Online sales are a great way to stock up on eBay inventory without even leaving home. GAP.com is having a huge online sale. Many items have been marked down 70% from the regular price, plus a 25% (through November 11) discount on sale items when you use code EXTRA25 at checkout.
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Halloween has come and gone. I have been in Walmart, Target, and CVS this week, and the left over costumes are marked down to 75% off regular price. You may consider grabbing a few – costumes are good sellers on eBay year round.
Kids love to play dress up all year long. Moms are constantly looking for items to add to the dress-up collection for both girls and boys. New costumes make great holiday or birthday gifts. If you are buying to resell, look for princess costumes, anything by Disney, characters from popular TV shows and movies, action figures, professions …read more

I received this question from a reader this week:
“Do you have any advice for people like me, who live in the middle of nowhere?? I live in a very small town in MN, we don’t have any stores like TJ Maxx or anything like that, not even a JC Penney! It’s too much to risk buying the big lots on the internet because of not knowing what you’re going to get and I can’t afford to lose $1000 or more dollars. Is there any advice you can give for those that do not live in a big city and it …read more

I want to thank the ladies at Money Saving Mom, Sisterly Savings, and Northern Cheapskate for educating me over the last few months on how to get free products through drugstore rebate programs, give aways, couponing, and other frugal tactics. I’ve always been a coupon clipper, but haven’t taken the art to a higher level until lately. So here is a big shout out to my new best friends! Thanks for all your help.
If you want to learn more about how to get free items by using rebates, coupons, sales, and special promotions, read the following articles. Getting free inventory …read more

Scottsboro, Alabama is the home of the Unclaimed Baggage Center – a warehouse that stores and sells baggage and freight misdirected (lost?) by airlines, cruise ships, trains, and other modes of long distance transportation. This shopper’s haven has been featured on national television programs such as the Today Show, The Wall Street Journal, and CNN News.
More than 7,000 items are added to the store showroom every day. Items for sale include shoes, clothing, golf clubs, cameras, DVD players, iPods, cosmetics, books, luggage, and souveniers. Once a lost item has been in the airline’s possession for over 90 days, it …read more

When I first started selling on eBay, my primary source for inventory was garage sales and thrift stores. But every business has to evlove in order to grow. Big Lots is a closeout store with products that have either been discontinued, removed from store shelves because of packaging changes, or phased out all together. Small stores like CVS and Walgreens only have limited shelf space. As new items are constantly hitting store shelves, other products must be removed to allow space for newly released products. The pulled items are often sold to Big Lots and sold at clearance prices. You …read more

This is a common question, and one that will be answered regularly on eShopOwner. Contrary to popular belief, you do not have to acquire your inventory from wholesalers, dropshippers, or purchase truckloads of items at a time to make money on eBay.
Here are a few sources of inventory – some of which you may not have thought of!
1) Your own home. You probably have unwanted gifts, new clothing with tags, outgrown clothing, toys that aren’t played with, stacks of CDs and DVDs, and duplicate kitchen gadgets.
2) Thrift stores and garage sales.
3) Off-price stores like Marshalls, Stein Mart, Ross, and TJ …read more