Wedding

Both the bride and groom want their wedding day to be perfect, but I think most people would agree that the bride spends a lot more time thinking about that ashes growing up.  Many women picture that day from the time they are little girls.  Some women have very specific visions of how the day will be including the flowers, the music and of course the wedding dress.  There are a lot of ladies today who are choosing to wear vintage wedding dresses on their big day.

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VINTAGE 1940 S WEDDING GOWN GOOD CONDITION SMALL SIZE    US $45.00

Vintage Priscilla of Boston wedding gown    US $100.00

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When I look for items that catch my attention on eBay, I do not look for reasons why people buy those things.  The fact is, vintage wedding dresses sell pretty well on eBay.  Vintage wedding gowns can also be found at specialized outlets as well, but you will probably see prices that are higher than you will find on eBay.  I think the problem that most women have with those outlets, is that the prices can be very high and the selection is often quite limited.  Once again, with eBay you have the chance to explore an amazingly vast list of possibilities.  Any retail outlet would be very hard pressed to provide the selection available on such a huge site where individuals can list their own vintage items for sale.

Vintage wedding dresses are actually one of the smaller groups of listings that have caught my attention.  I heard some people talking about them the other day and thought I would look them up on the site.  At the time of this writing, there are currently 682 vintage wedding dresses listed for sale.  Although this is a relatively small number of items for eBay, it is still a much larger selection then you would find almost anywhere else.

For as beautiful and elegant as these vintage dresses are, they are surprisingly affordable.  I think that might be what surprised me the most.  Many of the dresses, which were absolutely beautiful, are sold for $300 or less.  What was even more surprising, maybe even stunning, was the number of beautiful wedding gowns that sold for prices well under $100.  I've got to say that actually shocked me.

For brides-to-be a who may be working on a tighter budget, I can not imagine at least looking at what is available for sale on eBay.  I suppose that some of these are dresses being put up for sale by ladies who either do not want to store the dresses any longer or whose marriages may not have ended up quite the way they had expected.  As I said, I do not know.  Sometimes people include stories with their auctions, you could certainly check those out as you look through the vintage wedding dresses for sale.  They are definitely worth checking out.

Most people asking this question are looking for a way to earn extra income or make a transition that will allow them to work from home.  There are plenty of people who make a decent living selling on eBay, but you would be wise to do a bit of research before you quit your day job and buy a truck load of overstocked merchandise from someone.

What Sells?

Of course, I think the easiest place to start is with selling vintage and antique items.  You don't have to be an expert, but you should be willing to do some research.  In fact, checking out this website or looking up older eBay auctions on your own can save you a considerable amount of time, money and wasted storage space.  Back when I first started getting into selling on eBay, I purchased almost anything that I thought looked "vintage" and I ended up with a lot of unsellable junk.  The estate sale people loved it when they saw me coming.

There are not that many categories on eBay where you will hit a home run every time you list.  In fact, I doubt that such a category truly exists unless you have a limitless supply of very high quality items that you can provide for a price which sells but still makes you some money.  There are people who go the route of using dropshippers, but that means that you are pretty much guaranteed a heavy dose of competition which in turn will drive your profits down.  At least by selling vintage and antique items, you know that they are not being churned out by the thousands every day by a company in China.

So where to start?  Well, a very general place to get things started is your own home.  If you have built up collections of anything, old or otherwise, you can often sell them as a lot (together) or split them up individually.  Media collections like CDs and DVDs are an example of this, but so are things like old pins or buttons!  If you have any type of memorabilia, it is usually worth checking out on eBay as well.

One word of warning for you. Don't judge whether or not what you have is worth anything simply by looking up people or companies who act as eBay listing agents.  They act as middle men for people who want to sell their things on eBay but don't want to do the listings themselves.  These companies make their money by listing other people's items for them and then keeping a commission.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, but because of the nature of eBay selling, they usually only will accept things that they know will end up making it worth their time invested.  That means if they think they can't get at least a hundred bucks or so out of the auction, they won't even take your item.  I don't know about you, but if I'm selling something on my own, I'm fine with a $75 profit for each item.  Even less than that to be honest.  They often have a long list of things that the won't accept for sale.  These lists often include a lot of items that actually will sell on eBay, but not for hundreds of dollars.

Here is a real life example for you.  I saw on one of these lists that the re-sellers would not accept anything related to NASCAR.  Not sure why, but probably because they assumed the market was flooded with low priced merchandise.  It just so happens that I picked up a 100% leather NASCAR jacket at a yard sale a couple of years ago for five or ten bucks.  I believe it ended up selling for somewhere around ninety dollars.  If they don't want to be bothered with selling something like that, I'll do it all day long!  It took me about fifteen minutes to take a photo and put up a listing.  Seriously!

Take a look around your house and make a list of things you would be willing to part with as you start your eBay adventure.  Next, sign up for eBay (you need an account for the next step).  Finally, type the items on your list into the search box and check out the completed listing.  Those are the auctions that have ended.  If you find that your item sells well, but a check mark next to it.  If everything went unsold, maybe you should use an "X" instead.  This is a good starting place for anyone thinking about earning some extra money and it will give you a little bit of an idea about what sells well on eBay.

I'll keep writing more about this and other eBay related topics as the site grows.  This is just some general information get you started.  Go ahead and get started.  You might be surprised to find that you have some pretty valuable stuff just sitting around!

People have been tweeting about it and talking about it on the discussion boards today.  You may have seen it mentioned.

I haven't been able to find any kind of updates yet about what will happen to the the buyers and sellers who were affected by the site not working correctly.  I would imagine it could be a bit of a mess.  It just so happens that I did NOT have anything ending today, but a LOT of people did.  Weekends are  a very popular time to end auctions since so many people are off from work and able to do some shopping.  This weekend is an especially unfortunate one for this to happen as many people are just starting to get in to the holiday shopping mode.

In all fairness, I've got to say that there have been very few problems with the site in the past when I've used it for listing.  It has been one of the more consistent sites I've dealt with for limiting downtime.  I'd say just stay patient.  It is definitely in eBay's best interest to get things up and running again as quickly as possible.  They no doubt have all available resources working on getting things back to normal.

So, if you are a returning visitor, sorry, but that is about all I was able to find out right now.  I would expect that there will be a message sent to users once things are straightened out.  If I find out anything new I'll post it here.