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I don’t sell cheap items with free shipping but sales have still dropped off dramatically. The EBay issues are real.
That is one thing I never ever did or do as a seller is Free Shipping. When I buy, I look at the combined price of the item and postage, many are cheaper when you pay the postage cost as a buyer, as many sellers over-inflate prices to give free shipping. I just sell at good prices and just above the postage cost I pay to cover my packaging costs, most buyers are very happy with my packaging & if they are happy then I am. Thank you, Don Charles, in the UK.
depends what you got!!? Antiques..art..? No problem....
I don't list anything for under $15 anymore, and no longer accept or make offers on eBay for less than $12, less than $10 anywhere else. My fees have definitely gone up, which has really changed how I list on eBay. I do sell on other sites and crosslist. Often now, I price my items for other sites, even though I list them on eBay. My sales have started picking up. I cannot list very fast, though. I won't sell anything big unless I get $50 or more. I sold books on Amazon for 16 years. The last few years, I would not sell a book for under $10. I learned well from you, and others like you. It makes me happy that Wall Street is backing out of eBay. I now keep track of everything, the different eBay fees included. Thanks for the reminder, Don!
books that are not antique or rare, hardly sell on ebay anymore because there are monopolies from sellers giving away books. Its a shame for small sellers.
I have a lot of higher value items and lower cheap stuff. It's only the cheap stuff that is selling and the higher value items have dropped in value by 50%. Markets change. I get it. Of course when I buy new inventory, I look only for high end items. However, in my area the inventory just isn't available anymore. Not sure what happened to all the stuff I used to be able to buy, but it doesn't seem to be there anymore.
Goodwill pulls a lot of stuff for their own stores and selling platforms...
@@dana44ismI was in goodwill a few days ago. Literally no inventory except cheap clothes, children's books and stuff animals. The hard goods shelves were literally bare. It was a waste of time. Gone are the days you can find a diamond in the rough. All hard goods that were there were damaged. I do believe they cherry pick everything. I'm officially done going there.
Nothing works on Ebay anymore. List list list is not the answer. My shelves are getting full full full. I only list items that have sold in the last 90 days. Crickets!
Then you have the problem of having nice items that no-one can afford so they sit there anyway
Thanks, love the Channel. Was a full time seller on ebay from 08 to 14. It was fun back in those days. But many of the changes they made soured me on the business. I did love my days picking.
So true. My smalls went from profiting $5 to $3 to $1 and then the refunds on “lost” items is full selling cost! 😮 I took it all down so I could plan a new system. Timely video 👍
Agree. Have moved out all of my 10 or less to donations, dropped down the size of my store. Now when I thrift, I ask myself if I'm going to be able to list for at least 20 and if not - it stays there.
The new eBay standard envelope for sports cards has screwed me a handful of times now. Taking down my sport card singles and making bigger lots.
I agree with you Don! It drives me nuts to see people think they are making money selling an item for $4.99 and free shipping! Even if they get the product free with all other expenses they are not making money and they are muddying the water for the rest of us! I stopped doing free shipping years ago and it not effect my business. I also stopped selling anything below $20. If it’s going to be cheap I do like you do and make a lot and sell as a grouping. I wish more people understood what you are saying here! Good video as usual!
When I still sold, I stopped handling anything sold for under $20 with calculated shipping. If I wasn't making minimum wage selling the item, it wasn't worth selling. EIther lot up lower value items or donate it for the tax deduction.
This video is really food for thought. "Sell higher dollar items" I need to look at time vs money and stop selling items that take too long to list, too long to pack and are low value.
High quantity sales are the only way to be successful in lower value items. My store is specific niches. I do have 10 dollar items free shipping on 80% of items. Many of my buyers will buy several pieces in one transaction thus giving much better profit margins. No one said owning your own business would be easy.
I just watched another seller pull low-dollar items from their store and their sales increased. After hearing this again today, I will pull anything 9.99 or less. I have plenty at the 9.99 mark. After I pull those I will see which dollar amount I want to go up to to pull.
I would never even consider doing that. What fun is it to list and pack smth to then maybe earn 5 bucks. Especially if youre a single man operation, you should rather spend your time sourcing higher quality items so then you also need less time listing and packaging.
Great thoughts Don, I agree as usual. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for all the tips u 2, Don and the Mrs. are among the best!
Thanks for this clear and concise information. I’ve been doing exactly what you said not to do by listing smaller items I paid cents for but not fully taking into account seller fees, etc . Thank you sir!
EVERY PERSON WHO IS CONSIDERING A RESELLING BUSINESS and is scraping by with slow sales NEEDS THIS VIDEO!
Yes agree. And the people that list items for $5-$10 dollars when the item should be way higher drag others listings down.
You're speaking the truth, Don, as ever. Thank you.
Agree 💯 Thanks for the video!
I don't list much under 15 bucks. The higher the better- I've got a chess set listed right now for 1,875 dollars lol. I can't see how anyone can sell items at 5 bucks with free shipping- even if they get the items for free and get a discount on shipping thousands of items... Still can't see the time spent to list/ship being worth the tiny profit available.
This is very helpful, thank you very much 🙏🏽. Only thing I would suggest, if you could put up a diagram, chart or anything that would help paint a picture of the numbers you have mentioned (expenses, profit margin, fees, etc..). Keep up the good work 🤙🏽
I agree, I can't understand why some seller's listings are so low priced items, it doesn't help anymore.
Love your content, thank you for being real!
Alot of great points. Thank you
I am trying to clear off all inventory I have so far and then move on to the high end items to buy. Past two years I was not able to drive to the areas I usually source, do to my daughter diagnosed with kidney disease. Hopefully next year we can travel and her disease will be more stable. Also what I have experienced if you just stating high price items don’t sell. It takes time to build reputation and store. Whoever is just starting and in bad situation start with listing your items or ask around for donations. Best of luck everyone and never give up.
Most stores are just kids selling And people just getting rid of stuff and the part time sellers. Only a quarter of the stores out there are internet malls
Great video with great advice!! Thanks!!
Thank you. I was always wondering what your sales ratio was. I’ll review my stuff and see what items need to be removed.
an awesome video and great advice I need some re arranging in my store now
Good points. EBayers seem to forget it's a small business, and most of the same principles are the same as a brick and mortar. Would you put that on your shelf? At that price? You're paying rent on that space just like a lease for a storefront. Take an Intro to Business or a beginning retail class if you don't have the experience.
That was new commercial I had never seen, COOL
Good stuff, thanks from Pittsburgh.
My Average overall is $40. The only stuff I sell in the $10-$15 range are games, xbox, wii, etc, and a few magazines, that I got for Free.
In my niche the $50+ items no longer sell within 6 months. Most $12-15 items sell within the first month. So it’s very possible to make money in some niches on then after fees and taxes I make $200 an hour on the small stuff or $75 an hour on the $25-100 stuff in my niche (too much to clean and photograph and find accessories for)
Thank you!
Thanks Don
Good video Friend 📹 been watching you on and off. Your in my Top Ten Reseller. VERY INFORMATIVE video 📹 👍
I feel like you looked at my store and gave me the professor's critique, high5 Don.
Great tips! Thank you 🤑
A few months ago I did away with free shipping. Best move. I usually don’t list under $9.99 plus shipping but I recently purchased a good size of cd soundtracks so I have listed some cheaper ones because I can list them quickly and put them back in the box I purchased them. I list at work so I get paid to list.
I agree. I work overnights and have hours and hours of down town so I'm being paid to list. I have a huge amount of patches, they sell well and are super quick to list and ship.
You are the BEST....so come payday, ima have to pay for membership again...Im ready to get SERIOUS...(health issues are better) But Don, can you please ANSWER ME THIS ONE QUESTION....if im doing this by myself, with NO help, plus working 30-40 hr a week at regular job, plus doing a couple other self-employment gigs here and there...can I GET MYSELF TO THE NEXT LEVEL...I want to start cutting back my hours at regular job, and put more hours into my stores and eventually quit regular job all together. Ive been doing this for about 4 years now....Im ready to SH*T OR GET OFF THE POT, if you catch my drift. heheh....THANK YOU SOO MUCH...for all you do...ive been a BIG FAN for many years, now....I kinda feel connected to you and your family...and your dogs, and your new place...you guys ROCK...not to be CREEPY....I KNOW I CAN DO THIS....i jus need a lil help or advice maybe....
Imo it’s what you sell. You need good items and people will buy. The days of cheap low quality items are over. I needed to find better items and sales will come. Some junk will not sell anymore. In my experience that is. Don’t give up I had 2 really bad months but all of a sudden I get sales.
Just keep listing those items, probably by the hundreds like Don and other big sellers do. Once you see your income increase then cut your work time and keep listing more and more items. I don't want to do this as a full-time shop seller, I'm happy selling a few items a month, just get a little frustrated when things aren't selling each month. Best of luck to you in the future as a seller.
Thankyou for your good advice. Im just starting off as a hobby. Would you make more sales if you list as a store?
This was incredibly valuable
I still do the perfume / skin care buy outs - like offer on the whole box or whole table of stuff. It can range vastly in value. Unfortunately everyone does free shipping with those items so I have to compete. Its easier than selling stereo equipment but value isn't as much. Sometimes I get lucky and get a few items that value $60+ each but other items its more of a volume sale. I have got to point doing lots to sell old stock. The problem is doing this - shipping costs seem to keep going up so if its less than $10 may as well put it in a lot. Now if I can get someone to buy all of my stereo equipment. It used to be big seller but no one wants it now.
I agree but this is easier said than done. I hope you will do future videos on the art and strategy of building successful lots.
Tax and fees are abhorrent and shouldn't be tolerated
Yup, We purchased a scanner to use a rapid card listing service. Problem is: I'm not interested in selling sportscards for, say $1.49, just to make $1.00 for half an hours work, plus all the packaging and shipping hassles..
Hello, just found you on RUclips. I’m not unfamiliar to selling on eBay but my question is when is the best time to start listing vintage Christmas items? I collected for about 20 years and have about 30 big boxes of everything from foliage,glass linens, and ornaments.
Also, I have several sets of old delicate
Papier-mâché ornaments. Should I sell them separately or as a set?
One more question. My husband has about 8 boxes of sleeved comics he collected in the 80-90’s. Haven’t even opened them in 20 or so years. If they are yellow at that top where the sleeve opens does that make them invaluable? Thanks for any help you can give me. 😊
Yes. This is advice all resellers need to grasp.
I figured this out a long time ago.
Today, sales are going great. My ASP, so far, this year is over $100. Selling costs are pretty high (38%) but I measure the dollars going to my bank account.
As you mentioned, there are other expenses that need to be figured in.
One thing to cover in a future video, is the effect inflation has had on our numbers.
Personally, my sales are way up from pre Covid (2019) but converted to todays dollar it really isn't all that much of an increase.
hi, quick question, are your sales still flowing?? mine just got dulled out on Ebay for no reason this month, after 15 years
Hi Don 🙋♀️ I have 2 yrs worth of life magazines 1942 & 1943 my question is Do I try to sell each magazine individually or wud it be more profitable for me to go through each magazine & remove the Full Page Color Ads & sell them? I'm just getting started & I have Sooooooo many things to sell its beginning to get a lil' overwhelming. I'd say the majority of things are easily over the $20 mark. Ha! Any advice u could offer w/b greatly appreciated. Thks for your time. 😀
Baseball cards have been worthless for 30 years . Only less than one percent of sports cards are any value. No futures in sports cards for many years.
I gave up on cards about 3 years ago. The big dogs have the market bcuz they can sell what were once or still are high-valued stars for pennies.
And the kids have ruined it too, especially when I see Ohtani inserts listing (and selling) for a couple bucks.
Same with vinyl.
True collector's items sell for basically chump change.
America's culture is just about null and void. People want a whole bag of worthy merchandise for a couple bucks, and there are multitudes of sellers willing to sell it to them.
Iconic vintage is still strong. During Covid prices were insane. Pre 1975 still has a future.
The issue here is that too many categories are overstaurated. A lot of people just can't get collectibles or vintage items. Books, jeans and various other items are just not worth enough to sell. Thrift is just about a dead source now as they are trying to sell at online rates without doing sold comps. I feel that resale is now for the limited few as there is just not enough to go around. I have tried selling cosmetics and that has become a race to the bottom.
I noticed on my ebay seller page that while searching my inventory, I can sort my inventory by highest price but I can't sort it by lowest price anymore..(in addition to ending soonest, latest, most watchers, most views etc)
The higher value items are much harder to come by at a price that you can make profit on though.
another way to think about it is 'if ebay is only going to allow me x amount of sales a week then they may as well be $20 or higher items'
Why did Ebay get rid of Negative feedback removal with free returns? And what happened to Concierge courtesy for feedback removal. I dont call often, but when I do, I get treated badly after 11 years of selling.
HI Professor )) Something is not working on ebay for sure-- I am a long time seller, and the past month and a half, the sales dropped immensely. I do what you suggest, sell similar, and it was working wonders but then stopped as of recent . I am wondering of the algorithm is messed up or the indexing of items is different. I list pretty often and am selling on other sites.. Just curious if anyone has seen a drop in sales or issues such as mine.
$5.00 with free shipping never made sense.
$3.66 to $6+ just to ship anything under a pound nowadays. $5 sale means ebay gets about $1. You paid 10 cents. You walk away with a 20 cent profit. Yay!
If you sell volume then selling cheap isn't so bad but you have to have very high sales
i do not get these sellers for example in DVD and books... they charge $3-4 plus free shipping.... media mail is $3.99 ... it has killed dvd, bluray and books
Brick and mortar dollar businesses do okay with small dollar price points. I see your point small dollar items don't seem to be worth your time as an eBay re-seller.
It worked when shipping was 50 percent less. And fees were 50 percent less as well.
Why has nobody started a free store? The free store can just make money off of commercials. A commercial for each time you look at a item.or each time you buy or sell you see a commercial? Free store then you can sell even cheap stuff.
eBay no longer supports their sellers. By support I mean if someone claims something that isn't true to get over on you, then you are just screwed 85% of the time. I could give examples, but I don't want to give any ideas to the dead beats that haven't thought of it yet.
I need to unload sooooo much lower dollar items
BEST OFFER is now a commitment. I wanted to send an offer on an item the other day, to my surprise Ebay want my payment info. I don't know what account I want to use until the offer is made.
So auctions are dead, b/o is dead, income tax, fees on tax.
You only pay a fee when an item sells ?
I've found that you can't make any money selling cheap items below 100.00 with free shipping or you can't make any profit margin by the time eBay, PayPal and shipping cost cut into you.
customer not happy to,fhey colleckt my refund from seller fhey didnt send me total 240.00 and i dont buy anything anymore
Ya whatnot is really hot right now
This is america,eb 101
Desperate to find ur videos on trade cards
Compete with yourself, try to improve week to week, month to month, year over year.
If you don't know your numbers, you don't know your business
what is everything for 200 alex lol
I can’t use ebay gift cards on ebay auction anymore
Should be able to now, update your app if you don't see it.
It keeps asking for my debit or credit card that I don’t have
The economy is tanking people are broke and can’t afford much of anything in 2023
My full time job is building tractor trailer for Volvo. We are wide open building six days a week with 2 shifts and overtime. Hiring everyday. The sky isn’t falling.
The economy is only tanking for people that are below middle class. Still a lot of peeps out there that have and love to spend money.
@@dana44ismthat's every inhumane thing to say but u are correct....having said that, since they have the money to blow, no free shipping! Lol
People are buying Barbie stuff like it’s the end of the world.
You must be SUPER BUSY Don. You used to do 3 vids a week on RUclips. Now we get 1 per week to 10 days. Miss your knowledge.