Free listing on Ebay again this weekend

meerustar

Be careful how many items you list in a short space of time.

I used a free listing weekend last year and went mental clearing everything out. As I had over 100 items during that weekend to sell, ebay classed me as a business and changed fees and got emails regarding income tax etc

I did email saying if they checked my listing they would see almost everything was used and comprised of toys, clothes, perfume etc, but didn't matter. I've not sold anything since as I don't want to pay tax and have HMRC breathing down my neck

Just something to bear in mind

soolin

Iconic wrote: »

But what is your cut off point? If you have something worth £50 would you be prepared to let it go for 99p?

Can you withdraw from the auction if you think the price you want will not be achieved?

No, a sale is a sale so you have to accept the final price.

Obviously having said that no one can actually force you to sell, but buyers have got a bit fed up of sellers who either refuse to sell at 99p or pretend the item was lost or broken, and those sellers tend to get very poor feedback and get banned anyway.

There are always several threads on the ebay boards on the lines of 'I won something for 99p and the seller won't send it'.

toptotty123

Thanks OP. I will be listing loads over the weekend as I missed the last one.

Nara

I've sold a fair amount the last few weeks, and the cut they take does add up, think i owe Ebay £20 now :-(

But since I cba to do a boot sale any money is better then nothing...cluttering up my house or giving to charity shop, so just have to grin and bear it :P:A

azza87

The listing might be free but they will still cripple you with final listing fees when your items sell. Until their fees come down a little (which they wont) I'll not be listing on there.

techspec

I remember when ebay put up the final value fees.

Everyone got an email saying 'good news - fees are falling'. It then went to explain that listing fees that were 20p, would now be 15p etc.

However, if you read the smallprint, which most people didn't - final value fees were being DOUBLED to 10%.

Ebay are a sneaky company.

AllThatStuffIsJustStuff

tara747 wrote: »

I list almost everything at 99p! I find that they get more 'watchers' that way, and if they're half-decent they'll be bid up to a good price anyway. Does anyone else do this?

Also, I am nearly always busy on free listing weekends, hence the 99p policy! LOL. I am at a fairly loose end this weekend though... hmm.

We list most things at 99p but the free listings are good for three reasons.

1 - niche items. Somethings have a value to one person but not enough for two people to fight it out and get the price up. Eg, old magazines, sports memorabilia etc

2 - items with intrinsic value. We sold a gold necklace for £15 the other week. We listed that price because the gold itself had an intrinsic value of approx £10 for melting so wasn't worth selling on ebay for less than £15 (figures are my rough guesses from memory - but the point is there).

3 - collection only items. We use it for odd bits of furniture. There probably aren't two people within driving distance willing to fight over an unwanted coffee table, but one might give you a tenner for it if you're lucky. Having it go for 99p just because there was only one person nearby is gutting if you know they'd have paid more.

When we go through our clear out boxes and are listing we just keep anything in these categories to one side for free listing. I have a box with about half a dozen such things sat on an old high chair all ready to go on saturday :j

vicx

I list all my items at 99p. Valuable items I list Buy it Now with the 'best offer' option, that way it will only sell at a price I would be happy to accept. It works out cheaper to pay 40p for the buy it now fee than list a starting bid at £14.99+ and add a reserve price.

excellent_saver

meerustar wrote: »

Be careful how many items you list in a short space of time.

I used a free listing weekend last year and went mental clearing everything out. As I had over 100 items during that weekend to sell, ebay classed me as a business and changed fees and got emails regarding income tax etc

I did email saying if they checked my listing they would see almost everything was used and comprised of toys, clothes, perfume etc, but didn't matter. I've not sold anything since as I don't want to pay tax and have HMRC breathing down my neck

Just something to bear in mind

Thank you for this, I was planning to put loads on over the next week, will bear this mind.

CathWales

A bit O/T I know and someone will tell me to go to the rant thread, but I have just missed out on an item that I can't find elsewhere all because I got the time it ended wrong:( So have to wait and catch again in a few days:(