The Paypal lock-in is the bit that annoys me the most, since it almost entirely benefits the buyer not the seller. I used to use Nochex a lot back in the day, but ebay killed that.
Having said all that, the reason I rarely sell on ebay isn't the fees, it simply isn't worth an hour of my life going to queue in the post office.
Are there any free listings coming up ? ( any one )
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Personally I have completely given up selling on ebay, unless I really really need it to be an auction (e.g. with my parent's kitchen, which recently sold on there). The fees are extortionate, coupled with the high chance of buyers raising a claim/complaining, being forced to use paypal etc etc..
I now exclusively sell my 2nd hand goods on Amazon - fees wise they are very similar by the end of it all, but you get access to a bigger market, much better customer service (i.e...they have some), no daft rules on feedback, sensible postage limits, better marketing tools..the list goes on.
I find that I sell things faster and make more money selling on amazon than i do on ebay.
thats a smart ideaOriginally Posted by IronWarrior
The best trick is to sell on eBay but get people to do direct sales outside of eBay, through that depends how much stuff you have to sell.
Except you lose (as a buyer) all protection offered by e-bay. So buyers - do not be coerced by sellers to trade outside bay.thats a smart idea
I regard anyone who tries that as a probable scam merchant.
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best is guys design a website and name it ebaye and make it absolutely free and make money by adv
yeah there are risk i agree with that
In reality, that would be unlikely to work. eBay gets a huge amount of traffic and it would be very hard for a newcomer to match that - the fact that eBid and similar still have not really taken off proves that.
Plus naming a site "ebaye" and making it an auction site would be an obvious infringement on the eBay name, and they would issue a cease-and-desist or other legal action.
I just earned my turquoise star for hitting 100 positive feedback. It's only taken nine years! Although, I didn't really start using my account until a few years ago.
I've had people try to scam me into paying or accepting payment outside of ebay. I've also had more than my fair share of time wasters, who I find infuriatingly annoying; because you can't leave negative feedback for people who don't pay.
Depends. I do a lot of distance based searches on ebay, especially for heavy stuff precisely to avoid postage. Don't mind paying cash in that case - benefits both parties.
I don't understand why ebay removed the seller feedback system though - very strange. I suppose if sellers are forced to readvertise, more money for ebay. Kerrchiiinggg!
yes the ebay is very high
EBay charge two high, the catalog fee plus the final cost which take in the shipping cost. That’s around 10 to 11 % in addition, if your consumer pays with PayPal, they will charge you 35 cents plus 2.7% of the total. So, yes the fees is quickly high.
im about done with ebeg. sold a load of old royal doulton ornaments for our lass, to france, after some persuasion from frenchie.
frenchie gets ornaments, doesn't like them, breaks two of them, then raises a claim.
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