Ebay

I have an ebay account, but never sold anything on ebay..just signed up for one way back when, in the even that I ever wanted too.

Well, I got a HEAP of baseball cards, and some other stuff, that I just want rid of.

My card collection is a mixture of baseball (90%), football and basketball (10%).

Not sure what I have if anything worth of value, but what I was planning to do, was look each one up (probably will take one to two months off and on), and any of them that are worth a few bucks sell on ebay. The rest, I will just yard sale or swap meet them.



Anyways, my question is simple. With ebay, do you pay upfront to sell, or at the end of the auction, or once per month?

To me, I don't care either way, but like anything I do, I just want to be prepared. Thanks.

You will need a Paypal acct. Ebay invoices monthly. There is a insertion fee for each item plus what ever extra's you use of there's to make your post/add. They are always letting you insert for free if you follow certain rules. Once an item sells you will be assessed a final valuation fee of about 11%(goes on the monthly invoice) and the funds from the sale that go into your Paypal acct will be assessed a fee of about 3% by Paypal. All said and done total fees are about 15%, some say it's outrageous, I say try and find some way to advertise to millions for less.

Originally Posted by parrothead

You will also need some supplies and materials as well as a decent rating on e-bay. Get a rating from buying your supplies on e-bay. postage scale, tape gun, etc. Or just get a few cheap items that you can use as Christmas gifts or something like that.

That's a great point parrothead.

The hardest part is getting a good rating built up. Then the buyers are not so leery of buying from you. When I first started out I had to price stuff real cheap just to get someone to buy. Kind of a vicious circle.

Gee Geo why not list them here, http://biddingextreme.com ?

Hey George, Sorry this is off topic. I tried to send you a PM concerning the clean out business but it says your inbox is full. Pleas contact me. Thanks.

Originally Posted by fl1870

www.ebay.com.......thats where i would start with my questions not the scrap metal forum

I would, but I like quick answers.

Originally Posted by injunjoe

Gee Geo why not list them here, http://biddingextreme.com ?

It's about time, you come up with some smart alleck comment to something I say or ask about.

You know why not.

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

It's about time, you come up with some smart alleck comment to something I say or ask about.

You know why not.

Sorry Geo, did not mean to hold you in suspense, I knew you liked it.

Just keep your chin up my friend.

Good luck

Originally Posted by injunjoe

Sorry Geo, did not mean to hold you in suspense, I knew you liked it.

Just keep your chin up my friend.

Good luck

Its cool. Once tax time rolls around, if things haven't picked up for it by then, I will invest into some advertising.

Originally Posted by forwardlookguy

Ebay is currently running a thing where you can list up to 50 items per month without any insertion fees. That is with a starting bid at any price as well. I sell on ebay constantly but only list 50 items a month to keep the fees down. I also have two names so I can list 100 items a month without paying insertion fees. They will still get you on the final value fees and PayPal fees as mentioned.

Yeah, to me their fees are one of the BIGGEST reasons, as to why I never sold on there before.