A quick way to make some money online and clear up that clutter!

Depending on where you are located in the world, your either just ending winter or summer.  Either way, the change of seasons can be a great time to clean out some old things from your cupboards and organize your life a bit more.  I like to use this opportunity of going into spring to do a bit of spring cleaning of things I don’t need or want any more.  Usually these are small items like CDs that I didn’t like or PlayStation games that I’ve finished and are happy to get rid of.

In the past I’ve listed these on eBay and while I continue to do so I’d be interested to hear from readers if they prefer to use other services to sell their used items.

So the advantage of using a site like ebay is pretty obvious to most of us who are used to buying online, but basically you can get your item that is for sale out to a much wider audience than normally possible, especially through the local trading post.

I like to collect about 5-10 items and then set up auctions for them on eBay and then set them starting about 1 every hour or so. Depending on the value will affect how you set up the auction rules.

Some things I have sold and been very happy with the amount of money I made on eBay include but are not limited to:

- Old 2nd Gen Ipod.
- Various CDs and DVDs, some of which i made more than I bought them for due to value packs or discount bins!
- Playstation 1 and 2 games
- Old mobile phones and a PDA
- Some McDonald happy meal toys from the 1980’s.  I was actually going to throw these in the bin, but someone paid about $50 for a few pens that they wanted for their collection.  Could not believe it but was very happy with that one!
- Computer accessories such as keyboards, USB hubs and cables.
- Photos that I have taken and had printed (Landscape photography is one of my favourite past-times)
- Camera lenses and video accessories

So far I haven’t really made any money from clothing items, but I know plenty of friends who have picked up bargains, such as new jeans for like 10 bucks.  I think also I tend to wear my clothes so long that they aren’t worth the effort of selling only to have them not sell.  I’d rather give them to the Goodwill or another charity.

I’m sure many people have had great success selling random things on eBay like furniture, cars or collectibles.  There are plenty of people who are making some serious money by trading stuff one bay every day.  It takes some hard work though so don’t expect to quit your job overnight!