What heading can I sell homemade jams under?

klemutot

For some reason I cannot find an appropraite heading to see homemade jams under. There are no food options. But I wish to sell quite a lot of homemade jams and marmalades. Which section would be best to list these?

As an aside, why do ebay not have food sections?

hermum

They do, it's in Home & Garden, Food & Drink.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=home+made+jam&_sacat=14308&_dmpt=UK_Home_Garden_Food_SM&_odkw=jam&_osacat=14308&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

Tony_

Food & Drink: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Food-Drink-/14308/i.html?_catref=1

Food is a restricted item though, so make sure you follow the rules:

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/food.html

forgotmyname

Health and safety nightmare these days from the looks of it. Do you have the correct paperwork and insurance
to cover selling your homemade products as a business seller?

What if someone claims your product made them ill?

klemutot

Stalin would be proud!

soolin

I suspect with the requirement to offer overnght shipping the costs would mean no one would buy :

Prohibited Food Items
For the safety of eBay’s members, sellers may not list the following food and food-related items on eBay:

• Listings containing drug claims - that is, a claim that the item is intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans and/or animals (for example, pharmaceutical drugs, contact lenses, misbranded dietary supplements)
  
  
• Wild mushrooms
  
  Perishable Items
  
• Sellers who list perishable items should clearly identify in the item description the steps that they will take to ensure that the goods are delivered to the buyer safely. For example, sellers of perishable goods should offer overnight delivery and ensure that the goods are properly packaged.
  
  Sealed Containers
  
• All food and related products sold on eBay should be packaged or sealed to ensure that the buyer can identify evidence of possible tampering.
  Expiry Dates
  
  
• All items must be delivered to buyers prior to a clearly marked expiration or "use by" date.
  

soolin

klemutot wrote: »

Stalin would be proud!

Stalin? I do not recall him having any food policies. Any way didn't huge parts of what was then the USSR starve under his tenure?

AS someone with a need to eb sure what I am eating I can only welcome policies that protect a consumer by requiring sellers to list contents and ensure freshness and cleanliness in food.

martindow

soolin wrote: »

I suspect with the requirement to offer overnght shipping the costs would mean no one would buy :
....

• Perishable Items
• Sellers who list perishable items should clearly identify in the item description the steps that they will take to ensure that the goods are delivered to the buyer safely. For example, sellers of perishable goods should offer overnight delivery and ensure that the goods are properly packaged.

Would jam need to be sent overnight? Would it be considered a perishable item as it keeps well at room temperature.

The postage will be high as a jar of jam is heavy and extra weight will be added packaging it to protect the glass in transit.

Maybe selling at a Farmers' Market or WI Market (whatever they are now called) would be a better bet.

Strapped

A solution may be to sell the jar, with some free jam as a free gift included? Although I would've thought that the weight would make P&P prohibitively expensive. Farmers markets / village fetes and the like are an easier outlet for this sort of thing. (I've done it in the past although you will have lots of competition. Homemade chocs do better.)

soolin

martindow wrote: »

Would jam need to be sent overnight? Would it be considered a perishable item as it keeps well at room temperature.

The postage will be high as a jar of jam is heavy and extra weight will be added packaging it to protect the glass in transit.

Maybe selling at a Farmers' Market or WI Market (whatever they are now called) would be a better bet.

A good strong specialist box would be the way forward, but I suspect not a cheap option as it merely adds to the weight.

If we say for insance a jar of jam weighs between 500- 750g packed (is that resonable?) then even 1st class post would be £3.05 on which the cost of specialist boxing might need to be added.

MyOnlyPost

klemutot wrote: »

Stalin would be proud!

soolin wrote: »

AS someone with a need to eb sure what I am eating I can only welcome policies that protect a consumer by requiring sellers to list contents and ensure freshness and cleanliness in food.

I have to agree with soolin here. My eldest daughter was diagnosed with coeliac disease at 18 months and my youngest has just been diagnosed with a gluten intolerance. Whilst food labelling may be a chore for some, it is essential for others.