Flipping

A decent introduction with good tips n tricks on how to take eBay photos.

I figured I would share some real numbers so that you can get an idea of what kind of money you could make reselling things. I've only gotten back into selling things in the past month or so. I've really only been selling things to clear out space and clutter in my house and some things for my parents as they are downsizing.

I sold 5 Items on eBay, 3 within a few hours of each other! One had been listed for over a year and sold after I adjusted the price down by a few dollars. After fees, ebay paid me $196 and I spent $48.14 on shipping (this included a sixth Item that sold late last Saturday night.) I also sold two Items on FB marketplace for a total of $90. $237.86 total for the week isn't too bad. I currently have a total of 38 Items listed on ebay 21 listed on FB and some listed on Nextdoor and I want to crosspost to CL if I have time, but the traffic just isn't there.

I've been breaking my own rules about Item value and listing things in the $10 range on ebay in the hopes that I can get my account back up to Top Rated by selling at least 100 items within 1 year. This will give me more protection against scammy buyers.

I also fought off 2 negative feedbacks this week! One had an item break in shipping, and they immediately gave negative feedback before contacting me to get a refund. The second person bought the wrong item, It was a new in package refill for something and they have a different model. I was able to get the first buyer to give me positive feedback after they got a refund and the second one changed theirs to neutral, which is better than negative. I believe eBay has changed the prompt to buyers asking them how their experience was, which makes people leave negative feedback without realizing they are grading the seller.

My country has a really well developed Craigslist like alternative called 'sahibinden', essentially just visit the person you're buying from or have a decently safe cargo sent over

I am thinking of making a new gaming PC, my old one basically has no upgradable parts, a GTX 1660 (No rtx), a dead-end low grade motherboard, and a 6 core CPU

How should I sell them? As a whole and just put the PC in together? As parts? How would I know to trust or to not trust the buyer? is there any use left that is better than selling it?

I always look forward to her videos. One of the most wholesome and honest flippers on YouTube.

This is a quick guide on selling items on eBay in the u.s. I've been selling on eBay for over 20 years and learned a thing or two. This is not a comprehensive guide, and by all means I am not an expert.

If you don't already have an eBay account go ahead and create one. New sellers will have limits on the amount of listings they can create and total dollar amount of sales.

Find a few items that you would like to sell.

We'll start by looking up each item on ebay and possibly other places such as Amazon to see what other sellers are asking. After that we will filter the search results by "sold" this will tell you how much people are actually paying for the items. You should consider the price plus shipping as a total price.

At first you should consider items in the $20-$30 range that don’t weigh too much. Shipping cost is a big factor in how much you will net from the sale. Ebay takes a small fee plus a percentage of the total sale which includes the shipping amount you charge (if any) so you don’t want to sell items under around $10 or the shipping and fees could cost you more than you make. https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822#section2

Once you find a comparable item "comp" click on it to make sure that the listing matches what you're trying to sell, including condition.

Once you've decided what a good price is, pick a sold listing that has a good sounding title and click "sell one like this." That will open up a listing page and copy over a lot of information and the listing title.

Now you can create your listing. First, be 100% sure that your title is correct and that you're utilizing all 80 characters. You can do some seo here. Eliminate duplicate words and try to think of different words people might use to search for the item.

Photos: Photos are the most important part of listing, if your photos suck, then nobody is going to buy from you. They don't have to be ultra professional, but you should take some time to make them look good. Find some natural lighting and a clean surface with a nice background. You can buy a piece of white poster board and curve it up from the floor to the wall to make a semi professional background avoid using the background removal tool, it looks really bad.

This process is going to vary quite a bit depending on your preferences. I like to take photos before I start listing. You can also take photos from the app. If you start your listing from desktop you can click "upload from mobile" which will give you a notification on your phone where you can continue the listing and take photos if you haven't already. You can upload short videos up to one minute, the option is only on desktop and is burried. Very useful if you want to show item condition of a collectible figurine you can put it on a lazy susan and spin it around.

Item specifics, condition, and description: These just need to be accurate. Avoid using the AI description, it's terrible. Even just "in good condition" for item description is fine. People don't read item descriptions as ebay hides them pretty far down in the app listing. Your title, photos, and condition sections should tell the whole story as much as possible. If there's something important you need to say in the description you should put READ in the item title.

Pricing and shipping: As far as buying format, I always use buy it now, sometimes with offers turned on. I would avoid allowing offers for now. If you do allow offers, be sure to set a minimum offer amount. My shipping rule of thumb has always been that if it’s under one lb it’s ok to offer free shipping. If it’s over one lb I do calculated shipping. Shipping rates are determined by distance. If you offer free shipping on a heavy item, someone in Hawaii or Puerto Rico will buy it and you will lose money on the sale. Enter in your packed weight and dimensions. You don’t have to box it up now, but it’s a good idea to have a shipping box ready. Set the handling time to at least 2 days. If you set one day then someone will buy the item at 10 at night and you will need to ship it the next day.

At the very bottom there is an option to promote your listing. Ebay allows you to decide a percentage of the final sale. You can use this if you want, it only gets charged if the buyer clicks through a promoted listing. Generally I don’t use the recommended amount and only use it on rare items where someone outside of ebay might be interested in it.