Students Profit off internet selling

By: Nick Baker

The Internet is a growing market for businesses, but its also becoming a way for college kids to make money too.

Sites like eBay and Amazon.com offer an immense amount of goods for purchase. The reason why people buy from these sites is that they usually sell these goods at a fraction of the price you would pay at a store.

The websites have another option that is becoming popular with the public though; the ability to sell your own possessions to others for income. Now, even teenagers are involved in the internet market place, using the revenue to pay for their college expenses.

Doug Roehler, a 21-year-old senior at the University of Michigan, has been involved with internet sales for almost a year a now and says he has made a lot of money doing it.

“I’ve probably made over a thousand dollars selling stuff online,” said Doug. “It’s really helped me continue to make money even while I’m away at school and don’t have a job.”

Doug started his online sales with things he owned at first, but then quickly started turning around his own purchases for profit.

“I had a baseball card collection from when I was younger that I started with,” said Doug. “But after I sold all the cards that I wanted to, I moved on to buying stuff off eBay and then selling it back for more money.”

Doug isn’t the only college student caught up in website sales. Jay Watson, a 19-year-old sophomore at Central Michigan University, sells his school books online for a little extra money.

“The book stores don’t give you very much back when you sell them your books,” said Jay. “I make more selling them on eBay or whatever. Sometimes the book store won’t even offer me any money for my books, but I can find someone online that wants it.”