? Who Sells On Ebay
 

Hi, I am thinking of signing up on ebay and was curious if there is other YT'ers here that do sell and buy on ebay what their experience has been there and would you recommend it to myself.
I am seriously thinking of making and selling things there. Appreciate your opinions.
Thank you, Patti

I have sold a couple pair of jeans that no longer fit me, some Falcons tickets, a purse, etc. And I have bought stuff too..cameras, doggie things. I heard EBAY horror stories, but all of my experiences have been pleasant :D Good luck!

My Son has sold stuff on there. One time he had someone slow to pay but that was the only problem he had. When My daughter outgrows her clothes this time i am going to sell them on there

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We have put some harnesses and dresses on ebay for the furbabies....and the first three sold quickly - but not at very good prices - and one of them complained that the sizing was wrong (although the sizing matched what I posted) and I ended up having to custom make something at the low price. Then I put up three more...and none of them sold. So in the end - we made about $10 after all the ebay fees.....and it was not worth it.

We are told all the time to try again and maybe we will this fall. I buy lots of things off ebay stores and have never had a problem from the purchasing side.

One suggestion....whatever you decide to make and sell on ebay - I would spend some time watching similar items and what they are selling for. I found that there are several people that sell harness all the time (with leashes) for a buy now price of $9.99.....and I am not sure how they are making any money after all the ebay and paypal fees!!

Good luck in your ebay business!!

So many people don't realize the time put into sewing or knitting.

What I am planning on is getting back into my painting,I use to make wall clocks, cut my wood and did all the decorative painting on them. Some cutsie but love the realistic. It takes a lot of time making one but then they are all different and no two alike :) so that takes the boredom out of doing them, and I love to paint.Wood has gone up so much in cost and I am very selective in what I choose. I thought it would be fun and give it a go. Have you ever heard the saying," nothing lost is no gain and nothing gained is no loss," so maybe I shall give it a go. Guess I will need to sign up with Pay Pal in doing this. Thanks for your input. Wishing you a nice day. Patti

Like wall clocks Baby blessing?? When you get going let me know!:D

I'm totally digging this wall clock idea;)

Now I have to try and do a wall clock just because it sounds so COOL:)

Sure will ytsirk, they are really unique, I even put musical boxes in some :) I will let you know when I start there.

Yorkieangel, isn't it fun to paint? How long have you been at it. What all do you paint are you into the cutsie or realistic Paintings? I had posted a picture of a wall clock I had cut out and painted for our kids, I had it on a thread here sharing. I don't know where to look for the thread to show you
:( I love painting, always have my hands busy am working on a victorian crocheted bedspread now, when I find the time to sit down and watch tv, I crochet on it only then and also as I am waiting in dental or Dr. office. I made a pineapple pattern bedspread years ago, have it put back for one of the kids. I am going to give the one I am now working on to my daughter in law, one day she will get it, I already crocheted the doilies and dresser scarf
and gave to them. I don't think many like using crocheted things anymore, I love them.

I have had mixed experiences on ebay, some things sold for way too little & got stuck with a $60 bad check because I was stupid & mailed the things & didn't allow enough time to let the check clear. Apparently it can take over two weeks (how can that be?).

I've also bought some things that didn't turn out to be what I had hoped. You really need to pay attention to shipping charges when buying.

But all that said, I love Ebay, hardly am even interested to go to stores anymore except for my clothing.

However, maybe the most serious problem is that it is as addictive as YT.
You can spend hours on there before you realize it.

Good luck on your selling. I hope it works out well for you.:)

I sell on ebay and have for a couple years. I really love doing it....sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you dont...my biggest word of advice is use paypal and set a reserve if you know what the least amount you want for your item is. It is really just trial and error...have fun with it!!

Dawn

I do both buying and selling on ebay and only got stung once...I got the item, but it was disgusting when it was supposed to be new. Other than that, I've always been pleased with my purchases. I call Maddie my Ebay puppy, because that's how I came up with the money to buy her. I just sold lots of things and some things went high...others not.

This summer, my son and I had a garage sale here. There were so many sales going that weekend, that we didn't sell much. I had put a bunch of papercraft magazines out and even offered a lady to just take them if she wanted and she walked away without taking one. I put several sets on Ebay...one set ended at $56, one at $24 and another at 20 something! My son had a cd box set in the garage sale marked $8 that didn't sell, so I put that on Ebay and it ended at $64! I thought we did pretty good!

Good luck with your ebay business!!!

Thanks everyone for your input
 

Looking forward to it, should be fun. Daughter said opening Pay Pal was a must. Sorry you got that bad check doortego. Sweet72 what do you sell on there how can I find your things. Can you pm me and let me know.
Thanks everyone.

Wow, that is great, I was thinking of selling a lot of things too instead of having a garage sale here, I have never had a garage sale. My daughter said they practically gave things away. My mom gave me several Elvis Presley magazines that she had forever, she loved Elvis :) she was his greatest fan. Wow and also I just thought of my collection of knitting books of Spinneran they are all great shape, will post them there too.
You just gave me the idea to put them on there, thanks:) Connie did you open up a Pay Pal to handle the charges and payments? It seems like that is the safest and easiest.

I've bought a lot from ebay, but never sold anything. I have PayPal, but not sure how it works for them to pay me for something.

If your paypal is already connected to your Ebay it's pretty automatic. When you list an auction just click where you want to use paypal. As soon as the person pays for the auction it goes right into your paypal account. Then you can even print a shipping label, pay for it, and have USPS come to your house and pick it up! You can even get FREE boxes to sell stuff with. At any time you can transfer your money from paypal right into your checking account and it will appear there in less than 4 days or so. I've never had a problem. You don't even have to leave the house! It rocks!

I'v always wondered about the fees. How much does ebay charge someone to sell something??? Is it based on the amount of the sale???

I'm glad I gave you an idea. I like selling books or magazines because they can be mailed media mail and it is so much cheaper than regular mail. I've never had a problem mailing things that way and they usually don't take much longer than the regular mail...much that I've mailed media mail is there as fast as priority! I think people are more likely to bid higher if the shipping isn't so costly. At least that's how I am when bidding.

I do have a Paypal account and love it. I also accept checks or money orders on my auctions and then just have to wait for that to arrive before mailing out the package. I've never gotten a bad check...thank goodness. One word of caution...when you open your Paypal account...if you get emails saying that there is something going on with your Paypal account and they ask you to click on a link and then ask account info...don't do it. There are so many scams where they are trying to get your credit card#'s and bank accounts. Paypal will never send an email asking you to give info or verify anything. There are also those going around claiming to be Ebay and same goes for them...just people trying to get account numbers.

Oh...one more word of advice...When putting something on an auction, for the title...make sure you have as many words in that title that will cover what people do a search on. Sometimes the title doesn't even always make sense, but it will bring more searches to your auction. For instance, if I was selling a paper craft book...I would put the name of the book and then add words like stamping, scrapbooking, origami...so people searching for one of those words would also get my auction in their search results.

Good luck! Let us know how you do! Those Elvis magazines may be a big hit!!!

I visited Ebay for a brief time this morning, my goodness, never seen so much stuff for sale. Made me kinda wonder if I really want to do this, afraid of getting lost in the midst of all they got there :eek: I know what you are saying on getting emails on Ebay and Pay Pal, I get them all the time and I don't have any account with them :( So to keep better orgainized ahead of time I have just opened up an email account to use just for the ebay auctions, that is if I still do it :) :( undecided. Will go back and familiarize myself with it more then maybe I will feel more comfortable. Thanks for the information and tips.

I sell occasionally on there now. I used to be a powerseller. Sold lots of baby clothes. SOme I did great on, some not so hot. I also have bought alot and the majority of things have been very nice........with an occasional dud!
Best thing to do for pricing is do a search on similair items like you would be selling and see how they set up their auction and if the item sold and for what. You have the search option right there on ebay, its a great resource.
Pictures and presentation is alot! And good feedback from buyers! Good feedback is a good way when you are buying too, you know if people are happy with their items they have bought. One way of starting good feedback is buying a few things first so you are not selling with 0 feedback. So it kinda gives people confidence in you, before you try to sell. Take great clear pictures of your item! Their prices have increased, not even sure what their selling prices are these days. They charge a fee for the item listing plus if you accept credit cards paypal charges for that. Most people want to use a credit card though so it helps sells to have an account that accepts them. You would just have to adjust your item price to account for fees, your cost to make a profit.
ANother suggestion I would make is have good spyware on your computer!! For years I didnt have a problem but when my account went inactive for awhile, I dont know who and how they possibly did it but my ebay account was stolen and things that were NOT mine were listed on my account. People sent money to this person too. Louis vuitton purses even, they never recieved!!!!!!!!!
I had to change my password and go thru alot to get this straightened out. My account was not effected, but it would have been if I would not have caught the activity. There ws nothing I could do for the people who sent money to the scam account. But they could take action with Ebay.
THANK GOD my paypal account was not involved!! SO have good spyware! Good luck! Its really kinda of exciting selling on there.

I think it's lots of fun. So far I've made $265 since the 12th on just random stuff that was going to go into a garage sale like books, toys, and old gifts that we had never used. It's about time I do something productive with my internet addiction!;)

I sure appreciate everyones input on this, curious on one thing if someone uses a credit card on Pay Pal and they change their mind after using it then what? How long do you wait to ship an item once pay pal lets you know?

Once you get payment, you can ship it immediately. I never had a chargeback on a credit card. Its rare for someone to do a charge back on a small ticket item anyway. Its not easy for them to just deny payment either. Myself I would not accept personal checks at all sent thru the mail. But if you want to wait for payment and dont mind you could accept money orders. If you dont want to wait for money order payments etc..........you can say I accept PAYPAL ONLY in our auction. Some people who are paying by paypal are paying with automatic deduct from their checking account, so not all of it is credit card payments anyway. These payments are very safe to take. They are backed by a credit card by the purchaser so the seller doesnt have to worry about bounced checks from paypal.
If someone is not happy with a purchase and they want to refund and you agree, you simply refund their account with that option on that particular transaction on paypal. Most sellers who offer refunds require you to ship the item back at the purchasers expense, and they do not refund the items first shipment price EITHER.
And you can simply put ALL SALES FINAL if you do not want to offer refunds. Looking at others auctions really help to see what you want to offer in your own auction.

The above is is good advice!
Ebay owns paypal now, they are that successful.
All the info you need is right there on the site...its pretty easy to understand too. With experience you learn better too.
People who charge crazy shipping do not impress me either you have to watch that when you buy something.........Look at the shipping charge! The item is not always a bargain!
Once you complete your clock, weight it and check with the post office. A nominal fee for handling is okay too. But people like close to exact shipping with maybe 1.00 or 2.00 over. They respect that alot more. Good packaging is important of course to make sure it gets there without damage! Shipping insurance for a clock being mandatory for a clock might be a good idea too! Its cheap and gets you off the hook if the itme is damaged and you packaged it with care.

I LOVE the "live help" part of eBay! I wish ALL websites would have that! It's like a personal chat with an eBay staff member who will answer all of your questions.

Yes, the live help is good - I have used it several times.

Their Dispute Console is great too....for those buyers that don't pay or whatever - it's like a "fair trade" sort of thing.

I love feedback too! It is fun to watch it get higher and higher....and I love leaving feedback for people too!

PayPal is a must (JMO)! And is super easy to start and use!

LOVE EBAY!!!!

I haven't had a non-paying bidder yet and I hope I never do! So I've never been to the dispute section yet. I've been waiting for people to leave me feedback the past couple weeks but I guess people have been lazy or just don't feel like doing it. I just want to reach 100. But at least I'm still at 100% positive fb.

Thanks everyone
 

Thanks so much for all the information you all have given me. I sure am glad I posted this question. My daughter had an account set up and she took care of it years ago for me in selling and buying, I was always thinking that I would goof up on it :) I guess it is still there, but it hasn't been used in years, I should go take a look see :) maybe since there is all real good feedback on it, that I should just go ahead and see about picking that one back up with and go forth with that one. She was going to help me this time but I told her that I needed to learn :) finely getting brave, LOL. Do they still have the thing called "About Me" ? After I sign off here I will go there and get myself familiarized with different things that you all have mentioned. Thanks again. Patti