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"Again, Ebay's been re-listing items against my will"
1. Against my will. Should be self explanatory. There is no debate here 2. Against the legal contract we have together for a 12 mo. period. 3.Against their own rules of not listing expired items which perish 4. Against the law. These items not legally allowed to sold anymore.
What Ebay is doing by placing items up for sale, against my will, is illegal twice over.
The law doesn't allow for such behavior on either side.
When you enter into a legal contract with another,
the contract lists the terms of said agreement between the two parties
This is a legal and moral contractual obligation both parties adhere to
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Last edited by MrsLakota; 04-16-2019 at 11:35 AM..
Location: Small community in the California Sierra Mountains
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Originally Posted by COcheesehead
We sell $3000-$5000 a year on eBay and have for almost 18 years. Do the math. That is nice extra income.
It’s not as hard as some people portray it. Yes, you’ll have a return or a bad buyer in 1 out of 100 transactions, but that is just business. Suck it up buttercup. We spend less than 4 hours a month doing it.
3-5K in Sales a year?
This isn't even enough to bother logging in. Yet you call it "Nice extra income"?
No wonder you are having such difficulty comprehending my posts!
With all due respect, instead of responding with your silliness and balking
Consider learning from those more successful than you.
Omit the snarky comments such as "suck it up, buttercup"
Instead, get serious about your own business.
I started selling mid November $1100 a mo. is my average NET per month Net means after expenses.
Before selling health supplements online,
we'd spend about $200 a month buying and consuming them for ourselves.
Currently, we take additional supplements each day
Yet consider them part of our expenses factored in above.
Thus essentially, the profit is really closer to $1300 mo.
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Last edited by MrsLakota; 04-16-2019 at 11:49 AM..
Location: Small community in the California Sierra Mountains
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Originally Posted by Serious Conversation
I used to sell a lot on eBay back in the mid-late 2000s. I picked it up again a bit last year.
I listed a computer case I had for sale. Granted, I was out of touch for years, but the last time I sold something of that bulk, UPS was a lot cheaper than the USPS. The item sold and I listed a shipping cost - I don't remember exactly what it was, but it was, at least in my mind, sufficient.
It turned out the cost to ship it was more than the case sold for, plus my shipping. I was floored and just canceled the sale. I think it was well over $100 to ship the thing from TN to MI. I ended up just giving it away locally.
eBay takes a cut. Paypal takes a cut. By the time you account for all your shipping and transaction costs, it can be very little profit, and that's assuming nothing else goes wrong with the transaction.
craigslist kind of died here and Facebook marketplace has taken its place. I only use eBay for smaller things that can fit in a USPS flat rate box that I likely won't be able to sell locally.
So much good information here. Yes Craigslist has died alot in our area too.
And I only use first class, or flat rate envelope/boxes.
Yes UPS was often less expensive than USPS yrs back
Now I don't bother
Occasionally I'll sell an entire case of something
but it's always something that I can pop into a med flat rate box
First class, for a little while at least, is anything up to 16 ounces.
Before it was 13 ounces
But I hear they have re-vamped the shipping page so it will be reduced to anything 15 ounces or under.
Luckily, for now, I have the "go to classic shipping" button
Many of my products fall between 15-16 ounes so I pay around $5.50
Soon those same items, the ship cost, will increase to $6.75 because I will be forced to use a flat rate envelope instead
That's an increase cost of of $1.50 for each order
So much good information here. Yes Craigslist has died alot in our area too.
And I only use first class, or flat rate envelope/boxes.
Yes UPS was often less expensive than USPS yrs back
Now I don't bother
Occasionally I'll sell an entire case of something
but it's always something that I can pop into a med flat rate box
First class, for a little while at least, is anything up to 16 ounces.
Before it was 13 ounces
But I hear they have re-vamped the shipping page so it will be reduced to anything 15 ounces or under.
Luckily, for now, I have the "go to classic shipping" button
Many of my products fall between 15-16 ounes so I pay around $5.50
Soon those same items, the ship cost, will increase to $6.75 because I will be forced to use a flat rate envelope instead
That's an increase cost of of $1.50 for each order
I bought a 20 pound scale at a garage sale for a few bucks and weigh everything before I list it. I then select USPS ground & priority mail and UPS as shipping options and the buyer will see how much they will pay for shipping down to the penny and they can select their shipping method. I have not found any advantage in offering free shipping and jacking up the price to include shipping, however for stuff weighing less than a pound I either charge $3.99 flat rate for shipping or on occasion I offer free shipping.
Actually I believe it's the opposite, though it depends. The shipping costs for me are exhorbant, they start out higher than Amazon and are taxed. There are hardly any refunds on Amazon so no sneakies pulled to keep the final value fees. You can shut your Ebay store on and off as needed, where-as Ebay you loose those listings so are re-paying to list them again upon returning from vacation.
This doesn't count the paypal fees which starting soon, when you give. refund for whatever reason, they keep that fee. Amazon you do much less customer service, usually their shipping fees are plenty high enough to cover the item so you make $$ (instead of being taxed) and they are more honest, overall.
That's been my experience since their inception when I received checks in the mail as payment.
I use to do FBA which was quit high - shipping to FBA, then dealing with customer service directly since FBA has made many mistakes (mixing returns with new) which ultimately triggered some bad reviews. I ended up handling exchanges myself, so might as well do all the shipping myself and know it's done correctly. Opening a ticket can take forever to resolve.
On the eBay store, have you considered to just set the listings to out of stock while on vacation? Or change the handling time. You will still need to answer eBay messages from customers while on vacation, unless you risk making them mad.
There are so many variables, but I think it depends on which is more profitable. Ebay can generate a lot of sales and is more forgiving when it comes to reviews. But I don't think Ebay is good to launch a product that isn't already known. So for this reason I want to start with Amazon, then build a webstore and then eBay to challenge those trying to rip people off by selling my product on eBay for way higher price than I sell it brand new. At my last company, we always listed new products a few dollars cheaper on eBay, since most buyers on there look for a bargain.
Our first preference was always our webstore, obviously because no fees except for the payment processor (PayPal) and web hosting.
Actually, I recall how we never wanted to let our eBay listings go to "Out of stock" because that resets the number of our sales publicly shown, which I think also helps us rank higher. However you could always change the price to one high enough to make it worth fulfilling while on vacation.
3-5K in Sales a year?
This isn't even enough to bother logging in. Yet you call it "Nice extra income"?
No wonder you are having such difficulty comprehending my posts!
With all due respect, instead of responding with your silliness and balking
Consider learning from those more successful than you.
Omit the snarky comments such as "suck it up, buttercup"
Instead, get serious about your own business.
I started selling mid November $1100 a mo. is my average NET per month Net means after expenses.
Before selling health supplements online,
we'd spend about $200 a month buying and consuming them for ourselves.
Currently, we take additional supplements each day
Yet consider them part of our expenses factored in above.
Thus essentially, the profit is really closer to $1300 mo.
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I own my own business. We do about $7,000,000 in sales a year. I employee about 20 people and have been in business for over 22 years. eBay is hobby. To make $3000-$5000 a year essentially in my underwear is pretty good.
I think you are abusive and I have reported your post as such.
I noticed there are lot of videos on this from people who do this. Such as they buy items like sneakers in discount shops like marshalls etc and have a program on their phone to check the selling price. Then once they do that, they would sell it on amazon/ebay for profit. I even saw a video on this on youtube on abc of a guy doing this. Thus he goes to walmart and all these other big shop places and buy items to resell it at higher markup.
I read that you need a lot of time to do this though. Also if one does this, having a car is absolutely necessary right? Thus i assume very few ppl could buy it online with a discount and then sell it online? Because it seems most of the people drive to the stores and then check items for resale.
Has anyone done this and is this a lot tougher than it looks? The other thing i wonder is this. Wouldn't the people who work at marshalls or walmart notice that you keep checking items for a long time etc and scannig it with your phone maybe say something about it? Because when i go to any shop, well its to look at items and buy items but not to resell. But it seem lot of people seem to do this based on youtube. I mean i could imagine someone buying a lot and having to store a lot of things in a garage or room etc. But do most people fail doing this? How much money would you say you would need minimum to do something like this? The other thing i thought about are most ppl paying for these items by credit card vs cash at these shops? That way they get back like 1 or 2% back? Like imagine someone spends 5000 dollars buying items at these shops per month. If they were able to resell it for like 6500, well thats some profit to be made. And getting some cashback as well. A lot of the sellers mention they only buy items where there is at least x amount o margin as well. Anyone here done this part time or tried this at least? Im also curious how many people fail at this compare to do okay. I mean if someone could do this in their free time and make a few hundred dollars a month, thats pretty good.
I've known a couple people who do this. They weren't wildly successful, probably because it requires a routine and with products constantly changing it's hard to keep up with, plus there are many others doing the same thing. I find these schemes as distasteful. I managed a webstore where guys would drop-ship and I would be stuck dealing with post-sale issues, eventually I told the drop-shippers to stop and they were a bit ticked. It's not fair to sell an item and put off customer service on a company who didn't profit from the item because of an unnecessary middle-man who doesn't want to do their part. It's not a recipe for long term success. I see it as "drive by" schemes from people who don't have a reputation to care about it.
With that said I don't think Walmart employees give a rat's ass if you're reselling the items or scanning the codes, etc so long as you aren't shoplifting. But with all the work involved, I would make it as simple and sustainable as possible by sticking to a niche. I wouldn't mess with plastic walmart shoes and expect to become rich, instead focus on the Jordan's or Sketcher's, Nike - brands that sell themselves and won't be returned due to crappy quality.
There are usually plenty of videos on You Tube about selling on ebay. It's a full time job if you want to make much money and even then, you could lose out. There's a lot to know and they keep changing things. There are facebook ebay groups that you can join if you want to learn and as a place to ask questions.
It's very competitive now though. Very hard to find anything that you can make a profit on. Make sure you check Completeds to see the ending price, if an item even sold at all. Do your research and do a lot of ebay searches to see what sells. Some people have luck selling parts to items--I mean, if you have the cover to a blender or the motor to something. Those people really have to know what they're doing. Some people have luck with vintage board games but you have to know exactly which ones and you have to know where to find them. I don't know what else to suggest, but just to tell you it's not as easy as it seems.
I once needed hub covers, one for a mustang and one for a truck, couldn't find it anywhere local but ebay had it. One of the sellers sold only chevy truck parts and had a flawless rating. I think parts, especially automotive can do well on eBay. There's just so many specific ones as cars change every year.
People should also consider eBay selling as a hobby if they have other income. My own selling was just a hobby and I never intended it as a profit center. I had a lot of fun although I made only chump change.
It's also a good place to get rid of things you don't want or need, but which are too good to donate.
Just a tip, set up your listing for a fixed shipping price and write the listing that shipping costs are not included in the auction price.
Another school says to state free shipping included but I never liked that. I always used Priority Mail so that I had a tracking number. Never sell anything on eBay without sending it with a tracking number.
I think as of lately, first class has a tracking number, at least for a thick envelope. There's also an add-on called "certificate of mailing" if you go to USPS in person. It's $1.49 but could still cost less than Priority which can easily cost $10+ for a domestic item under 1 pound.
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