Is an Antique Booth Worth Your Time?
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- Is an Antique Booth Worth Your Time?
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Did Reagan grow like a foot overnight?! Thank you for doing this i much appreciate you all 💗
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This video came right as I’m preparing to open my first. Great info. Thanks so much, my man!
Good luck my friend.
My husband and I have 2 resale booths. We enjoy them. We enjoy sourcing and finding treasures. We think its worth it. We make decent money, buy cheap and sell for good prices. Make sure to use all your space! Use the walls and layer your items. You pay rent for you whole booth. Utilize it!!!!
I’ve had a booth for about five years now. I don’t make a killing at it, but what I really enjoy is that we co-op working the register and I work eight hours a month and it’s really fun to visit with people and I’ve learned a lot about product from other collectors.
Love doing my antique booth. I always say “when it isn’t fun, I’ll quit”! I put items in that I pick up especially for the booth as well as items that are not selling in my eBay store.
Thanks for the tips! We have 3 booths at a local "vendor mall". The vendor mall is a mix of antiques, garage sale-type stuff, and overstock. It's not nearly as nice as the place you use!
We mostly use our booths for retail arbitrage items that aren't a good fit for eBay. This is how we do our merchandising:
Booth 1: Toys, board games, video games, movies.
Booth 2: Home goods, sporting goods, automotive, etc.
Booth 3: Clothing, handbags, hats, etc.
It's been great for us because some of the stuff sells fast there that would sit forever on eBay. Some things just don't have the margin to cover shipping and fees. That isn't a factor in the booths.
BRM, I love the stare down, I felt that here in RVA
"Alright, you can keep em" 😉
GREAT video! So informative. You make a very good point about how certain items may sell on eBay, but not in the antique booth and vice versa. Different platforms draw different customers. Sophie is adorable!! More Sophie, please! :)
I think it’s worth it just for the time spent teaching the kids about business. And I bet they love it !!!!
4:14.....she gave you "the look" and you caved fast!!😂😂😂
Great question! We make a "nice" check each month usually. I would say it equals to a car payment most months and we've had WOW months. BUT... we have basically ZERO cost of goods. We do storage units so what goes in our antique/flea market booth are things we wouldn't put on eBay and that costs us pennies if you calculated. For us, the work is nice because it gets us some socialization. :) We have talked to others who struggle and I get how it isn't the best for those who have to pick up the inventory individually.
I had a antique booth in Texas for a while when I was there for my work. Sold some things but it was not for me so I gave it up.
You should watch Tendo on CZcams. I believe they make most of their income with booths.
I opened a booth the 20th of September. With a goal of doing $600 in sales per month. On target for that so far.
Loaded it with character glasses, records, framed posters and books. Most items are $3.00 to $10 the framed items are $15 to $150. The majority of the items are $5.00 records. I sold a large nightmare before Christmas snow globe for $100.
Mainly opened it for the records and the glassware and items I didn’t want to list on EBay. currently bringing new inventory once a week
Wow we love your booths, all are so different, I think you have 3? My wife Andrea was so annoyed to see someone had broken one of your bookends but I guess that is the risk. Happy flipping guys.
The interesting comparison to the $240 profit you showed at the end is how much the antique booth owners made from you... The monthly fees and percentage of sales. I expect that the person making the most money is the owners of the antique stores.
Love you videos! I also am a eBay seller with an antique booth. I find the booth is a great place to sell items I cannot move online or don't want to have to explain defects, etc. The booth isn't a big money maker by any means, but still is a good source of extra income.
Booths are a good fit for items you can't sell on Ebay. I have had booths and even had a store before where I rented out the booths. Its hard. Some things you may want to look for are the price of the booths, how much foot traffic the store gets and the overall look of the store. If it looks piled up and unorganized I have found people pass by without looking. Some pointers I always gave to my renters......Keep it well stocked, bring in new items regularly (new customers to the store will see the items you have as exciting while regular customers get bored seeing the same items over and over), also move items around, it helps keep it looking fresh and maybe put something where someone didn't see it. On the good side it gives you a place to sell items you haven't had any luck selling elsewhere or items to big to sell on ebay, or like you said don't want to list on ebay. My wife and I are looking to do another booth at some point but they are hard to find in our area.
I used to have an antique mall booth. I found it too labor intensive for the return I got. The extra stuff I don’t want to sell on eBay I just blow out by having a garage sale.
I’ve had a booth for a year... grew out of an estate sale that literally pushed things out the door and ... now what to do with it all!?!? I’m pretty ignorant on what to look for .. I’m at a real ‘antique’ store ... so, ... I’d buy things that were old that I liked ... I love shopping but the location of my booth doesn’t have high traffic and as much as I’ve tried to make it pretty and inviting... and good ... I barely make rent... Covid crushed the first 6mths, but even still... I’m losing a couple hundred every month... and a lot of time. I don’t work, husband supports this but it’s not paying back... but, dang it... I don’t want to fail!!!
Hey, Kevin! Thank you for this video! Do y'all have an updated one perhaps?
Definitely Ebay! My antique booth is bleeding 💰...closing it down at the end of the month. I'm making good side revenue on Ebay🤑
Thanks that was very useful and it’s good to see y’all get out together and the kids seem to know what to do before you even tell them. Now I see how you developed your merchandising skills for your shed, it always looks so bright and organized. Fun to look around and see what’s new each video. 👍
I dont know about anyone else. But when I saw the McDonald's apple pie machine. It made me want a apple pie with some ice cream from McDonald's. Don't knock it till you try it. 😁
Hello Kevin. Was supposed to start doing the flea market this weekend but they postponed our layoff till December 1st. So I'm building the resale stockpile and woodworking until I can. Have a great weekend. Take care.
I have 1 booth. Hope to open 1 more!
1.The location of the antique mall matters and how much traffic they receive.
2. How often they advertise
3. How much your booth rent is
4. Your location of your booth in the mall.
5. Your items/ prices
6. How often do you get paid
7. Is your booth an attention grabber, if it's clean or cluttered matters.
8. Does the store monitor security to help avoid theft?
I have "played" with an antique booth for lots of years. I also sell low priced media and collectibles. I do make money every month but I know a lot of the dealers don't even cover rent.
Nice to see your booths, Thanks for sharing! Wow your kids are getting bigger!
Mine is too far from me unfortunately nothing close :(
Yes and Yes again - all Your Finer Things should go into the Booth !!!! Keep Safe and Cheers from us in Australia - we Love it !!!!
Love my booth and I have been at it for a little over 2 years. For the last year vinyl has been hottest item has paid my rent no problem for atleast the 12 months.
Very interesting. I knew nothing about antique booths before now. Thanks for sharing. Robin
I do an indoor flea market 3 days a week (booths stay set up year round). I'm in the process this weekend of setting up a 3rd booth. I get about $300 a week out of the 2. I have 1 with media (mostly records), one with toys, and the newest is going to be beauty/whatever. I'm hoping the newest will add at least $100-150 a week. I recently started buying storage units and a lot of the items I take in are things either not worth selling on ebay or items I don't feel like dealing with. Records I sell for eBay prices without the fees and shipping.
I'd say 70% of it is pure profit items since I sell the better items from lots/units on eBay. Then the other items are thrift store finds. I don't think about my money as "per hour" since I mostly go to socialize a bit lol. Working at home so much gets lonely and we have some great people at our market that keep me entertained.
Many of the booths in my area have a monthly rental rate of $250. That’s a lot of product that you have to sell to break even, and that doesn’t count the 10-16% they take out on your sales. I just love to shop for stuff though! It’s like a scavenger hunt, which makes it so much fun for me.
I think it comes down to knowing your market, if there is a local demand for the type of items you carry it would be worth while to get a local booth. If you deal in items above value or outside of the scope of the local buyers than it doesn't make sense. We do well with our higher end items at legit antique shows as opposed to flea markets, and do well with lower end items at flea markets, it wouldn't make sense to bring those higher end items to the flea market as the buyers are not there for those types and vice versa, you wouldn't do well with flea market items at a higher end legit antique show. Just my two cents. Thanks for the great content!
Some areas have very high booth rents. We have to also work work days. If we can't do our days we have to pay out the days. The pay out is $25 for a half day and usually you will get 2-4 full days a booth. The work can be hard. Cases need to be opened and locked and items need to be carried to the counter. Customers need to be monitored. Sometimes there are no customers. It is hard work to make a profit.
Hope you and the family are enjoying the vacation. I really appreciate this video. I paid first and last on a booth in early March. Everything shutdown and I had to accept the loss after collecting some very cool fixtures which are now holding Ebay merch in my garage. I did have what I've chosen to call a CWP day today.... bought a minor league baseball (TY for that reminder) and bundled up a bunch of random toys and crafts.
I got a deal on my booth to prepay for 6 months til March.... giving it a shot to see how Xmas does etc. Foot traffic is currently my concern, doesn’t matter how good my prices are. Have been breaking even or little profit so far.... sooooo not worth it “yet” .
So Kevin do you have to provide the furniture for the space? Then fill it with your items? Then do you have to label them with a label so people know who to give the credit to.? And could you tell us the approx rent for a booth like that per month. .? Thanks.
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Nice video. I love Reagans' hair!
It was refreshing to see BRM in the video. Please show her more often if possible.
Also, just going through the antique mall with you, I was incredibly overwhelmed. I guess you can guess I'm not a picker or reseller. How do customers every make it past the first floor of the mall? Your booths were especially nice. Looks like someone knocked over your book stand and broke it. Do you have much theft or loss from damage there? I sure hope not.
Not much
Nice set-up. Looks like it would be kind of a hassle to go through your 45s though. They would be constantly handled, stacked on top of each other.
Turner is getting tall!
Thank you for the info. Always enjoy your vids.
I barely break even in my booth, so the stuff that sells out of it are just as well off if I were to have burned it. End of this month im pulling out.(lease is up) Maybe my area stinks(Very large city actually), nothing sells even when i put a huge sale. (I put a 50% off everything this month to try to move product before I move out and still nothing is moving). If you are seeking to start renting a booth my best advice is to Try to walk around talk to other booth owners and see how they do and what sells and doesn't. I spoke to 2 others at my mall recently and they also aren't making anything, if not just enough to make the rent there. I'd rather spend the monthly bill on sourcing more items or renting a space to do eBay out of, since in in an apartment and have no garage or cabin it's all in my office.
Hi, can I ask what city you are in?
@@mrs.e3944 I'm in Jacksonville Florida. Where no one has money apparently! But everyone wants top dollars for everything they have. XD
Thanks Kevin I think the antique booth can be a good thing but it also takes a lot of effort to keep changing things around moving them put new stuff in but you’re right you’re not gonna make much money it’s a good place to sell stuff that you might not necessarily sell on eBay thanks for sharing
You might want to get a “Tide To Go” Pen. It would have worked great on the fabric item with a stain on your video.
Your right, there’s not a lot of profit in brick & mortar ( retail store ), EBay & Utube are the way to go, but there’s no substitute for experienced 🤔
Needful Things????? There is one in Charlestown WV. Don't know if they are connected. I don't do a booth around here. They cost to much. They are getting $129.00 a month and 10% commission on a 6'x8' spot. That is more then a 10'x10' storage unit around my parts. The real money to be made in booths is in the building and renting out the spaces.
Thank you for the video and to those who commented. I have been contemplating this for a couple of months now, but I think I will steer clear for now. I’m just wondering what to do with some of my stuff that is slow to sell on eBay or has flaws that I did not notice when I picked them up. I will probably just end up re-donating them.
Have a garage sale or go to the flea market once a year.
Hey Kevin, Flippin' MaSoul here! As always im enjoying your videos! I really appreciate how you teach us and include your family. To show my appreciation I want to give you a US Territory plate. I sent the matching green Massachusetts plates awhile back. Have you started collecting those yet? Either way it'll be on its way shortly. Hopefully I'll get to see it in your upcoming videos! Take care and stay safe!
Thank you. I would Love one.
I've had antique booths, including one at Bell Treasures, and it definitely was not worth it long-term. In fact, two out of the three places I had booths in are no longer in business. Ebay was monumentally better.
Where’s the Tupperware pickle containers and ashtrays?
Sell the pickle containers on eBay.
Antique booths are dying in most areas. The only people making money are the landlords. Foot traffic just can’t compare to eBay traffic. I used to have one. It only made money when I filled mine with vinyl.
I still laugh about that one time you and your son were talking and he called that lady a "savage" lol love the channel man
Great information. Thank you, but that rabbit in the background is the creepiest I have ever seen!
You might be from Yucaipa if you wear long sleeves and shorts
I wonder if where you live should also be given consideration when making a decision about opening an antique booth. It has been a long time since I had an "antique" booth. In Iowa, antiques were coveted. In Oregon, not so much. Times may have changed regarding the areas where antiques are most popular, but I am guessing, where you live still matters.
For sure
Might not make a profit on things like the purse, but get something back out and better than sitting in a "death pile" in the corner.
Nice Job
If I had the discretionary income to do this I would love to have a booth one day
I suspect that most of the antique booths are owned by hobbyists. They love what they sell, but they price it high and barely make enough sales to cover the rent. The people who are in business to make money go to flea markets.
Do you ever have months when you don’t sell enough to cover the rent in the booths? That’s what has kept me from trying it. That and the initial cost of setting one up with shelves and such. I do most of my sourcing at auctions and end up with a lot of extra items that aren’t a good fit for eBay. Would love to have another outlet for them but the booths seem risky.
Not yet.
What is the over head at the booth? Is it merely just a percentage on commission, or do you have a rent as well.
Rent and commision.
Do you still have those Halloween things? If you don't sell them at the booth would you consider selling to me, I'll buy them
For sure.
@@commonwealthflipper yay! How much?
We have a dilemma in our home. We have an antique booth. We pay $140 for booth rent. Typically we sell around $300 a month there. After rent, commission and fees, we profit around $100 a month. I don't feel it's worth it at all. My husband feels it is worth it because we can sell things there that we couldn't sell on eBay AND we use the booth fee as a tax right off expense. Who is right? Close it? Or use it as a tax write off and profiting the $100? Thanks! Angie's Oddities LLC
Whoever wants to keep it open can run it. Lol.
@@commonwealthflipper but is it worth it for the tax write-off??