Posts Tagged ‘Craigslist’

Extra Income Tracker

Observant readers will have noticed that there’s a new bar chart in the sidebar here at AinD.com: Extra Income. What could I possibly be tracking with this one? Well, to state the obvious, it’s to track any extra income I’m able to bring in over the next while. Whether that’s from selling household items on eBay, or on Craigslist, or to my friends and family, or by doing surveys/focus groups, and so on. I thought I’d track it from now onwards and see how much I’m able to raise.

Last year I went on a “sell everything on eBay” kick, and was able to make about $300-400 after all was said and done. Not a bad little sum. This spring & summer I’d like to turn that up a few notches because:

1. I’m sick of having a lot of this unused stuff in my house.
2. I could always use the extra cash.

These days I prefer to use eBay rather than Craigslist simply because there’s more accountability, less anonymity involved. Even though eBay takes a small commission off my auction (the seller fee), that is a worthwhile expense, in my opinion, for the accountability it affords me and the buyers. Some types of items don’t actually sell on eBay though, so I am going to have to go the Craigslist route. I’m not able to do a yard sale myself as I live in an apartment building, however one of my friends said she was going to have one this spring/summer, so I’m going to tack my items on to hers, and do it that way.

So keep your eyes on the bar chart, and hope that it goes up to a nice big and fat number.