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What to flip
- The jacket looks clean. Check the lining before you buy it
- The ISBN matches. Does the book—and the postage—match?
- The board game is “complete.” Count the pieces anyway
- The missing charger is not the whole repair budget
- What to flip
- Sneaker reselling: the model code is only the first check
- Vintage clothing: age evidence before a decade in the title
Where to source
- Find inventory without buying every bargain
- The hammer price is only the first number on the invoice
- A 20-item lot can cost $10 per useful item
- Reselling maximum buy price calculator
- Liquidation lot profit calculator
- Where to source
- Leave the thrift store with fewer surprises, not a fuller cart
- The garage-sale bundle: price the pieces you can actually use
Selling on eBay
Selling on Mercari
Selling on Poshmark
Selling on Depop
Facebook Marketplace
Etsy eligibility and selling
Used goods on Amazon
Compare selling platforms
Pricing and margins
- Research a price a buyer might actually pay
- Understand fees before calling a sale profitable
- Pricing used items and planning markdowns that keep stock moving
- Three sold prices, three different products: clean your comparisons
- The offer clears your buy price. That is not the floor
- Reselling profit calculator
- Marketplace fee comparison calculator
- Reselling break even calculator
- Reselling offer price calculator
- Pricing and margins
Product photography
Listing SEO and descriptions
Shipping and packaging
- Price shipping before you promise it
- Shipping used electronics with lithium batteries by USPS
- Perfume, aerosols, nail polish and other items the mail restricts
- Shipping time promises and the FTC mail order rule
- The box fits the item. Does it fit the protected item?
- Box size fit calculator
- Shipping and packaging
Storage and inventory
Tax records
Running the operation
Scams and product safety
- Inspect an item before money changes hands
- Meet local buyers with a safety plan
- Know what not to flip
- Run a recall check before you buy, list or ship
- Reselling baby and children's items without the hidden hazards
- Buyer scams resellers run into, and how to close the door on them
- Wiping phones, tablets and computers before resale
- The return arrives different: document before you accuse
- The logo looks right. What evidence would you actually rely on?
- Reselling sourcing checklist
- Scams and product safety