

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

I'm really biased here. I have the wireless Rollo which should work with your tablet. Although, I'm not completely familiar with you tablet. My wireless Rollo connected easily to every device we use. I do have an affiliate link in my video description for it.

I think I am ahead of myself when tou sell an item you ask a certain price plus shipping how do you know what to charge that person for shippingThe box weighs 2lb5.0

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

No one can tell you for sure because there are too many variables. If it fits in a USPS medium flat box, you could charge $15 or $16 and be pretty close. You could also look and see what other people are charging for the same item. But, I recommend you use calculated shipping, let the buyer pay for shipping and let eBay calculate it once it sells.

Any advice on getting better shipping ratings on feedback? my shipping feedback went down to 4.7

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Cost of shipping? Free shipping is the solution. I don't do shipping, but you get a perfect rating on shipping if it's free. Other than that, make sure it ships on time every time.

I want to learn what to do After packing and weighing it how do I figure out t h e price

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

eBay doesn't really have a preview for pricing. In part because you have to know where the item is going. You could use a website called Pirate Ship and enter your address, the shipping weight and package size and then put in a zip code of a potential destination. If I eliminated Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, I could put Maine and see what that would cost since I'm in Texas.

Just curious what your average net profit margins are when you include all fees with ebay and paypal? Do you add a fee to the listing to compensate? Do you use a general rule when searching for materials to list such as minimum profit potential? Thank you. I am enjoying your videos.

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

My cost of goods is generally really low because we buy in bulk a lot. So, after shipping and eBay fees, we normally "make" around 65%. Now, keep in mind any time someone on the internet (like me) tells you how much they make, there's a lot not included in those figures. That 65% doesn't include mileage, storage, cleaning...just SOOO many other ancillary costs. We make enough to do all the things we want to do, have enough to give away and still save some for tomorrow. That's probably the most transparent answer I can give.

I have had an EBay account for a very long time as a BUYER. I’m not sure if I ever left feedback for what I purchased (until now, I didn’t know how important it is to the seller). Can I use that same account with a different ID and email just for selling?

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

You can absolutely use the old account, and that is usually preferable. You can change the email and ID. You can't assign two IDs to the same account that I'm aware of.

Can you pull the calculated number and use it as fixed price?

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

No, because the calculated shipping price isn't given until there's already a buyer. It can't calculate the cost without their shipping address.

So what you are saying at the end is when you have a new account, you should buy certain things on ebay to rank up your reviews just so your account looks much better and safer to purchase items on once you start selling?

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly. Ebay makes no distinction between feedback as a buyer and feedback as a seller. Having some history of positive feedback will run off some of the scammers that target new accounts.

OK Scott so I haven't watch this video yet but wanted to let know that per Sonny him and Mikey did do the unboxing together. He said they split it his previous videos. He has more to show and will do it in upcoming videos. I thought I saw them do this today when I was watching but I'm also working my full time job but I know I kept hearing them mentioning you and I didn't want you to think I was making it up. It is late now but just wanted you to know what I found out. I'm sure you wasn't concerned but I didn't want you to think I was too crazy.

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Lol...if this is your only proof you aren't crazy... 😆 Thank you. :-)

@judy-thriftingkcstyle

Жыл бұрын

@@TheChaChingKing well I'm sure that I am crazy, lol

Good morning. I am getting ready to join a wonderful world of resellers. Thank You so much for this video! One question is regarding bank account. I don’t have eBay store yet, so can I just use bank account under my personal name?

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

You can use your personal bank account. Just keep in mind that it makes it harder on your taxes to split out any income that you made.

Another great video--thank you! I could not find the "sold" choice on my ebay app, but I just realized it only shows up when I have manually entered a search. When I try to search with a photo, it is no longer an option under the filters to see sold comps. Am I doing something wrong?! I tried it several times.

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. It just occurred to me that I have literally never searched eBay from a photo. Not once. I'll have to experiment with that and see.

@MeMyselfAndUs903

Жыл бұрын

Read up on Google Lens

Wondering if you have any update on the new international shipping program?

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

I've heard good things. We are switching over this coming Monday.

You've been incredibly helpful to a newbie like me. How can I change the auction setting to the buy it now setting? I've gone to my selling hub page, tried editing my listing, and the auction disable feature just doesn't work. Help!

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

You can change it on an active ad. You have to change it before the listing goes live. If you don't have any bids, end the auction. Sell similar and make sure you turn off the auction and enter a buy-it-now price before you submit the listing. 😀

@nsaucedo5682

Жыл бұрын

Ok, I'll definitely do that. Thank you!!!

Thank you so much for this. I only have a few items listed but it’s a new account and I’m only getting 1 or 2 views 😢 so I’ll buy supplies. What’s your thoughts on, in my case, selling cheap or using promotion from eBay to help? Most of what I’m selling now is personal items that I just want to get rid of.

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

We sell about 1-2% a day of what we have listed. So, just keep listing and the sales will start coming in. It takes a little time

@exstasy27

Жыл бұрын

Hi. I am new also. Great question

@exstasy27

Жыл бұрын

Are you planning to do it full time?

@missmermaid6249

Жыл бұрын

@@exstasy27 Yay, we’re in the same place, “beginners” 😂 Yes, full time. You? I got laid off my job of 25 years but it was ok because I wanted a change anyway.

@exstasy27

Жыл бұрын

@@missmermaid6249 I have my own business but ready to retire:) Stumbled on u-tube videos of other resellers and got hooked, lol. Also will start to sell what’s in my house plus couple of my friends were pawn shop owners but got closed during COVID and don’t want to reopen and not computer savvy enough to start reselling on platforms. So I think I’ll b busy for a while without going thrifting, lol

Great video. It helps me as a newbie a lot. I do have a question though: how do you know if something is in high demand?

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

See how many are listed on ebay. Let's say 50. Then, see how many are sold. Let's say 100 sold. For every one listed, there are two sold. That's a 200 percent sell through rate. That would be a HIGH demand. But if there's 50 listed and 2 sold....VERY low demand.

@mimisoutlet

Жыл бұрын

@@TheChaChingKing Of course, that makes total sense, thank you!

Hello Bro I No have Create card so How I can open an account seller ???please Guide me

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

I don't have a credit card either. But you will have to have a bank account so that you can get a deposit. We haven't used credit cards in years and years.

I think I am not explaining self..I have my first item and zip put it on the scale and it reads 2lb5.0 how do I know the charges or is that done when I print the shipping label .This is my first listing 0

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

You won't know the exact cost until it sells. Because, depending on where it is going, it can cost different amounts. So, if it ships someplace close to you, it would cost less than if it shipped some where far away. So, if you enter a fixed price, enter a higher amount. Calculated shipping will charge the customer based on where they are at. You have less risk. but you won't know how much they get charged until the item sells. eBay takes care of charging them the right amount.

@gloriajanik9980

Жыл бұрын

So can you guess how the shipping would be for 2 lb please

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

@@gloriajanik9980 I really can't. Time wise, it's not possible for me to set the shipping rates for other people.

How do I send pictures on my phone to the listing on my phone

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

You can plug your phone into your computer and transfer the files

@gloriajanik9980

Жыл бұрын

No I'm not sending from phone to pc..I can't move the pictures in my phone to the listing in the phone 😒 I'm loosing it.because I'm not savy or am I trying to do the impossible

How do you know if someone is a scammer?

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

You can't know for sure. But here are two serious red flags: they offer more than what you're asking or they ask you to contact them off the platform. If they do either of those things, avoid them.

The only response I'm getting are from scammers,is this just part of the business or would you happen to have a remedy for this problem, just asking...

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Man, I'm sorry. I hate that. The solution truly is feedback and time. I can't even remember the last time a scammer tried me. It really will get better. They will fade into the background. Don't let someone intent on doing wrong discourage you.

A question please. I am relatively new but it seems even happy customers fail to leave positive (or any) feedback. Should I bother to solicit it? I have had no problem with scammers and eBay seems OK with my performance.

@minnesota-matt

Жыл бұрын

I would avoid unless it was a good communication sale and they say, thanks so much it got here safely… The biggest way to fet feedback is buying

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

I agree with Minnesota Matt. I wouldn't ask for feedback. It's not anything you're doing wrong. I've had close to 20,000 transactions on ebay and have 6,000 feedback. It just takes time.

@patyeaman

Жыл бұрын

@@minnesota-matt Thank you, that was my gut feeling too.

@patyeaman

Жыл бұрын

@@TheChaChingKing Thanks!

Click through rate, not sure I understand that

@TheChaChingKing

Жыл бұрын

Click through rate. Think of it like this. 100 people are walking down the street and see my dress in a store window. 7 go into the store to look at it. 7% were interested enough to go in and get a closer look. Online, 100 people see my dress on their search page. 7 were interested enough to click the link and go take a closer look. 7% click through rate. Does that help?