Tuesday, March 31, 2015

How To Get Started In Reselling/Picking - Part 1

"Start Small and Think Big" has been our motto since we started doing this in 2014.  I always had a way of finding good deals on items and selling them for more when I was a youngster.  My niche at the time was toys and video games.  Last year, my girlfriend and I talked about doing some reselling/picking part-time.  We didn't have a large amount of money but put some aside and began to hit garage sales and our local thrift stores.  Occasionally we would visit our local Goodwill.  We had a budget for every other weekend we could go shop for items to resell.  Then we found out that we could find valuable information on YouTube with how-to videos.

Everyone has their own opinion of how to start out.  I don't believe there is an exact perfect way to start but I will share some of our tips on what worked for us.  Keep in mind, this is just our opinion and results may vary depending on the individual reseller/picker.

What To Sell?




This is probably the most asked question for anyone who wants to get into reselling.  There is only one answer to this question: anything.  What I mean by anything, is that you can sell anything and everything.  You simply have to find your "niche" of what works for you.  For us, we started out with toys and video games but found that lately, ceramics and mugs have worked for us.  We have learned lots of things about ceramics and mugs in the past two months such as, pricing, rarity, types etc.  Since our local thrift stores have good deals on ceramics and mugs, we have a consistent source of inventory for these items.  This could change at anytime so we always have to expand our options to other things to source for resell.  We don't specialize in one area, we have a variety of items for sell on eBay.  The more the variety the more different people reached and the more opportunity you have to sell items.  Sell what you enjoy selling. Do your research on items you find interesting.  Start selling items and see what works for you.

Please check back for the next part in our "How to Get Started In Reselling/Picking" blog.  We welcome any comments, questions or suggestions.  Remember, we are still new to this so we are always open to learning more about this and sharing with others.  Thank you for viewing our blog.  Please check out our poll and vote.


Sunday, March 22, 2015

Our Monthly Finds/Haul #1

Good Morning All,

This is the first post of our Weekly Finds.  Jennifer and I accidentally found a church rummage sale en route to have breakfast on a Saturday morning.  This sale was not advertised online.  We got about two baskets full of items, mostly mugs, ceramics, etc.  

We found a nice Boleslawiec pie/serving dish made in Poland:

We also found a nice Ralph Lauren Polo Sports Bag at a Garage Sale that same day:

This past weekend, I went to a couple of Estate Sales with my Mom and found some more nice mugs/glasses for great deals.


I found this very nice vintage Playboy Club Black Frosted Mug/Stein:



I also found this nice Tabasco Tureen Set Salsa Dish with the original box:





Yesterday, during the heavy rain, we had to run an errand and decided to stop at our local thrift store.  Even though it wasn't a big haul, we got a nice bag deal on more mugs/cups for under $1.  

We got this nice 1994 Coca Cola Collectible Mug with a Polar Bear Skiing on it:

It seems like the mugs/cups and ceramic items are the ones we have sold more than anything else we have delved into lately.  However, anything and everything can sell.  We are still learning and each day we learn something new and informative.  

Please check back for our next post on our Weekly Finds!

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This is our first blog post so we hope you enjoy it.  

Cauldron of Collectibles consists of Izzy and my girlfriend Bella (nicknames).  We are new to the reselling/picking community but hope to establish ourselves in the future and help it grow.  We will have a weekly blog sharing our finds, experiences etc. with reselling/picking.  Our main venue is eBay but we are working on a few other sites to sell our items online. 

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