Would love to sell my 'junk' on Ebay, but don't know how?

MsDee

Hi everyone,

I've had a really good de-clutter and now have a heap of lovely, expensive, not worn but too small clothes.

I would love to sell them on Ebay - is there any dummy guides out there where I could learn how to do it.

I'm also not sure how to charge for p and P - say for example a pair of jeans would cost me more to send, rather than a flimsy top.

Any advice or tips out there please?

Thank you

Dee

lindseykim13

This will help http://sg.royalmail.com/portal/rm/PriceFinder?catId=23500532&gear=pricingcalc and a pair of scales (why do we still call them a pair? lol)

soolin

There are some tips here:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1623183

and also ebay themselves have some usefuul basic guides if you can find them (their help system is notoriously poor at actually helping)

forgotmyname

Weigh everything including packing before quoting delivery prices, I always lose out on delivery
under charging.

ALWAYS send via recorded delivery or other trackable method stops buyers claiming to have not
received the item & claiming money back, Especially for a new seller.

theonlywayisup

forgotmyname wrote: »

ALWAYS send via recorded delivery or other trackable method stops buyers claiming to have not
received the item & claiming money back, Especially for a new seller.

That is not great advice if the item is £41 or under.

Royal Mail will cover you for 'loses' by normal post if your item is under £41, with a certificate of posting. Paypal will also cover your seller protection against fraud (not inr or snad) with a cop.

So unless it is valuable, go for normal post.

soolin

theonlywayisup wrote: »

That is not great advice if the item is £41 or under.

Royal Mail will cover you for 'loses' by normal post if your item is under £41, with a certificate of posting. Paypal will also cover your seller protection against fraud (not inr or snad) with a cop.

So unless it is valuable, go for normal post.

I concur, 74p per item out of sellers profit for recorded which most of the time doesn't even track is not worth doing.

ramenkid

To get a good idea what to charge on P&P would be looking at similar items for sale from other decent sellers.

soolin

ramenkid wrote: »

To get a good idea what to charge on P&P would be looking at similar items for sale from other decent sellers.

You really can't beat a set of scales and an RM price guide.

One of my lines goes on a 51p stamp, yet some of my competitors are charging upwards of £2 postage and their stars are really beginning to suffer.

I just use a set of £10 digital scales from Argos.

MsDee

Hi everyone,

Thanks very much for your help so far.

I don't have scales and I don't want to weight every item - it will take forever. I am thinking of charging £3 PandP for each piece of clothing and hoping that it will all balance out with regards to the smaller and bigger items costing less and more respectivley.

I also wanted to ask about Ebay's charges - why are you charged as a seller, you are down before you even start?

Do people think bidding or Buy it now are the best ways to sell?

I'll keep you updated with my progress.

I wanted to wrap the items in tissue paper and then pop in a jiffy bag - is this OK to send this way??

Dee

lindseykim13

I wouldn't charge a set fee like that as you'll find you get low stars from your buyers, too many low stars and you won't come up high in the search results and you'll end up with no/low sales prices.
Unfortunatly if you want to sell on ebay you really do need to weigh every item. It does take time i'm afraid to list properly.
Most of my business items are buy it now with best offer, but my personal account is 99p starts on auction.

jaynemaria

I too think you have to weigh everything as an individual buyer wont look at the fact you are losing out on the heavier items if they have bought something that would only cost £1.51 etc, they will look on it as you making a profit with the postage. A cheap set of scales were my best buy at the beginning.

Also if its clothes your selling as well as the size also put the measurements I always do bust/chest, length and arm length,because different shops sizes vary so much.


also be realistic what you expect to get for an item, just becasue it cost x amount new doesnt mean that you will get that amount even if its not been used.