Summary

Starting an eBay business is presented as a lucrative side hustle that can quickly yield results and provide passive income, as highlighted by the author's personal experience with selling collectible cards.

Abstract

The article advocates for starting an eBay business as a side hustle, emphasizing its popularity and the potential for fast results. The author shares their recent venture into selling baseball and wrestling cards on eBay, which led to immediate sales and a promising start to their business. The article underscores the ease of turning this side hustle into a source of passive income, drawing parallels to publishing a book on Kindle Direct Publishing. It concludes by encouraging readers to overcome initial hesitations and start selling on eBay to achieve financial stability and possibly financial freedom.

Opinions

Selling on eBay is consistently recommended as a top side hustle, indicating its legitimacy and profitability.
The author expresses surprise and satisfaction with the quick sale of their first item, reinforcing the idea that eBay can lead to fast financial returns.
The process of selling on eBay is likened to publishing a book, where initial effort in listing items can lead to passive income over time.
The author believes that starting an eBay business is a decision they should have made earlier, suggesting a level of regret for not beginning sooner.
There is an opinion that selling on eBay serves multiple purposes: decluttering, earning money, and helping others complete collections.
The author's personal success story is used to inspire confidence in potential eBay sellers that they too can find success on the platform.

3 Reasons to Start Your eBay Business As Soon As You Can

It may just be your next big side hustle.

Anymore, selling items on eBay is one of the best tasks you could do in life. Some people do it as a side hustle while plenty of others make it their full-time business.

What you do with it is up to you.

You may want to earn some extra money. You may want to just clean out your house. Whatever your reasoning, selling on eBay is the way to go.

Here are 3 reasons why you should start it today:

It’s a Popular Side Hustle

Anytime I searched side hustles to pursue, eBay always seems to be at the top of the list. That has to be a good sign, right?

Of course, it is! Because selling on eBay is a great side hustle that could potentially turn into a business.

I kept hearing about it and finally began my eBay business a little over a week ago. Right now, it’s a side hustle selling old baseball and wrestling cards. But it could turn into something more one day.

Who knows, but I’m ready for the journey that awaits me. Millions of people sell on eBay today. It’s one of the reasons why it’s so popular.

It’s legit and can make you some good money. But that’s not all.

You Can See Results Pretty Fast

What surprised me last week was posting my first wrestling card to sell. It sold twenty minutes later. How about that?

No, I was not expecting that at all. But I’m glad it started before it grew too late.

Selling an item so fast allowed me to pursue the shipping and handling process too. That way, I know for next time.

In my first week alone, I sold five cards. It’s not much but it’s five more items than the person who hasn’t started selling on eBay yet.

So, what’re you waiting for?

It Earns You Passive Income

I will admit that it takes a great amount of work in the early stages to post products online. But once you do, magic happens.

When you have so many items posted at once, it raises your chances of selling more items. Thus, earning passive income while you’re doing other things.

The same is like writing a book for Kindle Direct Publishing. You spend time writing and publishing the book. Then the sales will come in. Again, passive income.

You want to shoot for that with a side hustle. It allows you to be financially stable and hopefully one day financially free.

Closing Thoughts

Sure, starting any side hustle isn’t easy. Nothing in life is easy if you truly want it.

However, selling on eBay might just be the side hustle for you. If you want to get rid of your old junk, make money and help people complete their collections, then go for it.

Nothing should be stopping you. All I really have to say it I should’ve started selling on eBay a long time ago.

I’ve found much success with it so far. And I know you will too.

Noah Nelson is a senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign majoring in journalism with minors in political science and history. He serves as a senior columnist for The Daily Illini, a writer on Medium and the host of his blog called Nothing But Noah. “Life: A Collection of Short Stories” is his first book available now on Amazon. Like what you read? You can write for Medium too!