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Have you figured out what type of vintage items you want to sell.     Determining what your niche is may take time for some.  If you are having trouble deciding, I have some tips to help you get started. Tips: 1. Start by going to yard sales.  The Early Birds get the worm, is so true for yardsaling.  Buy the local newspaper, write down or add them to your GPS and make note of the time they start. You need to try and get to the sales as soon as they start. Look for anything that looks vintage, inspect it for any missing or broken areas.  I wouldn't pay any more than $5 for anything you don't know about.  Don't worry to much about how much you are going to make on the item.  If your only paying a $1 or 2, your not losing much if it doesn't have much value.  I consider these loses as expense of educating myself. 2.  Cleaning Do not polish, remove tarnish or do anything to your items except for...

In yesterday's post, I mentioned how important it was to search for your vintage treasures as often as you can.  Well, here's a testament to this fact. I stopped at a few flea markets yesterday and found a few things to sell, but only small profit makers.  But today, I had to go back into town unexpectedly, so of course I stopped at a couple of other flea markets and WOW, what a good day it was.  Not only did I find one profit marker but I found three high ticket items. Here's the first one:  This was hanging up high, in one of the booths and I was on my way out and just happen to glance up and this caught my eye.  For only $15 plus tax, I plan to ask $225.00.  It may take a few months to sell, but it will be worth the wait. Here's the link to the listing on ebay  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300775603916#ht_348wt_250 Here another item I found today, although this is not a high ticket item, it unique ...

Here is a link to research swag lamp pricing, with pics and history.  http://swaglamps.weebly.com/ Also, follow me on pinterest I am always updating my research on lighting  http://pinterest.com/retredesigns/

Buying Vintage Items to Sell on Ebay or other venues I will be posting before and after shots of items I buy to sell on ebay, along with tips, and links that will help you profit from selling online.  Ebay is the best place to sell as far as obtaining the most traffic.  You will pay for this traffic but if you work hard, keep good records, and pay as you go.  You will make money. I also feel it's important to say, as you search the web for other sites on selling on ebay, you may also find a lot of negativity on how high ebay and paypal fees are.  While it is true, they are high, you won't find another site that will move your items as fast as ebay.  The good thing is, ebay makes it easy for new sellers to get started by offering 50 free listing each month.  You do no have to pay unless your item sells.  When it does sell, you will be charged a final value fee.  I would strongly recommend, once the buyer pays, that you pay your ebay fees...

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....