I am ready to quit ebay. I sell rare books and now they list other dealers in my listing and show their listings. I have been on ebay for 14 years and have 100% positive feedback. Now my listings in my store show the picture and the filled in items, publisher and so on, then right below that they show other dealers like items. The you must scroll way down to know about my store. Why, when I am paying for the listing should other listings be on that page........... Reply
ya it sounds bad at first BUT... ... aren,t they showing YOUR STORE to people as well right? ..and wont like items be seen iwhen they are scrolling regardless ?
On my personal webstore, I have got to make time to learn how to drive more traffic or find a legitimately good ecommerce marketing company. I would LOVE to make as many sales on my webstore as I do on any platform. The 3rd party platforms have gotten extremely greedy and could care less about the sellers...all while charging ridiculous fees, almost no support and fostering scammers in alarmingly growing multitudes (I honestly believe a lot of Amz employees are in on the scams/thieving too)!
Hello，friend，I'm Shawn from China, we have specialized in freight forwarding over 10 years. Now normal business has resumed, any question about import and shipping you can ask me.😃
I quit Amazon 15 years ago. Never will go back and in fact do not buy from Amazon. I don’t sell clothes, modern toys, or other market flooded categories. To many experts giving advice to new sellers about these pallet buying. People thinking they can get rich quick. I can’t tell you in the last six years how many calls I have gotten to come buy out peoples stock. Who bought pallets of returns etc who thought they would get rich quick. But never buy any of it. I have always been antique dealer
i too am on the verge of quitting Amazon, do alittle ebay privately and exploring if its worth selling on. Amazon charges to much and their is high investment with little return plus the Sc**bags compete with sellers and have Restrictions on many brands.
lol ebay doesnt give support to sellers on this realistically not sure where you have this idea from. Plus generally speaking any issues with regards to amazon gets resolved very quickly, with amazon willing to take a loss rather than force it upon the seller if they made a wrong decision.
I have a small business where I make my own goods and sell on both eBay and Amazon. My sales with Amazon is roughly twice but I enjoy getting the sales through eBay more. Amazon customers can be demanding and returns are more common. Seller support with Amazon huh? eBay has far greater seller support and they have a program for international shipping which the others don't. I have gotten several orders through eBay through International shipping and all I do is ship to eBay’s shipping center and not have to worry about International rates and tariffs. Listing on eBay is easier than Amazon. Getting paid is another big deal, never once had any problems with eBay and you have options. Amazon every two weeks and there has been times when that was skipped be cause of some glitch.
this is good feedback, I've been trying to get my own brand onto Amazon but it's been a challenge, I was just wondering the other day if maybe I'm better off brining more products to eBay and growing the biz then maybe trying Amazon again when I can afford to hire some help.
I tried Amz FBA for a while. Just know it is likely just a matter of time before they hold your inventory hostage for some unfound claim or simply destroy it...oh and then suddenly they are on the same listings selling the items directly, when you are the private label brand owner. So how are they suddenly selling your branded items...thieving maybe??? It is truly a good place to make more money than on some other platforms. Just go into it with your eyes open and read about what other sellers are currently going through to help assist you.
@@randomrandomness8743 Yep, I have been slowly, but surely putting more and more items back onto EB. It's like most of the previous ebay low-vibing folks have found their way onto Amz. Now, hardly any returns on EB and their customers are much more likely to leave positive feedback from my experience.
@@strange-universe i totally agree about amazon we tried selling books thru FBA first issue is often books have to be sent to multiple FBA centers-but you wont know until you try to send them that they cant be sent, second is they are constantly restricting book titles they will store, once they decided not to store it, you have to pay shipping back or it gets tossed, we stopped and now mail our own books and last month we dropped amazon altogether. i am not kidding when i say a book sold on FBA will cost at least $10 to sell by the time all the fees are added by Amazon, and you can lose money selling one their platform trying to beat the next guys price
I appreciate your video, but let's not kid ourselves, there are some negatives to a few places you mentioned. Bonanza does no marketing at all, in fact they would much rather you do social media advertising on your own and this does not work for people who do not use social media. Facebook marketplace is only good for flipping furniture locally and sourcing. After that, it's full of scammers. Amazon FBA favors big sellers and is not friendly to small sellers. I guess the best thing about them is that they take care of all returns and other customer problems.
I don’t want to start a giant business with a bunch of inventory so that’s why I don’t like Shopify or Amazon I’m just trying to sell some things I have at my house are some antiques some really cool items in small amounts make some side hustle… I guess I’m still leaning towards Poshmark being the best number one 2023. Also they discount shipping for people
Honestly I thought the same as you once, but now amazon seems like a dream. Their policies/systems are clear cut, less legally questionable practices regarding holding of funds, less fees now unless you store items with them, dont need to do as crazy ad spends just to make sales, and you also have more control over how the ads work when you do spend on ads.
F8irst time seeing one of your videos. Clear, concise, informative without fluff which is how it should be but often isn't on youtube. Great! Just subscribed.
eBay has gotten horrible. Their fees are crazy and I’ve had about five or six items listed for a few weeks and only got one or two views on a few items and most of them had no views at all so eBay is burying my listings and apparently this is happening to a lot of people, so I’m done with eBay.
They want you to pay for promotions. I am a seller for 20 years on eBay they did this to me also and urging me to promote my store on google so i bring more traffic to eBay. They are sharing google with this so they can make more money. They are controlling the traffic all over the world. Ebay can't be trusted anymore. As my opinion i blame the customers who dealing with eBay make them that strong to control the traffic. Customers should quit dealing with eBay
Here in California,when tou become visible with EBAY selling anything....you immediately get the sales tax forms. Then forms from the County Assessor....taxing any invintory, Then the income tax forms from the state, also the forms from the IRS. On most stuff, its cheaper to toss it in the dumpster. Also thise hours boxing, double boxing,then stating in line at the post office or UPS. Think the dumpster is calling....." Feed me, Feed me ! "
Ill say what other people maybe thinking, I was with ebay when they started, I know consider them to be an outfit that really sucks and doesn't give 2 chits about their sellers, anyone else with me?
Every buddy forgot amazon i was a strong seller with good profit but amazon start charge for everything so our profit go from 75%to 15 % dow dow and dow The business for them are giving to you a nice profit the first few months and after few months they give nice loan to buy more inventory and you business done that day Because the next month they send you a letter with nice explanation for the new seller 😊fees now you are in the hook . For us the fist 2 years was great we buy our home truck warehouse and good life but after the new amazon rules we need to change the business. Now we have a fiber optic cable company
Thank you very much for this video. I believe that it was the most informative video (on any subject) that I have seen on the internet. This video could be the foundation of a full blown course or in person seminar for us old folks. Continued luck going forward.
@@14720509 Poshmark fees are worth it. Their customer service and protection for sellers is outstanding. Ebay is deceiving. Their fees are 13% but when you add in promoted listings costs, returns, chargeback fees, it honestly evens out. Poshmark takes care of all of those issues for free on top of amazing seller customer service. The 20% is worth it.
I buy a lot on ebay and have saved TONS of money on car parts and everything else i buy on there, to me it's still the greatest site to buy from, Amazon charges too much for their stuff and I just don't have any reason to use them..
Hello，friend，I'm Shawn from China, we have specialized in freight forwarding over 10 years. Now normal business has resumed, any question about import and shipping you can ask me.😃
@@shheellbbyy6532😂 prob cause it’s hella hard to sell on there and keep up with them for new comers but the guy in the vid isn’t wrong you would make a lot more profit if you got what it takes though
I would not touch Amazon if you are a small business- You have no control over postage which must be purchased from Amazon - all products have to be sent tracked- Customer service is geared to favour the buyer. Common for buyers to scam you even with proof of receipt - Many seller are leaving.
1)Amazon - High comp as well 2) Your own store - higher out of pocket and learning curve for marketing 3) Walmart - Harder to get into the program for individual sellers 4) Bonanza - Good alternative, a lot less traffic and eyes on your products. 5) FB MP - Good traffic, ease of access but I feel people are not viewing it as a marketplace as much as they may the other alternatives 6) Wayfair, seems very specific. I don't like some of the changes ebay has made and continues to but it is hard to beat for traffic, low barrier to entry marketplace.
Does anyone actually buy from the 3rd party sellers on Walmart? I personally avoid them because they are significantly overpriced, also charge shipping and there are a lot of counterfeit products. I bought a Neutrogena product that I always buy from Walmart and somehow I mistakenly bought from a 3rd party and when it arrived I instantly knew it was fake. I can't believe Walmart allows the Chinese knockoffs as that is not only dangerous but also loses the buyers trust.
How’d you know it was a fake? I have had uneducated customers accuse me of selling fakes on amazon, and they’re WRONG. That accusation is very damaging.
@@albertodeulofeu5277 ugh I wish I could upload a photo on here. Usually you can tell just from the packaging. It will feel cheaper and the words will be spaced odd or the packaging will be completely different, it's a whole lot easier to tell when you've bought the product for years and have the real one to compare to. But the biggest indicator was the product itself. It had a completely different smell and texture and when I put a little on the back of my hand it dried sticky whereas the real one pretty much evaporates and leaves the skin smooth. I bought dove deodorant from Amazon for a little cheaper than usual and I used it for months and was thinking I had all of a sudden developed sweating problems lol but when I bought another one straight from Walmart I suddenly realized the Amazon ones were fake. The packaging was completely different - the bottle was smaller, the words were odd, the nozzle didn't spray properly and the deodorant itself felt different. I've bought many fakes over the years but I'm starting to learn not to buy certain products from Amazon, ebay or 3rd party companies. Granted the person who accused you of selling fakes may have just wanted to be able to return the product and it not be considered buyers remorse but then again maybe he's just got a lot of counterfeits and he's paranoid. Gillette razors, makeup products, face/hair/beauty products, sports jerseys, victoria's secret clothes, handbags, ugg boots, etc, etc so many things are faked and being mass produced in China and sold to people who don't know any better. I wish they would just ban the Chinese sellers but A) they would never because they bring in so much profit and B) the Chinese sellers are (supposedly) shipping from US facilities which makes it more difficult to tell. Trust me I get it. A few years ago I had a lady buy 4 higher end sports cards and try to claim they were all fake 🤦♀️ and the worst part is she got away with keeping half of them and damaging the others she did actually send back and I was too new to reselling to know I could file a police report and everything.
I’ve been in Ecom since 2005 and I cant disagree more. Plus all online businesses are more competitive now after 2020. eBay is still easy and you can make a lot of money.
Nope. Almost none of these places are better for the sellers. They all charge high fees and make it extremely difficult for the sellers to make any real money. Shopify is a good place for an online shop, but then you spend twice as much time driving customers to it. All these online market places have gotten away from supporting their sellers and only into making money for themselves.
You spend more money doing e-commerce on your own and you don't get much traffic. It's good to start on other platforms first as you mentioned. But I wouldn't recommend Etsy. Too many scam artists!
@@e-spy I don't have to go through 50 item descriptions to list clothing on Poshmark and after three days if a buyer doesn't open a claim to return there is no return available. Cuts down on buyer's remorse. Also if USPS loses an item Poshmark takes care of you the seller and the buyer instead of Ebay pushing the missing package on you the seller to figure out or take a loss. I am really happy to pay Poshmark 20% for the services they do. Plus Poshmark emails you a shipping label on a sale that you don't have make extra steps to buy the shipping label. Shoes, coffee mugs, have the best shipping cost on Poshmark compared to Ebay's shipping if I can't put them in a padded flat rate any package under 5 pounds is $7.67. I have sold many items in one Large USPS box on Poshmark for $7.67 where a pair of shoes on Ebay can cost double easily. I still love Ebay and have things listed but if the item descriptions to fill in are too long I just list on Poshmark.
At one time I bought a lot of stuff from ebay ,but they r so many sellers that don't stand by their products ,and most things I can buy locally about the same price and get it right then
First of all we just went through a pandemic. There’s a horrific economic collapse and now inflation among other terrible things. How the hell are we supposed to survive financially with an app that takes three weeks to a month to get paid. I don’t like the idea of sending my valuable stuff off to a buyer that gets to keep it for a month before we get paid that is beyond screwed up. I said we all been together and file a massive nationwide class action lawsuit against eBay for making the economy worse.
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Amazon charges 20 percent, only cheaper products normally have enough room for the extra markup. At that rate, you are working more for them than yourself. Etsy is much cheaper cost-wise, but all of these should just be temporary, having your own site is the real goal for the win.
Great info, but I wish there were an easier way to sell some used clothing. I don't want to start a business, but I don't feel like doing a big yard sale either. I've given way too much to Goodwill already, which is basically making them rich by getting free stuff that I can only deduct from taxes if I file long form.
I am small business since May 2001. I did suspect major ecommerce portals like Ebay, Amazon, Etsy, Alibaba do not send collected State Sales Tax to the States but keep large portion of the Tax paid by buyers. For mall export to EU, Canada Australia I have to or by small buyer pays 23% VAT Tax and make US export more expensive. Ebay, Amazon itc collect the tax,
After ebay got rid of PayPal they started initiating returns without our permission than taking MORE money from us than we received from the sale. I don't know about other sellers but i can't afford getting paid 69.00 for an item than getting charged 85.00 for the return, than spending an hour getting the run around on the phone. That's a 15 dollar loss and an hour of wasted time. I imagine that either the big sellers just have to let it go because they don't have time to deal with it or ebay is discriminating against small seller's by making it miserable enough that they just leave. Ebay must be raking in a pretty extra penny. Imagine if they only skimmed 16 dollars a month from every seller and half of it goes ignored because no one has time to fight with the customer service bot about it. Mercari and postmark are nice for small sellers too.
I do t trust having to use PayPal. They threaten people all the time. Maybe one day they steal my money. That’s the kind of thing they do. Any suggestions for other platforms. That don’t make you use Pal Pal?
When the title says Forget eBay, but the comments glorifies eBay. I'm done with ebay due to being scammed and buyers remorse four times this year and they sided with each party. They really don't side with the seller much due to the money back guarantee. I'd rather get atleast decent sales and not worry about the issues I've dealt with on ebay
Gahhh.. I have been an Amazon seller for 22 years.. They do not care about their sellers.. The policies are very restrictive , and they come out with new rules every few weeks. Bots are everywhere and charge sellers with policy violations all the time. Sometimes warranted,, sometimes not. On top of that,, you are advocating for FBA.. That is crazy. Once you send your product to an FBA warehouse,, not only does it take weeks or months to get checked in,, they lose inventory all of the time.. Back to the policy violations,,, If you have inventory in an Amazon warehouse,, when a policy violation occurs and you are deactivated, they refuse to pay you or give your inventory back, AND sell off your stolen inventory with "Warehouse Deals".. or liquidate YOUR inventory by the truckload.. NEVER go FBA.. Seller services are out of India and they just read from a script.. You could be talking to a wall.. Amazon used to be a good place to sell,, and I still do all FBM (fullfilllment by merchant) only.. They take 15 percent of the sales price AND 15 percent of your shipping.. Pro seller account is an additional 39 bucks a month. If you have a warehouse in California,, the state is sending HUGE tax bills. Also California has restrictions on items.. California Energy Commission (CEC). Sellers of these products must also register them in the Modernized Appliance Efficiency Database (MAEDBS)... CEC registration requirements for lighting products, pool products and portable spa products, portable air conditioners, computers, and monitors. Amazon is full of pitfalls and red tape.. Expect your first 2 or 3 months to be restricted and have funds withheld. Ebay is probably the place to be right now.
I’m considering them but I know when I buy with them, they tell me to rate seller so they get paid. What happens if I get a buyer who doesn’t bother to rate me? At eBay that happens to me. Would it mean Mercari wouldn’t pay me?
I am very surprised that this video did not mention Amazon's return policy. This is a huge difference between Amazon and other platform....in a negative way.
Is Amazon only to sell new with tag items? and if so does one have to have many of the same item to sell? or can one just sell one item with tag on amazon?
@@princej9883 really? You’re going there? Are you in the second grade? If you must know, it’s kind of hard to tell online. I hope that helps your understanding, and makes you a better person.
They are also super ban happy. The bots will just randomly suspend you for "unusual activities", and then you are in limbo for like months because there is basically no human customer support at the moment.
i disagree with this video. I ve worked with Amazon and they are abusive against sellers, they change fees without notices. we even got together some sellers to protest their abusive rules, this is for items that get real competitive with Amazon products
For me, it's the lowlife buyers constantly running scams and lowballing. Tried selling on there for about 2 months and quickly found out it is not worth the stress.
Great video you’re great to watch her really quick with the information anyways what I was going to say is that the reason why I didn’t wanna use Amazon is because I get my items and I can’t afford to pay for shipping and people want free shipping on Amazon right anyone else have thoughts on this also I buy my items like Halloween home Decour at places like TJ Maxx and then resell them online search very little room for profit and I only have one item of each.
I'm not Steve, but I can tell you that Shopify is not a sales platform. Shopify is a website builder and hosting platform. The storefront is your website; Shopify provides payment processing and many other tools.
A word about FB Marketplace. There are no startup costs, but just be aware that you must have enough funds upfront to support your sales. I recommend starting small and having a separate funded account. It takes time to get paid for your sales. Also, if you have a sale, and purchase from WM, there will often be no tracking numbers provided, which can make your customer antsy. Make sure you communicate this to your customer. If you use Amazon for your sales, set up a separate non-prime account. If they bust you you'll lose your entire Amazon account.
regular seller on Amazon and eBay and I will tell you Amazon is far more expensive to sell on. definitely not a good recommendation for people sorry. I sell 100k a year on Amazon and I sell 100k plus a year on eBay and it's definitely a big difference in actual profit.
@@ChaseMavrick funny bc if a "buyer" doesn't pay, you can't leave a negative. OH WAIT -- no buyers can receive negative reviews. Joke platform, joke review system. Carry 💧 for someone that even knows you exist next time, bucko.
Have been dealing with ebay years now. 100 percent rating. I recently purchased an item. Made the payment immediately. Never received the item. You can clearly see on the sellers part that they never shipped it. Ebay did absolutely nothing to resolve this.We had to file a complaint to our bank to try to resolve this. Totally disgusted with ebay.
Which platform can I sell second hand goods,, I do already sell on ebay, I also sell on Facebook it is cut throat on Facebook you never get the asking price, any suggestions
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I knew you would overlook Sears/K Mart market places
Are you aware that Everyone on earth says 15 times, instead of the 15 X you came came up with? Which planet are you from? Just kidding!
Yes I agree with you eBay is very limited online platform because of its policy.
Amazon costs way more in fees, is stricter in policies and the return rate is astronomical.. clearly NOT a alternative for most ebay sellers
Exactly
I couldn't agree more!
I agree 👍
So true! I tried selling there several years ago, and it was the worst online selling exp I ever had. Screw SCAMazon!!
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I am ready to quit ebay. I sell rare books and now they list other dealers in my listing and show their listings. I have been on ebay for 14 years and have 100% positive feedback. Now my listings in my store show the picture and the filled in items, publisher and so on, then right below that they show other dealers like items. The you must scroll way down to know about my store. Why, when I am paying for the listing should other listings be on that page...........
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ya it sounds bad at first BUT... ... aren,t they showing YOUR STORE to people as well right? ..and wont like items be seen iwhen they are scrolling regardless ?
On my personal webstore, I have got to make time to learn how to drive more traffic or find a legitimately good ecommerce marketing company. I would LOVE to make as many sales on my webstore as I do on any platform. The 3rd party platforms have gotten extremely greedy and could care less about the sellers...all while charging ridiculous fees, almost no support and fostering scammers in alarmingly growing multitudes (I honestly believe a lot of Amz employees are in on the scams/thieving too)!
Hello，friend，I'm Shawn from China, we have specialized in freight forwarding over 10 years. Now normal business has resumed, any question about import and shipping you can ask me.😃
What’s your personal webstore and how’s it been like?
I quit Amazon 15 years ago. Never will go back and in fact do not buy from Amazon. I don’t sell clothes, modern toys, or other market flooded categories. To many experts giving advice to new sellers about these pallet buying. People thinking they can get rich quick. I can’t tell you in the last six years how many calls I have gotten to come buy out peoples stock. Who bought pallets of returns etc who thought they would get rich quick. But never buy any of it. I have always been antique dealer
I love your comment the best, thank you for the honesty. Good luck and peace.
You must know your stuff if you’re making money in antiques. A lot of people get into the business and lose their shirts.
i wish i cared and i mean that ! antiques in a millennial world ? wow you're brave .
i too am on the verge of quitting Amazon, do alittle ebay privately and exploring if its worth selling on. Amazon charges to much and their is high investment with little return plus the Sc**bags compete with sellers and have Restrictions on many brands.
I lost like 100k selling in Amazon, this advice is very bad, please people do not put your savings in amazon
Besides the high fees for Amazon, sellers don’t receive the same level of support regarding negative feedback, scumbag buyers, etc…
lol ebay doesnt give support to sellers on this realistically not sure where you have this idea from. Plus generally speaking any issues with regards to amazon gets resolved very quickly, with amazon willing to take a loss rather than force it upon the seller if they made a wrong decision.
Amazon has 10 times more RETURNS..No seller support. NADA.
I have a small business where I make my own goods and sell on both eBay and Amazon. My sales with Amazon is roughly twice but I enjoy getting the sales through eBay more. Amazon customers can be demanding and returns are more common. Seller support with Amazon huh? eBay has far greater seller support and they have a program for international shipping which the others don't. I have gotten several orders through eBay through International shipping and all I do is ship to eBay’s shipping center and not have to worry about International rates and tariffs. Listing on eBay is easier than Amazon. Getting paid is another big deal, never once had any problems with eBay and you have options. Amazon every two weeks and there has been times when that was skipped be cause of some glitch.
As a beginner who has big dreams, what would you recommend me to start with?
Agreed. Amazon is difficult to do business with. They stick it to you every chance they get.
this is good feedback, I've been trying to get my own brand onto Amazon but it's been a challenge, I was just wondering the other day if maybe I'm better off brining more products to eBay and growing the biz then maybe trying Amazon again when I can afford to hire some help.
I agree with you Steve. Amazon's seller support is very unhelpful.
I tried Amz FBA for a while. Just know it is likely just a matter of time before they hold your inventory hostage for some unfound claim or simply destroy it...oh and then suddenly they are on the same listings selling the items directly, when you are the private label brand owner. So how are they suddenly selling your branded items...thieving maybe??? It is truly a good place to make more money than on some other platforms. Just go into it with your eyes open and read about what other sellers are currently going through to help assist you.
This is exactly why I quit selling on Amazon. Stock of mine in FBA would just disappear. Made me love Ebay in comparison!
@@randomrandomness8743 Yep, I have been slowly, but surely putting more and more items back onto EB. It's like most of the previous ebay low-vibing folks have found their way onto Amz. Now, hardly any returns on EB and their customers are much more likely to leave positive feedback from my experience.
W.O.W.
Damn Amazon b holding ur stuff like that?
@@strange-universe i totally agree about amazon we tried selling books thru FBA first issue is often books have to be sent to multiple FBA centers-but you wont know until you try to send them that they cant be sent, second is they are constantly restricting book titles they will store, once they decided not to store it, you have to pay shipping back or it gets tossed, we stopped and now mail our own books and last month we dropped amazon altogether. i am not kidding when i say a book sold on FBA will cost at least $10 to sell by the time all the fees are added by Amazon, and you can lose money selling one their platform trying to beat the next guys price
I appreciate your video, but let's not kid ourselves, there are some negatives to a few places you mentioned. Bonanza does no marketing at all, in fact they would much rather you do social media advertising on your own and this does not work for people who do not use social media.
Facebook marketplace is only good for flipping furniture locally and sourcing. After that, it's full of scammers.
Amazon FBA favors big sellers and is not friendly to small sellers. I guess the best thing about them is that they take care of all returns and other customer problems.
I don’t want to start a giant business with a bunch of inventory so that’s why I don’t like Shopify or Amazon I’m just trying to sell some things I have at my house are some antiques some really cool items in small amounts make some side hustle… I guess I’m still leaning towards Poshmark being the best number one 2023. Also they discount shipping for people
Thank you 🎉 I'm in the same boat 🫂
Amazon FBA disadvantages smaller sellers who keep their own inventory and ship it themselves. Because of free shipping…
Why then you don't use brick and mortar
@@Brodragon2225 I store my inventory in in my home…in portion of my 2000 sq ft walk-out basement.
I think Amazon is worse than eBay. It’s extremely competitive. I’ve sold on both platforms and prefer eBay
I see that Amazon sellers charge more than eBay ones do for the same items.
Honestly I thought the same as you once, but now amazon seems like a dream. Their policies/systems are clear cut, less legally questionable practices regarding holding of funds, less fees now unless you store items with them, dont need to do as crazy ad spends just to make sales, and you also have more control over how the ads work when you do spend on ads.
It is now common for FBA shipments to go "missing" while being received in Amazon warehouses.
Wow. 😢
F8irst time seeing one of your videos. Clear, concise, informative without fluff which is how it should be but often isn't on youtube. Great! Just subscribed.
I agree
TOTALLY enjoyed your presentation; it explained everything to me. Thank you so much. Have officially subscribed.
Tried selling on Amazon 3 years back but couldnt get help to get started. So went to ebay!
How did it go on eBay
Sales up significantly after increasing the promoted rate!
which platform you recommends ??
How is eaby not they are worst loss only on ebay
This video is really helpful if you want to give away all your profits.
I agree eBay has not taken a turn for the better
eBay has gotten horrible. Their fees are crazy and I’ve had about five or six items listed for a few weeks and only got one or two views on a few items and most of them had no views at all so eBay is burying my listings and apparently this is happening to a lot of people, so I’m done with eBay.
They want you to pay for promotions. I am a seller for 20 years on eBay they did this to me also and urging me to promote my store on google so i bring more traffic to eBay. They are sharing google with this so they can make more money. They are controlling the traffic all over the world. Ebay can't be trusted anymore. As my opinion i blame the customers who dealing with eBay make them that strong to control the traffic. Customers should quit dealing with eBay
Here in California,when tou become visible with EBAY selling anything....you immediately get the sales tax forms. Then forms from the County Assessor....taxing any invintory, Then the income tax forms from the state, also the forms from the IRS. On most stuff, its cheaper to toss it in the dumpster. Also thise hours boxing, double boxing,then stating in line at the post office or UPS. Think the dumpster is calling....." Feed me, Feed me ! "
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Ill say what other people maybe thinking, I was with ebay when they started, I know consider them to be an outfit that really sucks and doesn't give 2 chits about their sellers, anyone else with me?
Every buddy forgot amazon i was a strong seller with good profit but amazon start charge for everything so our profit go from 75%to 15 % dow dow and dow
The business for them are giving to you a nice profit the first few months and after few months they give nice loan to buy more inventory and you business done that day
Because the next month they send you a letter with nice explanation for the new seller 😊fees now you are in the hook .
For us the fist 2 years was great we buy our home truck warehouse and good life but after the new amazon rules we need to change the business.
Now we have a fiber optic cable company
Thank you very much for this video. I believe that it was the most informative video (on any subject) that I have seen on the internet. This video could be the foundation of a full blown course or in person seminar for us old folks. Continued luck going forward.
I agree
ive been a reseller for about 10 months. and i notice people dont mention Poshmark or Mercari
I've been selling well on Mercari. I sel on Poshmark as well but the fees are outrages. 20% of your sales cost.
We use Mercari mainly. Might as well just focus on one platform.
How has mecari been treating you?
@@14720509 Poshmark fees are worth it. Their customer service and protection for sellers is outstanding. Ebay is deceiving. Their fees are 13% but when you add in promoted listings costs, returns, chargeback fees, it honestly evens out. Poshmark takes care of all of those issues for free on top of amazing seller customer service. The 20% is worth it.
Mercari has a bunch of cheapskates
I buy a lot on ebay and have saved TONS of money on car parts and everything else i buy on there, to me it's still the greatest site to buy from, Amazon charges too much for their stuff and I just don't have any reason to use them..
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For parts etc eBay is the best
Shame on you as you said amazon good for new sellers dont lie
Why??
@@shheellbbyy6532😂 prob cause it’s hella hard to sell on there and keep up with them for new comers but the guy in the vid isn’t wrong you would make a lot more profit if you got what it takes though
Yes I have to agree Amazon is not good for beginners there are too many limits
I've tried most of those but the one I had most success with is Atomic Mall.
Never heard of it
Exactly the video I was looking for. Thank you so much and congrats on all of your success!
I would not touch Amazon if you are a small business- You have no control over postage which must be purchased from Amazon - all products have to be sent tracked- Customer service is geared to favour the buyer. Common for buyers to scam you even with proof of receipt - Many seller are leaving.
I'd like to leave them. Can't do it overnight though. Have to build business elsewhere online first.
1)Amazon - High comp as well 2) Your own store - higher out of pocket and learning curve for marketing 3) Walmart - Harder to get into the program for individual sellers 4) Bonanza - Good alternative, a lot less traffic and eyes on your products. 5) FB MP - Good traffic, ease of access but I feel people are not viewing it as a marketplace as much as they may the other alternatives 6) Wayfair, seems very specific. I don't like some of the changes ebay has made and continues to but it is hard to beat for traffic, low barrier to entry marketplace.
Does anyone actually buy from the 3rd party sellers on Walmart? I personally avoid them because they are significantly overpriced, also charge shipping and there are a lot of counterfeit products. I bought a Neutrogena product that I always buy from Walmart and somehow I mistakenly bought from a 3rd party and when it arrived I instantly knew it was fake. I can't believe Walmart allows the Chinese knockoffs as that is not only dangerous but also loses the buyers trust.
Wow, it's that bad.
Wow that’s maddening
We have on accident on occasion. It's a horrible experience nearly every time.
How’d you know it was a fake? I have had uneducated customers accuse me of selling fakes on amazon, and they’re WRONG. That accusation is very damaging.
@@albertodeulofeu5277 ugh I wish I could upload a photo on here. Usually you can tell just from the packaging. It will feel cheaper and the words will be spaced odd or the packaging will be completely different, it's a whole lot easier to tell when you've bought the product for years and have the real one to compare to. But the biggest indicator was the product itself. It had a completely different smell and texture and when I put a little on the back of my hand it dried sticky whereas the real one pretty much evaporates and leaves the skin smooth.
I bought dove deodorant from Amazon for a little cheaper than usual and I used it for months and was thinking I had all of a sudden developed sweating problems lol but when I bought another one straight from Walmart I suddenly realized the Amazon ones were fake. The packaging was completely different - the bottle was smaller, the words were odd, the nozzle didn't spray properly and the deodorant itself felt different. I've bought many fakes over the years but I'm starting to learn not to buy certain products from Amazon, ebay or 3rd party companies. Granted the person who accused you of selling fakes may have just wanted to be able to return the product and it not be considered buyers remorse but then again maybe he's just got a lot of counterfeits and he's paranoid. Gillette razors, makeup products, face/hair/beauty products, sports jerseys, victoria's secret clothes, handbags, ugg boots, etc, etc so many things are faked and being mass produced in China and sold to people who don't know any better. I wish they would just ban the Chinese sellers but A) they would never because they bring in so much profit and B) the Chinese sellers are (supposedly) shipping from US facilities which makes it more difficult to tell. Trust me I get it. A few years ago I had a lady buy 4 higher end sports cards and try to claim they were all fake 🤦♀️ and the worst part is she got away with keeping half of them and damaging the others she did actually send back and I was too new to reselling to know I could file a police report and everything.
3:12 OMG! Bank-face you savage!
I’ve been in Ecom since 2005 and I cant disagree more. Plus all online businesses are more competitive now after 2020. eBay is still easy and you can make a lot of money.
eBay takes a lot of the final sale and they can ban u for life for bullshit reasons. eBay is terrible.
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Been on ebay since it's creation you are 100% biased and wrong.
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@amazingoutours3476talking bout strict rules LMAO that EBay for you bruh
U got to spend money. Per month to sell on Amazon and then the fees are super high
Nope. Almost none of these places are better for the sellers. They all charge high fees and make it extremely difficult for the sellers to make any real money. Shopify is a good place for an online shop, but then you spend twice as much time driving customers to it. All these online market places have gotten away from supporting their sellers and only into making money for themselves.
You spend more money doing e-commerce on your own and you don't get much traffic. It's good to start on other platforms first as you mentioned. But I wouldn't recommend Etsy. Too many scam artists!
Poshmark is my favorite
why?
@@e-spy I don't have to go through 50 item descriptions to list clothing on Poshmark and after three days if a buyer doesn't open a claim to return there is no return available. Cuts down on buyer's remorse. Also if USPS loses an item Poshmark takes care of you the seller and the buyer instead of Ebay pushing the missing package on you the seller to figure out or take a loss. I am really happy to pay Poshmark 20% for the services they do. Plus Poshmark emails you a shipping label on a sale that you don't have make extra steps to buy the shipping label. Shoes, coffee mugs, have the best shipping cost on Poshmark compared to Ebay's shipping if I can't put them in a padded flat rate any package under 5 pounds is $7.67. I have sold many items in one Large USPS box on Poshmark for $7.67 where a pair of shoes on Ebay can cost double easily. I still love Ebay and have things listed but if the item descriptions to fill in are too long I just list on Poshmark.
I love Poshmark it is the best clothing resale site
What happened to Ebay alternative number 4?
As soon as you said Amazon I am done!
At one time I bought a lot of stuff from ebay ,but they r so many sellers that don't stand by their products ,and most things I can buy locally about the same price and get it right then
First of all we just went through a pandemic. There’s a horrific economic collapse and now inflation among other terrible things. How the hell are we supposed to survive financially with an app that takes three weeks to a month to get paid. I don’t like the idea of sending my valuable stuff off to a buyer that gets to keep it for a month before we get paid that is beyond screwed up. I said we all been together and file a massive nationwide class action lawsuit against eBay for making the economy worse.
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Amazon charges 20 percent, only cheaper products normally have enough room for the extra markup. At that rate, you are working more for them than yourself. Etsy is much cheaper cost-wise, but all of these should just be temporary, having your own site is the real goal for the win.
Amazon charges 15%
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Great info, but I wish there were an easier way to sell some used clothing. I don't want to start a business, but I don't feel like doing a big yard sale either. I've given way too much to Goodwill already, which is basically making them rich by getting free stuff that I can only deduct from taxes if I file long form.
None of these are an alternative to eBay. I want to sell some shoes and maybe some baseball cards. Simple things.
I am small business since May 2001. I did suspect major ecommerce portals like Ebay, Amazon, Etsy, Alibaba do not send collected State Sales Tax to the States but keep large portion of the Tax paid by buyers. For mall export to EU, Canada Australia I have to or by small buyer pays 23% VAT Tax and make US export more expensive. Ebay, Amazon itc collect the tax,
I hardly ever shop on Amazon
A lot of eBay sellers drop ship their products from Amazon anyways…
Great video. help so much!! One of best self help video ive ever seen.
Great could you give more alternatives for selling - for international sellers.
Amazon's fees are more but people pay much more. Amazon restricts most categories whereas they didn't before.
IM A NEW SUBSCRIBER I HAVE BEEN SELLING ON A FEW OF UR SUGGESTIONS FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW thank u
After ebay got rid of PayPal they started initiating returns without our permission than taking MORE money from us than we received from the sale.
I don't know about other sellers but i can't afford getting paid 69.00 for an item than getting charged 85.00 for the return, than spending an hour getting the run around on the phone.
That's a 15 dollar loss and an hour of wasted time.
I imagine that either the big sellers just have to let it go because they don't have time to deal with it or ebay is discriminating against small seller's by making it miserable enough that they just leave.
Ebay must be raking in a pretty extra penny. Imagine if they only skimmed 16 dollars a month from every seller and half of it goes ignored because no one has time to fight with the customer service bot about it.
Mercari and postmark are nice for small sellers too.
Never sell anything expensive on Ebay or anything that costs more than $15 shipping. It is too easy to get screwed by buyers.
Amazon ...Yeuch. Don't have anything to do with Amazon. But thanks for the other alternatives .
I do t trust having to use PayPal. They threaten people all the time. Maybe one day they steal my money. That’s the kind of thing they do.
Any suggestions for other platforms. That don’t make you use Pal Pal?
Yeah they stole $80 from my account.
Ebay is no longer associated with PayPal.
What's so difficult about saying the word times?
Those ebay fees are criminal.
You're right. I'm looking for something better.
Until you pay Amazon fees...
Ebay has gone to total sh!t. I only sell on there very specific items. Anything else, I will sell anywhere else.
Then the fees and shipping make it not wort it
When the title says Forget eBay, but the comments glorifies eBay. I'm done with ebay due to being scammed and buyers remorse four times this year and they sided with each party. They really don't side with the seller much due to the money back guarantee. I'd rather get atleast decent sales and not worry about the issues I've dealt with on ebay
Amazon is helllllll worst , high fees , complex , tons of rules they quick to threaten you to kick you out
Amazons and eBay are two different animals so to speak. I would like to learn more , thanks for sharing!
Correct me if I'm wrong but if I do not use a 3rd party platform, I would need to obtain a sellers permit and a get a business license, correct?
You need to get a sellers permit and business license no matter what
Can you emphasize a little more on what dirty seller exactly means thank you
I prefer Ebay, because Ebay has Ebay Bucks, and I receive purchases faster.
no Etsy?
Gahhh.. I have been an Amazon seller for 22 years.. They do not care about their sellers.. The policies are very restrictive , and they come out with new rules every few weeks. Bots are everywhere and charge sellers with policy violations all the time. Sometimes warranted,, sometimes not. On top of that,, you are advocating for FBA.. That is crazy. Once you send your product to an FBA warehouse,, not only does it take weeks or months to get checked in,, they lose inventory all of the time.. Back to the policy violations,,, If you have inventory in an Amazon warehouse,, when a policy violation occurs and you are deactivated, they refuse to pay you or give your inventory back, AND sell off your stolen inventory with "Warehouse Deals".. or liquidate YOUR inventory by the truckload.. NEVER go FBA.. Seller services are out of India and they just read from a script.. You could be talking to a wall.. Amazon used to be a good place to sell,, and I still do all FBM (fullfilllment by merchant) only.. They take 15 percent of the sales price AND 15 percent of your shipping.. Pro seller account is an additional 39 bucks a month. If you have a warehouse in California,, the state is sending HUGE tax bills. Also California has restrictions on items.. California Energy Commission (CEC). Sellers of these products must also register them in the Modernized Appliance Efficiency Database (MAEDBS)... CEC registration requirements for lighting products, pool products and portable spa products, portable air conditioners, computers, and monitors. Amazon is full of pitfalls and red tape.. Expect your first 2 or 3 months to be restricted and have funds withheld. Ebay is probably the place to be right now.
I got taken in by their long-term storage ripoff years ago. Never did fba again after that. Fbm only now.
Mercari makes it super easy to sell, i love it!!!
I’m considering them but I know when I buy with them, they tell me to rate seller so they get paid.
What happens if I get a buyer who doesn’t bother to rate me?
At eBay that happens to me.
Would it mean Mercari wouldn’t pay me?
@@charlottestarlet7371It means Mercari gives you the best rating and you get paid. I had the same question last night and looked it up😂
@@charlottestarlet7371they will after 3 days. Automatically. Last I checked.
Hello do you know anything about Chanel multi tools? Thank you very much for your videos Cyril
Etsy?
I am very surprised that this video did not mention Amazon's return policy. This is a huge difference between Amazon and other platform....in a negative way.
Exactly.
You can do an entire video on how get around Amazon category restrictions
I sell on Mercari
Is Amazon only to sell new with tag items? and if so does one have to have many of the same item to sell? or can one just sell one item with tag on amazon?
What about Etsy; haven’t tried it yet
Good place to sell.Have been making good money there for 10+ years.
To be clear, I hate Amazon and eBay. But what I like better about Amazon is it’s easier to return items.
So you like to harass poor sellers
@@princej9883 why is that harassment? If you don’t sell crap, then things won’t get returned. It’s a pain in the ass having to return things.
@@spankynater4242 why buy crap
@@princej9883 really? You’re going there? Are you in the second grade? If you must know, it’s kind of hard to tell online. I hope that helps your understanding, and makes you a better person.
@@spankynater4242 just because I support seller makes me not a better person
Ebay for frugal shoppers!?, yes I can attest to that as I'm one of those frugal shoppers LOL!
What's your opinion on eCrater? Thanks!
Tried Bonanza 5 years ago with no success , has it gotten better ?
a lot of times amazon's cheaper than ebay! I go back to amazon after browsing ebay prices...
I do a lot of selling on FB marketplace and the fees are so much cheaper than any other platform.
They are also super ban happy. The bots will just randomly suspend you for "unusual activities", and then you are in limbo for like months because there is basically no human customer support at the moment.
But they hold your money too don't they?
Amaon has bad seller customer service.
Better to not sell at all then sell there.
i disagree with this video. I ve worked with Amazon and they are abusive against sellers, they change fees without notices. we even got together some sellers to protest their abusive rules, this is for items that get real competitive with Amazon products
I've had many unpleasant experiences with Amazon as a seller.
Any way where can I buy Antminer 7 with affordable price??
Ebays biggest killer is the price they take, its whats stopping me using them.
For me, it's the lowlife buyers constantly running scams and lowballing. Tried selling on there for about 2 months and quickly found out it is not worth the stress.
Great video you’re great to watch her really quick with the information anyways what I was going to say is that the reason why I didn’t wanna use Amazon is because I get my items and I can’t afford to pay for shipping and people want free shipping on Amazon right anyone else have thoughts on this also I buy my items like Halloween home Decour at places like TJ Maxx and then resell them online search very little room for profit and I only have one item of each.
Hi Steve. What about Shopify?
Thank you for sharing
I'm not Steve, but I can tell you that Shopify is not a sales platform. Shopify is a website builder and hosting platform. The storefront is your website; Shopify provides payment processing and many other tools.
Hey i sell kitchen appliances and install them aswell as gas whats the best site to sell?
Thank you
A word about FB Marketplace. There are no startup costs, but just be aware that you must have enough funds upfront to support your sales. I recommend starting small and having a separate funded account. It takes time to get paid for your sales. Also, if you have a sale, and purchase from WM, there will often be no tracking numbers provided, which can make your customer antsy. Make sure you communicate this to your customer. If you use Amazon for your sales, set up a separate non-prime account. If they bust you you'll lose your entire Amazon account.
regular seller on Amazon and eBay and I will tell you Amazon is far more expensive to sell on. definitely not a good recommendation for people sorry. I sell 100k a year on Amazon and I sell 100k plus a year on eBay and it's definitely a big difference in actual profit.
Do any of these alternatives have auction option like eBay?
I have ~5k items listed on eBay , can you sync or import them to facebook marketplace???
Vendoo and list perfectly are platforms you can use.
Ebay allowed someone who DID NOT buy from me to leave a Horrible review because I did not have product available and canceled an order.
So they did buy from you, but you didn’t do your duty as a selller and wasted the customers time.
@@ChaseMavrick funny bc if a "buyer" doesn't pay, you can't leave a negative. OH WAIT -- no buyers can receive negative reviews. Joke platform, joke review system. Carry 💧 for someone that even knows you exist next time, bucko.
I just have one thing that I make and sell so I am looking for a place to sell this Item One at a time.
Have been dealing with ebay years now. 100 percent rating. I recently purchased an item. Made the payment immediately. Never received the item. You can clearly see on the sellers part that they never shipped it. Ebay did absolutely nothing to resolve this.We had to file a complaint to our bank to try to resolve this. Totally disgusted with ebay.
It’s almost impossible to understand or figure all the fees on eBay. Everything is scattered and varies or they don’t show it at all!
Ebay is 12.9%
Thank you, your videos are very well spoken.
What about Etsy?
I tried to sell on there but it was hard and I couldn't post anything. I can buy all day long though haha
Which platform can I sell second hand goods,, I do already sell on ebay, I also sell on Facebook it is cut throat on Facebook you never get the asking price, any suggestions
Can I sell digital items on wayfair?