The short answer
How can I grow an eBay used clothing business consistently?
When I made this video in June 2023, my May eBay sales were $14,390 and one weekend had 61 orders for a little over $1,200. The growth plan was simple: list 50 items a day, source low-cost clothing, use sequential inventory, and let markdowns move stale items.
- In May 2023, my eBay store did about $14,390 in sales, with weekend volume running around 60 to 75 orders.
- At roughly 8,000 active listings, my plan was to keep listing 50 items a day until sales caught up to that pace.
- My warehouse was 24 by 40 feet, and my long-term goal was to build toward about 24,000 to 25,000 listed items.
- Goodwill bins inventory in this video came out to about $1.25 per item, and bulk/storage buys got even lower on cost of goods.
- My markdown rule was 20% off after 120 days and up to about 70% off by day 365.
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When I made this video on June 5, 2023, I was coming off a $14,390 May in my eBay store and a weekend with 61 orders going out for a little over $1,200. This post is the business side of that video: what sold, how I was setting up the warehouse, and the simple systems I was using to grow a used clothing store without making it complicated.
What sold over the weekend in my eBay store?
The weekend had 61 orders for a little over $1,200, and most of it was basic used clothing that I could keep finding again. That is the whole point of showing these sales: not every item is exciting, but repeatable bread-and-butter inventory is what keeps the store moving.
These were prices shown when the video went up in June 2023, not current comps.
| Brand or item | What sold | Price shown | Note from the sale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gap | Men’s shorts | $10 plus shipping | Basic low-dollar sale |
| Express | Women’s jeans | $14 plus shipping | Bread-and-butter denim |
| High Sierra | Vintage men’s T-shirt | $7 plus shipping | Low sale, but cheap inventory |
| Wrangler | Men’s pearl snap button-up | $14 plus shipping | Western shirts are worth checking |
| Nike Oregon Ducks | T-shirt | $8 plus shipping | I find these often in Oregon |
| Fish Hippie | Plain T-shirt | $13 plus shipping | Decent basic brand |
| RBX | Women’s running shorts | $10 plus shipping | Athletic shorts moved cheaply |
| American Eagle | Shorts | $7 plus shipping | Basic mall brand sale |
| Blackhawk | Jacket | $18 plus shipping | Jackets still sold going into summer |
| L.L.Bean | Tank top | $7 plus shipping | Lower sale, but repeatable |
| 1901 | New with tags men’s blazer | $35 plus shipping | New tags helped the price |
| Lululemon | Leggings with a stain | $17.95 plus shipping | Stain held the price down |
| Adidas | Men’s golf polo | $17.95 plus shipping | Golf polos were still solid |
| Carhartt | Men’s tank top | $12 plus shipping | Workwear name still helped |
| Timberland | Men’s puffer jacket | $30 plus shipping | Seasonal item still sold in warm weather |
The lesson for me was not that every brand on that list is amazing. The lesson was that if my cost of goods stays low enough, I can sell a lot of normal clothing and still build a real business.
How was I setting up my eBay warehouse for growth?
I was setting up the warehouse around space, speed, and a sequential inventory system. At the time, I had about 8,000 items listed, and I was trying to make the 24 by 40 foot shop work better before adding more inventory.
My plan was to add more shelving rows while still keeping a real processing area. That mattered because if every square foot becomes storage, then photographing, sorting, washing, rejecting, and listing inventory gets harder. You do not want your shop so packed that the next batch of inventory has nowhere to land.
Here is how I was thinking about the space in that video:
| Area | What I used it for | Why it mattered |
|---|---|---|
| Shelving rows | Listed inventory | More rows meant more listed items could fit in the warehouse |
| Three-foot walkways | Pulling orders | I needed enough room to move and find inventory quickly |
| Processing area | Sorting, photos, rejects, wash | Without a work area, inventory piles up and slows listing down |
| Long boxes | Sequential storage | Easier pulling than digging through tubs |
| Old tubs | Older inventory being moved out | I wanted to transfer these into a cleaner system |
I had six new shelving units coming in, and the goal was to keep converting from tubs to boxes. The tubs worked at one stage, but once the store got bigger, digging through bins cost too much time.
Why did I keep listing 50 items a day?
I kept listing 50 items a day because my store was not yet selling 50 items a day. At the time of the video, I was selling around 25 to 30 items a day, so I did not see a reason to raise the listing goal higher until sales caught up.
That is one of the biggest growth lessons from this video. More listing only helps if the rest of the system can handle it. If sourcing, photos, storage, pulling orders, and shipping are already breaking, listing more can make the business worse instead of better.
My long-term goal was to fill the warehouse with about 24,000 to 25,000 items. I knew that could take a couple years. But the plan was not to rush. The plan was to keep feeding the store with consistent daily listings and keep improving the process around it.
| Metric in the video | Number |
|---|---|
| Active listings at the time | About 8,000 |
| Daily listing goal | 50 items |
| Average daily sales | About 25 to 30 items |
| Long-term inventory goal | About 24,000 to 25,000 items |
| Warehouse size | 24 by 40 feet |
That is why I always come back to repeatable systems. If I can list 50 a day for a long time, source enough to feed that number, and store it where I can find it, the store has room to grow.
Where was I sourcing enough used clothing?
I was using a mix of bulk bales, the Goodwill bins, and older alternative buys like storage units. The Goodwill bins were especially useful because I could go about 30 minutes from home and get a few hundred pieces when I needed to refresh inventory.
In the video, I had just picked up about 300 items in two to three hours at the bins. My cost came out to about $1.25 per item. That type of cost gives you room to sell bread-and-butter clothing without needing every item to be a home run.
| Source | Numbers from the video | How I used it |
|---|---|---|
| Goodwill bins | About 300 items in 2 to 3 hours | Supplemental inventory and fast replenishment |
| Goodwill bins cost | About $1.25 per item | Low enough for bread-and-butter clothing |
| Bulk bales | About 1,000 usable items per month | Main supply line for the store |
| Monthly need | About 1,400 items | Needed extra sourcing beyond bales |
| Storage unit buyout | Around $0.70 per item averaged out | Long-tail shoes, bags, suits, and blazers |
| Fire relief center buyout | About 10,000 pounds bought, about 3,000 items kept | Cheap bulk, but a lot had to be donated |
The Goodwill bins were the foundation I recommended for beginners in that video. You can learn brands, fabrics, sizes, and sell-through while keeping the buy cost low. I was finding brands like Nike, Carhartt, The North Face, Prana, and Mountain Hardwear there.
The other lesson is that alternative sourcing can keep paying you long after the buy. The men’s loafers that sold for $72 plus shipping came from a storage unit buyout I had done the year before. I do not normally pick up shoes and bags every day, but when those older buys sell, they are a nice bonus.
Should I list jackets and sweaters in summer?
Yes, I was still listing jackets and sweaters in summer because seasonal demand turns faster than most resellers think. In the video, I talked about using Google Trends to check search interest for things like men’s jackets, women’s jackets, jeans, and sweaters.
My strategy was to source against the crowd. In winter, I liked picking up shorts, shirts, and polos. In summer, I liked picking up jackets, sweaters, and jeans. The reason is simple: other people leave that stuff behind when it feels out of season.
A Timberland men’s puffer jacket sold for $30 plus shipping in the video. A Blackhawk jacket sold for $18 plus shipping. A cashmere Oscar de la Renta blazer sold too, even though it had taken about a year.
That does not mean every jacket is worth buying. It means I do not automatically pass on seasonal items just because the weather is warm. If the brand, material, size, and condition make sense, I would rather list it before the season turns than wait until everyone else is listing the same thing.
What clothing details helped items sell?
The details that helped were size, fabric, style keywords, condition notes, and accurate item specifics. A good example in the video was a pair of Calvin Klein women’s pants that sold for $12.56 plus shipping within about a week because they were ripstop fabric.
Calvin Klein is not a brand I get excited about. But ripstop is a useful keyword because it describes the fabric and why someone might want it. That kind of detail can matter more than the brand on lower-tier clothing.
Another example was Wrangler Q-Baby women’s pants. I took an offer around $10 plus shipping because they had listed only three days earlier, and I am usually happy to turn a dollar into $10 plus shipping quickly.
Plus-size clothing was another category I was leaning into. I said in the video that I was picking up more plus-size tops, skirts, and basics because those sell-through rates can be better than generic small, medium, and large sizes. Torrid is already known for plus size, but I also mentioned checking plus-size items in brands like Old Navy and Gap.
| Detail to check | Why I cared |
|---|---|
| Plus sizes | Often better sell-through than standard small/medium/large basics |
| Fabric terms | Keywords like ripstop can help basic brands stand out |
| Western styles | Pearl snaps and Wrangler Q-Baby were worth checking |
| Stains or flaws | Not always automatic rejects if the item has demand |
| Vintage or made in USA | Can make a stained or odd item still worth researching |
One stained vintage Sears skirt sold for $18 plus shipping. That surprised me, but it also proved the point: do not automatically throw something back just because it has a flaw. Research it first if it has another reason to be desirable.
How did I use item specifics to improve listings?
I used item specifics as a way to describe clothing more accurately and help the right buyer find it. In the video, I answered a viewer question about learning terms like dolman sleeve, boat neck, A-line dress, fit-and-flare dress, tunic, hoodie, and sweatshirt.
My advice was to practice and look things up. If you do not know what a detail means, search it, compare photos, and learn it for next time. Women’s clothing especially has a lot of style terms that can change the title, category, and specifics.
Once I have photos and the right details, EasyFlip can help turn those into a listing from a few photos. The important part is still knowing what you have in your hands so you can catch the details that matter.
What was my inventory system for faster pulling and packing?
My inventory system used shelves, long boxes, poly bags, and sequential numbers so I could pull orders faster. I was using 8x8x32 boxes and said I could fit five across on the shelves, usually with 25 to 40 items per box depending on whether they were shirts, jeans, or jackets.
The shelves were about $150 each in the video, the boxes were about $2 each, and the poly bags worked out to about 7 to 8 cents per item. The shelves were rated for up to 4,000 pounds total and 800 pounds per shelf.
| Inventory supply | Number from the video | Why I used it |
|---|---|---|
| 8x8x32 boxes | About $2 each | Long boxes fit sequential inventory well |
| Items per box | About 25 to 40 | Depends on item type |
| Boxes across shelf | 5 across | Better use of shelf space |
| Shelf cost | About $150 | Built for heavier inventory storage |
| Shelf rating | 4,000 pounds total, 800 pounds per shelf | Strong enough for long-term use |
| Poly bags | About 7 to 8 cents per item | Keeps items organized and scannable |
The big win was less digging. Pulling 20 to 30 orders from tubs takes longer because you are searching through piles. With sequential boxes, I can go right to the number and move on.
How did I handle old inventory and markdowns?
I used age-based markdowns so older inventory did not sit forever at the original price. In the video, I said items hit a 20% discount at 120 days, and by day 365 they could be marked down about 70%.
That system connected directly to my buying standards. I was looking for at least a 20% to 30% 90-day sell-through rate because my plan was to sell the item within a year. Pricing still matters, but that gave me a baseline.
I also used my oldest listings as a sourcing lesson. If a brand had been sitting in my store for more than a year, I wanted to ask why. Was it the brand? The size? The style? Was it an extra small or an odd size that always sits?
A Woman Within item sold for $5.50 plus shipping, which I said was close to my breakeven point. I also said I could technically still profit at about $3.30 and above per item, but that sale taught me I should probably stay away from that brand.
The bottom line
The big lesson from this June 2023 video is that growth came from boring systems: low cost of goods, 50 listings a day, enough storage, faster pulling, better item specifics, and markdowns that forced old inventory to move.
If you are trying to grow this week, do not start by making the business more complicated. Pick one bottleneck. Source cheaper, list more consistently, clean up your inventory system, or review the oldest items in your store and stop buying what keeps sitting.
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Questions people ask
How much did your eBay store sell in May 2023?
When this video went up on June 5, 2023, my May eBay sales were about $14,390. I also had 61 weekend orders going out for a little over $1,200 in sales.
How many items should I list per day to grow an eBay clothing store?
In this video, my goal was 50 listings a day because my store was selling about 25 to 30 items a day. I did not plan to raise the listing goal until daily sales caught up closer to 50.
Is the Goodwill bins worth it for eBay clothing sellers?
For me in June 2023, the Goodwill bins were worth it because I could get about 300 items in two to three hours at around $1.25 per item. That low cost made bread-and-butter clothing work.
Should I buy jackets and sweaters during summer for eBay?
Yes, if the brand, condition, size, and price make sense. In the video, I was still selling jackets in early summer and liked sourcing winter items when other resellers were leaving them behind.
What markdown strategy did you use for old eBay inventory?
My markdown rule in the video was 20% off once an item hit 120 days. If it was still listed at day 365, it could be marked down about 70%.
What inventory system helped you pull eBay orders faster?
I used sequentially numbered poly-bagged items stored in long 8x8x32 boxes on shelving. That system was faster than digging through tubs, especially when pulling 20 to 30 orders at a time.
Sources
Prices are eBay sold listings, and every fact below was checked on June 5, 2023.
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all right all right so we got 61 orders going out over the weekend totaling a little over 1200 in sales stick around to the end of the video to find out what's sold these men's Gap shorts just sold for ten dollars plus shipping and these women's jeans by the brand Express sold for fourteen dollars plus shipping in this Vintage High Sierra men's t-shirt sold for seven dollars plus shipping in this men's Pearl snap button-up shirt by the brand wrestler sold for 14 plus shipping hope you all had a beautiful blessed weekend I'm kind of going to be going over some of the plans for my eBay business in China just explaining to you what some of the processes that I'm looking to get better in the first thing is that I have six new shelving units coming to the shop today so I'm gonna need to make room so the whole plan right now I
guess I should show you from this angle is to add multiple rows right so we just finished this last row here and this is about as far as I want to bring it out because I still want to leave room for my processing you know if you don't have a spot to process your inventory you're kind of making a cutting yourself short so this is all going to be my processing area photo setup Rejects and wash so I'm basically going to use this three quarters of the shop to be able to line this with rows right now we just have up about 8 000 items in our eBay store so the whole goal is to move this row of jackets down to this row here and then add in that second or that third or fourth row right here down the line and I leave about a good three feet of space for me to
walk through kind of like how this one is on this side so those are the things that I'm going through right now I am always constantly trying to change things up in my business look for ways to get better the one thing that was a long process is getting these tubs transferred into these boxes for more of a sequential system because I am going to be looking to need this space here and I have a good bit of stuff old inventory that is on a heavy markdown sale so the whole goal is to get those into the longer boxes and get them put up on shelving here so that's kind of what's going on how are sales for you guys you know sales have been pretty consistent it's been between 60 and 75 sales over the weekend we did about 14 500 in sales last month and that's been pretty much the normal so um
just want to go over some of the sales over the weekend um mainly bread and butter stuff but I do that so you could find those items as well and you could start adding them into your business so let's get back into what's selling a lot of you know I pick up a lot of Oregon Ducks Nike T-shirts they are everywhere this sold for eight dollars plus shipping nothing to ride home about but then again I do get these items for less than a dollar so very happy and college football season is just around the corner so definitely happy to see this go this is a decent brand here if you could see it this is just a plain T-shirt by the brand fish hippie this sold for 13 plus shipping here are some women athletic running shorts by the brand RBX they sell for ten dollars plus shipping these American Eagle shorts sold for
seven dollars plus shipping all right so we had this Blackhawk jacket just sell for 18 plus shipping still selling jackets so I just want to give you the short-term plans of what I plan on doing with this warehouse It's a 24 by 40 foot Warehouse that I have currently about 8 000 items listed my goal for me and my eBay business right now is to continue to list 50 items a day but I'm going to be staying at that amount for quite some time I don't see myself listing more than 50 a day for several years or until we start selling 50 items a day my goal is to fill this Warehouse up with about twenty four thousand items and then see where we can be at at that point where we're at that may take me a couple years to even get to that amount so we're selling between 25 and 30 items a
day so it is going to take probably another couple years to hit 25 000 items in my eBay store but I just want to say to you that if you think that you can't do this you know go to the Goodwill bands build a six-figure business you're wrong because you can neither did I think that I was able to do something just like this but look a couple years later implementing the correct business principles and strategies on what makes eBay tick that's going to really give you the competitive Advantage rather than throwing up a bunch of junk and expecting it to sell which leads me to my next point is that if you check out Linked In the description down below Marcus Dixon and I have combined forces to offer a reseller mentorship we offer that because we provide strategies and tips that helped us reach over three hundred thousand dollars in sales selling used
clothing on eBay so if that's something for you you can join 32 other members growing their stores making their jump from their full-time career to running their own reselling business so it's just one dollar a day after that seven day free trial and if you feel like it's right for you we'd love to see you there and we'd love to help you reach your goals all right just wanted to get into some of the questions that came on YouTube over the weekend and Indie Eric asks if I use a specific resource to figure out what item specifics mean and how do I learn about them how do I get good at them first of all it just comes with time in doing it over and over again but if you are a beginner I'm developing an ebook based on all the item specifics for clothing that's really going to be helpful for you learning about
what domain sleeve is what a boat neck is what an a-line dress is what a fit and flare dress is all of these item specifics right I believe there's over 400 just in the clothing category alone so you could check that out that's going to be happening here sometime this week and that's a resource that's you're going to be available for you guys to be able to learn to be able to build up your knowledge to really know what to be looking out for because we're not everything that we pick up as resellers you know you may find things that I may never find here in Oregon so being able to learn what is in your area being able to study the item specifics is really going to make you an expert in your Niche so this is why my passion project has been developing this ebook over the last few months it has taken
time but I wanted to make it perfect for you guys to be able to just have this guide to be able to open up whenever you're doing your listings and you have that information readily available so that's kind of what I use but I think for you to start is just to start googling what does a domain sleeve is what is a boat neck what are these different types especially when it comes to women's clothing what is the difference between a blouse and a tunic what is the difference between a hoodie and a sweatshirt so all those things really do matter with your titles with putting in your item specifics so just get good at it by practicing getting on the old Google machine and start learning what things are and also using Google Lens too but stay tuned this week for the drop in announcement of that ebook it's going to be really helpful
for you guys this LL Bean tank top sold for seven dollars plus shipping this is a men's Blazer brand new with tags by the brand 1901 sold for 35 dollars plus shipping this is a full zip ribbed knit sweater by the brand North Peak sold for ten dollars plus shipping here are some Lululemon leggings that sold for 17.95 plus shipping they had a stain on them so that's why they went for a little bit less than they usually do here are some denim shorts by the brand Ava and Viv that sold for 12.56 plus shipping in this Adidas men's golf polo sold for 17.95 plus shipping all right so we had this Carhartt men's tank top sold for 12 plus shipping so I just came back from the Goodwill bins a couple days ago and it is such a blessing to be able to just live 30 minutes away from the Goodwill bins and to
be able to pick up product in case I run out or I need a little Refresh on my inventory so basically just showing you that no matter what your source is you could typically find a Goodwill bins or a Goodwill Outlet nearby and you know even if it's a two to three hour drive I still think it can be worth it if you're able to Source efficiently and effectively so behind me here you could see I got about 300 items in about two hours two to three hours and basically it's all bread and butter stuff that you see me selling on a continual basis Nike Carhartt North Face Prana Mountain Hardware you know things like that so basically there is no excuse there's no excuse to not go out and Source inventory buy it for a dollar to two dollars and you'll be able to hit the ground running in your eBay store so I
do buy bulk Bales in having that sorted out every month that leaves me with about a thousand items that I can take home every month but I need about fourteen hundred items every month so I supplement those bulk Bales with heading into the Goodwill Outlet about once a month once every two weeks which actually is really awesome for me because that is something I love to do I love to Source it's the thrill of the hunt right but I'm just telling you that if you're a beginner or if you're wanting to get started into reselling clothing that a Goodwill Outlet nearby can be the best way to start you can always find inventory you know calling a mom-and-pop thrift stores and you know calling junk removal services starting to put a donation bin out in your local church whatever it may be but I think that the Goodwill Outlet can be a good solid foundation
to build your business upon so no excuse here I paid about a dollar 25 an item and just really thankful and what a blessing praise the Lord all right still selling some shoes these are some Sumo shoes some men's loafers came from a storage unit buyout I did last year so still selling some of these shoes these are some really nice shoes if you've heard of this brand they are okay these sat on the shelf for about a year so probably wouldn't recommend them as far as a faster sell-through rate but different but a decent average sale price um you know 72 bucks plus shipping and you know averaged out after buying everything in that storage unit came out to about 70 cents per item so it is just really cool to be continuing to see the benefits of sourcing alternatively still continue to pay off I still have plenty of bags to list and
still a ton of shoes to sell through from that storage unit buyout but as you know I don't pick up bags or shoes on the regular so just whenever I see a bag or a pair of shoes sell I just go Hallelujah this Timberland men's puffer jacket sold for thirty dollars plus shipping still selling and quite a few jackets and sweaters you know I'm still listing and picking those things up it doesn't matter so um really you might think we're heading into summer in which we are you're probably like Bo you're crazy we are heading into the summer but the rotation on those seasonal items happens faster than you think you know if you go to a Google Trend search and you search men's jeans you type in men's jacket men's sweaters you can see that the lowest of the low when those items are searched is as far as search volume is usually between
May June July and then right after July starting in August that search volume in those seasonal categories really starts to pick up so things like women's jackets men's jackets starts picking up here in the next six weeks so as crazy as that sounds when you're Outsourcing keep in mind and be mindful that you know yeah we're going into summer and yeah you're going to find a lot of jackets a lot of sweaters a lot of winter gear being left behind kind but as a reseller you're probably going to want to stay on top of that stuff because the season does turn faster than you think so start picking it up now start listing it now and start building up your store to when winter comes you have jackets and sweaters coming out the store you know so that's kind of my strategy that's been my strategy for the last two years is pick up shorts
shirts polos in the wintertime pick up jackets sweaters and jeans in the summertime why because people are usually leaving that stuff behind so try Google Trends I think that that's going to be helpful for you play around with it and see where this search volume is going so you can get it on top of the game and have that competitive advantage in these vintage not your daughter's jeans just sold for 27 plus shipping I don't typically pick up white anything usually because it has a stain but these were in really good shape so for example you just saw me talk about the Goodwill bins I just picked these up at the Goodwill bins about a week ago and they just sold 27 bucks so I probably paid maybe a dollar fifty for these two bucks but just for example you know you can go out there there's money sitting on the table or sitting in
those bins so to speak um you know not your daughter's jeans it's okay you know a lot of people pass this brand up it's definitely a bread and butter brand for me and I sell it time and time again between 14 and 21 27 oh my goodness this Nautica men's button up new with tags just sold for 19 plus shipping God bless you Nautica this women's Sears skirt vintage SO for eighteen dollars plus shipping 15367. all right we're way back here all right here we go so this skirt is incredibly stained it is made in USA still sold for 18 dollars time and time again things still surprise me on you know the demand what someone's willing to pay for it you know that's why I think you know don't pass up on things that may be stained or have a hole but if it has another factor to it that's going to make it
stand out and get you know make it more desirable something like that maybe so so you know it's it's really interesting so don't count things out if they have a stain or a hole do some research figure out if that product is worth listing and then move on to the next this women's fleece pullover by the brand Danskin sold for eleven dollars plus shipping don't pick up this brand it's terrible this was kind of a cool find this is a UCLA Bruins made in USA practice shirt so this sold for 28 plus shipping this purchase came from a Fire Relief Center that I bought out their entire uh thing of of clothing it was about ten thousand pounds and I paid about 20 cents per item when it all said and done I just got done counting out how much I kept and how much I discarded I kept about 3 thousand of those ten
thousand pounds so I did have to to donate seven thousand pounds of clothing but in that were a few vintage shirts a few Disneyland shirts um a few vintage Nike gear so this is a really nice and encouraging to see because I don't pick up a lot of vintage but when I do I do learn a lot more on what to look out for here's a pair of women's denim shorts sold for 748 plus in this women's denim skirt by the brand Torrid sold for 1256 plus shipping one thing I'm doing in my business is I'm picking up so much more plus size clothing plus size tops plus size skirts the cell through rate on those items tends to be higher than just generic you know small medium large so if you're looking to maybe diversify your clothing resale business start checking sell through rates on Lower tier Brands but plus size in that brand
Old Navy plus size Gap plus size Torrid known for making plus size but just look at the higher plus size categories have higher sell-through rates they might not have higher average sale price but if you're looking to Turn and Burn products in and out of your store get them listed get them sold you might want to look into picking up more plus size clothing basic generic stuff just like this guys Calvin Klein women's pants size 12 sulfur 1256 Plus shipping I had just listed these about a week ago and very happy to sell them they were sold with a coupon I offer a 30 off coupon every day in my store these are rip stop fabric you can see kind of the oh maybe not the little squares in that rip stop is basically just a type of weave a type of knit style that is going to make the fabric a bit stronger so
a good keyword to use but also probably a good reason why these sold so fast because Calvin Klein is a terrible brand this Oregon Ducks Nike t-shirt sulfur 906 plus shipping so a decent model to pick up within Wrangler are these women's pants uh cue baby the Wrangler Q baby they're like these stretch elastic waistband here um really a decent uh brain to be picking up and I know I probably could have gotten a lot more for them but I just listed these three days ago and anytime I get an offer on Wrangler I usually take it so turning a dollar into 10 plus shipping I'm still pretty happy with that but you might want to be looking out for qbaby whenever you see these on wrangler's jeans or women's pants for their stretch elastic waist this Pendleton men's button up short sleeve shirt sold for 17.95 plus shipping another really bad brand but hey
it's sold and somewhat recently St John's Bay men's shorts sold for almost eleven dollars plus shipping 13484 right all right 13484 more way down here so if you're looking to get into an inventory system like this this is the way to go these racks these shelves you can find it all Linked In the description down below and a little bit goes a long ways in supporting the channel so if you're looking to get into boxes like this these are the 32 8x8s I can fit five across and I can usually fit between 25 and 40 items per box depending on shirts jeans jackets and whatnot these shelves can hold up to four thousand pounds and 800 pounds per shelf so they are built well made and ready to last a lifetime so all this all in you know the shelves are 150 the boxes are about two dollars a piece in the poly bags usually
end up about eight to seven cents per item so really a way to get away from the bins and start learning to maximize your space and cut down on pooling and packing this has saved me so much time every day pull 20 30 orders and versus the bin system where you see kind of like that where it will take me much longer to pool and pack my orders because I'm doing a lot of digging where here these numbers are all in sequential order so you're able to find those items really easy so let's get to finding this 13484 for example uh let's see thirteen four eight four it's coming way back here there we go all right so yeah St John's Bay it's terrible not a good brand but you know a lot of these things came from bulk buys they came from Bales and if I'm spinning you know really low cost of goods
and it's in decent shape and it's shorts I will list it but I will expect to have it for a year you know my whole markdown strategy for my inventory is I Mark things down once they hit 120 days they get a 20 discount if they're still in my store on day 365 at that point that item would be marked down about 70 percent so the sell-through rate that I'm typically looking to pick up in my store is a bare minimum of 30 percent sell through rate twenty percent salary rate because my plan is to sell that item within a year so if it's a 30 sell-through rate on a 90-day average then typically you can expect for that item to sell within a year at least and it depends on your pricing as well this maxi dress by the brand Eddie Bauer sold for 17.95 plus shipping these jeans by the brand Steve's jeans
sold for 16 plus shipping these women's Nike running shorts sold for seven dollars plus shipping all right these pants by the brand Women Within sold for 550 plus shipping and that is right around my Breakeven Point uh where I sell things for a profit is about 330. if I can get 330 and above for each item I can technically still turn a profit so didn't make a ton of money here not the best brand and what I learned from that experience is that I should probably be staying away from that brand another way you can also figure out what brands not to buy is go to your oldest inventory on eBay go scroll by oldest listings first and start making note on some of the brands that are hanging around in your store some brands that are in your store for over a year make note and go why did those items not sell and
then add that into your practice of when you go out to source and avoid those items like the plague because there's a reason why those items sat around your store for a year or more maybe it was an extra small maybe it was a double zero zero so you gotta start paying attention to why items are sitting around in your store so you can avoid continuing to pick them up another simple brand the brand Talbots which has been a good seller for me especially in those plus size this is a really nice sized pair of pants size 14 these sold for 17.95 plus shipping tablets just another bread and butter brand pick these at the the Goodwill bins a week ago and they sold within seven days so very happy with that all right another brand that I love picking up I love picking up their cargo pants I love picking up their button-up shirts
and that is the brand 511 tactical these sold within about two weeks for twenty four dollars plus shipping so if you're on the hunt and you're Outsourcing and you find anything 511 tactical it's generally a slower South array depending on the size but the average sale price is pretty nice so paid a dollar or less for these turn them into 24 plus shipping what a blessing in this Nike Oregon Ducks men's pullover hoodie so for 22 dollars plus shipping awesome sale this is a men's cashmere blazer by the brand Oscar de la Renta so this took a good year to sell but it is cashmere made in Italy so that's kind of cool and really happy and thankful to sell jackets during this hot summer time also a storage unit product that came out many suits and Blazers in that storage unit so really you know happy I don't have to have this in my
inventory for the upcoming winter there were a few Oscar de la Renta Blazers and this is like the third or fourth one to sell so slower salary rate but great average sale price here's a men's Wolverine pullover long sleeve shirt sold for 11.49 plus shipping all right all right so we just had these Mountain Hardware women's Chino shorts sold for 22 plus shipping and then we had these Levi's men's 513s men's jeans just sold for 15 plus shipping if you want to know what else is selling in my eBay store and you're looking for those top tier items that I'm looking to pick up on a daily basis you can check out this video right here where it goes over the top 50 clothing brands that I'm on the lookout for included in that is the free ebook that you can download and it has sell through rates and a brief description about that brand
I hope you all have a blessed rest of the week and take care
