Selling for a profit on eBay is easy when you have kids. People are earning hundreds of dollars a month by selling kid-related items. Here are some general ideas to help you get started.
Kids Items You Can Sell
Clothes, toys, and videos are good money makers on eBay.
Go to eBay and look up a “lot” of size six girl’s cloths. You will find they are expensive! The average price for a lot of 20 good conditioned clothes is about 35.00.
When your kids grow out of their seasonal clothes do not throw them out. Bundle them into different lots by category. For example, bundle girls dress separately from girls play clothes, but only do that if you have at least six of each different type.
Lots of any item sell better than single items unless the item is unique or high priced. For example, a hand-embroidered dress that you paid a lot for would sell better by itself instead of bundled with other basic dresses.
The next item to lookup on eBay is toys. Most toys in good condition will sell for a lot of money. One idea that works well is to buy hot items in October at Wal-Mart or Toys-R-Us and sell them on eBay.
Busy people are willing to pay extra for the convenience of getting the items delivered to their homes. For example, last year a Mega Power Ranger came out in stores around October and sold at Wal-Mart for about 45.00.
The same item sold on eBay for up to 65.00 plus shipping. The Yellow Power Ranger is yet another example where the store price was about 6.00, while the same item was selling on eBay for about 20.00.
Have your children ever received a duplicate birthday or Christmas presents? You can sell those on eBay also. Look at the eBay listings for items of interest to see if selling on eBay is worth more than returning the item to the store.
Kid’s videos and DVDs are also good money-makers. Bundle about three of these together, and you can usually make about 7.00-12.00 per bundle. Bundle more and the money goes up. Disney movies in hard cases can go for a higher amount. This also works for other types of movies as well.
Save those Mcdonald’s toys. Some Kids Meals toys sell high. Take the new Star Wars toys from Burger King…very collectible. You will find them selling on eBay from 1.00 to 5.00, not including shipping.
eBay has a whole section devoted to dolls and bears. If your daughter doesn’t want her collectible dolls anymore sell them on eBay.
Kids Crafts You Can Sell
Around the holidays, especially, have your children place their hand in paint and make a print on some quality paper. Add a holiday-related poem and you have a great craft to sell on eBay.
Have your kids make gift jars with readymade mixes. For example, hot chocolate mixes in a jar with a plastic spoon tied to it with a ribbon. Dip the end of the spoon with white chocolate.
Baby Items You Can Sell
Used baby items are very profitable. Baby items cost a lot of money, especially in their first year. Any “gently” used items are generally good sellers on eBay.
If you have baby coupons that you will never use, sell them on eBay! Leftover diapers and formula sell well also. A lot of 35 used cloth diapers usually sells for around 38.00 plus shipping. Four Fuzzi Bunz diapers (cloth diapers with hemp inserts) can sell for as much as 40.00.
There you have it. Plenty of ideas for selling those leftover kids items on eBay…and you can even make a nice profit while you are at it!
