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As we’ve written about in another article (What Can a Kid Sell To Earn Money? Money Making Ideas For Kids), you can make money when you buy from Walmart to resell on Ebay and other auction sites. After experimenting with this method, our researcher is able to report that he was able to make a sizable sum of money from buying from Walmart to resell on Ebay. Here’s a run down of 5 items that he found in Walmart and successfully sold on Ebay for pretty good money:
CD’s
We’ve found from our research that recipe CD’s sell really well on Ebay. Our researcher found some recipe CD’s in Walmart for $1.00 each and sold them for $5 a piece. Plus, he charged a little over $1.00 for shipping on top of that. These sold really fast!
Electronics
Our researcher found a 512K mp3 player manufactured by Creative Labs that normally sells for $99 at the time, however, they were on sale for $29 each. They were sold at $40 each on Ebay!
Toys
A whole shopping cart full of the toy Beanz were found in Walmart. They were marked down to $1 each but after bargaining with the manager at Walmart, got them at 50 cents a piece! These were a fabulous money maker!
Not sure what Beanz are? Well, they’re basically plastic beans about the size of the end of your thumb and they have a ball bearing inside that makes them move around when you toss them. Beanz are painted and decorated like cartoon characters. Kids collect Beanz and play games with them.
Candles and Other Household Items
In Walmart’s closeout section, we found some huge three wick candles weighing around 3 or 4 pounds each. They were marked down from $19 each to $1 a piece. These sold for $11 each on Ebay!
DVD’s
Walmart has a number of DVD’s found in huge DVD bins that made a pretty decent profit on eBay. One example is The Beverly Hillbillies which purchased from Walmart at around $5 and sold on ebay for $12 each. Another example was Jumanji which was found at Walmart in the DVD dump bin for $5 a copy. These were resold on Ebay for $12.50 per copy.
Again, these are just 5 items that we found from our research that you can buy from Walmart to resell. But with a little imagination, you can do the same with other things – and we explain how in our more in-dept article: Ideas For What to Sell to Make Money: Money Making Ideas For Kids.
Just about anybody can make money buying stuff and then reselling them. At 12 years old Cameron Johnson, “offered his sister $100 for her collection of Beanie Babies, which he sold on eBay for $1000. He then contacted a wholesaler, and continued selling Beanie Babies on eBay and his Cheers and Tears website”. Within a year he made $50,000. Read more about him here: How To Make $50,000 By The Age Of 12.
One of the important point to take away from this story is, If a 12 year old kid can sit at his computer and make $50,0000, so can you. You may not make as much as he did, but maybe you can get close. Then, again, why not? All it takes is a little imagination and creativity. And AJ if you’re reading this, get off your bum and quit whining and complaining and starting taking action now.
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About Amber: My name is Amber and I'm the Editor of TeenMoneyMakingIdeas.Com. As a teenager, I started making money when I was 13 years old. I had all the typical jobs that teenagers have such as working in fast food joints and retail stores. At 19, I formed my own cosmetics company. And shortly after that I started my own import business. Now I'm earning money online. Join me as I discuss all the ways I've discovered for teens to make money. Read more about me here. |
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Wow great idea
thank you lmao
Wow, never have I thought of such great ideas to waste my time trying to make a few dollars. My advice, wait for a hot day and sit ouside with a lemon stand. If you build it, they will come.
actually going to the store and buying these then reselling them is way easier than holding down a 40-60 hour a week job. All it takes is a bargain shopper eye and some above average computer skill
@SmartGuy: We have articles here about making your own business, and then we have articles about reselling. So there’s something for everyone
Have a look around to see if anything catches your interest.
@smartguy is dumb: It really depends on the person whether they would prefer a dayjob or something unconventional like this
thnx need to help peopple i know make money.what a great idea!
@Natalie: Thanks for finding it useful
hope to see you around here more often!
I normally don’t tell many this but I i sell well anything on ebay old cell phones that i dont use and they do sell i sold a old t mobile dash for 60 dollars the first generation i didnt need why hold on too 60 dollars. I have sold many textbooks lower example book cost 80 when i got it if its been a year ill lower too 65and 5 dollars shipping. I have sold cds , dvds books. It takes time too hang on too it. Another good idea if it doesnt sell on ebay try amazon one of those two sites always work for me. I buy low price jewelry on ebay and resell on ebay or amazon. Have any sweaters grandma gave u that u well not be caught dead wearing sell it. I do sales with mark makeup online. I do bakery sales I took adult school classes cake decorations along with floral.Go on care.com website I get on call nanny jobs or dog sitting jobs. Little of everything well help trust me.