For the two decades she served in the US Air Force, Liz O’Kane was used to taking orders. So, when she was deciding on a post-service career, she knew she wanted to be her own boss. While serving in the U.S. Air Force and raising a family, Liz O’Kane fell in love with eBay and started selling in 2002. After retiring from the military in 2016, Liz decided to turn her passion from a side hustle into a full-time entrepreneurial venture, mastering eBay and expanding to nine platforms.

Raised in DC, Katelyn moved to Oklahoma over six years ago to serve as a full-time caretaker for her three grandparents. She focused on reselling as a way to make an independent income, while still having the time to spend with family. She started selling everything from cosmetics to clothing & accessories. Her storefront, Beauty On Point, took off quickly: within her first six months, Katelyn was able to hit $10K in one month’s sales.

Daviti Gachechiladze operates eBay storefront MLSource, which specializes in selling name-brand shoes and accessories. He started reselling as a teenager in his home country of Georgia, where he had a successful brick & mortar business selling electronics imported from the United States. After he graduated from university, he immigrated to the United States and decided to invest further in his online sales. He transitioned to an exclusively e-commerce business in 2018. MLSource has sold over 25,000 items to date and has a 99.9% positive feedback rating.

Husband and wife team, Angie and Joe Nelson, founded Angie’s GreenGo Surplus on Earth Day in 2008 to divert electronic waste from landfills. Initially, the Nelsons focused on collecting broken and retired electronics from businesses and selling the materials to various scrap recyclers, but they soon realized they could list marketable electronic items for resale on eBay. The business took off and over the years has managed to consistently evolve and increase its profits.

Alec Larson owns and operates Larson Enterprises, an eBay store that sells OEM automotive parts from a 3,400 square foot warehouse. Alec began to sell auto parts on eBay in 2016 after seeing a colleague do the same thing with airplane parts on the platform with success. Before selling on eBay he was a contracted musician at Disney Springs and worked nights, and started his business with the free-time he had during the day. He was able to rapidly grow his business and inventory over the years. Today, Larson Enterprises has 3 employees, and is looking to expand their inventory even further.