Moms selling baby stuff on ebay?

Question

So, I'm looking to make about an extra $400 bucks a month, I'm a stay at home mom but we need extra income. I can't get a job outside my home, but I've heard that Ebay is a great way to make some money. I have a few questions though.

First of all, how much can I really expect to make selling things? Is making $400 dollars a month on Ebay unrealistic? Be honest, I've never used Ebay before so I have no idea how much money people will pay for things.

Second, what kind of baby/kids stuff have you sold on Ebay that people really wanted? I have a ton of baby girl clothes, some of them designer names, like Christian Dior and Tommy Hilfiger. I also have toys, baby bathtubs, swings, seats, a bottle warmer, shoes, and a ton of other stuff.

Third, what does selling through Ebay entail? Do they take some money out of what you sell the product for? How do ensure you get paid from the other person before sending it out?

I need some other Mom's opinions that have sold on Ebay,

Thanks!

Answer 1

red all these sites re:selling. fees, paypal

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/index.html


you really need more than a #10 Feedback after your eBay ID rating to get people to be willing to trust you to buy from you

It takes many hours with taking pictures, downloading them, listing,selling, packing,getting the packing materials, mailing to become sucessful

Took me 2.5 hours to list 25 items for sale and people say that was remarkably fast

Answer 2

I am a stay at home mom too and I just got started selling on ebay. So far I have sold only a few things (I spend most of my time buying lol) but I have made a good amount. What people are looking for is brand names like tommy, gap, the children's place, etc. new with tags helps a bunch but you can still sell used clothing which goes better in big lots unless it is in great condition and really cute. all the other things you mentioned will sell good too. also maternity clothes go over good and diapers, formula, coupons, wipes, anything you might have extra of around the house. baby samples sell very well. do some research on ebay. look for some auctions that are like what you are wanting to sell to find out how you should list your items. go to help in ebay to find answers to your selling questions. ebay does charge small fees for listing, extra pictures, and they get a small % of what you make too. But not much. Good luck. I have alot of fun selling. Oh, go to stores when they have sales and see if you can get stuff dirt cheap then resale it for profit. That is what I am starting to do. Also if you can buy wholesale lots and resale the items. You can make way more than $400 a month once you learn how it all works!

Answer 3

Hi, I am a stay at home mom, just like you. I started selling on eBay 4 years ago, and am now a Silver Level Powerseller and have sold over 12,000 items.

How much can you expect to make? I made about $600 my first month selling things I already had. Now, I make an average of $3,500 profit each month.

Second, it sounds like you have alot of good things to sell. Alot of other moms have asked me the same questions, so I put this together to help them get started:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Stay-At-Home-Moms-Guide-to-Successful-Ebay-Selling_W0QQitemZ9511531157QQihZ007QQcategoryZ102483QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

You will find lots of answers and good ideas in this guide.

Third, there are fees involved. Go to ebay, click on HELP, and look up FEES. The fees are reasonable - remember, ebay is exposing your product to over 200 million users - you'd never get that many people to come to a garage sale! And yes, always collect money before shipping anything - whether it is paypal or a check.

If you can navigate this yahoo questions site, you can navigate eBay. It is very user friendly.

Again, the guide above covers all this info and more.

Please contact me if I can be of further assistance.

Good luck!

Answer 4

I REALLY suggest getting a book on how to sell on ebay and then go to ebay and read everything there twice. Making $400 a month steadily on ebay will require alot of work and time. Yes..there are fees. People usually want to pay via Paypal so look into that as well.
There is much to know that just can't be explained here.

Answer 5

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Moms selling baby stuff on ebay?
So, I'm looking to make about an extra $400 bucks a month, I'm a stay at home mom but we need extra income. I can't get a job outside my home, but I've heard that Ebay is a great way to make some money. I have a few questions though.

First of all, how much can I really expect to...

Answer 6

your best bet is to browse ebay and see what type of stuff is selling under baby items so you can get a rough idea as to what certain things are selling for then you will be able to see if it is something you want or think you might be interested in. I can tell you that my husband has been an ebay member for quite a while and whenever we have something that we just don't need, we put it on ebay and someone always buys it. It may not be for much but it is not in my house anymore. Plus ebay is always having listing fee specials where you can list items cheaper than normal rates. It would be my suggestion to just browse ebay to get a feel for it.

Answer 7

Not an eBay seller. But, if you really want to know about eBay, why not ask eBay. This link should help:

http://cgi5.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?SellHub3Visitor

They spell out how to sell, how to list,

This link gives you a chance to click on a video that goes into a lot of detail. http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/newsellers.html

Bottom line, though, is baby clothes sell dirt cheap. People can get them at yard sales for as little as 25 cents. So, they won't pay lots no matter what designer names.

Ensuriing that you get paid is easy: don't send it untli you get the payment, and if the payment is a check be sure that the check clears before you send it.

What about Pamperer Chef, or Avon, or any of those type of sales instead.

Answer 8

Selling maternity clothes, and baby clothes in lots works pretty well.
Check out http://ebay-selling-guide.blogspot.com/ to get some ideas on how to set up a good auction.

Answer 9

i am an ebay power seller so i will try to give you some good info. It not unrealistic to make that much a month but you have to figure in costs. You get charged a listing fee as well as a finail value fee. On top of that you have shipping cost and credit card processing fees. Even if you use paypal over half your customers will pay with a acredit card and you will loose money in fees. As for shipping even if your customer pays shipping you must take into account that maybe you get the weight wrong. Its hard to know the exact weight until you pack it for shipping. i would say about 40% of the time i loose $1-2. here is my monthly average.
Sales----$2,869.50
Ended listings----244
Ended items----288
Sold items----96
Sold items %----33.30%
Average sale price per item----$29.89
Total buyers----96
Total unique buyers----91
Repeat buyers %----5.50%
SALES SUMMARY_FEES

eBay

Fees

Insertion fees----$158.35
Listing feature fees----$11.95
Final value fees----$118.62
Subscription fees----$4.99
Subtotal----$293.91

Credits

Store referral credits----$0.00
Unpaid Item final value fee credits----$9.41
Other credits----$9.70
Subtotal----$19.11
Net eBay fees----$274.80
Net eBay fees as % of sales----9.60%

PayPal

Fees----$21.91
Credits----$0.00
Net PayPal fees----$21.91
Net PayPal fees as % sales----0.80%

eBay & PayPal

Net eBay and PayPal fees----$296.71

As far as what will sell that changes all the time. search for things you might want to sell and check the completed box over on the left. That will pull up the last 90 day sof completed auctions so you can see what they did and did not sell for. Unless you get stuff dirt cheep its hard to make money on ebay because on one is willing to pay retail price for something. Good luck

Answer 10

i may not be a mom yet can tell you from buying and selling baby items on e-bay i love it they the customer pays you before you send out the item e-bay is a easy no initial cost way to set yourself up to make some great money i started off selling soem extra kids stuff i had around one month and 1,200 dollars later i was off and running make sure to always list your shipping costs ie the buyer buys an item then also pays for the shipping costs the more items you sell on e-bay the better and the quicker you can sell them so i wish you the best of luck in your e-bay experince but here is athought why sell just baby stuff? use e-bay as a yard sale also look on there you can find out what other pepole are buying and for how much e-bay will help you through every step of the way