March Challenge: Sell, Scrap or Donate 31 Things in 31 Days

craftingmad

A play tent and tunnel sold via facebook collected yesterday so now up to 6/31 and £20 richer

luckofthe_irish

Sold 5 more items on eBay last night bringing my total to 6 things sold in March so far plus a profit of £130! Still waiting for payment for two items but hopefully that will come through today. Donated an old WII console and some soft toys to charity this weekend as well - the clutter is finally starting to move!

Hermia

I can't remember how many things I have sold so I am going to stop counting!

My webuybooks money came through and I have £9.65 from there.

My ebay auctions are getting lots of bids so I am hoping they will go for a decent amount.

Kittenkirst

Car boot on Sunday went fab- 80 items gone and some pennies in the bank woooop :-)

4 more items on eBay gone too so am classing last week as a success!

(Didn't donate any goods to charity last week however went for a meal with the gf, walking back through the rain there was a homeless gent and his dog all wrapped up- gave him a few pounds and asked him if he'd like food/drink so got him a hot choc from a nearby mcd's. Not life changing but hopefully it warmed him for a short while)

VALM

Can I joined too? I've actually been eBaying over the last couple of weeks. It started with my 17 year old daughter wanting me to sell some of her clothes, a couple of items have gone and I've resisted the rest. I then received a freebie hand cream in the post which I listed. My husband paid for a Birchbox subscription for me for Xmas and I have put an item from there straight on. Got quite a buzz from it and have despatched 3 items this week so far. Would love to hear othersome tips about selling on eBay.

kittycashcake

Absolutely everyone is welcome!

My main tip really is to look at when the auction will end; most people get bored at the weekends and have a little look through, I try to end my auctions on a Sunday night if I can to take advantage. Auctions that end during the daytime don't seem to get as many bids.

Using the "draft" feature to stack them up till it's a good time to list helps me manage this.

craftingmad

3 x Unused Avon items sold via facebook and collected yesterday 9/31 and £28 better off

Hermia

VALM wrote: »

Can I joined too? I've actually been eBaying over the last couple of weeks. It started with my 17 year old daughter wanting me to sell some of her clothes, a couple of items have gone and I've resisted the rest. I then received a freebie hand cream in the post which I listed. My husband paid for a Birchbox subscription for me for Xmas and I have put an item from there straight on. Got quite a buzz from it and have despatched 3 items this week so far. Would love to hear othersome tips about selling on eBay.

My tip is to do a 'completed listings' search on the items you are thinking of listing. If you don't know how to do that you search for the item and then select 'completed listings' on the left hand side of the page. It shows finished auctions so you can see whether that item sold and for how much. It is very useful if you have no idea how much something might go for.

VALM

Hermia wrote: »

My tip is to do a 'completed listings' search on the items you are thinking of listing. If you don't know how to do that you search for the item and then select 'completed listings' on the left hand side of the page. It shows finished auctions so you can see whether that item sold and for how much. It is very useful if you have no idea how much something might go for.

Thanks, I did that with some items. I have been selling mostly beauty products that I've received as gifts with purchase and some I have put at pretty low prices to get rid with the mindset that they didn't really cost me anything.

Pink_Princess13

So I'm a bit behind but I have so far sold 2/31 and made £42, I have another 8 items listed on ebay (no bid yet ) and a load of DVD's ready to be packed off to Music Magpie or similar. Will spend this weekend on a hunt for more items (not hard, we have so much junk!!), so quietly confident that we can get to 31 by the end of the month!