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What Vintage Items Sell on Ebay Intro

It's my opinion that anything and everything sells on ebay but there are a lot of factors to consider. 
  • Price (if you price it too high, it won't sell)
  • Patience (if your item is not a highly sought after item, it may take repeated relisting, sometimes a year before it sells)
  • Profit (is it worth relisting?, when you relist an item several times, you are decreasing your profits)
I started out selling anything and everything I could get my hands on.  I found these items around my house, going to garage sales, flea markets, auctions etc...

I quickly learned what I liked selling and what I didn't.  I figured out that the things I enjoyed buying, cleaning, researching, listing, storing, answering questions, packing, and shipping, for me, it was home decor and lighting.  This is one of the most important pieces of advise I can give you.  YOU MUST LOVE WHAT YOU ARE SELLING.   If you don't love what you are doing, you won't stick with it.  Believe me, I sell what I love and at times I still have to find ways to motivate myself to push on.  There is a lot more to selling on Ebay or online, than just buying your item and listing it for sell.  You have to clean it up, research it, take pictures, write a good description, find a place to store it, answer questions about the item, keep records, pack and ship.  I will get into more details later about each of these. 

Feel free to email me at modretrogirl@yahoo.com anytime if you have questions, make sure you enter in the subject modretro blog question.
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