Selling Online
January 26th, 2020
If you have a lot of stuff to sell, and your opening up shop, make your own eCommerce site.
If you have a lot of stuff to sell, and your opening up shop, make your own eCommerce site.
I only have items that I don’t use to be sold online
Someone help me please
Ebay is probably going to be your best bet, but I only say that because I have never used Amazon But make sure you understand how much of your money will be going to ebay. That way you aren’t surprised when you sell something for $20 and you end up only seeing something like (totally a guess not even trying) $9.50
Ebay is probably going to be your best bet, but I only say that because I have never used Amazon But make sure you understand how much of your money will be going to ebay. That way you aren't surprised when you sell something for $20 and you end up only seeing something like (totally a guess not even trying) $9.50
From my knowledge, eBay charge you to put up an item for sale, but do eBay take abit of money from the item sold price?
Have you thought about your local Craigslist ?
From my knowledge, eBay charge you to put up an item for sale, but do eBay take abit of money from the item sold price?
There are free weekends once per month, and holidays. Paypal charge a commission to receive the money and handle it on your behalf. Read their ToS.
I bought things from Gmarket before. Try that maybe.
I believe they do take a percentage of the sale as well. If any of your stuff is fashion related, you can wait for my site to launch and you can post it up for free.
I've items to sell online, should I use eBay or Amazon to sell? Also I'll be using Royal Mail Recorded for the delivery but which service should I use to avoid scammers?
I’ve used ebay for 3/4 years now mainly selling stuff (I also sell on Discogs which is slow in comparison, and they only do music).
Forget about scammers matey since the majority of people using ebay are genuine and if you check the feedback of your buyers you will get an inckling if they are likely to let you down. I’ve only been let down about 5 times in the time I’ve been selling stuff and I send it worldwide. I’ve had one Brazil item that never arrived, 2 in the USA, 1 in the UK and I forget where the other was. You do get people who buy then don’t pay but you just have to take that on the chin and relist your item …… you don’t get many of them either.
I only accept payment through PayPal and I’ve used both PayPal and ebay to settle issues to my satisfaction, but you don’t get many issues.
You have to pay ebay to list an item and once sold, ebay take a percentage, Paypal also take a fee for every amount that goes through your account but you have to list your items with a start price that takes those fees into account.
When it comes to postage I offer both standard Royal Mail 2nd class postage and 2nd class recorded for the UK and a different postage price for overseas using Royal Mail Small Packets and Royal Mail International Recorded. I’ve used Royal Mail on two occasion to get refunds of money where the items didn’t arrive but you have to get a form from the post office to start that procedure off …… on both occasions I withheld refunding the buyers until I got the money from Royal Mail and the procedure only took a couple of weeks to settle with Royal Mail.
By offering two postage alternatives the buyer is in the driving seat with regards to how it is posted and most go for the cheaper standard postage. 99% of the stuff I send is sent without any tracking number so standard postage is as safe as more expensive postage like recorded. When you post something always ask for a Certificate of Posting for each item since that has a postcode on it to prove you sent it. Recorded delivery doesn’t need the certificate since it has the postcode on it along with the tracking number.
I use Turbo Lister for my ebay listings, but you have to go through the site itself on a one by one basis if they are doing a free listing promotion which they seem to do once or twice a month at present. When listing just do a topic title with no subtitle since you have to pay for that and where possible use only one image (the first one is free then you have to pay) ……… Keep an eye on your ‘fees so far’ as you list an item to make sure you haven’t filled in something you didn’t intend to and be sure to list your item in the correct category …… Just use the Category for your listing since if you also use 2nd Category you have to pay for that.
A typical example of the P&P I charge would be �3.50 for standard UK 2nd class postage. Of that the actual postage is around �2.20, the cost of a bubble envelope is around �0.50 and the rest �0.80 is for my trouble in packing the stuff. So, if I list something at a starting price of �3.00 the postage is still �3.50. In other words, irrespective of the starting price your postage should only change if the postal charges go up or the cost of your envelopes increases.
The Royal Mail price finder on this site is very useful both for UK and Worldwide postage:
http://www.royalmail.com/
If you use some digital kitchen scales to weigh your item then check the Royal Mail site for price you can’t go wrong. And if you are worried about your scales not being accurate, just write down a couple of items by weight and cost as you calculated then take them to the post office when you post the items as a check. My kitchen (got to be digital) scales were spot on with the post office scales.
I believe they do take a percentage of the sale as well. If any of your stuff is fashion related, you can wait for my site to launch and you can post it up for free.
Yes but I have bought things which are as low as $2 before in g market.maybe the deduction might not be applicable to goods under a certain amount
Amazon is the largest online seller in the world
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