Ideas to sell on eBay?

Question

I was thinking about starting a little business on eBay? I tryed selling Arbonne but all i did was loose money. Any ideas, i have about $100 for start-up money. I would like to do something like making CDS and selling them. Or somethign that doesn't require to to much work.

Answer 1

You know, I remember purchasing one of those infomercial packages and there was this guy that would find loads of things to sell on Ebay at garage sales, stuff that people never knew had any value. $100 can go far at a few yard sales. Try to have someone close to a computer while you're out. If you come across something that might be worth something, you can call that person over the cell phone right away and have them do a little research.



Hope this helps,



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Melinda

www.BlessingsOfCash.com

Answer 2

Best thing to do is what ever you think you want to sell. Do a search on eBay (add to your watch list) and this will give you an idea of what these items are selling for and how much.



Also check the feedback rating of some of the sellers. Your talking about making CD's. I've noticed eBay buyers an be VERY unreasonable and impatient. Instead of allowing you to fix the problem they will give you a negative feedback.



Another thing is good customer service even though some customers are unreasonable.

Answer 3

I would not suggest you to become a seller on eBay. The most important thing you need to know is: you are the last person who gets paid. First of all, you need to pay eBay insertion fee and final value fee. FVF only applies if your item is successfully sold. Second of all, you will be charge a PayPal transaction fee for payment processing service. Then you need to pay USPS, UPS, or DHL to deliver the item to the buyer. The left over amount minus your cost will be your profit.

Although eBay claim your item might be eligible for an insertion fee credit if your item didn’t sell or the winner didn’t honor the bid. However, you can only use it once. In order to be eligible for the insertion fee credit if your winner didn’t pay, you will need to first of all file an Unpaid Item dispute on the 8th day after the auction ended. Then you’ll have to wait another week for the winner to response. If the winner didn’t response, then you can relist your item and get your insertion fee credit when your item is sold the second time. However, if the Non Paying Bidder reply to eBay says they want to complete the transaction, then you’ll lose the eligibility EVEN THOUGH THEY STILL DON’T PAY YOU.

Remember, never ever use the “Sell Similar” feature even you have like 100 identical item because once you list your item through “Sell Similar”, you’re consider relisting your item and you are automatically not eligible for insertion fee credit. Tricky huh?

The most stressful part is their feedback system. Sometimes, there are sick people out there, they bid on your item just to mess around. Some even leave you a negative feedback just for fun. eBay will not do anything to remove it. Even though you think you’re undeserved, eBay will not remove it unless they are presented with a valid court order stating that the comment is slanderous, libelous, defamatory or otherwise illegal. eBay doesn't remove Feedback without a court order, even if a member believes it is retaliatory, false, unfair, or harmful to his or her name, character, or reputation.

But these are nothing compares to their new feedback policy starting in May 2008. Sellers are no long able to leave negative feedback for bidder. Sellers can only leave positive feedback. Yup! Even the winner doesn’t pay, you still cannot leave negative feedback to he or she. The seller will have no way to find out the credibility of the bidder.

My opinion is, don’t do it. It’s not worth the time since you don’t make much and it’s very stressful.

Answer 4

my wife used to sell marble magnets.she made good side $$.