Facebook selling

rippedoff3

Hi
Need some advice about my new little hobby. I am selling my childrens clothes and baby equipment on facebook so far locally and have done ok. My prices are usually charging up to half what i paid new but generally around £1 to £2 per item. I am fed up with delivering now as i was only charging £1 and people pay on deliverey and aren't in when i turn up ! So thinking of posting unless buyer wishes to collect.

What would be best way to do this. To advertise item and then put postage charge next to it, or to just put price including postage? I have worked this out and what would of cost the person £1 now seems to be £2.00 to £3.00 as i have to include paypal fee somewhere and postage cost. It is a hobby but also trying to bring in a few pounds to help with new clothes costs so don't want to give the stuff away! Ebay charge fees too so avoiding them.

Any ideas would be great thanks!

lvm

I'm not really clued up on selling on Facebook but if I were you, I'd advertise saying collection and you can give specific time slots (e.g. 5pm-9pm Mondays or 10am-2pm Sat/Sun etc) or say you will deliver, giving them the option of certain times you can do it and they can choose what's convenient.

I have sold a bit on eBay and with the postage costs, fees and Paypal charges it's extortionate!

Could you maybe just add delivery on as an option? Making sure that all your charges including Paypal were included here?

londondealer

How do you sell on facebook? is it just a normal account? x

rippedoff3

yeah just made a selling page

jhp

londondealer wrote: »

How do you sell on facebook? is it just a normal account? x

To open a facebook advertising page.

Go to your facebook profile, scroll right down the page and at the very bottom your find options re advertising create a page etc. Just Click on create a page and it will guide you through the process.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php?ref_type=sitefooter

littleredhen

what about selling on gumtree and getting them to collect

Sallys_Savings

I sell on facebook, if i'm selling alot of items in the same week I try to keep an evening free and a day at the weekend that I know i'm going to be at home. Then people can normally work into that quite easily.
I tend to have the items all in my dining room displayed neatly ready for collection and have sold extras when people have made collections when they've seen what else i'm sellling.
With no fees it is so much easier.
My town and area have 3 different facebook pages that sell items so i'm quite lucky.

CharlieBilly

If you are a business or buy to sell goods I assume you declaring this for tax and or notify your insurance you trade from home

Sallys_Savings wrote: »

I sell on facebook, if i'm selling alot of items in the same week I try to keep an evening free and a day at the weekend that I know i'm going to be at home. Then people can normally work into that quite easily.
I tend to have the items all in my dining room displayed neatly ready for collection and have sold extras when people have made collections when they've seen what else i'm sellling.
With no fees it is so much easier.
My town and area have 3 different facebook pages that sell items so i'm quite lucky.

Jenna_Appleseed

jhp wrote: »

See: http://www.facebook.com/sellingpage for a new development .

That page doesn't really make it clear if it's going to be a way to open a new page just for selling on facebook (like the name suggests), or if it's just a facebook page for another selling/classifieds type site.

jhp

Jenna_Appleseed wrote: »

That page doesn't really make it clear if it's going to be a way to open a new page just for selling on facebook (like the name suggests), or if it's just a facebook page for another selling/classifieds type site.

It appears to be the latter on investigation. Domain regd to a media company in Grimsby.:D Not so good after all.

To open a facebook advertising page.

Go to your facebook profile, scroll right down the page and at the very bottom your find options re advertising create a page etc. Just Click on create a page and it will guide you through the process.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/learn.php#!/pages/create.php?ref_type=sitefooter

Paulmc77

You should try gumtree. I've sold a few things on there and found it really good. You advertise your stuff locally so it's much easier to arranged pick up.