Hey everybody, thanks for sending me your eBay store links. I have enough for a video now, but feel free to send me them anyway and I'll save them in case I do multiple videos.
All good points. I stay away from Shoes as much as possible. Brand and size matter. I'm sure a lot of carts were abandoned because they saw the final price.
Agree on description and photos. We wanted to buy a book on Ebay and the person only had one photo; the description gave no information on quality, condition etc. Of course, we found another seller with same book who had 8 photos and a description though was $3.00 more we purchased that one.
All great advice. I have trouble finding quick flips like 30% of my items flip quickly. The rest are longggg tail but they have in time helped give me steady sales between both types. I know I can do better than I currently do, but I have tripled my sales from last year and I am happy with that.
I have done several of the things you mentioned and they really helped. If things dont sell I am working on titles and photos, price and shipping. I have already moved several items that way this week alone. I do sell on multiple platforms. Sales were slow on Ebay this past week and this practise save me on the money end as this is all I do to make a living. Great video !
I do Best Offer with a mininum threshold that auto rejects anything lower. I usually set that at 20-25% lower than the list price, because I feel I am very fair in my pricing and do not run sales.
I don't use that beecasue who cares if you get a lowball offer. I think its weird how people get annoyed with offers or take things personally. What I do is, I use a simple system. If the offer is asking for 50% or more off, that counts as a lowball and I decline. If it is 50%-25% then I counter. If it is 25% or less then I accept the offer, in most cases (kinda depends on the item and asking price, but majority of those I accept.) Simple. By setting your autoblock so high you're costing yourself a lot of sales you could get to with a counteroffer or two imho. Oh the other rule is that if someone comes back after a lowball with a dollar higher, they go on the blocked list. (example: Item listed at $50, they offer $10, I decline, they pop up again with offer of $11 - they're blocked.) Yeah that's annoying to deal with sometimes but it's pretty rare. For reference I get approximately 50 offers a day, at least a quarter of which lead to sales.
Thanks Wick. Your on point. I needed to hear a small promotion percentage will help sales. The suggested 12% is ridiculous. I may try 3% on all 1000 items and see if helps. Free returns are a pain but it's a deal breaker for many buyers.
Wick, do you ever try to repair your broken vhs players? ..bought a broken Sony. Not sure if it is worth the time and money to try to find a repaur shop.
If you know people internationally, just have them order thousands of dollars in merch from you then claim some B.S. and eBay will pay the bill. Just sayin.
I’ve been selling since 1998 on eBay and I sell mostly Lego unopened. here is a case where free returns is bad. I rarely do free returns because I’ve been scammed from a buyer who buys a Lego set, takes out the minifigure(s) and returns the set. I get screwed because the set isn’t new and sealed anymore, it’s now missing the minifigs, and I lose money when trying to resell a loose set. What are your thoughts on this?
Certain items I think it's better to not offer returns and I'd probably not offer returns if I was selling sealed Lego just to try and discourage scammers. If someone wanted to steal a mini figure they still could by doing an item not as described claim and forcing you to return it anyway, though. Sometimes on sealed items that are high dollar, I don't do returns. Also, I don't do returns on things I sell for parts or as is.
I was in the junk aisles of Goodwill the other day, or what Goodwill calls "hardline", and this lady reseller I often see was looking up this random clock. I asked her what it was, was it good, tell me about it. She showed me all these active comps on her phone with prices in the $50 range and she was VERY excited about it. I scrolled on her phone, there were about a dozen active comps, and maybe four of them looked like the one she had. Then I said "do you mind if I do a filter" and she said kind of quizzically, "sure?" so I filtered to Solds. There were two sold, neither of them looked like hers, and the prices were both strikeouts (best offer accepted) on $30ish. I said, this doesn't look good. She'd never filtered for solds before. She didn't understand what I was showing her. She smugly and very snidely said "oh i'm sure this is good, I know what I'm doing" and I noticed her cart was full of crap. She happily put the clock in there with all the other crap. This is one of the reasons why when people talk about reseller competition and how much thrifts get picked over, I never get worried. Because the majority of them are exactly like this lady, who really are doing us a favor because they're decluttering the racks and aisles for us and taking all the crap home with them and getting it out of our way. Incidentally I know her store on Ebay and she's got over 2000 listings and about 147 solds in the last 90 days. She's just a hoarder.
i don't offer returns on my ebay store but i sell my items below retail and under grade my items. i keep all this in mind when i get inventory so i can make a profit and offer it below retail.
I do best offer, but I put a minimum on it and this helps eliminate the low Ballers. I just set it to where I am comfortable selling it eventually at that price and if I don’t want to take the offer, I reject it and if I do, I accept it.
Would love to have my store reviewed! Great thought provoking video! I probably know all of your suggestions, but have forgotten and appreciate the reminder!! Yeah -
Since I’m a new again seller, eBay controls the shipping. I believe I can now choose, and I love ur idea but I have no idea how to make all items under 1 lb free shipping… unless u do it for each item individually.
Avoid USPS if you can. They are a imcompetant shipping company. Something I bought shipped out July 1st and as of JUly 18th it still hasn't arrived. Ebay made the seller refund my entire order without me asking them to do so.
@@SloppySecondz Agreed! FedEx is notorious for losing stuff, breaking stuff and coming back weeks after delivery imposing additional BS "fees" to what was originally quoted. I refuse to use FedEx.
Certain States (California, Kentucky, lower Pennsylvania) are very bad to ship to and through. Packages sit at their facility for days (4 and 5 days) on end, even if they are shipped Priority.
LOL I love how you had one issue with one purchase and you're like "they're incompetent!" dude your sample size is n=1. I ship over 500 items a month through USPS and have a problem once every other month, and it's usually minor and fixable. I'd say that's a pretty damn good success rate and far from "incompetent" Now, UPS and FedEx both I've had INCREDIBLY AGGRAVATING issues with. There's sometimes zero accountability with either of those companies. My ratio of shipments to problems is exponentially higher with those profit chasing corporations, full stop. And Wick is right that they'll find ways to nickel and dime you, like an airline. With USPS the pricing is very transparent and clear enough for even someone with even just a sixth grade education like me to understand.
Promoted Listings is another way we're getting squeezed but I fell onto the sword. 2% to move inventory quickly. I don't promote unique or desirable one off items. They always sell. But in thise competitive categories 2% makes a difference.
Promoted listing is a thing that is good for the shareholders and for the short term profitability of ebay as a company at the expensive of experience of the buyer. As a buyer(on whatever platform) I want the best fit for my search to be shown not what a seller has(or will) pay extra to have me see. So both on eBay and Amazon I don't click on sponsored things. I don't want to be part of the proliferation of a cluttered up view with a bunch of ads.
I’m running 6% promotions to make 20% for eBay 80% me. I’m tired of paying fees on shipping though. Then they want me to discount to were shipping cost me 14% after their fees
I’ve been using that AI image staging tool. It’s on the mobile app. It adds a nice professional touch to a product pic. The ones I’ve done that on seem to sell faster, but they’re better items to.
@@FlippingJunk when you go to edit a photo it’s the center icon under the pic. It’s sort of crude and random but can give some good results if you’re patient. Yes at adds time to the listing but I believe it sells faster with better pics and an identifiable thumbnail in a pleasant setting or just white background depending on item
I’m not getting sales because I can’t accept offers. eBay is glitching on me and giving error messages when I try to accept it. Had to call EBay this morning. Sometimes the problem IS EBay. 🤷🏼♀️
Hi Wick! Another Great video, love 'em all! Question-Ebay does charge me a 1.00 photo gallery fee every time an item is relisted automatically, so it makes it expensive to keep my items listed longtail. Any way to avoid this??? thanks!
Heard some people said Ebay added extra weight onto their package weight when it went through the transfer site for international, so the Sellers found "price adjustments' extra money deducted from their sale price. Have you ever had that issue?
I've had that happen before with normal orders, but not international. As long as the weight and dimensions are accurate when you list the item it "shouldn't happen".
Also eBay USA and eBay Canada are 2 separate things WITH separate rules, so some of this info is not valid for Canadian sellers like me. Lots and lots of Americans don't realize or understand this either! It's completely separate. Also I sell lots of stuff where the sell thru rates are garbage, don't let that scare you, items do sell and not completely true that they NEVER WILL SELL. At least I find that! Plus shipping and shipping charges are totally different. You guys in America have such cheap shipping within USA!! Here in Canada, shipping within Canada is sooooo expensive, I always laugh at how you guys think shipping is so much! Example, here in Canada we don't have Media Mail, so heavy books for example would cost upwards of $20 CAD or more to ship! Also love how eBay USA calls us "international" shipping when we are neighbors lol. Anyway, again eBay Canada and eBay USA 2 different things!
How do I get a buyer to close an Item Not Received case against me? They opened the case, then messaged me 1 hour later and said they received it. But the case is still open. If they don't close their case, Ebay will punish my selling account.
The problem that you’re making sales is cause’ of the bad economy. People have stopped investing money on buying physical video games. Even if you’re offering free shipping you still are no going to make a sale.
@@southernvtgrown “the economy” is not bad. It’s normal. “The economy” that people got used to on eBay from 2020-2022 was abnormal. For people who started selling on eBay during the pandemic, they experienced an unusually “good” market for secondhand items. People had more money to spend online and they were home 24/7. Things have gone more or less back to normal. So you got used to easy street? Welcome back to reality. It’s competitive. You have to work harder.
I do not know why ebay sellers do not offer "free shipping" while factoring in the cost of shipping on how they price their item. For example: If a shirt is selling on average for $29 plus shipping on ebay then why not just sell it for $35 to $37 with "free shipping." And this can be done by researching sold comps on all items. Even heavy big items. This seems like the easiest way to do shipping. It seems like ebay sellers over think the entire shipping process. I buy things on ebay and wonder why sellers in my own state send me an item priority mail that weighs under a pound. They are paying more when they could have just used ground advantage. This seems to happen ALOT. I would go as far as to say that over 90% of ebay sellers just don' know how to save money on shipping items. I have even seen some ebay sellers on youtube say they buy their shipping supplies from uline. What a rip off that site is. Shipping supplies are sold dirt cheap on ebay.
If you offer free ship then you have to pay to ship it and pay to ship it back to you. When eBay puts a turn on you with a forced refund they can't charge for your shipping but only the purchase price. "I don't know why sellers can't add 2 plus 2 and would offer free ship when it's not they are just jacking up the price because they are a fine crook" treat your customer right,be honest, and do not pay yourself into the hole there's no profit there. Don't think every customer is stupid like you... because they are not. You run your store the way you like it. I hope no one reads your comment and falls for that
Why does it matter if it’s $35 with free shipping or $30 plus $5 shipping? After all you still pay $35 plus tax. For lighter items, I know how much stuff would cost me to ship so i just add that as flat rate shipping fee ( obviously if i see people list for $35 free shipping, im not gonna list for $35 plus shipping) As for someone send stuff via priority mail for stuff under a pound, they are probably new inexperienced sellers. And no, free shipping is not the effective way for big heavy item. If you are in new York and need to ship to California, the different cost in shipping is huge. Might cost $20 to ship to New Jersey while cost $60 to California. I have been selling on eBay for 15 years. Don’t seem like you are a seller ( not professional who do $100,000 a year or more ) so I don’t think you’re are qualified to criticize other sellers.
@@jabeachdates853 Uline has excellent products. I don't buy much on eBay for my store. I buy my poly bags from jairopak directly.and they are cheaper than eBay .. it's better to be factual instead of just rattle
Because eBay resellers aren't being accountable for buying junk, garbage and items that don't sell. They like to cry and complain on YT. I made a whole vid about it.
@@sherrytdallastreasures Fees will vary based on the category but the fee percentage is applied to the total value of the sale (item price + shipping + sales tax) + $.30 final value fee.
Hello, I was considering taking up your offer to evaluate my store. I don’t do Instagram and I don’t see an email listed on your CZcams account. Am I too late? If not, how can I contact you? Thanks.
Hey everybody, thanks for sending me your eBay store links. I have enough for a video now, but feel free to send me them anyway and I'll save them in case I do multiple videos.
All good points.
I stay away from Shoes as much as possible. Brand and size matter. I'm sure a lot of carts were abandoned because they saw the final price.
Agree on description and photos. We wanted to buy a book on Ebay and the person only had one photo; the description gave no information on quality, condition etc. Of course, we found another seller with same book who had 8 photos and a description though was $3.00 more we purchased that one.
All great advice. I have trouble finding quick flips like 30% of my items flip quickly. The rest are longggg tail but they have in time helped give me steady sales between both types. I know I can do better than I currently do, but I have tripled my sales from last year and I am happy with that.
Exactly! Most people don't have the luxury to have a store full of 200% sell through items! Those 35%-50% STR items will create consistent sales.
I have done several of the things you mentioned and they really helped. If things dont sell I am working on titles and photos, price and shipping. I have already moved several items that way this week alone. I do sell on multiple platforms. Sales were slow on Ebay this past week and this practise save me on the money end as this is all I do to make a living. Great video !
I do Best Offer with a mininum threshold that auto rejects anything lower. I usually set that at 20-25% lower than the list price, because I feel I am very fair in my pricing and do not run sales.
@@jasonvoss8588 Same here
I don't use that beecasue who cares if you get a lowball offer. I think its weird how people get annoyed with offers or take things personally. What I do is, I use a simple system. If the offer is asking for 50% or more off, that counts as a lowball and I decline. If it is 50%-25% then I counter. If it is 25% or less then I accept the offer, in most cases (kinda depends on the item and asking price, but majority of those I accept.) Simple. By setting your autoblock so high you're costing yourself a lot of sales you could get to with a counteroffer or two imho.
Oh the other rule is that if someone comes back after a lowball with a dollar higher, they go on the blocked list. (example: Item listed at $50, they offer $10, I decline, they pop up again with offer of $11 - they're blocked.) Yeah that's annoying to deal with sometimes but it's pretty rare.
For reference I get approximately 50 offers a day, at least a quarter of which lead to sales.
I've been on eBay since 1998 and never closer to hanging it up. I'm so sick of slow/no sales and putting in effort and getting nothing in return.
Agreed. Sometimes it even seems like the more effort you put in, the less return they give you back lately.
And even after following all of these best practices, summer slowdown is still a thing.
Literally find things that sell during the summer😂😂 pools, hoses, pet stuff, shorts.
Literally it’s only slow because your products are irrelevant
It's not summer every where...lol. Call it what you want...sounds like an excuse to me.
Man of the people! Solid suggestions. I've had luck cross selling on Poshmark.
Under promise and over deliver ❤ repeat ❤❤❤
Great tips, Wick! Looking forward to the store review video. 😊
This was a great conversational video Wick, thank you
Thanks Wick. Your on point. I needed to hear a small promotion percentage will help sales. The suggested 12% is ridiculous. I may try 3% on all 1000 items and see if helps. Free returns are a pain but it's a deal breaker for many buyers.
Better try atleast 6 percent on the promo if you want to get anywhere
Yeah, the recommended is way too high imo. I should have mentioned I do customers pay for return shipping unless item is not as described.
@@FlippingJunkwhat would the promoted e-bay suggested 12% get you compared to if you only promoted at the 3% level?
Summer low-down
Wick, do you ever try to repair your broken vhs players? ..bought a broken Sony. Not sure if it is worth the time and money to try to find a repaur shop.
Yeah eBay is good when it comes to international orders, they always take care of and protect the seller.
If you know people internationally, just have them order thousands of dollars in merch from you then claim some B.S. and eBay will pay the bill. Just sayin.
I'm always surprised that folks don't take advantage of the "minimum offer" feature - it saves sellers from even seeing lowball offers. ☺
I’ve been selling since 1998 on eBay and I sell mostly Lego unopened. here is a case where free returns is bad. I rarely do free returns because I’ve been scammed from a buyer who buys a Lego set, takes out the minifigure(s) and returns the set. I get screwed because the set isn’t new and sealed anymore, it’s now missing the minifigs, and I lose money when trying to resell a loose set. What are your thoughts on this?
Certain items I think it's better to not offer returns and I'd probably not offer returns if I was selling sealed Lego just to try and discourage scammers. If someone wanted to steal a mini figure they still could by doing an item not as described claim and forcing you to return it anyway, though. Sometimes on sealed items that are high dollar, I don't do returns. Also, I don't do returns on things I sell for parts or as is.
Understand sell-through rate and sold comps (comparisons). Buy only items that prove they sell for decent net profit.
Majority of sellers don’t understand this for some reason
I was in the junk aisles of Goodwill the other day, or what Goodwill calls "hardline", and this lady reseller I often see was looking up this random clock. I asked her what it was, was it good, tell me about it. She showed me all these active comps on her phone with prices in the $50 range and she was VERY excited about it. I scrolled on her phone, there were about a dozen active comps, and maybe four of them looked like the one she had. Then I said "do you mind if I do a filter" and she said kind of quizzically, "sure?" so I filtered to Solds. There were two sold, neither of them looked like hers, and the prices were both strikeouts (best offer accepted) on $30ish. I said, this doesn't look good. She'd never filtered for solds before. She didn't understand what I was showing her. She smugly and very snidely said "oh i'm sure this is good, I know what I'm doing" and I noticed her cart was full of crap. She happily put the clock in there with all the other crap. This is one of the reasons why when people talk about reseller competition and how much thrifts get picked over, I never get worried. Because the majority of them are exactly like this lady, who really are doing us a favor because they're decluttering the racks and aisles for us and taking all the crap home with them and getting it out of our way.
Incidentally I know her store on Ebay and she's got over 2000 listings and about 147 solds in the last 90 days. She's just a hoarder.
Thanks for the info. Good plans.
i don't offer returns on my ebay store but i sell my items below retail and under grade my items. i keep all this in mind when i get inventory so i can make a profit and offer it below retail.
Gday from Athens🇬🇷
Do you exclude any international countries? I’ve noticed lately some countries I have excluded eBay is selling and shipping to those places.
I do best offer, but I put a minimum on it and this helps eliminate the low Ballers. I just set it to where I am comfortable selling it eventually at that price and if I don’t want to take the offer, I reject it and if I do, I accept it.
Do you still do "what sold" videos where you show us while packing to ship? I love those videos! 😀
Never saw him pack n ship
I did a what sold video a couple weeks ago. I usually don't show me packing anything, though. Maybe in the future I will.
@@FlippingJunk I gues want when you woul throw the package in the box to be mailed, lol
Would love to have my store reviewed! Great thought provoking video! I probably know all of your suggestions, but have forgotten and appreciate the reminder!! Yeah -
Since I’m a new again seller, eBay controls the shipping. I believe I can now choose, and I love ur idea but I have no idea how to make all items under 1 lb free shipping… unless u do it for each item individually.
I do calculared shipping. Fedex for heavy
Great advice! 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Avoid USPS if you can. They are a imcompetant shipping company. Something I bought shipped out July 1st and as of JUly 18th it still hasn't arrived. Ebay made the seller refund my entire order without me asking them to do so.
What's worse is fedex, they're notorious for damaging my items or straight up just losing them altogether.
@@SloppySecondz Agreed! FedEx is notorious for losing stuff, breaking stuff and coming back weeks after delivery imposing additional BS "fees" to what was originally quoted. I refuse to use FedEx.
I vote FedEx is the worse. They are quoting the lowest prices, but then they have the hidden extra fees you get hit with a lot.
Certain States (California, Kentucky, lower Pennsylvania) are very bad to ship to and through. Packages sit at their facility for days (4 and 5 days) on end, even if they are shipped Priority.
LOL I love how you had one issue with one purchase and you're like "they're incompetent!" dude your sample size is n=1.
I ship over 500 items a month through USPS and have a problem once every other month, and it's usually minor and fixable. I'd say that's a pretty damn good success rate and far from "incompetent"
Now, UPS and FedEx both I've had INCREDIBLY AGGRAVATING issues with. There's sometimes zero accountability with either of those companies.
My ratio of shipments to problems is exponentially higher with those profit chasing corporations, full stop. And Wick is right that they'll find ways to nickel and dime you, like an airline. With USPS the pricing is very transparent and clear enough for even someone with even just a sixth grade education like me to understand.
Promoted Listings is another way we're getting squeezed but I fell onto the sword. 2% to move inventory quickly. I don't promote unique or desirable one off items. They always sell. But in thise competitive categories 2% makes a difference.
I don't like it, but if everyone else is promoting you've got to play along or get left behind it feels. I agree many unique items don't need promo.
Promoted listing is a thing that is good for the shareholders and for the short term profitability of ebay as a company at the expensive of experience of the buyer. As a buyer(on whatever platform) I want the best fit for my search to be shown not what a seller has(or will) pay extra to have me see. So both on eBay and Amazon I don't click on sponsored things. I don't want to be part of the proliferation of a cluttered up view with a bunch of ads.
Getting plenty even though June was horrible
What’s the length and weight that makes you say ok this ships ups ?
Usually dimensions over 18x14x10 and/or 20+ lbs.
I’m running 6% promotions to make 20% for eBay 80% me. I’m tired of paying fees on shipping though. Then they want me to discount to were shipping cost me 14% after their fees
I’ve been using that AI image staging tool. It’s on the mobile app. It adds a nice professional touch to a product pic. The ones I’ve done that on seem to sell faster, but they’re better items to.
Maybe I need to update my app. I don't think I've seen this.
@@FlippingJunk when you go to edit a photo it’s the center icon under the pic. It’s sort of crude and random but can give some good results if you’re patient. Yes at adds time to the listing but I believe it sells faster with better pics and an identifiable thumbnail in a pleasant setting or just white background depending on item
I’m not getting sales because I can’t accept offers. eBay is glitching on me and giving error messages when I try to accept it. Had to call EBay this morning. Sometimes the problem IS EBay. 🤷🏼♀️
Awesome video
nice one whick...
I remember the golden age of eBay when you could just use auctions and get retail or close to it every time.
Hi Wick! Another Great video, love 'em all! Question-Ebay does charge me a 1.00 photo gallery fee every time an item is relisted automatically, so it makes it expensive to keep my items listed longtail. Any way to avoid this??? thanks!
I assume that's a setting you have on? Buy it now items shouldn't be getting any relist fees unless you have the extra paid things set on a listing.
@@FlippingJunk THANK YOU!!!
My shoes are new! Sell 2 pairs a week.....top name brands
I don't have an Instagram account, but I'd be open to having you critique my store.
Heard some people said Ebay added extra weight onto their package weight when it went through the transfer site for international, so the Sellers found "price adjustments' extra money deducted from their sale price. Have you ever had that issue?
Probably done over 1000 international sales, never had that happen once in my life.
I've had that happen before with normal orders, but not international. As long as the weight and dimensions are accurate when you list the item it "shouldn't happen".
Im shocked that people sell used drum heads on ebay. Crazy.
Nice vid. Thanks!
I’ve been selling ok on EBay, but Mercari has been dead since June!
Also eBay USA and eBay Canada are 2 separate things WITH separate rules, so some of this info is not valid for Canadian sellers like me. Lots and lots of Americans don't realize or understand this either! It's completely separate. Also I sell lots of stuff where the sell thru rates are garbage, don't let that scare you, items do sell and not completely true that they NEVER WILL SELL. At least I find that! Plus shipping and shipping charges are totally different. You guys in America have such cheap shipping within USA!! Here in Canada, shipping within Canada is sooooo expensive, I always laugh at how you guys think shipping is so much! Example, here in Canada we don't have Media Mail, so heavy books for example would cost upwards of $20 CAD or more to ship! Also love how eBay USA calls us "international" shipping when we are neighbors lol. Anyway, again eBay Canada and eBay USA 2 different things!
What's your email, Wick? I don't use Instagram and don't see your email here but would love to throw my hat in the ring to be reviewed!
It's on the channel page with rest of social links, but I'll add it to the description page to find it easier. flippingjunk@hotmail.com
Ads degrade eBay as a platform. I would not buy something sponsored because I don't want to see ads so I don't uses ads for selling either.
How do I get a buyer to close an Item Not Received case against me? They opened the case, then messaged me 1 hour later and said they received it. But the case is still open. If they don't close their case, Ebay will punish my selling account.
It should just resolve itself without any impact, but you can contact eBay directly to explain.
Upload the tracking number. eBay will close in your favor.
Good junk > Bad junk
lol indeed
the more you work, the more you make....who would have thot jaja
The problem that you’re making sales is cause’ of the bad economy. People have stopped investing money on buying physical video games. Even if you’re offering free shipping you still are no going to make a sale.
people sell other things on ebay than video games dude.
Bad economy = making Sales confused 😕
@@southernvtgrown “the economy” is not bad. It’s normal. “The economy” that people got used to on eBay from 2020-2022 was abnormal. For people who started selling on eBay during the pandemic, they experienced an unusually “good” market for secondhand items. People had more money to spend online and they were home 24/7. Things have gone more or less back to normal. So you got used to easy street? Welcome back to reality. It’s competitive. You have to work harder.
I do not know why ebay sellers do not offer "free shipping" while factoring in the cost of shipping on how they price their item. For example: If a shirt is selling on average for $29 plus shipping on ebay then why not just sell it for $35 to $37 with "free shipping." And this can be done by researching sold comps on all items. Even heavy big items. This seems like the easiest way to do shipping. It seems like ebay sellers over think the entire shipping process. I buy things on ebay and wonder why sellers in my own state send me an item priority mail that weighs under a pound. They are paying more when they could have just used ground advantage. This seems to happen ALOT. I would go as far as to say that over 90% of ebay sellers just don' know how to save money on shipping items. I have even seen some ebay sellers on youtube say they buy their shipping supplies from uline. What a rip off that site is. Shipping supplies are sold dirt cheap on ebay.
If you offer free ship then you have to pay to ship it and pay to ship it back to you. When eBay puts a turn on you with a forced refund they can't charge for your shipping but only the purchase price. "I don't know why sellers can't add 2 plus 2 and would offer free ship when it's not they are just jacking up the price because they are a fine crook" treat your customer right,be honest, and do not pay yourself into the hole there's no profit there. Don't think every customer is stupid like you... because they are not. You run your store the way you like it. I hope no one reads your comment and falls for that
Why does it matter if it’s $35 with free shipping or $30 plus $5 shipping? After all you still pay $35 plus tax. For lighter items, I know how much stuff would cost me to ship so i just add that as flat rate shipping fee ( obviously if i see people list for $35 free shipping, im not gonna list for $35 plus shipping) As for someone send stuff via priority mail for stuff under a pound, they are probably new inexperienced sellers. And no, free shipping is not the effective way for big heavy item. If you are in new York and need to ship to California, the different cost in shipping is huge. Might cost $20 to ship to New Jersey while cost $60 to California. I have been selling on eBay for 15 years. Don’t seem like you are a seller ( not professional who do $100,000 a year or more ) so I don’t think you’re are qualified to criticize other sellers.
I like making a couple more dollars on shipping honestly lol
Then returns you’re eating the return ship
@@jabeachdates853 Uline has excellent products. I don't buy much on eBay for my store. I buy my poly bags from jairopak directly.and they are cheaper than eBay .. it's better to be factual instead of just rattle
This guy is like the real life droopy.
Because eBay resellers aren't being accountable for buying junk, garbage and items that don't sell. They like to cry and complain on YT. I made a whole vid about it.
No one gets free shipping. Someone paying for it so why give free shipping. Nothing in life is free nowadays.
Just adjust your listing price enough to cover shipping costs and list items with "free shipping."
@@StaceNyourFace but why do that when that means eBay gets more $.
@@sherrytdallastreasures They charge fees on shipping too, no matter who pays for it.
@@StaceNyourFace I don't believe you are correct about eBay getting cut on shipping fee besides charge taxes
@@sherrytdallastreasures Fees will vary based on the category but the fee percentage is applied to the total value of the sale (item price + shipping + sales tax) + $.30 final value fee.
Hello, I was considering taking up your offer to evaluate my store. I don’t do Instagram and I don’t see an email listed on your CZcams account. Am I too late? If not, how can I contact you? Thanks.