I've sold on ebay for a couple of years now, on and off, and wondering if anyone else there feels like I do lately, too much money between the ebay fees to list, to sell, and then paypal fees... not a lot of room for profit in the end!
2007-02-01 13:18:20 · 13 answers · asked by ? 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Look into selling at www.craigslist.org which is free listing. Ebay+Paypal charge a lot of fees for transactions...
2007-02-01 13:20:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it can be worth while if your selling the right stuff, and if you get it cheaply enough. You also have to price things correctly. Say if you have an item you want $50 for, if you list it at $50, a lot of the time you will get no bids, but if you start the bidding at a lower amount, even 99c, you may well end up getting $60 for it. I start all my listings at 99c, and there hasn't been one item I didn't sell, and not one that I didn't get what I wanted for it. So it could be that your starting your listings too high, or it could be that your trying to sell items that nobodys interested in. If your wanting to run a business on eBay, research the popular items, see what people are buying, and then find out how to get your hands on it cheaply. If your just cleaing out your wardrobe, and getting rid of some old stuff, then either go down in proce, or try to sell it elsewhere. People shop on eBay to get themselves a bargain, or to buy hard to find items, if your isn't one of them, it may not sell.
2016-03-29 00:48:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't sell on ebay yet but I understand that if you know what you are doing and pursue it as a business and do everything you can to learn and increase you knowledge, as with anything, it can be worth it from a monetary point of veiw. Is it worth all the effort involved? That's a personal evaluation you have to make. It can either be a hobby where you make a few bucks or it can be a life changing experience where you have the potential to make your living selling on ebay. You may want to check this out, found it very interesting.
2007-02-01 13:51:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like others that have answered, I have tried to sell a few things on eBay and found that there is large amount of competition out there. Either my items did not sell or sold for what I could have expected at a garage sale.
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2007-02-01 14:10:44 · answer #4 · answered by Jeff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have only just sold on ebay for the first time in the last few weeks. I have been selling books - they would just be sitting around accumulating dust otherwise so i am happy to have made a few bucks back on them.
I am on maternity leave waiting for a baby to arrive so it is certainly keeping me entertained in the meantime - i am finding the whole selling thing addictive.
I think the fee's to list shoudl be lower if items dont sell but i see your point. I am going to try to manage my paypal withdrawals so i dont have to pay so much.
Would love to know what you have e
2007-02-01 13:23:17 · answer #5 · answered by Boo Boo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No sir,,,whn any idea of business become common among ppl. it lost the charm of glittering profit and come down to normal routine business,,that the time come for ebay. but its good time to be a customer on ebay. Whn amazon.com was new and few time ago it was on top u know that it was hot in his segment but now u know the reality its like that same thing with e-bay.
2007-02-01 13:28:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with that. And I also thought it was a lot of aggrivation. And it's not really good if you don't get the merchandise you paid for...and the worse thing that can happen is you give that person a bad rating. You've already spend your money and have nothing to show for it.
2007-02-01 13:22:51 · answer #7 · answered by Jade D. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is... if you have something of value to sell. Many people make a lot of money on eBay, but they work hard at developing their businesses, and have items of value to offer to people who are willing to pay for them.
2007-02-01 13:55:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like selling on ebay...I think it's worth it.
2007-02-01 13:21:19 · answer #9 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is becoming harder to sell on Ebay and make a respectable profit.
2007-02-01 13:31:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋