sell plants on ebay

[97guns]

newbie here, just thought i'd share my little money making story. my old lady is a plant-a-holic, succulents and cactus to be exact and she has a slew of 'em - probably in the neighborhood of 350 different varieties. succulents can grow from clippings, just cut a chunk of the plant off, throw it in a box and mail it off. we've been selling cuttings on ebay for just over a month now, around 5 weeks and we have $1150+ in the ebay designated checking account. not too shabby for a 100% profit item that regrows itself to more dollars. her little garden hasn't even taken a hit with all the plants we've been sending out, i just hope the fish doesn't jump off the hook anytime soon.

[CalireEHughes]

That's insane, but I guess there is a market for everything! What is your e-bay feedback like? Is it all positive? Do people think they're getting a plant or just a part of a plant? How do you know what to charge for each plant, or do you just let the users bid.

Good for you!! This is awesome, hopefully you can turn this into a full time business

[Eric80]

actually, it is a cool idea. congratulations! just have a question, 350 varieties? how big is your backyard?

[97guns]

feedback has been 100% positive , we did have a lady complain about the cost of shipping. she started to make a big deal out of it so we just put her on the blocked bidders list. the backyard is just a standard size tract home backyard, maybee 80 feet by 60 feet. since may 27th our net profits are $1675, not too shabby for a 100% profit gig with very little overhead. the best thing about it is that the plants replenish themselves so we never run out of inventory.

[97guns]

over a year later and still selling strong using 2 selling accounts now. we did all our christmas shopping with the money and still have over $1300 in the account. im starting to broaden customer base and selling dollar store items, getting $3.50-$5 a pop on dollar items

[disneysteve]

Originally Posted by 97guns

selling dollar store items, getting $3.50-$5 a pop on dollar items

I used to do this when I sold regularly. You just have to have a good eye for merchandise and shipping costs have to not kill the deal. I did particularly well on licensed items like Coke glasses.

[97guns]

ive been targeting lightweight items that will cost $1.30 or less to ship, right now im beta testing it, you really have to sell volume to make it worth while. im thinking of doing lots of 5 or 10's of the items im listing to generate more $$.

[creditcardfree]

Very cool! I sell on ebay, but just stuff that we no longer need in our home. I do have one idea that might work. I suppose a little testing might be worth it.

[Silver Bug]

Ebay is definitely good. It's almost as if people would rather pay 50% more for something, wait for it to be shipped, and get it at their door than to go to the store and pay much less.
Amazes me.

[gogirlanime]

This is really interesting and has broaden my area of thinking on how I can do a little personal MLM of my own. I'm glad to hear your success. I will be growing a garden of my own someday and I hope getting my seeds and plants will be as easy as this in the future.

Also, you might want to take Senate Bill S510 into account.