This is a really good way to make money and you can do it in pretty much any store you can think of. Last year I was looking into drop-shipping and I just knew it wasn’t for me, so I went more old school and aimed to buy items that were on offer and see if I could sell them online for a profit.
Would you believe it, I could! Now I cannot simply give you a list of items to bulk buy and sell, its simple but its not that simple. Visit your local store (for me in the UK this is a B&M) make sure you have Ebay to hand on your mobile phone, I find perfumes work really well for this but I have also found some gems in the home section.
Find a promotional perfume or body scent in store, search it on Ebay and change the filter to “sold items”, now what you are looking for here is items that have sold multiple times in the last 2 days and of course that have sold at a higher price than what they are available in store.
B&M is a great store for this as they often sell things below the recommended retail price. Below is a women’s scent gift set which I listed on Ebay, Sold, purchased from the store, packaged and sent on the same day. The gift set was purchased for £6, the buyer paid £12.50 and I offered free delivery, Delivery was £2.94 which left me with a profit of £9.56 (I already had what I needed to safely post this, I suggest safe but cost-effective ways to safely send items).
Now I know £3.56 profit isn’t going to set the world alight or make me an overnight millionaire but for me, making a little extra money selling an item from a store I was already shopping at is both thrilling and any extra money is a good thing, in this situation I simply wanted a quick sale, previous sales were a few £ more than I listed at but there was about 12 hours between the listing and sale which I was very happy with.
I hope you found this helpful, get out there and I promise you will find these opportunities in most stores!
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