eBay Scavengers Episode 42: Interview with Ben from Voodoo Vintage & Estate - An eBay store in New Orleans

Wendy talks to Ben from Voodoo Vintage & Estate in New Orleans. He's been finding some very unique NOLA items at estate sales and selling with great success through ebay. All it took was one phone call from Wendy to convince him that opening an eBay store was the right thing to do!

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eBay Scavengers Episode 41: What's Happening In Your eBay Store This Week?

A swanky Louis Vuitton wallet worth so much, you'll be too broke to fill it!

Wendy and Mikey talk about what's going on in their store this week. Lots of non-paying bidders and offers. A Louis Vuitton wallet that got a best offer of $1100 that had a non-payer, but will eventually sell because of rabid LV fans. Wendy experiments with auctions to find the right market price for odd items and Mikey coins the phrase yard sale "sweeper".

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eBay Scavengers Episode 40: Interview with Sharon and Sam from ShopCheap 1980 in Australia

Jay and Ryanne woke up at 6am EST (now that's dedication) to interview Sharon and Sam from ShopCheap1980 an eBay store in Australia! The similarities to a US ebay store are very close. They shop at auctions, flea markets and thrift stores too. Only difference is that they have to bring all their boxes to the post office. No Australia Post pickup for them. Visit their store at ShopCheap1980. Thanks Sharon and Sam!

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eBay Scavengers Episode 39: What's Happening In Your eBay Store This Week?

Wardrobe too big for our house- paid $275, sold for $450. Letterman painting- paid $5, sold for $225.

Jay and Ryanne talk about what's going on in their ebay store. Selling more furniture may be in their future. Paintings and funky kitsch art are a pain to store, pack and ship, but they sell so well we can't help ourselves! Stuff mentioned in this podcast include- eBay store Calculator (see if a store makes sense financially for you), the Andy Warhol elementary school sketch auction on ebay, Amazon now selling museum quality art and last but not least- eBay's Fall update with Top Rated Seller grace period.  Thanks to Glen for writing in to ask exactly how to get the Cha-Ching sound to activate on the iphone eBay app.

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eBay Scavengers Episode 38: Our Process and How We Make a Living on eBay - Wendy and Mikey

Wendy and Mikey talk about their process of running an Ebay store. We cover buying and sourcing, organizing, cleaning, photography, listing, selling, shipping and customer service. Everyone has a different way of running their business, this is how they do it. Check out the tools they use: Yard Sale Mapper for finding yard sales in your area. Terapeak- Mikey and Wendy use Terrapeak and the Terapeak iPhone app to research and accurately price items they scavenge. GarageSale to build their store template and list all their items. What they don't use are....notebooks.

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eBay Scavengers Episode 37: What's Happening In Your eBay Store This Week?

Vintage Patch- Paid less than $1, sold for $120. Adobe Illustrator CD- Free, Sold for $35.

Mikey and Wendy talk about what's happening in their store this week. Exciting moments include an actual flood, big sales of vintage patches and Adobe software. A genuine Louis Vuitton wallet purchased for $20 at a yard sale may fetch over $1200 on Buy It Now. Also, the dreaded moment when your beloved postal worker gets transfered, leaving a new carrier to figure out your USPS pick up quirks has happened to them.

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eBay Scavengers Episode 36: Our Process and How We Make a Living on eBay - Ryanne and Jay

Sometimes the process of photographing and listing looks like this. But you gotta do it!

Jay and Ryanne talk about their process of running an ebay store from start to finish. We cover buying and sourcing, organizing, cleaning, photography, listing, selling, shipping and customer service. Everyone has a different way of running their business, this is how we run ours. Check out Pixelmator, the app Ryanne mentions for quick and easy photo editing for the Mac. Also we mentioned using GarageSale for laying out a template for your listings. We use the Panasonic GH1 camera with a 20mm Pancake lens for our photos. Watch Ryanne's video about how to pack a big heavy typewriter for shipping.

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