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Tips for selling on ebay
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Hi, im wondering if anyone could give me any tips for selling my stuff on ebay, as my self explantory thread title will tell you.
Ive bought stuff on ebay before but never sold, and was wondering whether there are any 'tactics', so to speak, as with buying i have found that bidding at the last minute is a useful method.
Ive got a range of stuff im hoping to sell off just to earn myself a bit of bob, from a brand new ikea lamp to a miniature american fridge to a still-packaged morgan watch. My mate says i wouldnt get more than a couple of quid for each item even though it's mostly once used.
Ive gathered that i need to upload pictures on there, so i'll need to track down a digital camera, but yeah basically im wondering if it's just as easy as clicking the 'sell' button and following the instructions or is there anything else i should know?
Thanks a lot for any advice:thumb:
Ive bought stuff on ebay before but never sold, and was wondering whether there are any 'tactics', so to speak, as with buying i have found that bidding at the last minute is a useful method.
Ive got a range of stuff im hoping to sell off just to earn myself a bit of bob, from a brand new ikea lamp to a miniature american fridge to a still-packaged morgan watch. My mate says i wouldnt get more than a couple of quid for each item even though it's mostly once used.
Ive gathered that i need to upload pictures on there, so i'll need to track down a digital camera, but yeah basically im wondering if it's just as easy as clicking the 'sell' button and following the instructions or is there anything else i should know?
Thanks a lot for any advice:thumb:
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Be clear about everything, state if you'll except returns, what is included in your P&P prices, turnaround etc.
When possible always use a photo of the actual item.
What I do when I sell stuff is put it on for a 3 day auction, if there's a lot of interest then I'll leave it, if not then I'll extend it to a 5 day auction and so on. You can change any listing as long as there are more than 12 hours to run.
Im always selling stuff, it's an addiction now I think :shocking:
My link to my eBay is in my sig if you want to have a swatch at how I lay stuff out etc
Its a rule to live by.
Play on world of warcraft on the auction house, its not real money so theres less to worry about. Buy it now is the key to getting real money though, as you can charge slightly higher. Typical auction will never sell above guide price because most items you sell, there are alot of. The exceptions are one off rare items, and then you want to post links to the item on blogs etc. to get interest in it.
How many points do you have on Ebay?
I think you need over a certain number of positive feedback points to do things like have the buy now option, etc.
I wouldn't really bother selling to people abroad to begin with, more chance of fraud.
I'm more of a buyer on ebay then a seller, although I've manly sold tickets to events on ebay and these were my own events so there wasn't anything physical to send out.