What parts should I stock up on?

[user 188535]

Because your going to get screwed when in business.

Beware of the tax man.


Oh wait, your actually too young to pay taxes.

Alright. You are right. I retract my statement.

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

When I was 14 I was having taxes taken out by a lady doing her lawn up keep every year for every week of season. Also when I was 15-17 working at gas station and carry out - stock boy.

So how is 14 to young to pay taxes today? Just wondering if something has changed.

Good to have on hand for fuel line and impulse lines.

 

[user 188535]

When I was 14 I was having taxes taken out by a lady doing her lawn up keep every year for every week of season. Also when I was 15-17 working at gas station and carry out - stock boy.

So how is 14 to young to pay taxes today? Just wondering if something has changed.

Good to have on hand for fuel line and impulse lines.

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I also have some starter line coming in to sell in small lengths. Do you know what lengths I should cut it to to sell on fleaBay?

 

[ZinTrees]

I also have some starter line coming in to sell in small lengths. Do you know what lengths I should cut it to to sell on fleaBay?

im not 100% sure, but probably 5-6ft?
feels odd, everyone here seems to remember part numbers and stuff off the top of their heads, and I hardly ever have to do anything besides clean my saws once a month, never even replaced a fuel filter in 4 years and they all run like brand new still, same for air filters, I knock mine out every now and then but never replaced one

ive worn a few bars and chains out tho, broke some air filter covers and chain brakes (200t survived a 70ft fall with a broken brake handle, I ran it all day since the brake still worked, saw was still running when it hit the ground, second time the top handle snapped in half from around 30 feet, I wasnt the one climbing either time)

 

[sonny580]

Hard to find parts are top sellers! -- not many deal in them and demand is high.

 

[user 188535]

Hard to find parts are top sellers! -- not many deal in them and demand is high.

Would you say OEM 200t side covers would be good seller? I can get them for 28 bucks and mark them up to 60-70 bucks to undercut the coemption with profits higher than Shaggy and Scooby-Doo.

 

[user 188535]

Hard to find parts are top sellers! -- not many deal in them and demand is high.

Do you think that the local Stihl distributor would sell to me?

 

[lone wolf]

Would you say OEM 200t side covers would be good seller? I can get them for 28 bucks and mark them up to 60-70 bucks to undercut the coemption with profits higher than Shaggy and Scooby-Doo.

Everyone in the world can get that Chinese crap from Farmer Tech. You can't get away with that, go look on Ebay what they sell for there is no free lunch for long kid hard work does it!

 

[user 188535]

Everyone in the world can get that Chinese crap from Farmer Tech. You can't get away with that, go look on Ebay what they sell for there is no free lunch for long kid hard work does it!

Meh. I don't know. I know there is a lot of people that would want one OEM. Even if i sell them for 10 bucks lower than the other guys do, I still make high profits.

 

[Ridgehiker]

focus on getting skills and experience first, knowledge backed by skills goes alot further than reselling.

as time goes on you will learn what materials/supplies you use most often and the costs associated with them, focus on those first to keep your overhead as low as possible.

I think parting out worn out stuff you find at garage sales is an easy step to getting some revenue rolling on with a low cost entry point, thats where I would start.

 

[Franny K]

I also have some starter line coming in to sell in small lengths. Do you know what lengths I should cut it to to sell on fleaBay?

You would perhaps look in the completed items for this. How much time have you spent looking at the competition and the competed items. I am not really sure how completed items works when you have many. A fathom long that sounds cool will be plenty to trim later. What would you offer that little red barn or archer plus already offer? Fuel line is a good one just make your descriptions way better than the competition. What else could you be better than those? You could carry splicing components for chain and experiment with every brand and size of chain and list in a way the buyer knows what item to get to splice what size and brand of chain. This is a kind of murky environment. Just thinking out loud so to speak.

If you look at listings for chain perhaps some of them have choices for length just like some listings for foot wear have sizes and widths. The price can be different for the lengths. I guess the original question I copied above is of for a starting point.

 

[user 188535]

You would perhaps look in the completed items for this. How much time have you spent looking at the competition and the competed items. I am not really sure how completed items works when you have many. A fathom long that sounds cool will be plenty to trim later. What would you offer that little red barn or archer plus already offer? Fuel line is a good one just make your descriptions way better than the competition. What else could you be better than those? You could carry splicing components for chain and experiment with every brand and size of chain and list in a way the buyer knows what item to get to splice what size and brand of chain. This is a kind of murky environment. Just thinking out loud so to speak.

Fair point.

 

[Jeffrey F.]

I am starting a chainsaw parts eBay shop because my chainsaw carving Esty page ain't doing too well.

I will be buying some of these sprocket tools I can get for cheap cheap new and OEM:
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So far I have:

• 3.5mm starter rope
• worm drives
• carb parts
• spare chain boxes
• Stihl battery chargers
• manuals
• mufflers
• file handles
  • bumper spikes for the 261
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  • I want to know what parts you guys sell the most so I know what to stock.

https://www.ebay.com/usr/cinci5Here's my stuff I sell and make !

 

[sonny580]

getting into the wholesale warehouse crowd is impossible now days.
As for starter ropes, the FEW that I ever bought were 2 foot long, approx. Not a big seller and they usually come in kits with carb, spark plug, ignition module, fuel and air filters all in 1 package priced at $9 to !5. depending on what saw its for.. Thats the way I buy parts.
Getting oem parts to re-sell is not very likely. EVERYBODY is out to sell parts now AND why pay you $15. for a part that the guy in the ad next to yours is $5. or $7. for the exact same part? ---- just sayin! Dog eat dog world out there in case you havent done any research on the parts business!
Obsolete parts are a good seller, BUT not a high volume deal either, -- more of a service than anything else.

 

[OM617YOTA]

Might be better off getting a job at a local outdoor power dealer to dip your toe into the industry pool. Start sweeping the floor and work your way up. Get paid to get education in the field, and make contacts in the industry.

 

[Hulpio]

Well, sell OEM 346XP NE cylinder and piston for 70$. Delivered worldwide, dly cost 15$.

 

[sean donato]

Selling parts on eBay is easy. I already sell my chainsaw Carvings on Etsy.

Right... till you have a pissed off customer, or a pos that used what you sold then for whatever project and now wants to return it, dirty and screwed up. It's very rare for ebay to side with a seller. Then you're out the money and most likely whatever you sold them. Let alone the fees ebay charges now. It in excess of 20% now. Kinda burns up your margins real quick. Add in "free" shipping and there's even less you're making, and I can confirm people will buy stuff with free shipping thays slightly more expensive then stuff that you charge actual shipping cost. Dog eat dog world.

 

[ZeroJunk]

Hard to make any money doing anything a bunch of people are already doing.

Parting out old saws is your best option. Likely every farm around has a few laying around that won't run.

Have to be able to drive. Chances are they would give them to a young person if you told them what you wanted to do.

 

[OM617YOTA]

Selling parts on eBay is easy. I already sell my chainsaw Carvings on Etsy.

What's your ebay profit for the past year been? How far under water are you? How many parts have you sold?

In another thread, someone said that profit is made on the buy, not on the sell. This was 10,000% truth. When you're selling the same no-name chinese garbage as everyone else, whatever they're selling theirs for is the most you'll be able to sell yours for. Your sell price is set, and it's already a saturated market. That's why folks are saying impractical.

Your only option to make a profit on this stuff will be to figure out how to buy it for less. Eventually this might mean special pricing agreements with suppliers, but right now, that probably means you buy in bulk for a discount and sell individually for whatever the market set price is. You might have to bring in 500 air filter covers(or whatever) to get the individual pricing down to something that make sense to do, figure out the import and taxes yourself, and roll the dice on the item actually selling profitably vs. you just bought 500pcs of garbage.

If you can get a source for genuine Stihl parts and sell them at a reasonable price, online, without getting yourself or your source in trouble, then fantastic. Good luck with that.

Not trying to rain on your parade, I'm genuinely hoping you prove us wrong, and come back here and say "I told you so." We're not in the same area or industry, we're not competing for the same slice of pie. When you make a go of it and buy yourself your third Ferrari, it doesn't take anything out of my pocket; the only way it impacts me is I get to read a cool story of success on a forum.

For whatever it's worth, this is coming from someone whose day job for the last decade has been business to business sales. Moved a couple million bucks last year.

 

[user 188535]

What's your ebay profit for the past year been? How far under water are you? How many parts have you sold?

In another thread, someone said that profit is made on the buy, not on the sell. This was 10,000% truth. When you're selling the same no-name chinese garbage as everyone else, whatever they're selling theirs for is the most you'll be able to sell yours for. Your sell price is set, and it's already a saturated market. That's why folks are saying impractical.

Your only option to make a profit on this stuff will be to figure out how to buy it for less. Eventually this might mean special pricing agreements with suppliers, but right now, that probably means you buy in bulk for a discount and sell individually for whatever the market set price is. You might have to bring in 500 air filter covers(or whatever) to get the individual pricing down to something that make sense to do, figure out the import and taxes yourself, and roll the dice on the item actually selling profitably vs. you just bought 500pcs of garbage.

If you can get a source for genuine Stihl parts and sell them at a reasonable price, online, without getting yourself or your source in trouble, then fantastic. Good luck with that.

Not trying to rain on your parade, I'm genuinely hoping you prove us wrong, and come back here and say "I told you so." We're not in the same area or industry, we're not competing for the same slice of pie. When you make a go of it and buy yourself your third Ferrari, it doesn't take anything out of my pocket; the only way it impacts me is I get to read a cool story of success on a forum.

For whatever it's worth, this is coming from someone whose day job for the last decade has been business to business sales. Moved a couple million bucks last year.

Not really. eBay is easier because you don't have to screw around with seo, and people will always be looking for chainsaw parts. Unfortunately not the same about chainsaw carvings.