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The best places to sell?

Hijabee
Hijabee Posts: 49 Forumite
edited 2 August 2011 at 1:24PM in Boost your income
The best places to sell online?
My choices:
Ebay
Amazon
Preloved
Friday AD

Ebay - High pay listings but POPULAR
Amazon- OK pay listings but Not as popular as Ebay.
Preloved - FREE but not much publicity
Friday AD- I asked 3 people about it and they didn't know what it was. (funny)

So....
This is a question I want to ask.....
If they allow you to sell for free e.g: preloved then why doesn't it get much publicity?

ANNOYING.

I want to sell a bundle of pashmina shawls.
Where is the best place to sell them?

Thankyou.

Comments

  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 75,001 Ambassador
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    AS a business I would have thought that ebay would be the way to go. All your expenses and listing fees would be tax deductible and the end prices surely would make it more profitable than elsewhere.

    Do check completed listings though as there are so many cheap pashima type shawls avaialble on any high street that your items will eithe rneed to be dirt cheap or something special to sell.
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  • Peter_Pan
    Peter_Pan Posts: 791 Forumite
    Not sure if this helps but If i'm looking for something i want to buy i try ebay first, followed by Amazon and Play.com.

    Debbie
    We love what we are doing and we love why we're doing it!!
  • fairystarlet
    fairystarlet Posts: 17 Forumite
    Try ebid.co.uk too. It's been around for years, doesn't charge any listing fees (unless you upgrade) and the FVF fees are much cheaper than ebay :). I have had a few sales on there.

    Other ideas are:

    Gumtree
    Craigslist
    on your Facebook profile

    All are free to list on, although I've never used them before.
  • Hijabee
    Hijabee Posts: 49 Forumite
    Thankyou guys ive all clicked thanks next to your posts :)
  • Paulmc77
    Paulmc77 Posts: 27 Forumite
    In my own experience, I have always found gumtree the best way. You can post for free and I usually get a lot of responses and because it's local, you can negotiate the price with people.
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