First Tim Seller

Party_Animal

I've been buying on E Bay for a long time and I've built up a good feed back. Now I want to sell my first items. I've got a digital camera. I want to ensure that I get at least £20 for one item and £35 for the other so I need to set a reserve. Can anyone give me any tips to get me started?
Thanks

soolin

Party_Animal wrote:

I've been buying on E Bay for a long time and I've built up a good feed back. Now I want to sell my first items. I've got a digital camera. I want to ensure that I get at least £20 for one item and £35 for the other so I need to set a reserve. Can anyone give me any tips to get me started?
Thanks

YOu cannot set a reserve for less than £50. so for items ess than that you need to make sure your starting price is set to the minimum you will accept, ie £20 and £35.

Also remember when working out your profit margin to add in all fees, listing, FVFs and paypal fees if appropriate.

Soo

Milky_Mocha

What kind of item(s) are you planning on selling? That info would help tailor tips to suit.


Generally however I prefer to take photos of the actual item for sale rather than a photo taken off a website. Include as many photos as possible

Also describe the item as honestly as possible as buyers tend to be more picky than sellers hence you are more likely to mar your record with negative feedback if you are a seller.

dinglebert

In Scotland your heading means something so much different than you intended

jaffa30

dinglebert wrote:

In Scotland your heading means something so much different than you intended

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Party_Animal

Thanks they are drums and cymbals. If I set the opening bid at £20 for instance and no one buys it do I still have to pay fees? When I've seen items with one bid I didn't realise the seller had set the bid, so what's the difference between the seller setiing an opening bid and setting a reserve?
Thanks

Milky_Mocha

If you set a reserve then you are only obliged to sell the item if the price reaches the reserve.

Ebay charges fees regardless of the price you set. They charge listing fees and they charge final value fees if the item sells. the final value fee is a percentage of the winning price. the listing fee is a fixed fee depending on the starting price and features you chose, ie number of pictures uploaded, whether you use an ebay template etc.

Party_Animal

Sorry to be a pain. Just opened a selling account and tried listing articles. Took pictures and tried uploading, now after 20 mins it tells me to resize them. Theyre only standard piccies. How do I do that and to what size?
Thanks again

Party_Animal

Sorted thanks

soolin

Party_Animal wrote:

Thanks they are drums and cymbals. If I set the opening bid at £20 for instance and no one buys it do I still have to pay fees? When I've seen items with one bid I didn't realise the seller had set the bid, so what's the difference between the seller setiing an opening bid and setting a reserve?
Thanks

You set the opening bid, so in effect that is really the reserve price as the item cannot sell below that.

You will pay the listing fee regardless of whether the item sells or not so chossing an opening price is an art :eek: It's best to have a look at what similar items have previously fetched on ebay and what others are currently being sold. Make sure your postage costs are in line with any similar items, but still enough to cover post and packing in full.

Soo

Hintza

And I thought EBay was reserved for Huns.......:rolleyes: