how does an ebay seller make any money when the  selling price is 99 cents...the shipping is correct for item?
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Sometimes people will make their money in shipping and handling.\n\nBut most of the time it is just there to raise their feedback.  The higher the feedback, the more money you make on eBay.
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I'm new to ebay to. But just go there and sign up, they pretty much explain it all. You will want to get a Paypal account too, so people can pay that way too, both are free to set up and easy.\nwww.paypal.com you even get to chose how people can pay, restrictions for buyers and what shipping methods you would use etc. Really selfd explanatory, I was confused the first time I visitred, just take some time navigating around. When you go to sell, they will give you ideas on how to make your item sell!\n\nIf you want Vidoe professor has put out a learing disk on the subject as well. I recently have seen their ad on tv.\n\nGood luck selling!!
506573
I buy and sell on ebay all the time.  Many times since 2000.  In that time I have had only 2 people not send the item and ebay and paypal investigated and resolved the issue.  One time I sold and had someone not pay and said they were in identity theft.  Didn't believe that....but filed a strike against them.  Mostly people are honest.  You have to check their feedback scores from other people and see if they are slow shippers, bad payers, etc.  I never buy anything from anyone with less that a 97% feedback score and do not sell to anyone with a no pay strike within 60 days.  I have bought things from cell phones, to bed linens, clothes, appliances, toys, electronics, shoes, tupperware, and I could go on and on.
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You can use ebay Trading Assistants to sell your items for you. You can find them here http://tradingassistant.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?TradingAssistant&page=main\n\nOr you can use third party such as iSoldit.com which offers sells on ebay for others. You can bring to their stores your merchandise and they will sell it for you on ebay. You can find the list of iSoldit.com stores in your area on this page: http://www.i-soldit.com/locations.asp\n\nTheir commission is basically 30% of the amount the item's selling price \nhttp://www.i-soldit.com/fees.asp \n\nPlus, they will deduct from you the selling fees incurred as well as payment processing fees. \n\nSimply put, they are not cheap. But if you don't have time or dont want to be hassled taking pictures of the items or learning how to sell on ebay, they can make you better money than downright throwing the items or giving them to charity.\n\nFor example, you sell through them a scrapbook kit that ends for $20 -\n\nTOTAL PRICE = $20\n\nLESS:\niSoldit Commission (40%) = $8\nListing/Gallery photo fee = $0.70 \n5.25% fee = $1.05\nPayment processing fee $.30 plus 2.5% of the total transaction value (sales price, shipping & handling and sales tax) = $1.10\n\nSo you will end up with $10.20 more or less. Think if this is something you'd want\n\nAlso try the following:\n\nhttp://www.quikdrop.com/getstarted.php\nhttp://www.auctiondrop.com/TheUPSStores/TheUPSStores.aspx
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LEARNING how to sell on eBay is pretty easy, especially if you know how to navigate a website and read online help carefully.\n\nMaking SIGNIFICANT money on eBay, that's another story. Easy to learn, yes. But be prepared for some HARD WORK to...\n\n1) Get your rating up. It's harder to get people to bid on items when the seller has a low rating, and some feachers such as Dutch Auctions (selling multiples of one item in a single auction) aren't available until you've got some positive feedback from successful auctions.\n\n2) Get people to even SEE your auction. You have to put some careful thought into the wording of not only your auction item content, but the heading as well. Remember there are a HUGE number of auctions starting every minute. Why should people click on yours? In a nutshell, be prepared to become an expert in marketing and advertising to be effective.\n\n3) Research your starting price. Be prepared to know EXACTLY how much shipping will cost, and factor in the time it takes you to write the item description and calculate shipping, then actually pack and ship everything. After all the costs, if you're not careful you may be working for less than minimum wage.\n\nThat said, yeah, it sounds hard, right? But it's still easier work than, say, flipping burgers in a fast food joint.\n\nAlso, there's a better approach... use eBay as a leapfrog to something ELSE. Done properly it can be a valuable tool for building up contacts with a regular customer base. And THAT is far more valuable than any one auction.
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I have good deal on EBay, but pay too much for Shipping
195714
look trunk ....your making me nuts.. send me the item and I will pay the difference in shipping or we can call it off because Im interested in that item, and you selling it? are you interested?\n(trunk is used as you are a hard person to deal with)
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its all about ebay,  go to the .99 cent store and see what you can sell for some ideas.  You can sell some items from the .99 store for 5 bucks.  Just an idea of what to sell, but ebay is a great way to make money
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Ebay is recently changing its system and charging ppl to sell in ebay.. i guess that's the problem but it's gonna be okay soon.\nmeantime check if you've put Ebay into your restricted site by mistake? if yes, you can undo that in Tool-Internet Options.
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Trust me- you want no part of the “wholesaler” game. What once was a great idea has now spread so everyone and his or her mother are doing it. Margins are razor thin at best and I suspect non-existent when you factor in most drop shippers "Membership fees" along with eBay and PayPal's cut. \n\nAs for what to sell -\n\nHonestly, it is trial and error. However, the old adage – “Sell what you know” holds very true. Take something that you are knowledgeable about and wait for a bargain. For example, let’s say you know a lot about car parts and one weekend you stumble across a shop having a clearance sale - $150 car stereos for $30 bucks (or whatever). Take it home and list it for $75. Your customer thinks they saved $75 bucks and you made $45. Now multiply it by 100 sales and you are in business.\n\nTo sum up-\n\neBay is not free money. My wife and I work about 20 hours a week on our eBay auctions. We don't make a fortune, but we make enough it’s worth our time. We do about $2K a month in sales and we profit about $500-$600. It's not "easy money", you DO have to work at it, but if you're are willing to invest the time and effort, you can do it.
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Sometimes there will be items listed for a really low price, but the shipping will be 10x what it really costs to ship the item... People do this to avoid paying large listing and final value fees (as shipping costs are not factored into the equation for figuring out fees).\n\nIf it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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Maybe try a classified ad in the local newspaper.  \n\nYou could also list it regionally on ebay, with a reserve price.  By listing regionally, the buyer has an opportunity to eliminate the shipping costs.  That way ALL the funds come to you.\n\nThe only draw back about a reserve price is, if it isn't met, your item is still not sold, you make no money and you are still responsible to pay the fees associated with listing it.\n\nJust check to see what they have been selling for. Make sure you have a realistic idea of its market value.
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Generally it's not that realistic.  I've been there and generally eBay IS wholesale price.  Most of the time you will buy an item from a wholesaler and see that eBay is listing it for the same price.. A lot of these people dump products at their cost and make money on the shipping/handling aspect.  \n\nAlso, to get real wholesale prices... you generally need to have a business license, tax id, and setup a real wholesaler account with these companies, and even then you may find their prices aren't giving you much profit margin on eBay.  \n\nIf you are considering buying into a wholesale list or something like that, I wouldn't recommend it.  \n\nI know a couple people that make some money on the side selling things they've got wholesale (it's not enough for a full time income)...but generally they are buying something like books by the truckload for $1 each.  25% of them end up being garbage, 50+% end up selling for break even (considering ebay fees, paypal fees, your time) and they make some money on the rest.  \n\nBut I would say unless you have a real legitimate source with someone and you can get prices at least 20-25% below what the eBay items are actually *selling* for (not what you see them listed at), I wouldn't even bother.\n\n- aba
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Ebay gets you three ways in the pocket book. One for listing (wether it sells or not) the a final value fee. (when the item sells) and if you use paypal... they get you there too... So, if you want 100 dollars for an item, expect more like 80 since 20 of it is fees.  Yahoo is boring and slow.. no one usually goes on yahoo...  if you want to post and sell.. go to www.craigslist.org. there you can post, sell, and find all for free... no gimmicks, i have sold everything i have posted so far. From engines (used) to misc junk... good luck..\nSteve from portland oregon
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Bidding on eBay is a calculated inexact science at best. I'll give you some examples and learning links at the bottom of this note!\n\nFor example's sake, let's say you want to buy a gold wigit. (And by wigit I mean any item you want to buy... )\n\nYou know that the wigit you want to buy should be $25.00. \n\nThere are three of them up for sale at the same time...\nWigit #1 has a starting bid of .99 cents with no reserve but a high shipping cost (since you know wigits are small, shipping should be no more than $4.50 priority mail!)\n\nWigit #2 has a starting bid of $9.99--no reserve--and $5.00 for shipping.\n\nWigit #3 has a starting bid of 99 cents--but with a reserve and a $10.00 shipping charge.\n\nWhat should you do?! Ignore #3, bookmark #2 and wait until 30 seconds before the aution ends to bid---and bid your maximum.\nIf you don't win it, there WILL be another.... You could bid on #1, but take into account the shipping fee and ajust your high bid accordingly.\n\nBut before you bid,  you should look at their feedback. Not only are you looking to see if they have any negitive feedback but how long have they been a member of eBay and how high a number. (It's best to deal with people who have the higher feedback number, but that's not in stone.)\n\nNot only do you have to know HOW MUCH to bid on an item but WHEN to bid. And WHEN to bid takes practice. Have you bid on something and at the last second had someone else win---well you were sniped!\n\nThere's software and websites that you can go to in order to set up a  bid so you bid comes in at the last possible namo second. \n\n1st link example: Several bids and at the last second someone bid out of the blue to win the book.\n\n2nd link lesson from eBay: Communitiy Posting Board on eBay\nYou can read what others are doing and beter understand bidding!\n\nNEVER get emotional with an auction---set your limit and stick to it!!  Always remember---odds are there's another gold wigit just waiting to be posted and sooner or later YOU'LL be the winning bidder! And HOPEFULLY for a good price!\n\nHave fun on eBay!
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Hi,\n\nInteresting post.  I started my eBay selling "adventure" about 4 years ago.  I tried unsuccessfully on and off for about 2 years to  sell products on eBay.  There are so many factors that need to be right in order for people to bid.  \n\nI had this nagging feeling that it's a solid business model to sell on eBay, so I didn't give up. My wife was watching TV and saw an infomercial for a course to learn how to sell and be successful on eBay. She bought it for me for my birthday 2 years ago, and I'm EXTREMELY successful at selling on eBay on.\n\nWhen I saw your question I looked to see if the same kit is still being sold, and I found it for FREE on the Internet!  They're only asking $1.95 for shipping!!!!!  \n\nhttp://www.alllsite.info/sell-on-ebay.php\n\nI highly recommend this course if you want to be successfull, and you certainly can't beat $1.95\n\nGood Luck
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Ebay can be really good if you can find a product that sells well consistently and you can have a good selling price. One secret is a lot of people actually sell the product for almost cost and make money on shipping, on the products I sell I make at least $5 on shipping guaranteed.