Reseller in 🇨🇦. Data nerd by day. Building a recommerce business to financially free my family. 3 wild Facebook Marketplace finds every Tuesday⤵️
Joined April 2021
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$650 speaker sale today. Sony ULT TOWER 10 from @bstocksol.
Buyer drove 6 hours each way for it.
@ShannonJean rule is buy with math, sell with emotion. The math happened months ago bidding on 3 pallets of speakers. The emotion is a buyer driving 12 hours round trip.
He left me a 5 star review on Facebook Marketplace after.
A discount that good isn't lost margin. It's my marketing budget, and it pays me back in reviews and repeat buyers. Only up from here.
I break down my journey as a reseller and finds like this every Tuesday in my newsletter.
Days like this are great times to invest some of my reselling profits. Also, adding to my sons investment account.
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Sent out my newsletter yesterday and it was refreshing to see this. Met retired army pilot he served in India and Canada.
Told him how obsessed my 2 year old is with planes and we ended up chatting for 30 mins about career planning and life.
I also mistakenly forgot to remove my newsletter template title, but this goes to show that sometimes the mistakes you make are much bigger in your head than in reality.
No one can ever tell me that you can't get started reselling.
People are literally selling air on eBay!
I post interesting finds like this and share my reselling journey in my newsletter every Tuesday, have a look!
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A buyer just sent me a picture of his Pioneer speaker set up in his backyard.
That's the best kind of review, just proof he's happy.
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Someone asked if my outdoor rugs were weatherproof.
Told them "not sure, but if it's outdoor I'd assume so."
They left a five star review anyway.
I've got 20+ of those now. It's why I haven't handed this part of the business to anyone else. At least not yet...
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Recently sold my most expensive speaker ever. Actually my most expensive item ever. It was steal for the buyer and a win for me.
The thing I like about reselling is that it creates win win scenarios for the buyer and seller.
The Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar Plus + Subwoofer retails for $2000-$3000 refurbished or new. I sold it for $1200 bought it for $650.
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Just sent @facebook Marketplace a full list of features I wish they had.
Pin chats. Respond to reviews. Give admins limited access. Better filters for my own listings.
I'll say this platform has made me a lot of money and has been a game changer for me. I just wish the folks at @Meta would just give Facebook Marketplace a little more attention. My fellow resellers is there anything else you would like to see on Facebook Marketplace?
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I sold a Hisense Soundbar yesterday to a software developer and there was a rattling sound in the subwoofer that I didn't notice. I unscrewed the panel and took a look inside. Look at what I found. Me and the buyer laughed about it 🤣
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Pulled up Google Trends. Compared "reselling" and "thrifting" over the past 5 years.
Checked Canada, the US, and worldwide. Same chart everytime up and to the right.
Annecdotedly I can say that reselling is a recession proof model. Everyone wants discounts when the economy is doing well and especially when it's not doing so well!
I think a lot of that has to do with what @ShannonJean has built with all the amazing resellers in the community!
Looking forward to the journey ahead.
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It's wild how words can produce value. I firmly believe the level of your communication skills is directly correlated to your income.
Rob Walker and Joshua Glenn of @SignificObs decided to display this by buying items from garage sales, thrift stores, and flea markets. They then had contributing writers help craft a fictional story for each item.
They bought 100 items for a total of $128.74. With the stories attached, they sold for $3,612.51 on eBay. That's an ROI of 2,706%!!!
This is one of the many reasons why I will consistently work on my skills as a communicator on @X, my newsletter, and all the interactions with the customers I sell to!
Don't underestimate the power of communication. My non fiction book will be written as well, best believe that!
I get direct with buyers sometimes when I get a sense of urgency on their end.
When someone lowballs a brand new, sealed item, I don’t explain myself. I just forward proof another buyer is already coming for it.
It’s blunt. It also works almost every time.
Not sure it’s the “right” way to sell. It’s just the way that gets the item gone. Sometimes they come back later ready to buy!
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My wife has a solid substack going! She shouted me out in this one, I'm honoured 🥲 Check it out!
New article: He was right about time blocking… don’t tell him
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