The short answer
What bread and butter items should I resell on eBay?
When I made this video in June 2024, my best bread-and-butter eBay pickups were clean Hoka shoes, L.L.Bean chamois shirts, men’s jeans, outdoor pants and wool sweaters. Examples included Hudson jeans at $40-$49.95, Brave Star selvedge jeans at $70-$100, and Icewear sweaters at $80-$100. The rule: buy clean comps, not projects.
- In June 2024, I was listing 20 items a day and sourcing about 140 items a week.
- Used shoes had to need no cleaning; clean Hoka pairs were worth checking around $35-$50.
- Men’s jeans were a core category: Hudson, Lucky Brand, Levi’s 505, AG, Duluth Trading and Brave Star all made the list.
- Model names mattered: I checked inside tags and put fits like Blake Slim, 181 Relaxed Straight, 505 and Conduit in the title.
- Outdoor and fishing pieces sold well for me, especially convertible pants, Simms shirts and Mountain Hardwear Conduit jackets.
Chapters (15)
This list is from what I was buying when I made this video on June 26, 2024, so the prices and sell-through comments are from that week, not today’s market. The point is still useful if you’re sourcing this month: these are normal, findable bread-and-butter items that paid my bills, not once-a-year grails.
I was trying to show the kind of inventory that made up 80% to 90% of my sales: L.L.Bean, American Eagle-type basics, camo cargo pants, men’s jeans, outdoor shirts and jackets. Nothing here needs to be hype to work. It just needs to be clean, priced right, and listed with the details buyers search for.
Quick list of the bread-and-butter items I picked up
These were the actual categories and brands I was buying in late June 2024, with the price ranges I was using at the time.
| Item | What sold or price range shown | What I looked for | Main catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoka shoes | $35-$50 plus shipping | Good tread, no mesh tears, no cleaning needed | I passed on pairs that needed work |
| L.L.Bean chamois flannel | $20-$25 plus shipping | Soft chamois fabric, men’s size large | Summer can slow flannels down |
| New with tags tiger stripe cargo pants | $25-$30 | Men’s size 34, new tags, low buy cost | I would not pay $5 each used |
| Gap wide leg bootcut jeans | $15-$20+ plus shipping | White jeans with no stains | Stains are the deal breaker |
| Old Navy plus-size top | About $20 plus shipping | 4X, good style, paisley pattern | Brand matters less than size and style |
| AG Adriano Goldschmied jeans | $25-$35 plus shipping | Model name like Graduate, Everett, Premier | Put the model in the title |
| Duluth Trading jeans | Bread-and-butter pickup | Flex Ballroom, workwear feel | Condition still matters |
| Hudson men’s jeans | $40-$49.95 plus shipping on recent sales | Men’s pairs, model name from inner tag | Women’s Hudson did not perform as well for me |
| Lucky Brand jeans | $20-$25 plus shipping | Men’s larger sizes, good condition | I did not want to pay over $7-$10 |
| Levi’s 505 jeans | Listed around $29.95; offers over $20 | Older tag, right model | Not every Levi’s model is good |
| Brave Star selvedge jeans | $70-$100 plus shipping | Selvedge denim, strong sell-through | I paid up to $20 because comps supported it |
| Mountain Hardwear Conduit jacket | $40-$50 plus shipping | Conduit model, fleece lined, XL | Model matters a lot |
| The North Face convertible pants | $30-$40 plus shipping | Men’s 2XL, zip-off legs, clean condition | Seasonal item for summer |
| Canali dress shirt | $18-$25 plus shipping | Dress shirts, blazers, pants, ties | Blazers are the bigger money item |
| Simms vented fishing shirt | About $20 plus shipping | Vented button-up fishing shirt | Medium size kept it basic |
| Icewear Icelandic wool sweater | $80-$100 plus shipping | Wool, quarter zip, Fair Isle style | Check fabric and brand carefully |
| Bonobos jeans | About $15 plus shipping | Light wash skinny/slim jeans | Performance pants usually do better |
| Cole Haan rain jacket | About $20 plus shipping | Hooded full-zip rain jacket | Only worked because it was cheap |
Are used Hoka shoes worth selling on eBay?
Used Hoka shoes were worth picking up for me in June 2024 only when they needed no cleaning. I grabbed two pairs because the tread was good, the uppers were clean, and the thrift prices gave me enough room.
One men’s pair was an older Hoka model that cost me $8. It did not look like a huge home run, but the sold-through rate I saw was around 60% to 70%, and I expected about $35 to $45 plus shipping.
The women’s pair was the Hoka Vanquish model. The store wanted $20, but it was half off, so my cost was $10. Those had close to a 100% sell-through rate when I looked them up, but the selling price was still only around $40 to $50.
The big rule is simple: I am not in the business of cleaning used shoes anymore. If the tread is worn down, the mesh is torn, or I need to scrub them for 30 minutes, I leave them. Shoes can help raise average sale price, but only if they fit the workflow.
What L.L.Bean shirts should I look for?
L.L.Bean chamois flannels were a steady bread-and-butter pickup for me around $20 to $25 plus shipping. Chamois is the soft, heavier flannel-like fabric, and buyers search for that word.
The one I picked up was a men’s size large. Even though it was summer and hot everywhere, the sell-through I saw was still around 30%, which was enough for a low-cost, easy listing.
This is the kind of item a lot of resellers skip because it is not flashy. But if it is clean, tagged correctly, and you use the word “chamois” in the title, it can be a steady seller.
Should I buy camo cargo pants?
Camo cargo pants can be worth buying when the buy cost is low, the size is good, and the condition is strong. In this haul, the reason I bought the tiger stripe cargo pants was that they were all new with tags and only $5 each after the half-off discount.
The comps I saw in June 2024 were roughly 71 listed and 37 sold for the new-with-tags pairs. They were not huge money, usually around $25 to $30, but the math worked at $5.
If those had been used, I would have been much more careful. I might grab used camo cargo pants at the bins, but I was not excited to pay $5 each for used pairs at a regular thrift store.
Do basic jeans still sell on eBay?
Basic jeans still sold consistently for me in June 2024, especially men’s pairs with the right brand, model and size. Jeans were one of the biggest bread-and-butter categories in my store.
Gap wide leg bootcut jeans were a simple pickup. I found a white pair, checked carefully for stains, and expected at least $15 plus shipping, sometimes $20 or more.
AG Adriano Goldschmied was another brand I sold all the time, usually between $20 and $40 depending on the model. For AG, the model matters. Graduate, Everett and Premier are the kind of names I wanted in the title because buyers search by fit.
Duluth Trading Flex Ballroom jeans were another easy workwear-style pickup. They have some stretch, a heavy-duty feel, and they fit the kind of buyer looking for practical pants.
Once you’ve found one, EasyFlip can write the listing from a few photos, but you still need to do the reseller part first: check the tag, model, size, condition and sold comps.
Which men’s jeans brands were working for me?
Hudson, Lucky Brand, Levi’s and Brave Star were all jeans brands I was buying, but I treated each one differently. The same category can have a $15 item and a $100 item, depending on model and demand.
Hudson men’s jeans were strong for me. I had sold two pairs in the couple weeks before this video, one for $49.95 plus shipping and one for $40 plus shipping. I usually focused on men’s Hudson because women’s pairs did not perform as well for my store unless the style was especially good.
Lucky Brand was more basic, but I sold it regularly between $20 and $25 plus shipping. The pair in the video was a size 40x32, 181 Relaxed Straight, in great condition. It was marked $7.99 and half off, so my cost was $4. I am not paying thrift stores $30 for Lucky jeans, but under $7 or $8 can work.
Levi’s 505 jeans were another staple. I had an older tag pair from the early to mid-2000s and planned to price them around $29.95, then accept offers above $20 plus shipping. I do not buy every Levi’s model. I am more careful with skinny fits, and I mentioned 527 as one I like. Model selection matters.
Why was Brave Star the best jeans find?
Brave Star selvedge denim was the best jeans find in this video because the sell-through was over 100% when I looked it up, and sold prices were commonly around $70 to $100 plus shipping. I paid up for them at $20 because the comps supported it.
Selvedge denim is easy to check once you know what you are looking for. Look inside the pant leg seam. Selvedge has the woven edge where the denim pieces meet, and that detail matters to denim buyers.
This was not the normal $15 jeans pickup. It was a brand I had learned while sourcing, and it is exactly why I still look things up in the store. I do not know every brand, but I can learn one new profitable brand at a time.
What outdoor clothing sold well?
Outdoor clothing sold well for me when it had the right model, use case and size. I was buying jackets, convertible pants, fishing shirts and wool sweaters even though it was hot outside.
Mountain Hardwear Conduit was one of the better jacket models I mentioned. The sleeve often shows the model, and this one was a men’s XL, fleece lined, soft shell jacket. I planned to price it around $40 to $50 plus shipping because the Conduit model performed better than a generic Mountain Hardwear jacket.
The North Face convertible pants were a seasonal pickup because it was summer. These were men’s 2XL, had zip-off legs, and included the belt. I expected about $30 to $40 plus shipping and would accept good offers.
Simms vented button-up fishing shirts were another steady pickup. They usually did not bring huge money for me, often around $20 plus shipping, but I liked Simms because the sell-through on those shirts was better than similar Columbia or ExOfficio pieces.
Are dress shirts and sweaters worth checking?
Dress shirts and sweaters were worth checking when the brand was strong or the material stood out. Canali and Icewear were the two examples from this haul.
Canali is a dresswear brand I like in blazers, but I also picked up the button-up shirt. The shirt was not huge money, usually around $18 to $25 plus shipping for me, but Canali blazers can go over $100, so the brand is worth knowing across shirts, pants, ties and jackets.
Icewear was a new brand I learned while thrifting. The piece felt like wool, so I checked it. It was an Icelandic wool quarter-zip Fair Isle-style men’s sweater, and the comps I saw were around $80 to $100 plus shipping with over 30% sell-through.
That is why fabric feel matters. If something feels like real wool, cashmere, heavy denim or quality outerwear, I slow down and look it up.
What cheaper mall brands still made sense?
Some cheaper mall brands still made sense when the size, style and buy cost were right. Old Navy, Gap, Bonobos and Cole Haan were not huge bolos, but they fit the bread-and-butter model.
The Old Navy top was a 4X plus-size women’s top with a nice paisley pattern. When I looked it up, it had about a 60% sell-through rate and was worth about $20 plus shipping. For plus-size women’s tops, brand is not always the main thing. Size and style can matter more.
Bonobos jeans were a light wash skinny/slim pair that I expected to sell for around $15 plus shipping. I also mentioned that Bonobos performance pants tend to do better than the jeans.
The Cole Haan rain jacket was a cheap pickup. Cole Haan is more known for shoes, but this was a long, hooded, full-zip rain jacket in good condition. I expected around $20 plus shipping, and the only reason it made sense was that my cost was low.
How much inventory did I need to source?
At that point in June 2024, I was trying to list 20 items a day, which meant I needed about 140 items a week. To hit that, I was going to around 10 thrift stores a week and usually adding one Goodwill bins trip.
That is why bread-and-butter matters. If I only waited for rare bolos, I would not have enough inventory. These normal items filled the store and kept sales moving.
The bins helped lower my cost of goods, but the tradeoff was condition. I mentioned that after one bins trip, about 10% of the items had a hole or stain I missed and had to go back into the donate pile. Regular thrift stores cost more, but the items were often easier to inspect.
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The bottom line
The best move this week is to build your own bread-and-butter list from items you can actually find. Start with clean Hoka shoes, men’s jeans, L.L.Bean chamois shirts, outdoor convertible pants, Simms shirts, Canali dresswear and wool sweaters that feel high quality.
Look up the exact model, check sold comps, inspect every seam, and do not bring home projects unless the profit is obvious. In my store, these normal items were what kept the bills paid.
Questions people ask
What are bread and butter items on eBay?
Bread-and-butter items are the repeatable, findable items that sell consistently instead of rare home runs. In this June 2024 video, mine included Hoka shoes, men’s jeans, L.L.Bean shirts, outdoor pants, fishing shirts and wool sweaters.
Are used shoes worth reselling on eBay?
Used shoes were worth it for me only if they needed no cleaning. In June 2024, I picked up clean Hoka pairs for $8 and $10 because I expected roughly $35-$50 plus shipping.
Which jeans brands should I look for at thrift stores?
In this haul, I looked for men’s Hudson, Lucky Brand, Levi’s 505, AG Adriano Goldschmied, Duluth Trading and Brave Star. The model mattered as much as the brand, so I checked inner tags and added fit names to the title.
Do plus-size women’s tops sell on eBay?
Yes, plus-size tops could sell well for me when the size and style were strong. The Old Navy 4X paisley top in this video showed about a 60% sell-through rate in June 2024 and was expected to bring around $20 plus shipping.
Is outdoor clothing good to resell on eBay?
Outdoor clothing was a strong category for me when it had a clear use, model or season. I was buying Mountain Hardwear Conduit jackets, The North Face convertible pants and Simms vented fishing shirts in June 2024.
How many thrift stores should I go to each week?
When I was listing 20 items a day, I needed around 140 items a week. At that pace, I was hitting about 10 thrift stores weekly and usually adding one Goodwill bins trip to lower my cost of goods.
Sources
Prices are eBay sold listings, and every fact below was checked on June 26, 2024.
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these bread and butter items pay my bills every month reselling all of this clothing on eBay and I'm here today to bring you along with me to go over some of those bread and butter items to be able to help a lot of beginners out there really get a good solid foundation of what brands to be picking up and get familiar with what models and things to look out for for the next time you go out sourcing so nothing too crazily special I don't want to bring in those huge bolo things that you can never find even though those are great when we do find them I do want to just stick with a lot of the bread and butter stuff to help a lot of the people that just want to get started and they just really don't know where to start so it's these Brands here that make up a majority of 80
to 90% of my sales the LL Beans the American Eagle the uh camo cargo pants that I found last week you know those bread and butter items that a lot of other resellers tend to pass up but it's these items that really consistently sell within my business so I picked up a few pair of shoes I don't often pick up used shoes I will only pick them up if they're under one condition and that is no cleaning so I picked up two pairs of hokas one are a pair of men's hokas uh these are the pro pro two series I don't know I got to look them up but these hokas um just quick it's Pro proly proly 2 so looking these up they had like almost a 60 70% sell through rate and they don't go for a ton of money I believe this is an older model of Hoka but you can see
they're in really good shape really nice tread there they were only eight bucks at the thrift store so I decided to pick them up no uh tearing in the mesh and generally if hokas are in good shape and they have a good amount of tread left you at least want to look them up especially this time of year and these are going to go for anywhere between $35 and $45 they are a nice men's size so I grabed those and then another pair of hokas for women um what are these These are the Vanquish model um really good shape Nice condition these were they were asking 20 and it was half off so $10 for these and I think similar these almost have 100% sell through rate but these only go for about $40 $50 so I grabbed both of those and like I said I'm only picking up used shoes if they need no
cleaning because I'm not getting in the business of cleaning shoes did that I'm done with it focusing on used shoes that need no cleaning or brand new shoes and that's where I'm at you don't have to pick up shoes whatever you want to do I'm picking up shoes to help raise my average sale price and just another thing that I could bring into the clothing Niche category here's a nice item good 30% sell through rate here um right now because it's summer time and it's 100° everywhere but it's a shammy flannel by L Bean um shammy is the the type of material like it is a um really soft super soft flannel material um so it's SP c h o m IO something like that um yeah c h a m o i s shammy it's pronounced shammy this is a size large and this is just a nice bread and butter item right here
um looking this up should go for about $20 $25 plus shipping so that's a nice one here I do want to share this find with you if you saw the thumbnail this is kind of a nice find um I wouldn't have picked them up if they were used but these are all new with tags Air Force 34 size 34 men's cargo pants um tiger stripe and um they're all new so they were $10 each but they were half off and that's what made me look them up I passed them up F first time around and then as I was leaving the store I was like you know what I'm going to look these up and actually the new with tags have there's like 71 listed and 37 sold so I was like you know what for $5 a piece I'm going to take a gamble on them um they're tending to they don't sell for
a ton of money between like $25 and $30 so I grabbed all of them and um that was a nice find you know decent sell through rate probably going to sell better come winter time but that was a nice find if if they were like at the bin I probably would have picked them up if they were used but I'm not paying $5 for used um camo cargo pants those were a nice find um a nice just bread and butter for me in men's jeans is Gap you know wide leg gap jeans I'm picking up these are white I double checked any stains or spots these are uh wide leg boot cut Gap jeans and I tend to sell these for at least $15 plus shipping some sometimes 20 or more so that's a nice find right there decided to pick it up if you are new to the channel I used to pick up
a ton of uh plus-size Tops This is an Old Navy 4X plus-size top with a nice paisley pattern and just looking this up this has a 60% sell through rate and this should go for about $20 plus shipping so that was an easy pickup for me no brainer um I'm still looking at the plus-size tops every now and again just to be able to continue to bring in higher sellr rate items if you look up women's plus-size tops the brands don't necessarily need to be the best it's more important that it's the size and the style that's really going to make that sell so another brand I sell all the time consistently between 20 30 sometimes even $40 is Adriana gold schme and there is different uh models to them The Graduate the Everett um you're definitely going to want to look up the model and make sure you put that in your title but
I usually price these between $25 and $35 plus shipping and I have best offer turned on this is the Premier skinny straight model and yeah probably get $25 for those since the style isn't as on Trend but we have a nice pair of duth trading jeans a nice size these are the flex Ballroom jeans so they have a nice little bit of flex to them and these are basically some workware jeans heavy duty um another item that you should be able to find I really think it's important that I do these every week and I just show you the basic bread and butter items that I'm continuing to pick up in my business we up 34% month over month and these items are continually selling through my store so it's a beautiful thing and I think that anyone can go out there and find these types of items mind you I am going out about
10 times a week to local thrift stores to find the 50 items that I need um no 140 items that I need every week so I'm listing 20 items a day and I'm really needing to hit that you know goal so I need to hit 10 about 10 thrift stores a week and I'll usually try to fit in one Goodwill bins trip a week as well just to help lower cost of goods so Hudson is another bread and butter amazing brand that I sell pretty frequently and I only pick it up really in the men's jeans women's jeans don't sell or perform as well for me so I usually leave them behind unless they're like a baggy fit but Hudson men's jeans I just sold two pairs within the last couple weeks um for over $40 one was $49.95 the other one was $40 plus shipping so you really want to make sure that you
look up the model and um you can do that by checking under the so you know there's a material tag you know you usually has cotton whatever and you always want to check the tag underneath it and that's going to either say the model number um You probably what is that say Blake Slim So or it's going to have a style code that you want to type into Google and look that up and you want to look that up and put that model number model name in your title it's going to help things sell faster say what you will about this brand I pick it up all the time I'm not paying more than like $10 for a pair of Lucky Brand Jeans but I sell these regularly between 20 and $25 plus shipping sometimes more this is a size 40 32 and this is the 181 relax straight this is in great condition no
wear no distressing no holes no stains and that was $7.99 half off $4 so I'm picking those up regularly and a lot of the times the thrift stores Goodwills are pricing them up at like $30 which is insane um but I'll pick them up if they're under seven eight bucks for sure just a bread and butter uh Levis 505s um on an older tag so early to mid 2000s these I price at about $29.95 and accept any offers above $20 plus shipping Levis are like a staple in my business I've made it a staple in my business because I could just find so many not all of them are good you know the 5'11 the all the skinny ones the 514's are okay um 527 is a good one 550s I stay away from so you got to really make sure that you're picking up the right models that are going to sell well here's
a bolo that you definitely want to be picking up if you can find it it's Brave Star right Brave Star Jeans these are Salvage Denim and people ask me all the time what is Sal salvage it means when uh two of the denim pieces are woven together and Stitch together and you can check by the by checking the inside of the pant leg and it will look like this it will show two of these denim pieces on the front and the back are stitched together and that is what uh Salvage signifies these are I did pay up for these they were asking 40 half off so they were 20 bucks but these have over 100% sellr rate and they regularly sell between 7 to $100 plus shipping so brave star Salvage jeans is a nice brand that I learned and I want to continue to bring in new brands that I learned to help you
guys learn new brands as well so bravar is a good one there's only like 80 some listed and like 118 sold something like that so there's not a ton out there but if you can find them great um this is just always a brand I'm picking up in jackets especially the model conduit so this is Mountain Hardware a men's size extra large and you always want to check the sleeve and sometimes the sleeve will show the model there this is the conduit soft shell so what makes this special is number one the South rate is much higher than just a regular Mountain Hardware jacket and it's fleece lined it's a size extra large and um it goes for a lot more money so I priced this between $40 and $50 plus shipping and I just sold one a couple weeks ago for $4 plus shipping so Mountain Hardware conduit model is a good one to
be picking up I picked up these like crazy convertible pants um Colombia convertible pants North Face um Sims convertible pants just picked those up last week so I'm picking them up because this is the season for convertible pants uh this is a North Face Men's convertible pants a really nice size 2XL um yeah really nice probably going to price these between $3 and $40 and except best offers it has a nice belt on the front too and in good shape no stains no holes it's great shape you know I'm loving going to the thrift stores you know I'm double-checking everything for stains and holes it's really nice to get home and to know that not a lot of this stuff has any stains um I went to the Goodwill bins I got a good amount of items but 10% of the items I missed a hole or a stain I ended up just throwing it
back into the Donate bucket this is a great break to pick up in Blazers but if you can find it in men's dress shirts the brand is Canali and this is a nice dresswear brand just a simple button-up shirt but I regularly sell these also between $18 $25 plus shipping not going to make a ton of money but they do sell well the Blazers can go for upwards of $100 so you want to look out for Canali Blazers there's men's dress pants dress uh shirts ties so that's a good brand overall brand to be picking up this is another great brand like an outdoor fishing brand it's Sims Sims vented button-up shirt really nice um they don't go for a ton of money usually about $20 plus shipping and it's a size medium so nothing too crazy but yeah Sims is a nice fishing brand to be picking up uh very similar to to Colombia
I would say like a tier above Colombia stuff a tier above ex officio stuff Sims is a good one because the S rate um on these button-up shirts is much better than a Colombia or an ex officio another new brand that I learned um while I was out thrifting was this one Ice wear it's an Icelandic wool right it's uh yeah it's an Icelandic wool quarter zip Fair ey men's sweater and I was like oh cool like it feels like wool you know that that's nice I'll check it out I'll look it up and then you look it up and you're like $100 wow that's amazing they go for about $80 to $100 plus shipping um yeah this was a nice find um over 30% sell through rate um Icelandic wool men's size large quarter zip sweater so that's a new brand that I learned uh remember in your mind iear um a good brand
from Iceland this is just a bread and butter brand nothing to ride home about but bonobo jeans do well for me this is a light wash pair of bonobo skinny jeans skinny slim jeans I sell these for like $15 plus shipping so just another jeans brand to be on the lookout for the pants do much better the performance pants in bonobos do a lot better so uh um this is a colean rain jacket this was super cheap so I was like you know what why not Coan is an okay brand more more known for like the shoes but yeah this is a nice long full zip rain jacket by Klean and it is a size large and I'll probably get $20 plus shipping it's in good shape it's hooded and you're probably crazy think I'm crazy picking up jackets when it's so hot out but I want to just really show everything that I'm picking
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