Selling on eBay/Paypal

[puckhoggy 0]

I want to sell some items on eBay that i have found dirt cheap compared to retail value, and I know they are a hot ticket on ebay.

Are there any tricks, tips, or friendly advice on how to sell on ebay besides following the ebay selling tutorial guide?

And what payment options are best besides paypal? can you choose to accept email money transfers?

thx for any advice.

[Drewhunz 3]

The fees are so high, and seller protection is so low on Ebay now that it really isn't worth it anymore.

[puckhoggy 0]

and how often does eBay have their promotional insertion fee? I remember a few years ago it was a 10cent insertion fee on promotional offers/days to sellers.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

last thing i sold on ebay did not have an insertion fee

[gxc999 7]

last thing i sold on ebay did not have an insertion fee

They take a flat 9% and 4.5% from paypal. Basically, they cram it up your ass.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

They take a flat 9% and 4.5% from paypal. Basically, they cram it up your ass.

Need to move some skates I bought to big. recouped most of my money

[puckhoggy 0]

Does ebay only charge on the sale price (inc. insertion fee), or do they count shipping and handling as well?

When it comes to shipping, should I only post the cheapest method of shipping, or would ppl want to upgrade? can i give them a list of choices, if i get quotes/rates from my post office?

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

Does ebay only charge on the sale price (inc. insertion fee), or do they count shipping and handling as well?

When it comes to shipping, should I only post the cheapest method of shipping, or would ppl want to upgrade? can i give them a list of choices, if i get quotes/rates from my post office?

They don't count shipping. Some people try to cheat ebay by increasing their shipping prices

[B19Kress 0]

They don't count shipping. Some people try to cheat ebay by increasing their shipping prices

They have limited a lot of that practice by limiting the cost of shipping you can put on items... sometimes you actually lose money on shipping

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

They have limited a lot of that practice by limiting the cost of shipping you can put on items... sometimes you actually lose money on shipping

never had that problem. Was able to charge a guy in Germany $45 to ship skates

[fastbrother7 0]

The fees are brutal on ebay. You sell something for $90 at buy it now, after the initial listing fee and final value fee, you get about 78 bucks back.

[B19Kress 0]

never had that problem. Was able to charge a guy in Germany $45 to ship skates

Isn't that close to what it cost?

I'm saying they limited it so you can't put shipping of say... a pair of tickets for $50. Clearly it doesn't cost $50 to ship tickets.

$45 to ship skates to Germany however sounds right.

[DavidT 11]

My only advice is to have the auction end on Sunday evening and start low. I dont use reserves simply because Ive found it makes for more bidding and an outcome of higher prices.

Ebays policies do suck for the most part, but Ive been able to sell stuff at twice the price anywhere else and almost immediately.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

Isn't that close to what it cost?

I'm saying they limited it so you can't put shipping of say... a pair of tickets for $50. Clearly it doesn't cost $50 to ship tickets.

$45 to ship skates to Germany however sounds right.

I guess I didn't understand what you were saying. What you just said makes perfect sense now

[shotty 7]

like davidt said, have the auction end in the evening, around 8 or 9pm (eastern time), dont set a reserve and if you've got some balls, start the bidding at $1. true, ebay will ding you with fairly high fees, but you're also showing your product to millions of people and more often than not, even with the low starting price and no reserve, you'll get within a few dollars of your expected price, so long as its not a seasonal product (selling skis in may/june/july is not a good idea), and your expected price was reasonable to begin with.

what i used to do was ask bidders to request a shipping quote, because the shipping calc provided isnt exactly precise, and sometimes deterred bids.... after a while, i just decided to flat rate the shipping with a reasonable and semi educated price.

[puckhoggy 0]

so i made a sale, thought i'd try a pilot project for now. darn those fees, but i knew about that going in.

what i wanted to know is, does ebay or paypal charge to print a shipping label? or how do i continue going through with the process, since i plant on shipping the item tmrw. I just want to prevent the chance i click "OK" and im hit with an unforeseen charge or whatnot.

thx

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

so i made a sale, thought i'd try a pilot project for now. darn those fees, but i knew about that going in.

what i wanted to know is, does ebay or paypal charge to print a shipping label? or how do i continue going through with the process, since i plant on shipping the item tmrw. I just want to prevent the chance i click "OK" and im hit with an unforeseen charge or whatnot.

thx

I sent an invoice through paypal that included shipping. I printed a label out from usps.com. I think you can do the same with canada post

[shotty 7]

so i made a sale, thought i'd try a pilot project for now. darn those fees, but i knew about that going in.

what i wanted to know is, does ebay or paypal charge to print a shipping label? or how do i continue going through with the process, since i plant on shipping the item tmrw. I just want to prevent the chance i click "OK" and im hit with an unforeseen charge or whatnot.

thx

there is a fee. i've never used that service before, though. anything that is offered as a time saving solution usually costs money.

[anko 3]

Multiple (good quality) pictures.

Ebay will host one (maybe two?) pictures for free, but wants to charge for additional pictures. They can be hosted elsewhere, of course, and made part of your auction with real simple HTML.

[puckhoggy 0]

Multiple (good quality) pictures.

Ebay will host one (maybe two?) pictures for free, but wants to charge for additional pictures. They can be hosted elsewhere, of course, and made part of your auction with real simple HTML.

omg i forgot all about putting it in HTML lol...

can i just copy and paste a link, and it will be made to a hyperlink on an ebay page? or does it have to be in HTML?

[puckhoggy 0]

when it comes to paypal

is it free to receieve payment on paypal if you're a U.S. user? because i know there is a fee for me, who is CDN. and how does paypal know im not a U.S. user anyways?

next, i know there is a fee when converting USD to CAD to withdraw to a bank account. just want to make sure if it is free if i have a USD account, but am a CAD user?

thx

[dangle 0]

It's free to "receive" the payment if you're a U.S. user, but they charge to withdraw to a bank account.

[nickerjones 8]

It's free to "receive" the payment if you're a U.S. user, but they charge to withdraw to a bank account.

Its free in the US if you use very randomly. I am a Verified Premier member because I used to sell a lot on ebay til it got crappy. Now it cost me 4.5 % of whatever I receive . So if I receive 100 bucks from an auction ... they get 4.50 !! It sucks

[puckhoggy 0]

sold something on ebay, buyer wants to return, which i agreed. Do i only refund the sale price of the item? or the whole thing including shipping charges when they bought it from me originally?

[Hradsky 1]

sold something on ebay, buyer wants to return, which i agreed. Do i only refund the sale price of the item? or the whole thing including shipping charges when they bought it from me originally?

Try to get them to agree to a refund without the cost of shipping (just cost of item) This seems to be the most reasonable, because if they just changed their mind about the product then they shouldn't get free shipping there, but if it was you who described it wrong then I suppose you can refund it all.