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  • I've been selling books on Amazon for the past few months and after postage and fees am making about £80 pm. Not a lot o money I know, but I just enjoy books. What I was wondering is do I need to register as a business, or can I just continue doing this regular? My paid work is full time and reasonably well paid and i pay all taxes and ni there.
  • alex£
    alex£ Posts: 40 Forumite


    I wish you luck i average £1000 pound a week earnings on ebay

    -Wow! That's a stack of cash! many thanks for the "heads up" on Ebay- I dabble in selling on Ebay with very varied luck. To make a real income from it must take some serious experimentation and research.

    How much of your Ebay income is from drop shipping?:T
    Love like you've not been hurt, dance like no one is looking, look at money saving expert every day!:j
  • Hi sure was a fiver when i joined you are clicking for the drop shippers account? I will double check But was defo a fiver when i joined but i joined approx 5 years ago

    Dont shell out £40.00 on member ship its not worth it

    Just looking at your thread and saw how much you make, I was just wondering why you don't think the £40 membership is worth it, when you say you make a fair bit using that company?

    Some great advice though

    Thanks
  • mippy
    mippy Posts: 497
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    I found a set of Carltonware Walking Ware plates in a charity shop for £16. Knowing that the plates with feet are rare, I bought them purely for eBay and made £250. I also bought some Strawberry Shortcake mugs from Oxfam for £1.50 each. Managed to break two on the way home :( Sold one for £2, which wasn't bad. The next one went for...£75. If only the others hadn't broke, I could have made £150 there!
  • Hello Everyone,

    over the past 6 years ive been buying things from the highstreet / charity shops / car boot sales and selling things on ebay and amazon.

    I buy old books and cds tools craft kits cameras binoculars old computer bits picture frames mirrors.

    New things i buy from 99p shops and poundland include wall maps language learning cds dress bags larger bras etc.

    its best to specialise in an area you are knowlegable on and look out in the sales as sometimes there are some real bargains about.

    I make on avarage £150 a week

    Good luck everyone

    Mark
  • DFWJane
    DFWJane Posts: 219
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    Hello Everyone,

    over the past 6 years ive been buying things from the highstreet / charity shops / car boot sales and selling things on ebay and amazon.

    I buy old books and cds tools craft kits cameras binoculars old computer bits picture frames mirrors.

    New things i buy from 99p shops and poundland include wall maps language learning cds dress bags larger bras etc.

    its best to specialise in an area you are knowlegable on and look out in the sales as sometimes there are some real bargains about.

    I make on avarage £150 a week

    Good luck everyone

    Mark

    Wow! That's brilliant. We've got a new pound shop but when I tried to go in there yesterday my toddler threw a tantrum so we came home. Can't wait to get in there and see what they've got!
    What sort of mark up do you put on items and do you sell as auctions or a set price?
    I suppose experience and instinct tells you what will sell on.
    :j July '08 wins: £20 Foster Grant sunglasses...Lazy Town DVD...NScessity ActivSkins Kids Sun/swim set...Paddington Bear DVD

    Nov '09 wins: John Smith's Darts Shirt
  • I bought, just b4 xmas, a wade t-pot at a boot sale that was in a box of bits for 50p, I have just bought another wade T-pot (different from first one) from my local charity shop for 33p. I have looked on ebay & I should be able to get about £20 - £25 each for them. (got to set up ebat account first, which will do when I get my comp back from repairs & upgrade next week. Maybe not a fortune but I could earn quite a bit if I keep finding bargains like these.
  • jmcdyre
    jmcdyre Posts: 157 Forumite
    I bought some stuff from an indoor car boot sale a couple of weeks ago - I got an ET figure that talks for £1, and some weird looking cat bookends for £3. ET sold for £25, bookends sold for £19 (both excluding postage).

    I'd done this as an experiment to see if I could make a little bit of cash to put away, and have a feeling this may become a hobby now!! Well worth a go if you want to make a bit of extra cash.
  • altin_2
    altin_2 Posts: 557
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    This is a nice thread.
    Last comment was a year ago. Hope will help the others to see it.
  • Sami_Bee
    Sami_Bee Posts: 14,555 Forumite
    A friend of mine makes her living selling on ebay & car boots,.
    She buys things using glitches off the grabbit thread like the boots £1 nappy glitch last year.
    The very best is sometimes what nature gives us for free.
    3onitsway wrote: »
    I think Sami is right, as always!
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