Start Here: The Core Essentials
Your Sequential Foundation for eBay Reselling Success
These are the must-complete core lessons that build your foundation. Follow them in order—each lesson assumes you’ve finished the previous one.
Once you’ve mastered these essentials, you’ll be ready to move on to the more advanced, in-depth lessons found in the Blog section.
⚠️ Don’t skip ahead! These are the basics you need before tackling advanced strategies.
Phase 1: Set Up Your eBay Business
Before you can sell anything, you need the right accounts and settings configured correctly from day one.
How to Create Your Free eBay Seller Account
Step-by-step setup: choosing your username, linking payment methods, setting up your seller profile, and avoiding the common mistakes that cost beginners money later.
📝 Coming SoonConfigure Your eBay Seller Preferences
Optimize your payment settings, shipping preferences, return policies, and seller protections so your account runs smoothly from the start.
📝 Coming SoonUnderstanding eBay Fees and How to Minimize Them
Learn what eBay charges, when they charge it, and simple strategies to keep more money in your pocket without violating any policies.
📝 Coming SoonPhase 2: Find Your First Items
Learn where to source inventory for FREE or dirt cheap—no startup capital required.
How to Start with Zero Money (Your Own Home)
The beginner’s goldmine: sourcing from your closets, attics, basements, and junk drawers. What to look for and what sells surprisingly well.
📝 Coming SoonFree Sourcing: Curbside, Friends & Family
How to find valuable items for free at the curb, from connections, and from people who just want their clutter gone.
📝 Coming SoonPhase 3: Research & Price Your Items
Use free AI tools to identify what you have, determine value, and avoid leaving money on the table.
How to Use Google Lens to Identify Items
Master the #1 free tool that changed everything—point your phone at any item and Google tells you what it is in 30 seconds.
📝 Coming SoonHow to Check eBay Sold Listings
Learn to find REAL prices (not wishful thinking). This prevents you from pricing too high or too low.
📝 Coming SoonThe Pricing Formula That Never Fails
How to price strategically based on real data, condition, and competition so your items SELL without leaving profit on the table.
📝 Coming SoonPhase 4: Photograph Your Items
Take professional-looking photos using just your phone and natural light.
How to Take eBay Photos That Sell
Lighting, angles, backgrounds, and the 12-photo strategy. No fancy camera needed—just your smartphone and these techniques.
📝 Coming SoonPhotographing Different Item Types
Specific strategies for clothing, glassware, electronics, collectibles, and more—each category has its own tricks.
📝 Coming SoonPhase 5: Write Your Listings
Use AI to write SEO-optimized titles and descriptions in 2 minutes flat.
How ChatGPT Writes My eBay Listings
The exact prompts I use to generate professional titles and descriptions—includes real examples and the copy-paste formula.
📝 Coming SooneBay Title Optimization (Keywords That Get Clicks)
How to pack 80 characters with search-friendly keywords so your items show up when buyers are looking.
📝 Coming SoonPhase 6: Create Your First Listing
Put it all together and get your first item live on eBay.
Step-by-Step: Creating Your First eBay Listing
Walk through the entire listing process: uploading photos, adding title/description, choosing category, setting shipping, and hitting publish.
📝 Coming SoonAuction vs Buy It Now: Which to Choose?
The pros and cons of each format, when to use them, and how to decide based on your item and goals.
📝 Coming SoonPhase 7: Ship Your First Sale
The simple system that handles 90% of shipping scenarios—stop overthinking it.
Shipping Simplified: The 3-Tier System
Under 1 lb? Over 15 lbs? Fragile? This covers every scenario with real costs and which carrier to use.
📝 Coming SoonPackaging Tips & Free Supplies
Where to get free boxes, how to protect fragile items, and the packaging mistakes that cost sales.
📝 Coming SoonPrinting Labels & Drop-Off Options
How to print shipping labels at home, save on postage, and where to drop packages off (including free pickup!).
📝 Coming SoonPhase 8: Handle Your First Sale
What to do when you get that first sale notification—from payment to positive feedback.
Your First Sale: What Happens Next?
The timeline of a sale: when you get paid, when to ship, how to communicate with buyers, and how to get positive feedback.
📝 Coming SoonDealing with Returns and Issues
What to do when buyers have problems, how to handle return requests professionally, and when eBay protects you.
📝 Coming Soon📌 Note: These core lessons are being published as I write them. Check back regularly for updates. Once a lesson is live, the status will change to “✓ Live” with a clickable link.