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As in, if you specifically flip within a certain niche, do you post on marketplace about what you are looking for? Craigslist? Discuss

Hi everyone! I'm looking for advice from people who've moved bulk inventory before.

My dad sourced 100x EpoMaker SK61 mechanical keyboards (60% layout, hot-swappable, RGB) intending to sell them on Amazon FBA. The play didn't work out and now they're sitting in storage. All units are new-in-box, all identical (same switch type, same colorway).

What is the best way to sell these? Should I try to find a local facebook group, another local FBA reseller, or sell them one by one off FB marketplace?

For those who've moved 50-100+ units of a single SKU before:

1. Is it worth the time to drip-sell individually, or does the math usually favor a bulk dump to another flipper?
2. What's a reasonable per-unit price for the whole lot if I wanted to move them in one transaction?
3. Are there any channels I'm missing or should consider?

Thanks in advance.

Been reselling for about eight months now, mostly sneakers, started small and have been slowly figuring things out. I'm profitable but I feel like I'm leaving money on the table constantly because I can never figure out the hold versus flip decision with any real confidence.

The ones that hurt the most are the ones I flipped fast for a decent margin and then watched double or triple in value two months later. but then i've also held pairs waiting for the price to climb and watched them slowly bleed back down to retail while my money sat tied up.

I bought four pairs of the same shoe last month. sold two immediately, held two. The two I sold are now going for about 40% more than what I got. The two I'm holding have barely moved. same shoe, same size, just different timing on my end and i still can't figure out what i should have known at the time that would have told me to hold all four.

I've talked to a few people who seem to consistently make the right call on this and they all say different things. one guy swears by release date to restock ratio. Another one watches social media heat obsessively. Another one just goes by gut after years of doing it.

I track my flips in a spreadsheet but I don't think I'm capturing the right data points to actually learn from my own history in a meaningful way.

For people who have been doing this for a while and have actually figured out a framework for this decision, what does your process actually look like and is there anything specific you track or watch that you wish someone had told you earlier.

I started flipping phones in December 2025 and made very good money. I hit 800 dollars in a single day during the peak and made over 100 dollars a flip on average (kept everything in a spreadsheet). In January, I found a good direct buyer who pays well for phones on consignment. However, recently flips have been only netting me 30-60 dollars each. Is phone flipping dying? And what are some things that I can do to make it more viable as a job replacement?

I’m currently selling on ebay, poshmark, mercari, and facebook marketplace full time. I buy storage units and flip the contents inside as well as flipping items from yard sales and estate sales. I’ve been doing this since January and it’s been very fun & I love it but there are obviously highs and lows.. I haven’t even thought about taxes yet. I’ve made about $5,000 net since starting and I know I haven’t been doing it long but I just feel so discouraged.

I just started a youtube channel and that gives me a little hope that I can actually scale this the way I imagine. I guess my main question to everyone is, do you think this is something that can become an actual career or pay the bills one day?

I talked to a very wealthy colleague of mine and he says he doesn’t honestly see the marketplace being a scalable business but doubling down on content and youtube can definitely be the best scaled thing I can do and become “successful” from it.

Im still in my first year of my eBay store. Since the beginning I have offered free shipping on everything except very bulky items. I do not currently accept returns but have heard enough to believe opening up to returns could improve my sales. My question is if I offer both free shipping and returns, if a buyer chooses to return the item for a reason other than INAD do I pay for the return shipping or does the buyer. Additionally I have many items that would not be profitable if I had to pay for shipping twice (potentially 3 times if I have to pay for shipping on a return).

Is it better to choose either free shipping OR returns or is it possible to be successful doing both.

The last two returns I've had, the buyer created the return label, and then literally held or used the item until the last possible day to send it back (I think eBay gives them like 3 weeks!?). In the meantime, my funds are on hold the entire time.

I tend to offer free returns, but not free shipping, which I think is typically a good tactic as buyers realize they will not be refunded the shipping charge they paid if they make a return. This has worked before where a buyer will start a return, then cancel it once they realize they are not getting the shipping back.

I am doing comps and the only result in sold listings has "This listing was ended by the seller on Wed, May 20 at 11:31 AM because the item is no longer available."
Why would it show as sold if it was actually ended by the seller?
Is there a way to filter them out?
Thanks.

Hi everyone, I’m not sure if I’m overreacting, so I’d really appreciate some outside opinions on this situation.

I listed an item on Facebook Marketplace, and a buyer asked me to hold it for two days. I agreed to hold it for that initial period.

On the scheduled pickup day, I reached out to confirm if she was still coming. She said she couldn’t make it and asked me to hold it for another two days, saying she could pay part of it via Venmo. I told her I wasn’t sure about my schedule yet, but I would let her know once I figured it out. I realize I wasn’t extremely direct in saying no, because I’m not very comfortable with rejecting people, but I also didn’t agree to extend the hold，especially since she had already missed the original pickup. From my experience, people who ghost the first time never show up the second time, and I’m moving so I can’t wait that long.

After that, I kept getting messages from other interested buyers. While managing the listing, I accidentally clicked the “sold” button on Facebook. I immediately changed it back to “unsold.” I wish the “Mark as Sold” button wasn’t in such an easy-to-misclick spot. It has happened multiple times.

Right after that, she left me a bad review saying I broke my promise to hold the item for her. From my perspective, I had only agreed to a 2-day hold, she didn’t show up, and we never confirmed a new pickup time or any payment for extending the hold.

Later, I responded and explained the situation. She ended up deleting her review, but my overall rating still dropped. I was pretty frustrated by this, so I blocked her.

I guess I’m just trying to understand: is a hold only valid when both sides clearly confirm a new pickup time，or i was wrong in this case.

I don’t know why my post got removed from /FacebookMarketplace, so I’m posting here to get some advice.

Whatever you want to know about flipping, no matter the question, ask here. Even if it's been covered 1,000 times before. Doesn't matter if you're new or old. If you stop learning things, you're probably on your way out.

This is an extremely newb-friendly thread. As such, any rudeness is to be reported.

Think about how much inventory you actually need for consistent sales

Why can’t I just buy 2-3 items for $500 a week and make $100 profit minimum on each item that same week. I hate that I have to have a store with 3k listings that I update and buy consistently for, to offset having dead inventory and inconsistent sales.

What would you like help selling? What is it? What are you trying to get for it? What have you tried so far? What will you try next? Hopefully we can help you out a bit.

Once the thread has been up for a while, please try to sort by New so you can try to help latecomers. The more helpful we are in this thread, the less often people will make their own threads for individual items.

Long ago (~8 years) I weighed the pros and cons of this, but I don't remember the cons for calculated shipping.

I currently use business policies and do flat rate. A policy for every USPS Ground Advantage ounce range (1-8 ounce policy, 9-16 ounce policy, etc).

I'm in the midwest, but I feel like my shipping price isn't optimized by doing an weighted average. People close distance to my zip code get "high" prices compared to people on the coast.

I don't see a reason not to use calculated. But I'm thinking there are a few technical reasons why the Flat Rate shipping is better. I just don't remember what those reasons are. I'd love to go Calculated so that I don't have to keep manually increases the prices too due to frequent USPS price increases. How frequent is calculated price bugged due to eBay if ever?

All of my items go in polybags, and 80% are similar size and weight.

I'm new to the world of bidding on storage units through auctions. The three units that I won were great. I love the excitement of going through each item, finding it's value, etc. Except I can't help but feel the flip side of it- this was someone else's personal property that meant something to them and they lost it for whatever reason. I've been leaning more towards bidding on the small business gone bad units because they feel less personal. Anybody ever struggle with this as a storage unit buyer?

For me it’s no inbetween. I went to the charity shop and thrifted 6 beautiful items to sell. Two were high prices luxury. I haven’t gotten any views on most of them. Other items I post like old football shorts, etc or a bag. That gets tons of favourites but no purchases. Have you ever had this problem? How can I solve this?