I want to sell a few of my daughter's items, mainly dresses which she gre out of really fast. None of which have any stains of faded at all. How much profit does ebay take? Examples please no links. For example if I sell a dress for $10.00 how much of that will ebay take and how much will I end up with? Oh and is it better to sell all of her things in a lot if they are all different sizes and mainly dresses?
2007-02-16 08:57:08 · 8 answers · asked by I smile because of them ♥ 5 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
I've been selling full-time on eBay for 6 months now and made a spreadsheet fee calculator early on, though I seldom use it anymore.
The fees depend on your starting price and how many add-ons you use, like a gallery photo or a subtitle and such. Selling a $10 item could cost you as little as .73 cents. But I always place a gallery photo and take PayPal, which in this case would more than double that. Here's a hypothetical breakdown: start price: $10, close price $10, no profit from shipping/handling. You pay .60 insertion fee + .53 final value fee + .74 PayPal fee. Thats $1.86 or or 19% of your $10 gross income. You'll pay a .60 fee if it does not sell.
The profit margin gets much better on higher priced items, which is why I rarely sell anything for less than $25. Many people set their start prices to stay just under eBay's insertion fee jumps. That's why you'll see lots of start prices at .99, $9.99, 24.99, 49.99, etc.
2007-02-16 09:24:24 · answer #1 · answered by Deep in Thought 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know how popular craigslist.com is in your state but if you only have a few items to sell, you might start there. As far as I know, its completely free. I've sold a number of items (washer, dryer, TV, etc...) and I've simple posted a picture with a decent price and got plenty of responses.
2007-02-16 10:12:59 · answer #2 · answered by bytekhan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let us be realistig
quit dreaming - you are not going to make much profit in e-Bay
especailly selling used clothing
E-Bay will charge for listing: about 30 cents
then it will charge you a % of your sale s price
Used clothing? you are lucky if somebody offer $1
The buyer have to pay for shipment cost so it is very unlikely they will pay much for the used clothing
even electronics and new, people will pay 50%-70% of real price
2007-02-16 09:02:41 · answer #3 · answered by sm bn 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
buy something cheap and resell it for a higher price either to people you know or online. thats what my friend did. he sold bluetooths (teeth?) and made about a $20 profit 4 each
2007-02-16 09:01:21 · answer #4 · answered by Polly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no individual, no individual must have the gall to even attempt to make money off of the demise of a six-year previous newborn. yet regrettably some do. there are a tremendous variety of authentic sickos in this international.
2016-10-17 07:30:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they me fee you to death. havent used it in awhile but i think they take of % of final sale price plus u pay a listing fee. alot of people do good, and i did also, i guess its a win win for everyone. good luck
2007-02-16 09:01:28 · answer #6 · answered by Jay B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im not going to do your home work for you, you need to under stand what your doing so if you want to read
click here for info
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html
and
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/checklist.html
2007-02-16 09:01:23 · answer #7 · answered by Big R 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sell everything you don't want!
2007-02-16 08:58:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋