/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>56344360
HAHAHAHAHA! THE GUY IN YOUR SCREEN CAP MADE A JOKE ABOUT THAT SUBMARINE INCIDENT. THAT IS SO QUIRKY AND FUNNY AND RELEVANT. HAHAHAHAHA. I LOVE POPULAR CULTURE SO MUCH.

>>56344371
just ignore it

>>56344360
There are threads on this board where folks openly discuss how they rip off eBay by claiming their order never arrived. eBay has to keep the fees high to fund the insurance rates caused by these morons.

>>56344371
I chuckled

>>56344371
I say and think like this
Post a pic to see if I also look like this

>>56344475
okay sure, but other than that, ebay doesn't do anything and their website is shitty and buggy and there is like no customer support. at least amazon has a vast shipping and distribution system and will do the shipping for you for a fee. Not saying that is worth it, but i just don't see what ebay is actually doing other than having the same shitty buggy 90's looking website that hasn't changed in 20 years except increasing fees.

>>56344591
Then sell your stuff somewhere else? Oh wait thats right... you have no market. That's why ebay charges egregious fees, it would otherwise cost you similar or more to host your own service and perform marketing to draw traffic to it. Ebay is an established brand, they don't need to advertise. People just use it because they know it exists and probably has what they want.

>>56344371
are you ok

>>56344360
>In some instances you can even end up OWING money buy selling something on their platform what the fuck?
Are you 12 years old?

>>56344371
FPBP, reddit faggots need to leave

>>56344360
Been selling shit on eBay for about a year now. I find that after the cost of shipping, the cost of packing materials, and eBay fees it really isn't worth it unless I get the item I'm selling for free or close to free.

I sold an old PS2 game for $9. After eBay took their cut, I was getting $7.40. The bubble mailer envelope was $0.68. Media Mail shipping at USPS was $3.92. I pocketed a grand total of $2.80 off that $9 sale....

>>56345838
Can relate, I run a store and mostly the stuff I’ve been “gifted” to sell are profitable. Cost basis of $0. If I buy a pair of shoes for $200 and sell for $250, eBay fees take $20 and if you promoted an ad, even more on top of that. In some cases, they’ve taken so much in fees and marketing that i lost money. Always suggest keeping tabs of shipping and expenses to write off against income

>>56344360
Get your stuff cheaper as in buy for $10 sell for $100 if you can’t 10x 20x on the smaller stuff than forget about it.

>>56344360
try craigslist meet the buyer in person, it can be an exchange like a spy movie

>>56345864
Selling shit on ebay is for fucking boomers, you make more by affiliate linking. Literally have to carry zero inventory, no dealing with s&h and still make 5% on average.

>>56344360
Are there any alternatives out there without such insane fees?

>>56344360
its not just 15% they basically force you to use the promotions otherwise your listing will get buried and never seen. so its more like 20-25% fee. get fucked and stop using ebay.

>>56345838
seller pays for shipping not you retard

>>56345969
>affiliate marketing
good morning 17 year old mulattoe who doesn't have the life experience to recognize and avoid mentally retarded scams like affiliate marketing, dropshitting, and content creation. you are literally ONE DECADE too late.

>>56347499
do you have a learning disability?

is offerup or etsy a better source? or whatnot? i buy on ebay but i would never sell

>>56344360
op why did you screen cap this shit? was this the first time you made some people laugh?

>>56344371
based

>>56344722
that's why i made this thread you dumbshit, to get some suggestions on ebay alternatives

>>56345838
>>56345864
i work in a job that i can get boxes and bubble wrap for free so that's a huge plus, but the fees are still terrible

>>56347509
i think he means buyer

>>56348126
etsy charges 6.5 % and a 3% credit card processing fee, so it's better but still not great.

only good alternatives are facebook markeplace who charge 5% but it's geared towards only local so the market is smaller. and bonanza which nobody has heard of .

mercari is flat 10% but that's still high, why can't these platforms meet us in the middle and charge like 5-6%?

>>56344360
Don't forget the automatic 1099-K if you sell more than $600 a year when it used to be $20,000 a year, thanks biden. Killed any incentive for me to sell stuff online now.

>>56344360
The only way to make it on Ebay is to churn through volume products with large markups compared to your regular business listings.

>>56344360
Kek, why u selling shit when you could be sucking cocks and charging niggers for that? You're missing out, also, you could actually use that money to get into pond and be slightly more miserable than you already are

>>56349780
Kek, stop advising people to suck penises, that's gay

>>56348442
There's none, you either go on ebay or die on amazon

>>56349780
Fucking based, have a kek

>>56349780
Most niggers are also faggots since they enjoy getting fucked in prison

>>56347488
>>56344360.
I love how you guys always post about stuff that I write about.
https://stokedwallet.com/2023/10/09/tik-tok-takes-on-whatnot-and-ebay-for-ccg-market/

It feels like a ripoff, but then you try selling the same thing on Craigslist or another local site and if you even get any interest people are lowballing trying to offer 20-30% less than the item goes for on eBay. Usually it ends up being about the same, eBay charges more fees and you have shipping, but items tend to sell for more on there than many other platforms as well.

>>56345969
Kek what the fuck, did you learn that at a paid e-seminar?