when it comes to making money on ebay
you should really start thinking small
and i'm not talking about thinking small
in profits i'm talking about thinking
small in terms of the items that you're
actually selling because believe it or
not small items can sell for big money
on ebay and in today's video i'm going
to share with you 10 different small
item categories that sell for great
money on ebay and we're getting started
right now
hey guys how's it going my name is
justin and i go by coach commerce here
on youtube and here on my channel i make
all kinds of content about how to get
better at selling on ebay and in today's
video we're focusing on what items that
are small that you can sell on ebay for
good money now in my opinion small items
are the best possible items that you can
actually sell on ebay and the reason why
is because they're easy to list they're
easy to store they don't take up much
room in your inventory and they're
really easy to ship so let's go ahead
now and jump right on in into what item
categories are great to sell on ebay
okay so one great item category that is
perfect for selling smalls on ebay are
patches
now i love selling patches because
patches of course are small and they
don't take up much space so you can list
a ton of them in your ebay store and
you're not going to you know runs the
problem of where to store them all and
patches are awesome because you know
there's a really good collectible market
for them on ebay um people like to buy
patches to sew them on clothing you know
a t-shirt a hat a jacket or you know a
lot of people just collect patches
because that's what they're into you
know they have a whole collection of a
variety of different types of patches
and one really cool thing about selling
patches on ebay is they don't take much
time to list and they're really easy to
photograph you know normally you only
have to take a picture of the front and
the back and maybe throw up a couple of
measurements you know if you lay a ruler
down by it and boom you've got your
listing ready to go and you can crank a
lot of these out and get a large store
just with the listing patches on ebay
and believe it or not some patches are
actually really collectible and can
bring a lot of money on ebay things like
police patches there's a huge market for
police military and you know first
responder patches other patch categories
that are good to look out for are
motorcycle patches specifically
harley-davidson anything harley-davidson
related bikers love to buy them and you
know put them on their vests or on their
jackets and likewise um nasa patches
sell really good you know anything space
related especially in regards to like
the older apollo missions um older nasa
patches can bring huge money on ebay and
scouting patches do really well i've
personally found that boy scout patches
do better than girl scout patches and of
course you know the rule with patches
and anything vintage is the older that
it is typically it will sell for more
money and anything that's rare you know
that there's not a lot of on ebay
typically we'll bring higher money as
well and patches are no exception to
that rule okay moving on now to item
category number two in regards to what
items that are small that sell for good
money on ebay and that just so happens
to be coins now the collectible coin
market on ebay is massive and coins in
particular can bring really good money
especially if you know your stuff and
you really know what coins do well on
ebay now for me personally since i'm not
a coin expert by any means um i like to
stick to more you know novelty type
coins i like to sell things like tokens
um little coins that are related to you
know small towns and different
attractions those are the types of
things that i like to sell you know what
typically i can pick them up for a
dollar or two and then flip them for you
know twenty dollars and up on ebay
but if you really specialize and take
your time to learn all about coins um
you can find some great flips that can
really sell for good money you know it's
not uncommon on ebay for coins to sell
into the thousands of dollars especially
if you have something that's really rare
you know maybe something like a first
edition proof or a miss strike or a
misprint coin sometimes those coins can
fetch a lot of money now if you're the
type of person that's never collected or
you know even sold coins on ebay before
i wouldn't let that slow you down from
actually trying to sell coins on ebay
because after all with ebay the best way
to learn is by jumping right in and
trying new things okay another item
category type that is real great to sell
on ebay are belt buckles and belt
buckles are great because they're really
actually pretty easy to find on the
secondary market if you're looking in
thrift stores or garage sales flea
market estate sales wherever you're
looking for items belt buckles typically
you can find out in those areas now when
i'm looking for belt buckles i typically
like to try to purchase them for under
around five dollars or less and i can
always generally flip a nice belt buckle
for over twenty dollars and it's not
uncommon for a nice belt buckle to go
you know higher than that upwards of
fifty to even a hundred dollars now when
i'm sourcing belt buckles to sell in my
ebay store what i'll typically look for
is i'll look for belt buckles that are
made of good quality stay away from
cheap stuff stuff that's made in china
you know but a lot of times you can flip
over a belt buckle and on the back it'll
have a stamp or a maker's mark of
whatever company that sold it so they're
really easy to look up on ebay and
identify you know what they are and a
lot of times they'll even have you know
like a limited edition stamp you know
one of you know five hundred a thousand
ten thousand and if you find that that's
even better because it means it was a
limited run and it makes it more
desirable and more collectible now
another thing i always look for when i'm
looking for belt buckles to flip is i
look for you know is the subject matter
cool or not you know it doesn't matter
if it's a men's or a women's belt buckle
if it's a cool subject matter like you
know motorcycles or some type of hobby
say for example like a sports team or
you know whatever recreation type
content is on the front if it looks cool
a lot of times other people will think
it looks cool too so when you're looking
for belt buckles to flip on ebay try to
keep those tips in mind okay the fourth
best small item category on ebay is
jewelry and accessories things like
necklaces bracelets rings pocket watches
all of those things do really well when
they sell on ebay now when it comes to
jewelry just like with belt buckles you
typically want to look for items that
are good quality things that are made by
designer brands and you know any jewelry
that looks like it's made well is going
to do better and make you more money
when you sell it now that's not to say
that you can't make money on costume
jewelry or jewelry that is cheaper but
typically there's more room for margin
on these nicer type items so when you're
looking for jewelry like you know
watches rings necklaces things like that
to sell on ebay try to look for those
designers you know if it says chanel on
it it's going to bring a big price tag
you know but that's not the only
designer brand there's all different
designers so take your time to study
your designers and and learn because the
more you learn you can turn that
knowledge into money now if you're a guy
like me that personally doesn't really
care about jewelry yourself it doesn't
mean that you have to completely
discount that out of your ebay store
because remember when you're selling on
ebay you are not your customer try to
think about what your customers like and
you'll be surprised at the money you can
make
so this next small item category is
honestly probably my favorite category
of small items to sell and that is video
games now i love selling video games
because in my opinion video games are
always going to be popular no matter
what title you have if you hold on to it
a lot of times they even get more
valuable as they age when video games
become vintage they're worth even more
money because the people like me that
become nostalgic over them want to go to
ebay to find the games that they no
longer can't find anywhere anymore not
even in video game stores so vintage
video games of course do really well
like old game boy games but newer titles
do really good too typically i love
fighting video games at garage sales you
know a lot of people when they get a new
system will go ahead and sell off their
old system and a lot of times you can
find really great deals on these things
that you can then flip for more money on
ebay and the other great thing about
video games is they typically sell
really fast if you price it
competitively most of the times you know
a video game will sell within a day or
so so in my opinion honestly video games
are probably the best small item out
there that you can sell just because
they sell so fast and they bring really
good money okay another great small item
category that sells really well are
trading cards any cards like sports
cards pokemon cards magic of the
gathering cards garbage pail kids any
type of collectible trading card does
really well on ebay now one important
thing to know about trading cards is the
trading card market is very trend driven
think of it kind of like the stock
market one minute it may be hot and then
the next minute it may not be anymore
for example a couple years ago pokemon
cards weren't real popular but then a
new video game came out and you know
kind of spark the interest in pokemon
again and now if you have you know old
pokemon cards from your childhood
sitting up in the attic or you know
maybe up in a closet you can have a
small fortune on your hands because
right now pokemon is extremely hot and
that's really the same way that it goes
you know with sports cards too you know
there might be a rookie that comes out
and is doing really great but the next
season he's not so good anymore or you
know gets injured and then the stock
value in his you know trading card
market goes down so with trading cards
you can literally make a small fortune
if you time the market right and if you
know what you have but even if you're
not chasing trends in the trading card
market you can do really well with cards
if you know they're in good condition
and especially if they're graded if you
don't know what a graded card is that's
a car that has been sent to a company to
get it appraised and it comes back with
a score and the higher the score the
more valuable typically the card is so
if you have a very valuable trading card
that you want to sell on ebay consider
getting it graded because typically
graded cards bring more money on ebay
another one of my favorite items to sell
on ebay is perfume and cologne now
perfume and cologne can do really well
on ebay and make you a lot of money if
you find the right ones and in
particular if you find perfume or
cologne that is discontinued or no
longer made that is kind of the holy
grail of you know selling cosmetics on
ebay for example you know you might find
a perfume in a thrift shop that is
vintage from like the 70s or 80s and
just because it's old and you know even
half empty doesn't mean that it doesn't
have value this one right here that is
no longer made you know i bought for
five dollars and will sell for over a
hundred dollars on ebay and i've done
that many times you know i bought
perfumes that have sold for upwards of
two three hundred dollars even more if
you find the right ones and even more
modern perfumes and colognes you know
stuff that's made nowadays is expensive
too you know if you go into a department
store or a retail store you know that to
buy a good quality high-end designer
perfume it's going to cost you you know
anywhere from 50 to 100 bucks so you can
typically find these at garage sales
estate sales thrift stores flea markets
and if you get them cheap enough you can
always flip them for good profit on ebay
okay this next category of small items i
really love because the more creative
you are the more money you'll make in
this category and that is by selling
spare parts now people turn to ebay for
any type of replacement part they need
for any device whether it's automotive
or you know an appliance part or really
any type of part that they need to fix a
broken item people will turn to ebay to
try to find it so in this category if
you're really creative you know the sky
is the limit now most of the parts that
i saw on ebay are from larger devices or
appliances that have broken and you know
i'm stripping the good parts off of them
and selling the good parts on ebay for
example i had a refrigerator that went
bad a couple weeks back and you know in
a refrigerator if you pull out the
drawer that drawer has wheels on it well
i took the wheels off and there's a
little part number on the bottom and
these wheels are still good and you know
i put them up on ebay and when this one
little tiny wheel sells it'll make me 15
bucks so if you have a little mechanical
knowledge and you know mechanical sense
and you know how to operate a
screwdriver or a wrench and you have the
willingness to you know tinker and mess
with things you can really make good
money by parting out things that are
broken or even things that do work and
by stripping those parts and selling
them on ebay another type of small item
that does really well on ebay are things
like small pins and buttons and this is
one category that i feel like a lot of
people overlook because you know pins
and buttons look really cheap but there
are some pins and buttons that do really
well for example this 1972 super bowl
button you know is going to bring me
probably 15 to 20 on ebay and likewise
you know pins can do really well too
this particular pin is a vintage
olympics pen but other pins that do
really well are pins like disney pins
hard rock cafe pins motorcycle rally
pins they all do pretty good on ebay and
it's not uncommon for you know a single
small pin to go for 15 to 30 dollars you
know individually but i would say the
big thing to remember with you know
things like this is really the subject
matter is the key um you know anything
that's more collectible or desirable
that already has kind of a big
collectible market to it kind of like
you know disney world it's gonna have a
big draw to it you know disney pins in
specific and they really are big at the
theme parks you know a lot of people go
there and collect them and trade them
and it's pretty common you know for a
single disney pin to bring a lot of
money so if pins and buttons are a thing
that you've overlooked in the past um
don't discredit them you know they can
do really well and they can be an item
that's you know another small thing that
you can do pretty well selling on ebay
okay this next small item category has
literally made me tens of thousands of
dollars in my ebay store over the years
that i've been an ebay seller and that
is collectible postcards now if you're
not familiar with postcards um postcards
were essentially social media before
social media existed at the turn of the
19th century when printing presses were
invented people started making postcards
to document their travels and you know
anytime they went on a trip or a
vacation they'd buy a postcard write a
you know a note or a letter on the back
of it and then send it to family members
and then over time people started
collecting these you know printing
presses got better and the cards started
getting you know nicer and nicer and
there's a lot of really cool designs and
some really neat cityscapes and
landscapes on postcards now i typically
find the postcards that i sell on ebay
on ebay if you go to ebay and look for
postcard collections a lot of times you
can find an entire lot or an entire
collection of postcards being sold off
you know in bulk and then typically what
i do is i'll go in and you know take
that entire collection and i'll list
them individually one by one on ebay and
i've actually already made an entire
video about how i buy and sell postcards
on ebay and you can find it here at this
link up above so if you're interested in
learning about how to sell postcards in
more depth feel free to watch that video
because i go through the entire process
of how to sell these postcards
so there you have it guys um that's my
list of 10 small items that do really
well on ebay and by no means is this
list exhaustive or conclusive um there
are all kinds of things that are small
that can do well on ebay
if you have any suggestions or anything
that you'd like to add to this list feel
free to drop a comment down below and
share it with anybody here that comes
across this video i'd love to hear what
you like to sell that's small on ebay as
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