eBay Begins at Home

The first place to look for things to sell on eBay is in your own home. Big, small, old, new – one persons trash is another’s treasure!

Have a good look around the house, in the garage, in the shed, the back of cupboards and see if you can find thing like:

• Furniture you don’t want anymore
• Unopened gifts
• Decorative vases, figurines, platters
• Unworn clothing
• Good quality clothing in good condition
• Baby goods
• Children’s toys
• Old toys
• Books in good condition
• Old promotional material (fast food store toys, merchandise)

1 thing to remember though is that others will never have the same sentimental attachment to your things as you have. So don’t get carried away and sell things you will regret loosing later.

Once you have a few ideas, follow the ‘will it sell’ post to see if your old trash could be someone else’s treasure!

Have a look at this post to see some of the things from our home that got us started….

Our Beginnings

Back in the beginning, we had a look through our old stuff, and some newer stuff, and thought we’d have a go at selling on eBay. Here are some of the things that we though people might be interested in…. and were!

Old inflateable Coke bottle from a Easter Show Bag. Sold:$16

Metallica sunglasses, never worn: $20



Then we started looking at garage sales and found these gems early on.

Retro drink bottles: $3

Heineken clapping bats: bought 20c, sold $5

It's not huge money but % wise - it was big and it was early days!

The Baths

It is even possible to make a profit out of buying things on eBay and selling them again on eBay!
We were renovating our bathroom and I was looking for a bargain bath. While browsing through the Home -> Bathroom category I came across a lot of 7 baths. They were new, but some had been scratched in transport. I took a punt and ended up winning the auction and buying myself 7 fibreglass baths for $200.
I kept the best for myself and started to sell the rest. One by one they sold. The ones in basically new condition went for up to $120. And the most scratched went for around $10 to someone who wanted a bath for a holiday house - and was absolutely stocked with the bargain!.
So we now have a lovely big new bath in the bathroom that wasn’t just a bargain – it made us $100!!