***Make Us Money in 2010 with Ebay Challenge***

Nickyj

Sorry, I'm new to this and tried to quote johnniestar but it didn't quite work in my last message!!!

captainspam

I think all this bad weather is keeping people in and bidding on ebay as my bids have double today.

too_much_debt

Nickyj wrote: »

Quick question though. On my paypal account one payment is 'pending' and on the paypal email says it will be released in 21 days. Why is this? Could it be because I havent used it in a while?

Could it be an e-cheque although 21 days does seem a very long time! I have had payments pending before and they have taken ages to come though - very frustrating!!:mad:

Hi

It could be that they are holding the money until the buyer leaves feedback, sometimes I get a message coming up saying the payment may be held but it's not happened to me yet.

mrscmr

afternoon alll

im very tempted to change my account to a business account now and use my OH account for private listings as i think i am ready to start selling as a business.

any one got anything good / bad to say about this? all advise welcome!

savysue123

Hi please my i be added to the challenge, i think i was overlooked as asked a while ago but no worries!! would like my target to be £1000 for the year
thanks
sue

soolin

The 21 day hold applies to new or small sellers in certain categories. As per paypal the funds will be released once buyer leaves positive feedback or after 21 days.

gingababe

Hi guys been taking lots of photos today I now have 4 boxes ready to list, I am going to get them ready to go on turbo lister, but there are a few items I am going to start more than 99p(as I would be gutted if they only went for that!!) So does anyone know when we are due a free listing day ?

Thanks
Ginga

too_much_debt

mrscmr wrote: »

afternoon alll

im very tempted to change my account to a business account now and use my OH account for private listings as i think i am ready to start selling as a business.

any one got anything good / bad to say about this? all advise welcome!

Hi

My only problem would be having to re-do all your personal listings again onto your OH account, depends how many you have really. I went back to Self Employed again this week and am so glad I did, I have really missed buying stuff to resell.

All you have to do to change it is to go to your Personal details and change from Private to Business, that is all you have to do. You are supposed to have your Business address and telephone number on your listings (lots of Business sellers don't though), some have it on their About Me page. I have to put my address on there. You have to offer a Returns service if people change their mind, have a look at other Business sellers and see what they are doing regarding their returns policy.

It sounds more scary than it is. I am contemplating whether to get an Ebay shop again or not, can't decide if it's worth £14.99 a month on top of fees although would only be 20p for BIN's instead of 40p, might hold off for a while.

I've done some searching around to see what sort of clothing and other stuff is selling at the moment so have a few ideas to think about.

too_much_debt

Also, this time round the guy I spoke to at HMRC said about the half day course for newly Self-Employed people and I didn't get offered it first time round so he is sending me details of it so will have to get OH to take a days holiday so I can go.

mrscmr

thanks TMD... is there somewhere i can read about having a buisness account? also i read on the discussion boards you can transfer listings from one account ot the other so i would only have a few auctions and mainly bins. are the fees better on a bus account?