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11/15/11, 09:12 AM
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When you are filling out the listing, in the shipping area, just put in the weight. eBay will calculate it after sale and send buyer a PayNow invoice. For two or more items, it is usually wrong and you will have to refund some of the shipping paid.
You cannot use the words money order or check in your listing connected to shipping. That's why I use 'unless other arrangements made'.
If someone asks about send a money order I tell then fine, as long as it isn't a Western Union. Those are the ones most easy to counterfeit.
A 10% selling charge means you are probably selling for a loss to yourself after eBay and PayPal fees are included. One-third of sales price would be more in line.
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11/15/11, 11:15 AM
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Thanks Ken. I am assuming then that the package would have to be packaged up and the total weight given on the listing as packaging can add a couple of pounds depending on what it is.
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11/15/11, 11:28 AM
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I always package the item ready to mail, then weigh it on a postage scale before I list it. I then figure shipping costs going to the zip code that is the farthest distance from where I live. If it will cost $2.00 to ship the item to that zip, I add 50 cents to cover the cost of tape, envelope and ink for printer. I print my own labels. Occasionally the shipping will be less than what it actually costs to mail it but not often. I know the fees are high on ebay but if you took items to an auction, you would be out the gas to take the item there and the % the auctioneer would charge for selling it. I prefer to be able to sit at home and list the items at my convenience. I have made enough in a month to pay the real & personal taxes. I use my account to bring in money when we are really running low, since I still work a full time job. I hope to sell more on ebay after I am able to retire from this full time job.
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11/15/11, 12:19 PM
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In the listing I will put actual item weight.
In the shipping blocks I'll put in shipped weight.
I charge a standard $1 handling fee per shipment. Say someone bought five different items, they all go into the same box, $1. I use a lot of tape and it helps offset that expense.
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11/15/11, 04:07 PM
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I use CCNow for credit cards. www.ccnow.com If they ask who sent you use: thumbknittin
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11/15/11, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Freya
I would try to buy more of whatever it was that got you the $2k weeks... that seemed to work well for you. Unlesss it was the toy trains and I know those are hard to find.
Some people do well with toy items like Lego's... even used they seem to sell well. Keep an eye open for them at yard sales and such. The older sets are really worth alot of $$$. Heck any really old or vintage toys could do well. If you can get it cheap enough its worth a shot!  |
I just sold $300 of 1980s Lego last night! Lego really holds it's value, used, missing pieces, whatever -people buy it. If I could get my hands on a collection of Star Wars lego I would have it made, those sell for even more! The $2,000 in one week was a super lucky auction, that doesn't happen very often!
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I select calcualated shipping, weigh the item and round up however much for the box, packing material, and ebay's final value fee on shipping. I'm enrolled in the USPS saving program, and it's saving me loads of money! For example, I charge $8.50 to ship an item, it's only going to cost me $8.00, and now with this savings it only would cost me abt. $7.75! Only counts for Priority though. But it kind of makes up for ebay shipping fee. They did that because people were charging $1 for a item and $300 shipping to skip out on their fees. Can't get away with that anymore.
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11/15/11, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by happychick
Wow! Bet that was the best investment you ever made!!
I have found items on Craiglist that can be resold for much more on eBay, where the items get more looked at.
Tins do great - I just sold a vintage tin collection for a neighbor of mine, (I take 10% for my service), couple little coffee tins went for $78 each, never would have guessed! |
ROI percentage wise, yep ranks near the top. Followed by teaching an auction house (in business for many years) how e-bay worked...They were getting tons of laptops in but couldn't move them. I tried to explain how to do it. They were skeptical. Laptops didn't move, I offered to e-bay them for them for a split; my listing fees and 15%. They responded that if I could move them, it would be listing fees and 50% (plus shipping). Worked so well, they decide I wasn't need anymore, brought in a full time employee (after I said I couldn't do it full time)...LOL! Still good friends with them.
Hey, I went in trying to educate them, right?
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11/15/11, 10:52 PM
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So how much is ebay's commission? How much does paypal cost?
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11/16/11, 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by kimmom2five
Cheetos. My daughter found a snack size bag of Cheetos from 1983 in the air conditioner vent in her bedroom. We sold it for $30. It had hits from a message board for people who dress up in animal costumes.
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What in the WORLD would Furries want with Cheetos?! That is so strange. I guess everyone loves Cheetos! *lol* Maybe someone in their group really liked Chester?
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I just sold $300 of 1980s Lego last night!
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I have my whole Lego collection from the 80's - in a giant red Lego plastic bucket with a Lego-shaped top. People buy Legos?! Are the 80's Legos somehow different than the kind they make now? I used to use the big flat pieces and fencing to build stables with corrals. *lol* Some people never change!
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11/16/11, 06:42 AM
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What in the WORLD would Furries want with Cheetos?! That is so strange. I guess everyone loves Cheetos! *lol* Maybe someone in their group really liked Chester? |
The one who started the discussion was named Chester Cheetah so I guess he dressed like that.
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11/16/11, 09:55 AM
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I sell mostly lower cost items (under $50). My combined eBay and PayPal fees run about 17% now. It has been ticking up about one percent each year.
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11/16/11, 12:35 PM
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I've had success selling used laptop computers in non-working condition. Some of them sold for more than they cost new.
I'm always on the lookout for them at garage sales and Craig's List.
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11/16/11, 05:57 PM
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I've had success selling used laptop computers in non-working condition. Some of them sold for more than they cost new.
I'm always on the lookout for them at garage sales and Craig's List.
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My son has an old one that doesn't work anymore. How much would it be worth? It's a Dell Latitude Pentium II. I don't know what's wrong with it.
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11/16/11, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverFlame819
I have my whole Lego collection from the 80's - in a giant red Lego plastic bucket with a Lego-shaped top. People buy Legos?! Are the 80's Legos somehow different than the kind they make now? I used to use the big flat pieces and fencing to build stables with corrals. *lol* Some people never change!
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They are the same, just have been discontenued for a long time. Which always increases the value. It helps if you have the original boxes and instructions, but even if you don't, neatly spread it out on a white sheet and get a good pic. Group the LEGO in sets of 500 pieces or more, like with like. I sold a 450 piece set of castle pieces for $47, just random pieces including a few knights and castle wall pieces.
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11/16/11, 10:07 PM
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I get 50 free listings a month and try not to list anything where I have to pay to list. The total for all of my fees - final value fees, final value fees on shipping, and paypal fees have been averaging just about 13%. I pay 15% to sell books on a couple sites and figure as long as eBay/PayPal stay around 15% it's OK.
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11/16/11, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by happychick
Quick background:
I know some people do so well on eBay it is their living. Right now, I have a small store, sell anywhere from $200 - $2,000 in a week (it greatly varies). My brother has a DCC (Digital Command Control) model train business fixing, buying & reselling HO scale trains. We sold thousands of dollars selling things stored away in the basement, garage and attic. Bought a nice hoop house with some of the money . However, other then the forever ongoing train business, we are running out of things to sell. So, when friends started asking us if we would sell for them on eBay, we started doing that and taking a percentage of the profits. Sell for about 11 people now, and that's going really well.
We've sold all over the world, selling everying from antiques to ipods.
My question is:
What have you been successful with selling on eBay? I'm thinking about possibly investing some of the profit money into stocking up on items I can turn around and make money on. I really enjoy eBay, and we are very successful with it, I don't need it to make a living, but I would like keep making extra because it really helps out with projects like the hoop house and other home/farm improvements...
Thanks ahead of time everyone!
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Oddly enough, car and truck parts.
I have way too many vehicles in the family, all old, none particularly rare. I'm on numerous fora of like-vehicle owners, who cannot find parts for their vehicles locally that are as good (non rusty, non-damaged, or even still in existence) as stuff that's common here. We don't use road salt, so 40 year old vehicles are everywhere. Most people don't want them, so many go into the wrecking yards intact, for a few hundred dollars in salvage money.
The local pull-it-yourself wrecking yard sells parts for pennies to dollars. I scout out what is in demand on the forums, check the inventory (on line) of the wrecking yard, and spend some time on a Saturday or Sunday removing relatively easy-to-remove parts. I then clean them up, contact the interested party, and sell direct. If I see a high demand (meaning, a few items that sell for high prices) on ebay, I will search out those parts, clean them up and list them on ebay.
Higher demand these days as many people are trying to keep their vehicles going rather than buying new.
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11/17/11, 08:25 AM
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Some cities now have U-Strip salvage yards. Buyer removes the parts wanted and then pays the salvage yard. I understand pickup tailgates have a high demand. Also taillights.
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11/17/11, 01:41 PM
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WOW Lego sells!
I have boxes upon boxes of both Legos as well as the .... ummmm other plastic building thingies from the '80s & '90s (forgot names; but comes with windows, doors, etc. and snap into each other).
Good information in this thread!
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11/17/11, 03:41 PM
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Good information in this thread!
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That's why I started it, I thought it would be great to compile eBayer's good experiences and talk about what sells really well! I've learned a lot!
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11/17/11, 03:49 PM
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To illustrate titles, if you do a search on potrack hooks, it turns up 561 listings, of which I have two. If you do a search on pot rack hooks, it turns up 11 listings, of which I have two. I simply use both spellings in my title.
Some folks look for misspellings, such as wrenchs rather than the proper wrenches. Less views, likely less results.
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