Sell CDs on Ebay?

WhoisDannie

A relative, who collected CDs, there are at least 500 CDs,  has died and his widow has asked me if I can sell them on Ebay for her because I have an Ebay account but I only use it to buy stuff.

I have never sold anything on Ebay.

Is it even worth while trying to sell them on Ebay as I thought all music is digital files nowadays, so should I just tell her to bin them?

Spoonie_Turtle

Some people still buy physical media.  I don't know whether eBay is worth the effort though.  Maybe somewhere like MusicMagpie would be better, or if you know of any relatively local charity shops that have larger CD collections - I seem to recall Oxfam have slightly more specialist shops than some others.

soolin

WhoisDannie said:

A relative, who collected CDs, there are at least 500 CDs,  has died and his widow has asked me if I can sell them on Ebay for her because I have an Ebay account but I only use it to buy stuff.

I have never sold anything on Ebay.

Is it even worth while trying to sell them on Ebay as I thought all music is digital files nowadays, so should I just tell her to bin them?

Check the sold listings on eBay , don’t bother with the listed ones only the completed sales . Work out your postage costs eBay fees and see if it is worth bothering.

You could also suggest that your relative checks out places like Music magpie as they might give a few pence for some and if there is enough they actually want it might be worth bothering.

CDs are a difficult sell, even some charity shops are picky about taking them, but there might be the odd few worth bothering with. 

DullGreyGuy

WhoisDannie said:

A relative, who collected CDs, there are at least 500 CDs,  has died and his widow has asked me if I can sell them on Ebay for her because I have an Ebay account but I only use it to buy stuff.

I have never sold anything on Ebay.

Is it even worth while trying to sell them on Ebay as I thought all music is digital files nowadays, so should I just tell her to bin them?

Depends what you mean by "collected"?

Ebay will generally give a better profit, assuming nothing really rare, but that doesn't factor in your time photographing and posting them all. You can sell them in bulk but then you can miss out significantly if you dont know some are rare. 

TimeLord1

Bundle them into whatever links them 1kg bundles remember some artist only released on CD or certain tracks can only be found on CD. Lots of record dealers on ebay often look for bundles for their shops. 

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

OP easiest thing to do is download the Ziffit app and scan the barcodes, it's run by World of Books and they typically offer you around 10% of what it's worth.

So for a £3 CD they'll offer 30p which isn't bad when you consider photos, listing, packing, posting.

If they offer 50p plus check the Amazon sales ranking, some will take an age to sell regardless of value.

I'd send the low value, unpopular stuff for what ever Ziffit offer (they sometimes have vouchers for an extra 10% top up) and then decide whether you want to sell the rest on eBay. 

The mega sellers have the market on eBay but clear photos and a promise of decent packaging will attract those sick of running the risk of getting water damaged inserts, damaged cases and scratched CDs posted out in grey mailing bags that offer no protection.

Some CDs will be worth good money, worth a few hours scanning to see if you have any hidden treasures  

Charity shops will likely be happy with anything you can't shift and at worst will get a few pennies sending them for recycling. 

p00hsticks

Another option is Discogs, which would allow you to catalogue the CDs and offer them for sale
Discogs - Music Database and Marketplace
But take the sold prices (where available) with a large pinch of salt as they may be based on a single sale a long time ago. 

The main drawback is that as this attracts collectors you need to be careful to identify the exact item, which is tricky if these are mainstream items. For example, there are over a thousand versions of Seargeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club band by the Beatles logged against all the different formats. You also need to provide an accurate guide to condition, so it's really best for items that are quite rare / collectible. 

Jerry_Cornelius

WhoisDannie said:

A relative, who collected CDs, there are at least 500 CDs,  has died and his widow has asked me if I can sell them on Ebay for her because I have an Ebay account but I only use it to buy stuff.

I have never sold anything on Ebay.

Is it even worth while trying to sell them on Ebay as I thought all music is digital files nowadays, so should I just tell her to bin them?

Depends on the type of collection, standard issue CD albums probably not worth much if anything at all unless they are older ones that are out of print (OOP), but any special/collector/deleuxe edition CD's or CD's with a slip-cover outer sleeve might be worth selling singly; check the completed listings on ebay for any specific title.

Might also be woth checking places like Music Magpie; I know when i sold a lot of my basic DVD's off, I used a combination of Music Magpie, Zapper and Ziffit as one would sometimes gove a better price for a particular DVD than another. I assume CD's will have the same variance. But at the end of the day, depends how much time and effort you want to put into it.

km1500

oir local charity shop has a few shelves full.of CDs for 50p each

turnitround

The charity shop I work in sells them at 5 for £1 and we cant  get rid of them.

soolin

turnitround said:

The charity shop I work in sells them at 5 for £1 and we cant  get rid of them.

Sounds like our shops, they do something like 25p each or 5 or 6 for £1 , same for DVDs now.