I'm Hooked! It's Legal, it's Ebay!!
Oh, so long since I posted. What do I find? Many people commented on my blog only to spam my site with links to their own. Rudeness, lots of rudeness. Due to that I deleted most of my old blogs.
Okay, on to new business. I am a certified, bonafided Ebayer. I started a week ago listing some of my old books, and toys I bought by the box full years ago, cluttering my garage. Things were selling faster than my typing fingers could list. In just a couple of days I had 18 sales of several items, some bundled, some not. I made two trips to the Post Office and pocketed enough cash to run and pay a utility bill in time. Whew!
What I found is things sell 4 to 10 times more on Ebay than if I were to have had a garage sale and I have had LOTS of garage sales in the past. Not to mention the fun of seeing people bid on your item and watch the price go up and up. Then when you win a little bell rings and a pop up comes on your screen to tell you that your item sold. FUN!!!
There is a learning curve, with everything and you do need a system. Here is what I do now:
1) Go through your items and make a pile or place in a box near your computer
2) Research every item first on Ebay. After you register with them (free) you can choose the "Advanced Search" tab which shows you the "Ended Listings". Those give you an idea of what your item commonly sells for so you can price accordingly.
3) If your item is a book, you can go to Amazon.com and see what the "used" books sell for to price competetively as well. Remember, people are looking for a bargain. If you want your item to sell, price it to sell.
4) Consider opening an "Ebay Store". It is cheaper in listing fees if you have LOTS of items. It is free for 30 days. I ran up over $40 in listing fees before I figured this out. The listing fees for an auction go from .35 an item to .70 if you want a gallery photo and only .03 an item, with a gallery photo, if you get a store and list them as inventory, but these are buy it now or best offer, not auction, which is the higher price. Believe it or not I had two items on auction that didn't sell. I increased the price, threw them in my store and they sold that same day for more. Go figure?
Of course you will need to register with Ebay and PayPal and I opened "Affiliate" accounts with both to earn referral fees from sharing with all you wonderful people. Here are my affiliate links and a link to my Ebay store. Happy Ebaying!!
My store:
http://stores.ebay.com/letsdream
Ebay affiliate link:
PayPal link:
Have fun and I want to hear your success stories!
Okay, on to new business. I am a certified, bonafided Ebayer. I started a week ago listing some of my old books, and toys I bought by the box full years ago, cluttering my garage. Things were selling faster than my typing fingers could list. In just a couple of days I had 18 sales of several items, some bundled, some not. I made two trips to the Post Office and pocketed enough cash to run and pay a utility bill in time. Whew!
What I found is things sell 4 to 10 times more on Ebay than if I were to have had a garage sale and I have had LOTS of garage sales in the past. Not to mention the fun of seeing people bid on your item and watch the price go up and up. Then when you win a little bell rings and a pop up comes on your screen to tell you that your item sold. FUN!!!
There is a learning curve, with everything and you do need a system. Here is what I do now:
1) Go through your items and make a pile or place in a box near your computer
2) Research every item first on Ebay. After you register with them (free) you can choose the "Advanced Search" tab which shows you the "Ended Listings". Those give you an idea of what your item commonly sells for so you can price accordingly.
3) If your item is a book, you can go to Amazon.com and see what the "used" books sell for to price competetively as well. Remember, people are looking for a bargain. If you want your item to sell, price it to sell.
4) Consider opening an "Ebay Store". It is cheaper in listing fees if you have LOTS of items. It is free for 30 days. I ran up over $40 in listing fees before I figured this out. The listing fees for an auction go from .35 an item to .70 if you want a gallery photo and only .03 an item, with a gallery photo, if you get a store and list them as inventory, but these are buy it now or best offer, not auction, which is the higher price. Believe it or not I had two items on auction that didn't sell. I increased the price, threw them in my store and they sold that same day for more. Go figure?
Of course you will need to register with Ebay and PayPal and I opened "Affiliate" accounts with both to earn referral fees from sharing with all you wonderful people. Here are my affiliate links and a link to my Ebay store. Happy Ebaying!!
My store:
http://stores.ebay.com/letsdream
Ebay affiliate link:
PayPal link:
Have fun and I want to hear your success stories!
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