Okay, I earned less than $40 total for both sales, but still. I have overcome the intimidation of learning a new computer skill, and one that involved money.
I realized the other day that the reason I’d never sold anything on e-bay was that I didn’t have a digital camera, and hey, I bought a camera last December, so no excuse. So I sold some inexpensive stuff; makeup I’d never touched, to sort of break myself in.
I’m pleased to report I’m not actually broken.
I’ve often thought of selling stuff on E-bay. My sister does it, and I have a friend who makes a nice chunk of change by selling her thrift store finds on there.
So it was relatively easy?
Relatively.
The very good advise is to watch items like yours that have closed. I was watching auctions, but that won’t show you whether or not the item sold.
I’d say watch for two or three days, or check once every few days, for similar items, so you get a sense of it. I had six makeup items and sold three. Costs about twenty cents (percent of starting price) for listing a cheap item that doesn’t sell.
I’ve sold several things on eBay – I had to upgrade my PayPal account to accept credit card payments. I have another group of things I need to sell but I haven’t gotten around to posting them yet…… I’m certainly not going to make money at it, but I kinda like the idea of my junk getting re-used instead of land-filled.
Yeah, I had to do the upgrade thing too. And that was the least intuitive part, with the vaguest, most opaque instructions. But I finally got it.
Ken, another alternative is Freeshare. I’ve unloaded tons of junk that way; given away a stack of Rex Stout books, a bulletin board, clothing, children’s videos, all sorts of stuff. E-bay I’m really only planning on using for things I think might make a few bucks.
This was sort of a trial run. The real thing is going to be selling outgrown tap shoes.
“The real thing is going to be selling outgrown tap shoes.”
LOL!
Anything that’s not really of any monetary value I just bring into the office and put in the common room – it’ll get gone! I use eBay for things like video games and electronic equipment that I might actually make a few bucks on.. often purchased on eBay in the first place đŸ˜‰
I’ll have to take a look at Freeshare however… could be my kind of place….
Anything that’s not really of any monetary value I just bring into the office and put in the common room – it’ll get gone!
You laugh because you don’t know. Tap shoes cost me between $70-90 a pair. One memorable year, Arthur’s feet grew so fast we went through 3 pairs, so none of them have much wear. There must be other parents who’d rather spend $20 plus shipping than $90.