Even though I've been selling on eBay since 2009 I haven't tried many other selling sites. I've tried Vinted and Etsy, both of which were complete failures for me whereas I'm happy with my eBay sales (I'm just about to go to the post office with 14 parcels). I'm actually retiring this year, but I think I'll continue with eBay as I have a bucket list of places I want to visit before I'm too old to enjoy them, so the extra cash will come in handy for those.
i have done bricks and mortar retail ebay amazon boot fairs vinted depop etsy markets yard sales record fairs antique fairs over the years although i think it depends on what products you are selling ebay auctions has been my best platform
Trouble I've found is the high rate of "buyers remorse", NPBs, cancellations etc with auctions, when they've had several identical items & bid on yours in case they don't win on someone else's. Or they find they could buy it now on the same item for less. Same's slightly true of best offers people make, you need to respond almost instantly or they'll have bought from someone else before you can say "attention deficit". Auctions work best for relatively unique items where there's likely to be a high level of interest
What really sucks is getting charged fees on the delivery cost, like Royal Mail, Evri. And if an item is sold as Free P&P, I'm assuming the fee they take has 20% VAT factored in ?? If you're below VAT threshold, the whole VAT (you've paid out) thing really annoys. Only good thing is not having to deal with HMRC for VAT. Seems to me if you sell at a fixed price with an extra R M P&P, the fee Ebay charge on the latter really should not include VAT if the P&P element you specify is the precise amount you paid through EBay packing or Packlink
Hello....absolutely love and learn loads from your channel... Thanks 😊 Wondered if you could do a video ....best way to package art/pictures.....thanks again !! 😊
I tried Etsy, put postage UK only. Someone in Australia thought that meant freepost everywhere else in the world! Bought an item for £12 and expected me to ship it for nothing to Australia! She wasn't happy, nor was I. That was the end of my Etsy journey!
Sorry, but the designers of those patterns have the copyright, unless you have permission from them or even the companies, then they can complain as you are breaking the law by selling copies of their products. Be careful as they also have the right to sue.
We sell at Toy Fairs a few times a year. Big one at the NEC. We have a stock of Funko Pops - half stay in storage for the fairs, half sell on Amazon but self fulfilled as we can ensure they are packed well and saves on fees. Not gonna get rich but nice cash boost a few times a year. Boxing Day always a good one.
I’m a KDP seller :) it’s my intention to go back to it = maybe evenings on my laptop as it can be a time sink. I got into it 2018 and published high content and children’s books and make money from those books. There are some things you kind of need to do and advertising spending rarely makes you money (it’s more to boost your rank) - but it’s necessary for the most part. It’s more involved than the KDP RUclipsrs will admit.
I’m actually finding a lot of success on eBay and it’s making me feel like I can do anything and when I lose my job I won’t be homeless (as much) and that’s empowering everybody should do this especially if your selling stuff I love haha there could be 1000 listing of tech decks and I’ll buy them all
Similar to your guys experience but I haven't heard of half your places, . Poshmark was one, never sold anything on it just had scammers messaging me to email them offsite more photos. Amazon I fell out of love with very quickly, so many videos telling you how to make a fortune on it...Biggest laugh on it was the amount they gave you for post if your item sold to Europe....quickly turned that off when their £4 something didn't cover the £12+ to post the poxy book to some far flung place. Etsy was expensive fee wise and I cocked up postage with it, some balloon bought a vintage typewriter from me and wanted me to ship it to Australia for £8. I think from memory the cost of postage was just shy of £100.
I sell on mainly eBay. Have for nearly 20 years. I also sell on Facebook and it does ok. Have my own group which I sell stuff in. Marketplace not only is it full of scammers, I’ve had someone ask if they can buy mud from my shoes, if they could live in my cupboard and use them as a shoe rack, men sending photos of themselves dressed in women’s underwear and list goes on and on 😂
Haha, I bet there's a market for used underwear (even including skid marks 🙂) if the right advertising could be devised to avoid T&Cs in the right forum. I don't advocate this BTW. More seriously, I've found that visibility with F.B. marketplace ads seems to drop like a stone with unsold items.
Interesting and enjoyable. Did you miss one? I seem to remember you trying vintage cash cow, I think it was, when you sent off bits and pieces from an auction purchase, which you were quite pleased with.
That was an interesting different style of video. Took me back to when I used to sell at craft fairs and had sections in shops on sale or return for my hand made items. Fond memories but much prefer the way I sell now on eBay.
Hi guys, I'm a novice to reselling, I saw on a different video you were buying stuff on auctions for under a pound an item, I was just wondering where you find these auctions because I'm struggling to source items, love the channel, its inspired me to start reselling
Check out the auction houses in your area. Most local auctioneers have general sales every week/2 weeks/ month and sell off these sort of items, often in job lots. Remember you pay the hammer price plus the auctioneer fees (often 20 to 25 per cent), plus VAT on top of the fees. So something bought, for example, for a tenner often ends up being 13 pounds when you go to actually pay.
Beware that some auctions require that buyers have a "Public Liability Insurance" or similar, for when you'r picking stuff up (esp. big, heavy stuff). Sadly its introduction these days has made many business-oriented auctions impractical for some like myself who no longer sell as main source of income.
Good morning guys. Love your videos. Just started listing on Vinterior. Had a strange request from somebody who says they need my phone number to buy product. Is this normal?
There’s a lot of scams via messages going round on Vinterior. If in doubt, contact Vinterior but that sounds like a scam. They’re working with dealing with it.
In this video we're talking about different things we've tried in Reselling.
Even though I've been selling on eBay since 2009 I haven't tried many other selling sites. I've tried Vinted and Etsy, both of which were complete failures for me whereas I'm happy with my eBay sales (I'm just about to go to the post office with 14 parcels). I'm actually retiring this year, but I think I'll continue with eBay as I have a bucket list of places I want to visit before I'm too old to enjoy them, so the extra cash will come in handy for those.
That sounds perfect 🤩
i have done bricks and mortar retail ebay amazon boot fairs vinted depop etsy markets yard sales record fairs antique fairs over the years although i think it depends on what products you are selling ebay auctions has been my best platform
That’s interesting that eBay auctions works best for you… we struggle to sell much when we auction it
@@Married2Reselling strange innit - horses for courses i suppose
Trouble I've found is the high rate of "buyers remorse", NPBs, cancellations etc with auctions, when they've had several identical items & bid on yours in case they don't win on someone else's. Or they find they could buy it now on the same item for less. Same's slightly true of best offers people make, you need to respond almost instantly or they'll have bought from someone else before you can say "attention deficit". Auctions work best for relatively unique items where there's likely to be a high level of interest
Excellent stuff I’d no idea half these platforms even existed You’re plainly a very intelligent couple and present in an interesting manner
Glad it was helpful and interesting 👍
Great video! I thought etsy's fees were shocking.
I sold a £14.00 item and after all their ridiculous fees got £1.68!!
In our case when we had a lot for sale and not much sells there, the relisting fees often kills it
What really sucks is getting charged fees on the delivery cost, like Royal Mail, Evri. And if an item is sold as Free P&P, I'm assuming the fee they take has 20% VAT factored in ?? If you're below VAT threshold, the whole VAT (you've paid out) thing really annoys. Only good thing is not having to deal with HMRC for VAT. Seems to me if you sell at a fixed price with an extra R M P&P, the fee Ebay charge on the latter really should not include VAT if the P&P element you specify is the precise amount you paid through EBay packing or Packlink
@@daffyduk77 Good point! perhaps not worth it to include shipping in price then. Thanks
Hello....absolutely love and learn loads from your channel... Thanks 😊 Wondered if you could do a video ....best way to package art/pictures.....thanks again !! 😊
Will film some of it and put a little compilation together soon 👍
GREAT info! Thank you. Thanks to you, I shall look into Vinterior
Glad it was helpful! Good luck!
50p profit on Amazon sales😆😆 love that. great vid -really enjoyed that
Cheers!
I tried Etsy, put postage UK only. Someone in Australia thought that meant freepost everywhere else in the world! Bought an item for £12 and expected me to ship it for nothing to Australia! She wasn't happy, nor was I. That was the end of my Etsy journey!
Oh dear! Hopefully Etsy backed you on that one…
More customer impersonations please Simon! Love it!
I should probably 🤐 but can’t help myself 🤣
I love the way you colour co-ordinated with the background at the start
Sorry, but the designers of those patterns have the copyright, unless you have permission from them or even the companies, then they can complain as you are breaking the law by selling copies of their products. Be careful as they also have the right to sue.
match betting is a great side hussle and tax free
We sell at Toy Fairs a few times a year. Big one at the NEC. We have a stock of Funko Pops - half stay in storage for the fairs, half sell on Amazon but self fulfilled as we can ensure they are packed well and saves on fees. Not gonna get rich but nice cash boost a few times a year. Boxing Day always a good one.
Sounds like a good little collection you’ve got yourself there!
I’m a KDP seller :) it’s my intention to go back to it = maybe evenings on my laptop as it can be a time sink. I got into it 2018 and published high content and children’s books and make money from those books. There are some things you kind of need to do and advertising spending rarely makes you money (it’s more to boost your rank) - but it’s necessary for the most part. It’s more involved than the KDP RUclipsrs will admit.
Thanks for sharing!
I’m actually finding a lot of success on eBay and it’s making me feel like I can do anything and when I lose my job I won’t be homeless (as much) and that’s empowering everybody should do this especially if your selling stuff I love haha there could be 1000 listing of tech decks and I’ll buy them all
It’s certainly a good opportunity for many!
Similar to your guys experience but I haven't heard of half your places, . Poshmark was one, never sold anything on it just had scammers messaging me to email them offsite more photos. Amazon I fell out of love with very quickly, so many videos telling you how to make a fortune on it...Biggest laugh on it was the amount they gave you for post if your item sold to Europe....quickly turned that off when their £4 something didn't cover the £12+ to post the poxy book to some far flung place. Etsy was expensive fee wise and I cocked up postage with it, some balloon bought a vintage typewriter from me and wanted me to ship it to Australia for £8. I think from memory the cost of postage was just shy of £100.
Wow quite the experiences! Thanks for sharing 🙏
Thanks guys, have already sent message to support team.
I sell on mainly eBay. Have for nearly 20 years. I also sell on Facebook and it does ok. Have my own group which I sell stuff in. Marketplace not only is it full of scammers, I’ve had someone ask if they can buy mud from my shoes, if they could live in my cupboard and use them as a shoe rack, men sending photos of themselves dressed in women’s underwear and list goes on and on 😂
Oh gosh… no day is ever the same 🤣
Haha, I bet there's a market for used underwear (even including skid marks 🙂) if the right advertising could be devised to avoid T&Cs in the right forum. I don't advocate this BTW. More seriously, I've found that visibility with F.B. marketplace ads seems to drop like a stone with unsold items.
Interesting and enjoyable. Did you miss one? I seem to remember you trying vintage cash cow, I think it was, when you sent off bits and pieces from an auction purchase, which you were quite pleased with.
Yes! Totally forgot that one, thanks for the reminder will have to add it on to our next vid..
That was an interesting different style of video. Took me back to when I used to sell at craft fairs and had sections in shops on sale or return for my hand made items. Fond memories but much prefer the way I sell now on eBay.
The emporium shelves are more fun at the start, but feel more like a chore than online
Great video . I’ve dabbled in a lot of similar things myself. I tried the KDP and sell one or two a week still and I’ve not touched it in ages.
Nice to have different things ticking over in the background
Faye, omg, Shpock, yes!! 2017! yep, used to use that and gumtree only,sold all my baby stuff with those sites. going back nw! :) xx
I wonder if people still use it much
Some bigger, bulky stuff which is best suited to local pickup, is ideally suited to Gumtree. Even my technophobe brother has sold on it
Great stuff. Re the specialist shops, did you have any success with the swords?
Not yet, we’ve not done anything with them, we’re not in a hurry with those.
The home event you hosted wasn’t clever! Sounds like it was fun too x
Hopefully you mean ‘was’ 🤣
@@Married2Reselling what a typo 😂 I’m blaming the bumpy motorway x
I've had the same with Vinterior really interesting customer base. My Etsy sales have gone right down. I only find it good for American sales.
Hi guys, I'm a novice to reselling, I saw on a different video you were buying stuff on auctions for under a pound an item, I was just wondering where you find these auctions because I'm struggling to source items, love the channel, its inspired me to start reselling
Check out the auction houses in your area. Most local auctioneers have general sales every week/2 weeks/ month and sell off these sort of items, often in job lots. Remember you pay the hammer price plus the auctioneer fees (often 20 to 25 per cent), plus VAT on top of the fees. So something bought, for example, for a tenner often ends up being 13 pounds when you go to actually pay.
Yes, as @Jamiedee123 said, it’s just a case of looking for local general auction houses in your area. Good luck!
Beware that some auctions require that buyers have a "Public Liability Insurance" or similar, for when you'r picking stuff up (esp. big, heavy stuff). Sadly its introduction these days has made many business-oriented auctions impractical for some like myself who no longer sell as main source of income.
Good morning guys. Love your videos. Just started listing on Vinterior. Had a strange request from somebody who says they need my phone number to buy product. Is this normal?
There’s a lot of scams via messages going round on Vinterior. If in doubt, contact Vinterior but that sounds like a scam. They’re working with dealing with it.
Great subject for a vlog
EBay is a struggle, Facebook marketplace is dead , kdp is a blue moon sale unless u invest in marketing
Thanks for sharing
Finally saw something fall on Paul Simon! Hope he's ok
Paul Simon? You can call me Al 😁
@@Married2Reselling It was supposed to say Poor! Stupid phone changed it 🤣
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Do you guys know anyone who buys oriental ceramics and the such?
Hi, maybe try your local Auction House… or perhaps find a Facebook group for oriental ceramics and see if anyone is interested in there. Good luck!
Zero enthusiasm, these videos make me cringe