eBay/ebid 10 a day challenge - any joiners?

mrscmr

evening all... sorry havent been on here much! too many blooming parcels to get ready! sold 98% of my cross stitch mags! some even went to Australia! my next 'range' is pokemon and nintendo which i hope sell well - lots of watchers but no bidders as yet! updated my totals too... xx

Floxxie

WD mrscmr!

Do you have to put free postage for magazines? If so what prices are you putting yours on at?

Floxxie

pinkpower

I have piles of Ancestry magazines - do you think there is a market on ebay or anywhere else?
Total Amazon listing for October 60 items, sales (so far) 37. Sales to date £790!!! not as much of course once e-bay and paypal have their cut. I'm still getting the hang of pricing postage correctly - I forgot to allow for the weight of the packaging, which I found can push a parcel from one weight range to the next. There is some order in the garage and we can actually move around and reach all the racking we have for the first time in years!! We are trying to be very disciplined about making sure what we make goes towards paying for the house things we need - the whole family is behind the venture especially as they know they will benefit. DS is about to spend the first night in his new bed (e bay purchase of course!). We should get that carpet by Christmas - not an expensive one as Iive with a very clumsy man, who won't promise that he won't spill things on it!!

soolin

There are no completed listings for a magazine called Ancestry , the only magazine like that is Ancestor and the sales are slow and with the enforced free postage I think you will struggle to make a profit after fees. You'd have listing fees, plus FVFs on the postage element as well plus paypal and that means looking to start magazines at around £2.20 just to break even.

Rainy_2

Hi all!

Catching up on all your achievements makes me feel extra bad at how much I have slacked!

Not Ebayed since beginning of August

But, I have drafted a HUGE Ebay plan for November and December and I WILL STICK TO IT!!

I'm aiming to list 10 items every Sun, Mon and Tues. This means that I don't overload myself with too many parcels to get out and I am hitting the busy bidding times. I have already organised my 'goods' into 'ranges' to go on and have around two thirds of them photographed.

Target for November = £300
Target for December = £200

Bring it on!! :rotfl:

mrscmr

best of luck rainy!!! it is achievable to do that much - my oct is just over 700 pounds! spend most of life at post office but ..... xx

mrscmr

oh and i list my mags at 1.30 with free p and p which is a right pain. :-(

jacki981

1 new and 13 relists today, I have also posted 4 today and have 2 more finishing Saturday so I'm pleased! Target for November is £50

soolin

mrscmr wrote: »

oh and i list my mags at 1.30 with free p and p which is a right pain. :-(

Can you make money on that though

10p listing fees, 13p FVF approx 28p to paypal and 76p postage plus costs of envelope and costs of listing fees for unsold items.

Don't under sell yourself, I'd rather give the stuff away than make a loss.

too_much_debt

Why are there so many sellers listing DVD's, CD's and Books etc and listing them as Freight and stating in the description that postage and packing will be x amount.

One I've seen is a Business Seller who should know that you have to offer free P&P in certain categories now.

Wonder if they will have problems when they sell them and the buyer says they are not paying postage as it's meant to be free.