Mercari currently takes a 10% selling fee on the item price plus any shipping paid by the buyer. That became the standard fee structure for new and updated listings on January 6, 2025. I learned to check that math the…
A $4 Pyrex bowl, a shoebox of mixed costume jewelry, and roughly ten seconds before the next picker reaches for them. That's a normal garage sale decision, and the wrong buy can sit in your death pile while the next…
You're standing in a Goodwill aisle with a cart full of books, and the cover on a hardcover looks promising. The ISBN is buried under a sticker, the dust jacket is missing, and the spine opens only halfway. A phone…
Buying a $6 item at Ross and selling it for $42 looks like a $36 profit, but fees and shipping can cut that to about $25. Net profit matters, not the shelf spread. A clearance sticker only tells me what…
A thrift find needs to sell for roughly 3x what you pay to have a realistic chance of clearing $15 in net profit after eBay fees and shipping. Good things to resell on eBay are usually identifiable, easy to test…
You're standing at a library sale with a tote, a phone at 12% battery, and a table full of paperbacks that all look like dollar books. One scan shows a promising price. The next gives you the wrong edition. A…
You're standing in a Goodwill aisle with a sealed board game in one hand and your iPhone in the other. You point the native Camera app at the UPC, wait for the familiar notification, and get nothing. Even if another…
You're standing in a Goodwill aisle with a boxed video game in one hand and your iPhone in the other. The barcode looks readable, but the native Camera app gives you nothing useful, and the shelf tag has a price…
You're standing in a Goodwill shoe aisle with a pair of running shoes in one hand and roughly ten seconds to decide. The core question isn't whether Poshmark buyers like running shoes. It's whether they're paying real sold prices for…
You're standing in a Goodwill aisle with a sealed board game in one hand and your phone in the other. The barcode scanner shows a $45 sold comp, and for a second it looks like an easy pickup. Then you…
