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mrscmr

i will have a look if you pm me your ebay name if you like?

captainspam

gemma1984 wrote: »

Right I currently have abour 24 active listings.

I never seem to make much on ebay my things never seem to go for that much.

Can anyone have a look at my stuff for me and give me some hints/tips???

This is my worry too. If i put the starting bid too low then i end up making nothing and if I put it too high people dont bid on it.

Im going to make january a month of learning how to sell and if it works out worth it put in more effort in feb.

gemma1984

A couple of people are looking at my current listings for me so will see what they say..

trying_hard

You can have two accounts one for your personal stuff and one for your business items - that way it keeps the two separate. You need another email address to do this - I have tried it and it all got a bit complicated for me with Paypal etc

I personally just bung it all together as I buy to sell a lot more than I do selling my personal things. for example I sell maybe £250 of my items a year against business items of £7,000 a year (turnover - not profit) so you see for me it's not worth separating it. And you can claim for quite a bit being self-employed.

Postage costs inc bubble wrap, mailing bags, stamps, tissue paper, jiffy bags etc
Milage at 40p a mile to car boots/post office/wholesaler
and lots more

benbenandme

Another BIN sold for £9

Floxxie

rictus123 wrote: »

Just saying is it worth it. If i buy and sell to make up 50% of the income, the other 50% from selling my own clothes, if i registar for tax am i not just signing up to pay tax for selling my own items? Seems a bit rubbish to be honest.

No, you are paying tax on a percentage of your profits. And you will be offsetting a lot of payable tax through your expenses. You have to seperate out your personal stuff from your business stuff so will need two accounts - a personal and a business.

Whoops, sorry for repeating trying hard's posting!

Floxxie

benbenandme wrote: »

Another BIN sold for £9

Are you still selling CDs BenBen? (Sorry to hear your news btw)

Have listed 18 without piccies and will go back and relist some. Not sure I want to add any more without piccies as it takes forever to add them on.

rictus123

Ok i get you il look into it now...Does anyone on here use any online wholesalers? Thinking this is a route i need to go down to achive my aims and hit my targets.

gingababe

Well we have been sorting bedrooms today & I have 3 bags full of stuff to sell, but unable to get photos today as natural light not too good! So I am still listing books & magazine, my mil has given me bags full of books!!!
So I have 105 items on at the minute & will keep going!

mrscmr

hi rictus

i am keen this year to start a proper ebay business so would be interested in wholesalers... still deciding which market though.