If and when you do start selling your things on eBay, or other ecommerce sites such as Craigslist.com or Amazon.com, you will have to craft your own selling strategy.

Scalisi has this advice to prospective online sellers: “Spend as much time as possible on your listing's details. Provide as much information as possible. Do not talk about why you're selling the item, and instead focus on the details of the item itself. People bid on items that look professionally listed or, at least, listed by someone who will act professionally throughout the transaction. If the price is right, your feedback is good and the item is what they're looking for, they'll bid.”

And, both Scalisi and Creel agree that a picture is always worth a thousand words, particularly now that owning a digital camera is so cheap and easy. “I used to use a mannequin for women's clothing and plain hangers for men's stuff and it just didn't represent well,” Creel says. “So I started using myself and my boyfriend as models and now I hire my friends to model, too. People really like to see what the clothes look like on a real body and it's way more fun and personable!”