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Do you use Facebook? I have loads of success selling on Facebook sites for extra money, there is no fees or postage, they come and collect from your house and pay cash, I've wrote an article on how to make moe y selling on Facebook sites
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to message me
No matter where you are in the UK I am pretty sure there will be at least one local buying/selling Facebook group designated to your area and if there isn't one MAKE ONE. You can sell nearly anything you have laying around the house on the groups, without paypal and ebay fees
Azzzaa's top 10 tips for selling on Facebook
1) Join as many local sales groups as possible
In total I am actively selling on around 15 Facebook selling groups, all are within a 10 mile radios of my home location. I could stick to just the one closest to me which has 2000 members which is fine but your audience and potential buyers are limited to 2000. Combined the 15 groups have a total member count of over 150,000 so it can be very beneficial to join as many as possible to gain the biggest audience. If you're worried about having your timeline spammed with hundreds of people trying to sell you things every hour, on the group settings there will be a button where you can turn off notifications and stop posts being shown on your time timeline, so if you want to browse you have to actually view it in the group.
2) If you have something specific you want to sell and you want to target a certain audience, see if you can find a Facebook selling group specific to that item.
For example, I have a small handful of PS2 games which i know are quite hard to find and are going from between £8-£12 on Ebay, instead of posting them on my local buying and selling group were my audience level would be 2000 I joined a Sales group designated to Uk gamers which had 36000 members, where i managed to sell all but one. If you think about it what are the odds that someone in my local group would be after the exact rare game i'm selling and know that it's worth the price I'm advising it at. The only Downside to this method is you generally have to post the item which requires Paypal and the effort to go to the post office, however if it's going to bring in them extra ££££ then surely it's worth it.
3) Pictures - quality AND quantity
Everyone wants to see what they’re buying, make sure your photo is well lit, in focus and shows exactly what you’re advising. Don't be afraid to take too many photos if you’re selling something as a bulk, take individual photos of it and post them all up, in this case it isn't quality over quantity, it’s QUALITY AND QUANTITY. At the bottom of this post I've given an example of what i think a poor advert looks like and what i see as a good advert.
4) Don't Lie
Don’t lie when describing what you’re selling, be as descriptive as possible, reputation take’s a long time to build and only seconds to destroy so put good thought into how you describe what you’re selling, if it’s seen better days, put it, if it has scratches and could do with a clean, put it.
5) Also remember you are trying to sell it
Contradicting post 4, don't forget you are trying to sell the item, so don’t just put negatives, for example, i sold a very badly scratched Iphone 4, it had a crack on the front screen and a crack on the back. I put that in the description and took photos showing them however i did state that it was in full working order and that if it were put in a case, no one would notice.
6) Give it a clean
I see so many things for sale on Ebay and Facebook that make me think “ If that were cleaned or ironed it would sell so much easier and for a lot more money”. If something is dirty and you’re trying to sell it, put a little bit of effort into cleaning it. It’s the same with clothes, Iron shirts before you photograph them, it makes them look newer for a start and people see them in their full credential not as something which looks like it’s just been pulled out of the back of the wardrobe, as they say “put garbage in, get garbage out”
7) Be realistic in your pricing
Do your research, Ebay and looking up other listings on Facebook is a great way to see how much something should sell for, if you’re selling Games, CEX and Ebay are the best place for valuations. There is no point advertising something that's been used and is a year old for equal too or more than the RRP in a store if bought new!!
8) Read the Rules of the group you're posting in
Read the rules of the groups you’re posting, in my experience Admins can be ruthless, you mess up once, you’re out. It’s best to have a mental note of how often you can bump your posts so you can maximize how many people see them and if you’re selling lots of items, make sure you’re not overdoing it and putting too many things on for sale at once. Some groups have rules such as, Only bump once every 12 hours and no more than 5 posts up at once!
9) Be polite
Be polite. Simple really, you’re trying to get people to give you their money.
10) Don't be put off because it doesn't sell within the first five minutes
Just because something doesn't sell in the first 5 minutes of posting doesn't mean it’s not going to sell. Most people when they join a group disable notifications so they don’t see your post the minute you put it up. The first time a potential buyer may see it might be 48 hours after you posted it because that's the first chance they've had to see it, be patient, keep bumping, sit back and relax.
I don't want to use the word 'bad' so here is an image of an advert which i think could be made better with very little work.:(
Here's a better advert with a better quality picture and more descriptive information :T
Please post your Facebook selling successes here as I'd love to see how well we all do. I've wrote this up in about an hour so if i think of anything else to add or you feel like you may have something to contribute either post it below or drop me a PM and i can put it in this top post!!
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY SAVING ££££££ :j:j:jDocumenting my journey from full time support worker to full time eBay reseller0 -
If anyone is reading this and would like to know where I got sealed moneybox well it was from B&M as it was 99p and you have to use a tin opener to get into it so you only ever open when desperate...much cheaper than those beautiful but expensive break open ones!
I love that, at the moment I have a little VW Campervan money box for my £2 coins but whenever we need something urgent like change for a chinese takeawaywe just open it. Soit never really accumulates.
My Debt Free Diary LBM March 2010
M&S Credit Card £0
£2 Coin pot Holiday Savings £76
[STRIKE]Debt Free by Christmas 2016 No 131 £9155.73/£9155.73 100%[/STRIKE] COMPLETELY DEBT FREE 20th DECEMBER 2016 :j
Goals for 2017 Emergency Saving fund £2000.12p/£50000 -
Glad I could help
Thanks for the info on selling sites. I have some bits to ebay as a priority as have offer code and it's easier for me to list then forget them for a bit but once done I have some big & fragile items I will look to facebook0 -
There's been some great advice here, I may give facebook selling a try!Debt Free Stage 1 - Completed 27/08/2020
Debt Free Stage 2 - Completed 50/181 Payments0 -
Ah I see you've already consolidated. It's weird. I get to a point where I feel like moving it around actually reduces it. It doesn't only stopping spending does. So any targets of when you want this £2.7k gone? Set yourself an eBay target to pay 1/4 off with sales? Sorry I love all my insane targets. You're doing fab with the sales so far over on the dfw post
if you're up to it try the snowball calculator as it shows you that you can get through this and gives you a date. Xxx
Loan 1 £5200/£8000
Loan 2 £300/£5800
Total £5500/£138000 -
And thank you so much for your fantastic words of advice. It meant a lot xxxxxxLoan 1 £5200/£8000
Loan 2 £300/£5800
Total £5500/£138000 -
Well ideally I'd like it gone by dec but as I'm on mat leave I'm not sure that can happen! Lol. All my 0% runs out in mbna in Dec which scares me as my repayments will then go through the roof when factoring interest.
I'm gonna give targets some thought though thanks. Definitely sticking with the decluttering one as that's been great for number of reasons. I'm almost up to second survey payout which is fabulous as that's extra cash to throw at mbna. Been debating joining the £10 a day challenge but in truth I don't have the energy to achieve that right now as I'm finding it hard enough to do surveys every day and I never got round to listing more ebay bits before March listing deal ran out as I'm sooo tired by the eve these days
Glad what I said helped a bit...always nice when you know someone else has been through similar and survived as it gives reassurance x0 -
Hope you're surviving half term! How many kids do you have? I am loving half term with all the roads being quiet with all the teachers being off lol
Hopefully before December you will be able to do a 0% transfer and won't have any interest.
I really need to look into some of those challenges I read people mentioning on this, I have no idea how on earth I can do it....so guess need to get onto the forum and have a look.
Here is the Marie Kondo Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up...I know I keep going on about her, but she's great! This is the link if you're interested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7EdleXy_1Q
xxStarting debt £18,675.63 :eek:
Current debt: £5,000 (16/05/18)0 -
Ooh I'm very interested, thanks for link
I have two children and a young baby so quite chaotic but they're good overall so can't complain
The challenges are in sub forum at top of debt free wannabe page0 -
Keep going Note3!! my goal is to get ebaying next week.** One reason why people resist change is because they focus on what they have to GIVE UP, instead of what they have to GAIN. **0
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