challenge Make £11,000 in 2011 The Dribblers Advance

Fredula

Nope, although you have to pay amazon fees for every item you sell. For example the game I sold was charged to the customer at £8.49. Once it was sold amazon fees were £2.61 (although it varies depending on how much the item sells for). I was given £2.03 back for postage so my total for that product came in at £7.91 earnings.

I think if you sell more than 40 items per month you can opt into a scheme where you pay a certain amount per month and then the fees arent so high or something, but I don't use that so I don't know much about it

skint-student-nurse

I got yet another £25 marks and sparks voucher today plus my £2 innocent smoothies cheque,wooop! Ive got 20 items listed on ebay so far

jess444_2

Hi,

Not much to add here unfortunatly - £9 from Costa Bingo.
I have begun to use the money I have made so far to buy some bits and peices wholesale which I will try to sell. I have never done this before and it is a bit scary, but I figure if I only use the money that I have made throught this challenge (Bingo / Matched Betting, etc) then I really won't be losing anything if it all goes wrong!
One peice of good news is that I range for a final balance on my mortgage - which I am hoping to finish before my redundancy in March - and the figure was £200 less than I expected.

Jess

jacci45

£756.47 so all going in the right direction, wont be much now for a couple of weeks tho, altho it is a free listing weekend on ebay...now where have I put my camera?!
Good luck all!!

elly68

hi jess good for you i'm going into matched betting with my ebay sales money so its the same scenario treating it as money i never had so i am going to try listing lots tomorrow to boost the fund did well last time .feel happier about selling now as it all went smoothly .
well done nikki on the tips and ssn well done with the ms voucher are you getting them for surveys or referrals ?
lea good luck with the coin hope it sells well did you put a starting price or reserve?
now my quandary bought myself a radley bag do i keep or sell that is the question bought for 15 reckon i'll get 40 however will save oh buying me a valetines gift lol

ticklepenny_2

Bit of a random question but think this is the best place to post this question.... I am thinking of making hand made soft toys and wondered what type stuffing would be best to use?

Thank you

skint-student-nurse

ticklepenny wrote: »

Bit of a random question but think this is the best place to post this question.... I am thinking of making hand made soft toys and wondered what type stuffing would be best to use?

Thank you

I read somewhere that people tend to use the filling out of pillows as its conformed to certain safety standards,etc and its cheaper than the bags of stuffing. HTH!

jo70mo

Hi ticklepenny,
have you had a look at etsy or folksy as they often have guides and how to's on there.
If you are making them to sell for children you will probably need to conform to certain standards and mark if they are unsuitable for under 3 yrs old etc.
I think it is actually much more straightforward than it sounds though so don't let that put you off - just worth checking out.
Jo

surfersparadise30

Morning all. Managed to list 101 items on ebay yesterday, and I'm geared up (photos taken) to try and do the same today. I already have bids for £55, so fingers crossed, I'll have a nice sum to tell you about when they finish next week. Have also just signed up to another survey site, who pay out in Amazon vouchers (thanks to the thrifty gifty forum), justtheanswer.co.uk You get 50 points for joining, and 50 points for recommending, up to 4 people, and the pay-out level is 500 for a £5 voucher. Happy to refer if anyone is interested.

skint-student-nurse

ooh surfersparadise,can you refer me please?

I listed 48 items on ebay yesterday,my m+s voucher sold straight away again like the others Ive got a long list of things to ebay again today so fingers crossed, i will also have a nice total next week! Im trying to convince OH to part with loads of his dvds but he wont let me...DD is letting me have all of her old toys in exchange for some new lego.

Today should be a no-spend day as im not well and dont feel like going anywhere! Happy ebaying everyone!