Starting up on eBay

LewisC_2

Hi guys,

I registered for an eBay account a couple of weeks ago, and I want to take advantage of the 5p listing day today.

At the moment, I still have 0 feedback, and a couple of the items I want to sell are of a larger value than general nick-nacks, including a guitar (around £100 hopefully!).

How can I persuade buyers that I'm not a con-man (due to having 0 feedback as a new member) and maximise the amount of money I can make from my first sales?

FloFlo

Probably best to buy a few items first and build up some feedback first, probably not what you want to hear if you want to list today but thats the best way to get buyers trust. Its also a good idea to start with lower value items and work up, good luck. Nothing to stop you giving it a try today though just be careful with buyers some scammers see new sellers as soft targets.

mom23

Hi just a point
don't you have to have a min of 10 f/b to BIN ?(or 5 if you have a PP account!)

Someone correct me if i'm wrong!!!

LewisC_2

mom23 wrote:

Hi just a point
don't you have to have a min of 10 f/b to BIN ?(or 5 if you have a PP account!)

Someone correct me if i'm wrong!!!

Very good point! I've actually noticed this about five times since yesterday and thought to myself "ah, so I can't take part in that anyway" but keep forgetting! :rolleyes:

FloFlo - I don't have the money to spend on items at the moment - that's why I'm trying to sell :rotfl:

smartie1976

Then all you can do is sell your smaller items first.

Use Auctiva (so you get the free scrolling gallery in your listing to promote your other items), and sell some CDs or something.

Try and be uber-nice to your punters to encourage some nice feedback.

You could even put in your listing that your a new seller and you hope this doesn't put people off.

Failing that, post your ID up and we'll have to take pity on you and buy something

LewisC_2

smartie1976 wrote:

Then all you can do is sell your smaller items first.

Use Auctiva (so you get the free scrolling gallery in your listing to promote your other items), and sell some CDs or something.

Try and be uber-nice to your punters to encourage some nice feedback.

You could even put in your listing that your a new seller and you hope this doesn't put people off.

Failing that, post your ID up and we'll have to take pity on you and buy something

Good tips, cheers

My user ID is acjs86 - not a lot to see right now though!

postingalwaysposting

lewis i see you have a me page :T very good

Contains_Mild_Peril

Cheap listing days happen fairly regularly anyway, so there will probably be another one along after you've built up a suitable feedback score. Good luck!

tsharp

LewisC, whereabouts in Beds? I'm from Clophill, little village off A6, know it?

klondyke

Hi Lewis

I started very recently on ebay too. Have been selling low value items to get feedback, which so far has been 100% positive. Once I got to 10, I suddenly had a flurry of sales including a few at higher value. I'm hoping the trend will continue!! Have several books listed on Amazon, but not a peep out of anyone there, so I still have zilch feedback there. Also tried ebid and tazbar - not even a viewing! So keep trying ebay. Good luck.

wishiwasarichgirl

word of advice for anyone as dumb as me - never underestimate postage charges!! sold my 1st item on ebay last wk - some books, guestimated them to be about 2.5 kg (was pretty close - 2.3 to be exact) checked royal mail website, price for 2kg £5.31, price for 4kg £7.70, so i figured mine would cost undeer £6 and priced accordingly, didn't realise the prices were for UP TO *kg, not a sliding scale, books sold for 8.30 total, £7.71 when ebay took there cut, so with £7.70 postage charges i made a massive PENNY PROFIT!! :rotfl: