EBAY HELP

>>1803492
yes I used to sell things on ebay and used to do pretty well. Now USPS shipping is expensive, Ebay Fees are expensive and Paypal fees are expensive I can't make any money the way I used to anymore.

>>1803513
Have you ever looked into UPS/FEDEX rates?

>>1803522
yeah USPS is the cheapest and easiest. I only offer free shipping on a few kinds of items, and i do flat rate pricing for shipping and over-charge by like 20%. So the items i do free shipping on basically end up paid for.

shipping isnt really the problem its ebay fees and paypal

could someone just explain how ebay fees even work. its suprisingly hard to get a straight answer from google

>>1803492
you need to learn how to read.

the "free listings" youre referring to specifically states it applies to *INSERTION FEES*, not final value fees.

this is your own fault for not fucking reading before you start doing shit.

ebay has various forms of fees. the two main ones almost everyone will deal with is insertion fees and final value fees. insertion fees are often waved in various promotions such as the one you got, they also allow X insertion fee waved listings a month for most sellers. if you have an ebay store insertion fees are pretty much non existant.

Final values fees range depending on the category, but general rule of thumb is 10% of total transaction value

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>>1803492

Ebay is a meme.

>>1803492
I found that ebay isnt profitable unless you can find something where you make 2+ times the amount the item youre selling costs you because the fees + shipping are so high. The only problem is that everyone who shops on ebay is cheap AF so its hard to sell anything too pricey in a reasonable amount of time.

Etsy has the best rates for sellers.

>>1803849
>they also allow X insertion fee waved listings a month for most sellers. if you have an ebay store insertion fees are pretty much non existant.

doesnt this sound contradictory?

Why is everyone complaining about the shipping? Unless you're shipping shit that's 6+ pounds the shipping shouldn't be more than $1-6 max

>>1803906
Etsy also has no users and takes ages to sell if you're not an already established seller.

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>>1803492
ebay was great selling up until 2008

>charged a fee for every listing (kept shit from flooding the site and people would only list things they thought would sell) and less of a final selling fee.
>every category was autosorted by ending soonest (every auction got to be the first page eventually)
>much less "buy it now" stuff flooding the auction page

I used to sell these Star Wars collectible card game cards (like magic cards, but star wars) that went out of print in 1999 and because they were in limited supply I was able to turn a purchase of $3300 of a huge lot I bought in 2005 to a $36,000 profit by 209.

I am still kicking myself for blowing all the money I made on trips and vacations and all sorts of stupid shit instead of saving it.

>>1803985
Breaking the first rule of /biz/ here, but since you aren't doing it now I'll give it a shot -- where did you come across the star wars cards in the first place?