Nickleanddime
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eBay fees don't hurt as bad as you think!
While I don't care for the nickel and dime feeing. They are nothing compared to a flea market setup or actual retail store. People think it costs tons to sell here's my breakdown of my march sales as a example.
eBay fees 59.60 on 327. Total sold. 31 (winter clothing) unsold BIN listings at .30 a piece is 9.00 just in gone money. But 17 sold listings for that intake amount. Add another 7.00 for my current BIN listings that were on a 30 day cycle that started in the march invoice, and 4.20 for the BIN that sold. So $20.ish just in BIN listing.
That leaves 270.10 pay pal took another 25 in fees for the payments I received. So I banked 245.10 in my pocket not including the price I paid for the items which is never over $10 bucks, but most items I buy is $1 to 3 bucks. Only 2 were $10 and 1 that was $40 but it was 9 seperate items in a lot. So my actual out cost is around $90 bucks in product for a profit of $160.10. Not to bad for doing something I love to do.
The reason I layed my last month out like that was to show the people who complain about fees it's a heck of a lot cheaper then a shop set up or going to a flea market and setting up. My total haul wouldn't have paid my shop fees or the rent and would have paid just setup fees and gas and food for god knows how many flea markets you'd have to set up at to make that back. Plus peope are willing to spend more on eBay then at either place. So quit your complaining and start making money. And by the way I only spend 5 hours a week doing my purchasing items that's Saturday and Sunday. Hope people don't get crappy about this post not intending it to be braggart just a example of how little effort and cost it is to sell on there.
While I don't care for the nickel and dime feeing. They are nothing compared to a flea market setup or actual retail store. People think it costs tons to sell here's my breakdown of my march sales as a example.
eBay fees 59.60 on 327. Total sold. 31 (winter clothing) unsold BIN listings at .30 a piece is 9.00 just in gone money. But 17 sold listings for that intake amount. Add another 7.00 for my current BIN listings that were on a 30 day cycle that started in the march invoice, and 4.20 for the BIN that sold. So $20.ish just in BIN listing.
That leaves 270.10 pay pal took another 25 in fees for the payments I received. So I banked 245.10 in my pocket not including the price I paid for the items which is never over $10 bucks, but most items I buy is $1 to 3 bucks. Only 2 were $10 and 1 that was $40 but it was 9 seperate items in a lot. So my actual out cost is around $90 bucks in product for a profit of $160.10. Not to bad for doing something I love to do.
The reason I layed my last month out like that was to show the people who complain about fees it's a heck of a lot cheaper then a shop set up or going to a flea market and setting up. My total haul wouldn't have paid my shop fees or the rent and would have paid just setup fees and gas and food for god knows how many flea markets you'd have to set up at to make that back. Plus peope are willing to spend more on eBay then at either place. So quit your complaining and start making money. And by the way I only spend 5 hours a week doing my purchasing items that's Saturday and Sunday. Hope people don't get crappy about this post not intending it to be braggart just a example of how little effort and cost it is to sell on there.
