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Ebay express
My word I’m feeling chatty today.
I know there’s a love / hate relationship when it comes to ebay. Personally I’ve never sold vinyl signs on ebay, but due to the slow down periods in business as I’ve described on my other post today I had a look to see if it was worth trading on ebay. I still can’t believe how many people are trading signs on there. And almost giving there signs away. I’m all for making a couple of quid, but that is basically all they are earning.
But I watched a programme about ebay over the weekend and on there they explained about a side line of ebay, "Ebayexpress". This for all that don’t know is like ebay, but not an auction. It is purely for brand new products. But to my horror, there isn’t a section for signs. Has anybody else visited this site? And has anybody else enquired more into the reason that signs are not a category? Or am I just looking in the wrong place?
Cheers Mark
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Just had a quick look Mark, it says that sellers only ship within the US, and to go to Ebay for International purchases. Or have I got it wrong again?
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I havnt herd of the express site, but my old man set up and ebay account and started selling material on ebay. It didnt do that well but the etch and reflective vinyls recived some orders and we got a few custermers which buy off us now from it. As far as i know he dosn’t do it anymore but like you I’m surprised that there isnt more about this on ebay, after all they do everything else.
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I went on the English one. http://www.express.ebay.co.uk/
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I’d be very wary of starting to sell on Ebay. You can get caught out in a couple of ways.
Either you make a lot of listings…pay a lot of fees & don’t get a sale, or you’re accused of trying to ‘circumvent ebay fees / off-site sales’ by say posting a £0.20 listing but this is only for one vinyl letter – call for more details.
I looked at doing it a while back, but as there are literally HUNDREDS of people selling vinyl material at near cost price, car stickers galore and even their plastic offcuts I decided against it.
Also, you’d have to register as a business seller, not a private individual to stay on the right side of the law – means giving Ebay more details than you probably want to.
Try car boot sales, use your offcuts & produce loads of seasonal stuff & ‘boyracer’ kits. Probably more profitable & easier to administer than Ebay. Won’t make a fortune – but so long as you clear £10 entry you’re in profit. Also, take requests (and deposits) and go back next week.
Dave
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quote David Rogers:…as there are literally HUNDREDS of people selling vinyl material at near cost price, car stickers galore and even their plastic offcuts I decided against it.Have you seen the prices some of them sell at? I don’t know how they manage to trade! I looked at it before, but it seems that you’ll have to be soooo cheap to compete, that it’s just not worth the bother!!
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quote Mark Pack:I went on the English one. http://www.express.ebay.co.uk/
😳 😳 🙄
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quote David Rogers:I’d be very wary of starting to sell on Ebay. You can get caught out in a couple of ways.Either you make a lot of listings…pay a lot of fees & don’t get a sale, or you’re accused of trying to ‘circumvent ebay fees / off-site sales’ by say posting a £0.20 listing but this is only for one vinyl letter – call for more details.
I looked at doing it a while back, but as there are literally HUNDREDS of people selling vinyl material at near cost price, car stickers galore and even their plastic offcuts I decided against it.
Also, you’d have to register as a business seller, not a private individual to stay on the right side of the law – means giving Ebay more details than you probably want to.
Try car boot sales, use your offcuts & produce loads of seasonal stuff & ‘boyracer’ kits. Probably more profitable & easier to administer than Ebay. Won’t make a fortune – but so long as you clear £10 entry you’re in profit. Also, take requests (and deposits) and go back next week.
Dave
car boot sales……. a waste of time from my experience !! only trie a couple of times. only boy racers wanting fast and furious for 3yr olds pocket money.
ebay can be ok if you find a niche, waste of time doing stickers etc, cant understand how these people make money ! not yet thought of ebay express, or rather i havent looked.
regards registering as a business, i dont think you have too register, and since all my paypal get downloaded to the business account anyway, it’s not like i can con anyone, the listing clearly states i’m a business, and my paypal is printed off each month for my accounts.
alot of work, for not alot of return in most circumstances, even then there are idiots who’ll sell the same as you for pence !
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Hugh – yes car boots are a very low return – but if it’s just selling stuff made from offcuts, and generic tat then you lose nothing & might come home £30 up…OK, depends on what you classify as offcuts!! Failing that – at least people’ll know there’s a sign shop locally.
It’s not a viable or sustained business outlet, but if needs must…
As for Ebay, finding a niche market. If you have it – you probably won’t have it for long as every other seller soon jumps on the bandwagon.
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