/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>746633
Good site. Really safe to buy from but can fuck over its sellers. Would recommend.

tried selling some candle shit over it for a while but they take too much of a chunk to make it worth it with shipping. i moved on to flea markets.

>>746633
ebay tl;dr

buy anything, get unlimited protection
sell anything, anticipate getting screwed

Ebay: The website with free stuff for sale

>>746646
>>746677
>>746678
>>746701
Is it really that bad?
I haven't used ebay in AGES.
Would I get my money back without questions?

The trick to not getting screwed on ebay is to sell low cost items. People always post about how they got fucked while selling their playstation on ebay. Well large items attract scammers. Plus when you're only selling one item, if you do get hit, it sucks.

If you're selling hundreds of items you paid $2 for, getting a random scammer costs you less than $5.

Plus if you are bringing in several thousand or more a month the rules change. Suddenly ebay is a little more friendly to you and more willing to help you out.

has anyone here ever been audited by the IRS?
What kind of documents do you wish you saved to show them your deductions?

I've been keeping my invoices from my suppliers but that's about at far as it goes, all of my transactions for shipping and eBay fees are on PayPal, should I be printing those out or.....?

And every time I need supplies like labels I do it on eBay and the transaction stays in my history, is that enough?

I'm tired of making new accounts every time I'm about to break 20k in revenue.

>>746978
I've never been audited and one of my buddies is a CPA so he just does my taxes for me. I just print out all of my transactions and my expenses and give them to him.

>>746980
I remember something about being able to download all of your transactions into an excel file, but I don't remember where to find that and if it's somewhere in eBay or PayPal.

>>746985
Log into paypal.
Go to Transactions.
Set dates.
Download.

Aww shit. DHL just dropped off my shipment from China.

>>746633
Terrible for sellers (tried selling something and got hit with over $70 in fees.)

Good for buyers.

PayPal can suck a thousand Ebola dicks.

>>747015
Oh look it's 99.8% Feedback guy.

>>747022
Haha, no. I hate that guy. Notice my lack of pepes and the fact that I'm not a Nigerian.

Can we all just agree that 99.8% feedback is a fag and that we should ruin him?

>>747121
Agreed.

So, what does everyone here do for supply?

I get some shit from China, I did some from Africa for a while, but they're terrible to deal with.

I occasionally hit some garage sales if they're big enough but they're very hit and miss. I have a friend who works at a goodwill and they all get first dibs on incoming items. He sells the good stuff on the side.

>>747139
>I did some from Africa for a while, but they're terrible to deal with.

Wtf were you getting from Africa? And what country in Africa?

>>747427
Diamonds...

It was art related. Tunisia.

For you guys that buy authentic designer clothes and flip them on eBay. Where do you get them from? There are lot of guys flipping clothes with retail price ranging from $200-$5000 on marketplaces such as eBay (and other niche clothing online markets).

Do you steal them from warehouses or do you work with these companies?

>>747437
You can steal them, get them as bulk wholesale lots when they are end of life, or just get them on sale.

Clothes are terrible though.

>>747445
There's some guys selling for a couple thousands per months on Styleforum. They sell expensive stuff, and people buy them.

Why is it terrible?

>>747437
this >>747445
>Clothes are terrible though

Stacking different sizes, dealing with fabric defects, 'it doesn't look like the ad'. Fuck clothes.

>>747139

I do China as well. I'm selling a couple of products right now, turning in some decent cash, and am about to introduce a new one through website.

The best part is, it all started with one of this posts. Yes, /biz/ was actually enlightening to me.

>>747456
I used to sell wiring harnesses for cars in college because my freshmen roommate worked at a factory where they produced them so he got me a rate usually reserved for major buyers. Then I quit and just started up again recently.

Wat do?

>>747559
Don't get any more defects.

>>746633
Where should I go to find a Chinese wholesale supplier?

>>747705
Email ebay sellers

>>746975
Its not so much expensive items as it is expensive consumer goods/electronics.
You can sell expensive antiques and collectables with much less risk of getting scammed for example.

>>747559
kill self

>>747743
True. If your items attract 18 year old douchebags, you have a decent chance of getting scammed.

>>747705
Alibaba or Aliexpress.

>>747989
What do you guys about dropshipping from ali, Im outside the US but would like to sell there.

For example I once sold a headset from Amazon directly to Ebay seller but only made like $10 since taxes from both sites fucked me over.

I would like to sell some gadgets directly from chink supplier (arrange with supplier needed previous startup I think)

>>748042
Sell rambotech BTH033 headphones, they sound awesome and nobody else sells em. Gotta buy in bulk

>>748042
Dropshipping is shit IMO.

You get lower rates if you import in bulk.
You can charge more if the item will arrive in 3 days from the US as opposed to 3 weeks from China.
You have no control over the quality of the product or shipping.
If the chinks mess up, you get hit with the feedback and chargebacks.
The chinamen will just cut you out totally and sell on ebay right next to you for cheaper.

Started fucking around on Ali-baba, I'm starting to form ideas about selling small, cute looking items that wealthy college girls are happy to overpay for. I'm thinking about small items that have a use, like usb sticks shaped like animals, wristbands, stickers, key chains, factory made "crafts", phone cases, and various items with my college's logo on it. (I know I won't have a license to sell items with the universities logo, but I'll be small enough so that they won't notice).

I'm thinking about selling around campus but I don't know how I can set up a spot because I definitely won't be allowed. I could also sell on my college's craigslist group on facebook and outside of college sporting events.

I'm thinking out loud here obviously. I guess I have two questions:

1. How can I sell stuff to my fellow college students in person as close to campus as possible without getting told to stop by my university? I'd like to just set up a folding table with all my crap on it. Maybe just off of campus, I'm not sure what the law is on selling on sidewalks or parking lots and if so, they're actually enforced.

2. Cheapest shipping methods from mainland china for small items that don't take up much space or weigh a lot.

I KNOW there's a market for this stuff, I always see these girls throwing daddy's money around. And I've noticed how much they'll pay for "cute" items when they're with their friends, they all fawn over an owl shaped phone case and then all four friends will drop $10 on one without a second thought. I just need to figure out how to sell stuff in areas near campus with heavy foot traffic without being shut down.

>>748193
That's a great idea for some side money. I have no clue about the legal matters you mention as I'm not an amerifag, sorry.
Regarding the shipping, I always ask for them to arrange it from their door to my door and give me a price. Sometimes DHL is the best option, others China or Singapore Post. Then I can either negotiate it down or go for it if it seems fair enough.

Remember that the price is always negotiable, but you don't wanna look like a kid trying to do what you're trying to do as they won't take you seriously. Be serious, but friendly. Most of them really appreciate some personal talk, like family and stuff.

Good luck

>>746678
Out of the few dozen of cases I've had I've only been screwed on two.
Last week I got an item returned back because the buyer didn't provide a valid address. I messaged them saying I needed one and to provide a real name(they used an alias). The responded by opening a case and saying ''I ve sent other items to this address under this name wirh no problems, but this never came in.''. They had 0 feedback and a username that looked like they had palm smashed the keyboard at sign up.
I called eBay and they closed the case in my favor and I kept that faggots money. Just went back to the listing and added it back on there. They can't leave any feedback and I blocked them so they can't message me.

What's a good starting size of an item to talk the manufacturer into selling for your first time. Is 5-10 of an item reasonable?

I remember using eBay 5 years ago which was absolute dog shit.

I just put up a bunch of car parts and they all received bids and I made $450 in a week from just taking photos and putting parts into boxes.

I am quite pleased.

is ali-baba legit? or do they sell knock off merchandise. looking on there i could make a mint of reselling graphics cards, but the chinese on the box could easily put people off.

>>748193
The main issue is that if your school finds out they don't have to resort to legal actions, they can just expel you from school, which could basically cost you thousands of dollars. A Chinese student at my college had an ebay business he ran out of his dorm room. His RA knew about it but didn't care, he mentioned it to someone and it got back to the staff and he was kicked out of the dorms because you're not allowed to do business in them. Sucked for the kid because he was a foreign exchange student, so he was boned.

Most US cities don't allow selling on the sidewalk and you will be shut down very quickly and possible arrested. You need to get a permit from the city in most places to have a garage sale.

As for shipping, DHL is expensive but it gets here in days. China post is cheap, but it takes weeks.

>>748443
You can (and should) request a sample of merch before you buy it. This can be 1 to a couple dozen. You pay much more for a sample though, so only plan on requesting samples if you really want to buy the item. They sometimes refund you the price of samples when you buy your first actual order. As for minimum order quantity, it can range from 1 to 100,000+. You have to look and it depends very much on the item.

>>748465
You can find brand name items, you can find brand name clones (items that are identical to a brand name but without the licensing), you can find knock offs, and you can find total shit.

I would be highly suspect about buying anything computer related. I would only recommend doing it if you can test the product yourself. I mean actual testing, not plugging in a PCI card and playing Skyrim.

I have a feeling you will find almost everything to be incorrect on speeds, size, and clock times. Just remember, if your customers get shit products, you have to answer for it, not your supplier.

One of the most surprising items that sell well are nonfunctional laptops and e-scrap. You can make a lot of money by just taking apart computers and separating the parts.

You could also make money clearing out tech from local businesses. I've done a couple office clearouts, you definitely need a large truck. Computer repair shops have tons of it and sometimes will pay for you to take it away and recycle it.

If you have any electronics or computer hardware repair skill, you can also just learn to fix it. Nothing ever goes to waste, just decreases as you go from viable eBay item to scrapyard.

>>746787

No. it's not bad at all.

I've sold hundreds of items on Ebay and never had a single issue.

I occasionally post this in these threads, and without fail, always get multiple responses of: "you sell used panties".

Well alrighty then.

>>748553
I know a guy who does this. All government places have to have data destroyed and most companies do it too for security.

He started off shredding paper. He moved into data destruction (hard drive shredder). Most of the time he removes all the old tech. As long as he destroys the hard drives, he's fulfilled his contract. The rest he sells in bulk scrap.

>>747437
I buy from a brand called supreme, I resell it on eBay and make 30-300% profit without fail

>>746633
>log in to ebay after two months of not doing so since my last sale
>FIRST thing that pops up on my screen is a post about the changes in the ebay policy
>Assume is a change in their shoddy system to help sellers out

Instead its


>PAYPAL AND EBAY ARE TWO COMPANIES NOW


So what happened and what does this really mean for buyers or sellers? Not patient enough to scroll through the big list of bs

>>749041
I haven't really looked into it but basically they want to make more money. It will probably translate to higher fees soon.

"We have no control over the fees that Paypal charges per transaction because they are a separate company!"

I`ve been using Ebay and Paypal for almost 12 years.

My biggest gripe is the Ebay International Shipping program where Ebay adds on a cost, which is only fully determined at the end of the auction, to act as the Broker and Shipping Agent. Basically the Buyer pays an extra fee for the Seller to ships through an Ebay office. The idea is that the item will be exempt from Duty charges but they apply this duty fee to items to which duty would not apply anyway.

Also, I don`t think Sellers are aware that Buyers may avoid their items because Ebay is making this extra money on top of the sale price.

>>749129
That 5% might go up to 7%
I'm sure ebay will sneak in another "managing" cost as well making the final fee go up to 12%

Stupid...so fucking stupid

>>749163
Probably. They won't be content until they get 50% of a sale.

>>746633
My eBay story.

>18
>Decide to sell on eBay to make some extra cash
>put up listing for an old DSLR camera for around 300 bucks.
>Get banned an hour later
>wat.jpg

Next day

>Call eBay
>They tell me to confirm I'm not a bot
>Have to send driver's license and birth certificate to them.
>Send them from my own Fax
>They tell me it's too dark to read

Next week

>Go to Staples
>Send from there
>They deny my request anyways to get unbanned

A month later

>Make a new account
>List guitar amp
>They ban me again, using a surname and my neighbor's address and a new PayPal.
>This time, they just ban me from selling, but I can still buy.

I fucking hate eBay. I have to use Amazon to sell shit now.

>>749447
Yeah it sucks, but you can still make a buck from it.

I think I scared 99.8% feedback away, guys. Haven't seen him post on /biz/ since I doxxed him.

>>746975

Just the opposite for me. I always have problems with people bitching about cheap items, never expensive items.

>>749453

He got doxxed? Lol, poor nigerian scambo.

>tfw currently moving towards forming LLC and all of that

This shit is a lot of fucking research. More than I thought it would be. Fucking government bureaucracy.

>>749491
Like someone pointed out, it depends on the item. Classy items tend to not have drama IMO. It's shit the poors want (electronics from ebay) that get scammers. Cheap shit has a lot of issues but it's not worth my time to fight it. Just want that positive feedback.

>>749494
Yeah, he posted way too many pictures of his shit, took me like 20 minutes to find him. He just started selling fake ipads and iphones but it looks like they got taken down. His only big seller is a sim unlock card.

I formed an LLC, it was a matter of filling out 1 page form, sending in a $150 check and putting a notice in a local paper. Must vary a lot by state.

>>749535
shit nigger, why did you dox him? i found two of his ebay accounts and his etsy account that i monitored to see if he finds anything worth selling.

>>749551
I've never actually doxxed him on 4chan. I just wrote it all down in case I need to send pizzas. I just give away the shit he sells on WHAT BUY!? threads. Not that any of them will ever actually take the plunge.

>>749553
>I just give away the shit he sells on WHAT BUY!? threads.
kek'd

it looks like the only thing making him any money are the r sims, but the price seems to be plunging on them. in part at least because the idiot keeps lowering his price.

>>749565
My favorite part is that he used the engrish right on his listing. "can be also used as a collecting box which can gather the easy losing SIM card."

>>749565
Dam how did you guys find his stuff? Guess there's a reason why I suck at Phoenix Wright games.

>>749608
He posted pictures all the time with information, you just had to use the archives to find them all and piece them together.

>>749608

>tfw have been shit posting and doxxing on 4chins for over a decade
>tfw I'm that old

I still remember playing Habbo Hotel. Put it that way.

>>749285
Soon...

Based on what I read from highlighted posts, it seems eBay is trying to stem away from the paypal scares and go back before 2009 to attract new buyers that don't trust paypal.
>>749535

You know, I have no idea what that guy did besides selling counterfeit items but he did seem helpful with people asking him shit.


His posts on the printers helped a bit not gonna lie and he gave me ideas on how to ship my stuff for future sales.

Newish seller reporting, have 300-500 item I'm about to sell.

Any tips on how not to get scammed or fucked over by some PayPal shenanigans?

>>748521
What about people selling bottles of water and shit outside of baseball stadiums in the summer? Are they exempt somehow?

What are the risks of pretending something you ordered never arrived even though it did for the sake of receiving it for free??

>>749628
Fuck you talking about I'm only 26 and I remember habbo hotel

>>749876
Being a piece of shit is an inherent requirement to that logic, dunno about risks. It's fraud plain and simple

Is there any point in selling on Ebay from europe? How does the international shipping work? I already have a business and building up a brand, but I could always sell the same stuff unbranded at a lower margin so it doesn't lower the image of my excisting brand
I can make tshirts with print for a very very good price

>>749881
Still in school and broken, you'll understand if you were in my situation.

>>749807
Nope. If they're on the stadium's property it's technically trespassing. Basically they're just tolerated or ignored. If caught, the cops just tell them to leave.

>>749728
You can still ask the other 50+ ebayers around here questions.

>>749888
Life is hard, I deserve to steal from people. You never know what position the seller is in. Some people turn to ebay to sell off their shit because they're broke. Also people can and do file charges; they have your name, and address. Looking up the local police dept is pretty easy.

Also using a fake name is a felony with USPS, so that doesn't help you either.

>>746633
I got scammed on eBay, compiled evidence on their site of the scam ring (one that was pulling in thousands of dollars), and they deleted my account for posting the evidence on their discussion boards after refusing me giving it to their support line because "We can't take evidence from customers."

I was 16 and used my parents' email to sell my RC car (those hobby grade ones). Someone bought it, waited two weeks after it was already delivered, and then filed that they received it and it was broken beyond repair. eBay sided with them, took back the money, and said I had a limited amount of time to respond or that'd be it.

So I did, asked the online RC community for help, and what did we find? My car (he didn't even remove the identifying marking/labeling that only my car had in its sale images) for sale on another account. It turns out the guy was buying thousands of dollars in RC stuff (from first-time/casual sellers), using eBay's customer service to say the sellers never shipped the items, getting the refunds because the people wouldn't respond in time or didn't get shipping tracking, and sell them on a different account that was tied to a brick-and-mortar RC store.

So we compiled the evidence; correlating identical purchases and sells from his two accounts, all of my sale info on the RC car, and the listing he'd posted that had my RC car. I sent it in to eBay, and they said they couldn't look at it. For going through the trouble, they did at least set the conditions of the refund so that if he didn't return the item in 14 days (plus like 7 for shipping), I'd keep the money.

The guy knew he was caught, but agreed to that and tied up the money for three weeks of my summer break. Afterward, eBay deleted my account for being 16 when I outed the guy on their discussion board, even though the account was created/owned by a 40-something year old parent. His stores were still there last I checked. 'Tis why I hate eBay.

>>749888
No I wouldn't, I was also broke and guess what? I didn't need anything from eBay because when I was broke I just needed food water shelter and time to apply to a thousand jobs.

Try and justify it. Just try. I will tear you a new one

>>749957
>Also using a fake name is a felony with USPS, so that doesn't help you either.

False.

>>749977
Double trips, and that's some Eastern European level scamming. Find his house and burn it down

>>750107

This. It would be a felony if he were using it for nefarious purposes, but that's more of a general rule and not just USPS oriented. You have the right to use an alias if you want to. How you use that alias will determine if anything will come of it.

I have a name I use whenever I have to sign off on any charity things (you know like those little post it things in grocery stores). I don't want people knowing I donated, so I have a name and signature I use for that. Just makes me sleep better at night.

>>750114
Oh I know his adress, phone number, and his new rc store (one he scammed me on he ditched because googling his store name had my outing him on a major rc forum as the first result.)

>>750136
*oh and his Facebook

>>750107
>>750130

Yes, just using an alias is not, itself, illegal. Committing fraud while using the United State Postal Service is a mail fraud, a federal crime that can get you up to 20 years. Using a fake name in this case would be viewed as admission of guilt by any jury.

>Buyers who send messages about an item directly to your account, without regards to an item.

jdklasfjsdljf;

>>749728
>You know, I have no idea what that guy did besides selling counterfeit items but he did seem helpful with people asking him shit.
how was he helpful? his advice was the equivalent of "just be yourself" bullshit in that while it qualified as "advice" it was typically utterly useless and common knowledge.

he used these thread primarily to brag, which is why it was so easy to find who he is. in fact, if you were to look at what he sells you'd know that his margin is pitiful because everything he sells he undercuts the price like an idiot. not like anyone can fault him, i guess, since he is black after all.

>>750346
Not to mention that he only has one item that sells at any real volume. One decent item is not reason to brag.

I also like how he thinks his paper laminated phone cases are going to be a multi-million dollar idea.

>>750335
kek'd

>>746978
underated post. Also interested

I would also like to know if I have 2 accounts both on my name but different bank accounts and one of them gets taken down for whatever reasons, is that going to affect both my accounts because they have the same name on it? Can I get protected against this? (so no domino effect in case one of my accs gets taken down).

>>750096
I would never scam a user selling shit on eBay, only the bigish company's that uses eBay, they wouldn't really care about losing money for one product.. I'm just curios if I would be taking any risk what so ever by doing it once?? The product I'm looking at is worth about $300..

Emotions Self-Responsibility Theory ; All problems,troubles are caused by prejudice.Only proper education solve them.Please utilize this rationalistic philosophy

>>750817
still scum

Is buying cheap flash drives or "brand" clothing from Aliexpress and then selling it on ebay for profit viable for making some extra money on the side?
Or will I get fucked over by unhappy customers?

Can you get in trouble with the law for selling fake shit on eBay?

>>750817
Hurr Durr, I'm only going after giant corporations, they don't need the money. Child logic.

>>750865
No to both. Flash drives are terrible because they will be smaller than stated, corrupted, or fucked up to show more disk space than they have. Counterfeit clothing is already flooded, so you won't sell shit, and will get you banned.

>>750873
Yes, copyright infringement is a very real crime that companies pursue in court to deter it.

>>750817
Yes it's fraud. If you scammed me I would have your address and your card details and I would chase you down with a court summons.

I would be even more intent on getting you if I was a fraud investigator for a corporation and that was my only job.

Show your mother thus thread, would she be proud of your ideas? Fucking get a job. Fucking pay for it. And fuck off.

Fucking SummerChanners

>>750900
>I would chase you down with a court summons.

grossed about 8 million on ebay over the last 10 years, customer amount is probably 100k+. the legal threats are my favorite, about 1/5000 people i get this line of crap.

>>750817
Oh and are you in the USA? Because America is just itching for reasons to put people in prison, so be careful of that. Fraud will scar you for life. Not worth the xbox

>>750900

Building off this. I realize being screwed is part of ebay. For larger ticket items, I do contact local police and have done so several times in the past since it necessary to get insurance involved.

>occasionally go to salvation army
>find decent or really nice formalwear on occasion
>last trip I got a samuelsohn fully canvassed jacket (that fits me!)
>before that a D'avenza roma suit
>saw a man buy a zegna suit before at a goodwill

How can I not get fucked over selling retro, lightly used men's formalwear online? Will ebay be good enough?

>>750891
What should I be selling then?

>>750920
>>last trip I got a samuelsohn fully canvassed jacket (that fits me!)
And yes, many of you /fa/shion advisers out there probably laugh at samuelsohn, but goddamn they make a good OTR suit that is a great workhorse. I saw a full 3 piece i loved in stores for only about $1100

>>750923
Well the issue with this question is, 'm not going to tell you what to sell because if it's actually good, I'd be losing money.

Do your research, you're thinking too broad. Specialize, think of weird shit. I always hear things like "I'll sell keychains" well there are a thousand sellers who sell them. Now if you said I'll sell keychains that feature a donkey show, I'd bet your competition is non existent.

Search random shit you think of, are there less than 50 people selling it? Is yours different/better than what is being sold? Is everyone selling it from China? If yes to any of these, start selling.

>>750920
>How can I not get fucked over selling retro, lightly used men's formalwear online? Will ebay be good enough?

By taking lots of expert tier pictures. having them drycleaned before shipping, and by listing something people actually want and will pay for.

I honestly don't know enough about retro/used formalwear to say anything about it. List one and find out, just start it at the lowest you could possibly accept for it.

>>750934
Thank you.

I have a few suits from like the seventies (thanks dead church people who donate their shit to thrift stores) that could probably go up for cheap.

>>750933
Fair enough.
I guess I'll order a bunch of different types of shit from aliexpress and see what sells the most.

>>750941
Honestly you can tell what will sell by doing research without ever ordering a single thing.

>>750933
I think I'm pretty fine telling people what I sell, apart from giving them one of my actual listings though, as much as I'd love surprise pizzas there's a limit to how much I can eat.
I buy everything locally and don't really have any replenish-able items. I don't know why but I've been really unmotivated through the last 2 weeks and haven't so much as listed a single thing though, but now it's starting to bother me and gonna start listing like crazy this week. Sitting on a a good few thousand in video games and other junk I've been letting pile up.

>>751099
Same here. I sell basically three things that are replenishable (because I really locked in on some shit and I'm the king of them) and source a lot of my stuff from auctions. I think of internet selling as more of a hobby. If I were to find a few more items that would really be hot sellers, I'd consider just hiring someone to do the work for me. I know a few NEETs though would probably jump at it too since they can do it all without going farther than the mailbox.

>>748056

This x2384247

The hassle of having all the shit sent to you, storing it, picking and packing it and then hauling it down to the post office, far, far outweighs the constant worry about if they are actually sending out your orders, if they will actually match the description, if they still match the description 3 months later, will they properly pack it or just stuff it in plastic mailer, will they decide to stuff 10 dead rats into the box because it's the festival of the rat or something, getting 800 angry emails a day from customers wanting to know why its taking so long, etc, etc etc.

>>750920

Last time I sold a suit it ended in a negative.

>guy claimed it wasn't the right size
>brand new suit I bought and never wore
>showed him a copy of the fucking receipt from men's warehouse
>I DONT CARE I WANT REFUND
>No, no refund. Sold as-is
>Negs me and says that "I don't care and am hard to work with."

Little bitch never responded to my response. Not that I give a shit; haters gonna negrate.

>>751135

A lot of my shit comes from public auctions. I have some hicks that go to storage auction lockers and what not, they get shit for cheap (because lolhickland), and then I buy what I want for cheap.

Just this year I've turned a $20 purchase into $450 and a $2 purchase into $250. And a $10 into a $250, etc etc.

Plus you get to eat food, talk to people, network, etc.

>>751149
b-b-but I'm the person who goes to storage auctions...

Police auctions can be good too but they tend to get too much publicity. Property auctions, not impound. I stay far away from those.

>>750941

Or you can save yourself a ton of time, money and effort and use the Completed Listings filter on eBay, followed by the Sold Items filter to see how many similar items have been listed recently and how many of them actually sold.

>>751167
This is your best option unless you want to fork over the cash for teraspeak.

Worked as a CSR for ebay before. Ask me about credits. You can actually save a lot of money by requesting them. You can basically request credits for any type of fees as long as you're going to pretend that you don't know anything about them prior to your selling and as long as it's your first time and there were no records of you requesting credits for that same fee before. It's best to do this if you sold an expensive item and you got charged a huge Final Value Fee.

>>751291
Thats a good point for all the little wannabe badass scammers in these threads.

I'm currently talking to a guy in Hawaii who is hinting at wanting a refund because he hasn't received his item yet from the east coast. USPS tracking says there was a delay from Cali to Hawaii and shipping covered two Sundays. Just waiting for that negative feedback threat so I can report him and ignore him.

>Buyer buys wrong item for their application.
>Waits 2+ weeks to tell me this.
>Not offering returns on item.
>Says hurr durr this isn't fair!

How do I get more views/watchers? Eventually turn them into conversions? I have around 25 unique items only I have listed, the only one with over 200 looks has been up for 6+ months. How do I speed up this process?

The sector is completely destroyed. You cant make money at auction anymore because people are lined up to overpay. You cant bid an auction to profit on Ebay.

>>748553
where do you get your gold scrap from? Its a bloated market.

>>746633
I just sold some cryptocurrency to a guy that opened his account today. He has no feedback and I'm afraid he's going to scam me(request a refund). Does any1 know how I can protect myself, I can't really issue a tracking number, and I doubt ebay would be on my side.

>>751807
Sell using BIN and use Good Until Cancelled. Then your views and watchers accumulate until you cancel the item.

>>751814
Auctions still work great if you're selling hot items like electronics.

>>751834
I don't know that you can even sell crypto on ebay. Seems like a terrible idea and that there are probably dedicated crypto markets but I have no idea because I'm not autistic.

>>751982
oh honey, you're on 4chan...

>>751994
ZING!

Really though, I hope it wasn't any appreciable amount because there is no proof of delivery and if they dispute you automatically lose.

NICHE NICHE, GIVE ME A NICHE
NOW, TELL ME WHAT TO SELL, NICHE NICHE!

>>752003
Dildo cannon.

>>751997
Yeah, I'll probably just refund him, it sounds like some retarded indian anyways, if ebay would actually listen to sellers, the fucker wouldn't stand a chance

>>751997
>>752032
btw I haven't sent him anything yet.

>>750938
this >>750934 is mostly what you should do, but don't start low if you don't know if it sells, start high. Make good use of your title's words, using as many words one could be using to search for that product as possible and be specific (i.e. not 'leather jacket' but rather 'brown vintage genuine leather jacket'), put a high but reasonable price and wait a week. Are you getting visits? Good, wait a bit, if visits are consistent but none buys, try lowering the price a bit. Rinse and repeat.

Always start high when you have no competion.

>>750900
It's not like they'll know I scammed them, I'll just say the product never arrived..

>>752085
Tracking.

>>752089
Do company's seriously track their products?

>>752253
All courier services offer package tracking and ebay requires it. So when USPS/UPS/FedEx drops the package off at your house, they have legally fulfilled their contract, you can report it stolen but then you have to file a police report and file an insurance claim if insurance was purchased for it.

Also anything over $250 is required by paypal to have signature confirmation on it.

bump
Also did anyone get an invite into the eBay play promotion going on? List an item and sell it between now and the 25th and you'll win $5 or a prize. No invite but I can still access the game, can enter into it though.

>>750137
post adress, let's burn this fucker

>>752085
You are absolute rubbish. I hope you try scamming someone and they get you with the tracking and you have to shove what you've tried to scam up your ass.

Stop breathing.

>>752900
>>>/b/

>>747020
lol if you have 70 dollar ebay fees, you sold over 700 dollar worth of items? well of course youre gonna have high fees. personally, i keep track of what i sell in an excel file, and i always have the "profit" column next to the "price" column

Sup ebay general, got a question and need some tips from you.

I helped a buddy move and came into a lot of old and some new video games.

I need to go through all the games and see if i have any worth anything.

I plan to sell the games that are worth more than a few bucks seperately with a BIN and free shipping. The rest of the gaming consoles and games i will sell as a bundle and maybe seperate controllers and such.

How fucked am I for selling like 100 games without going the whole business route.

I should be able to use media mail correct? Best shipping methods? Using padded envelopes and getting label printer paper?

How do I keep from fucking this up?

>>754071
>I plan to sell the games that are worth more than a few bucks seperately with a BIN and free shipping. The rest of the gaming consoles and games i will sell as a bundle and maybe seperate controllers and such.

Sounds look a good plan.

>How fucked am I for selling like 100 games without going the whole business route.

You'll be totally fine, in fact you can sell millions of dollars and you never need to be a "business", you still technically must report all of the earnings on your taxes but for 100 videos games, just ignore it.

>I should be able to use media mail correct?
Video games do not qualify for media mail and media mail can legally be opened and inspected by the USPS and if they find a video game they will charge the recipient for the cost of a priority delivery upon arrival. Getting caught once isn't a big deal but if they see you doing it multiple times it is mail fraud and your ass will be blasted.

Best shipping methods? Using padded envelopes and getting label printer paper?

Use USPS First Class Package. Padded mailers are the best. For 100 games just use printer paper and tape that shit on. If you want to get clever you can get free customs envelopes to put the shipping labels in (SKU: FORM 2976-E). Some people like them, I think they take way longer.
>How do I keep from fucking this up?
Be better.

>>751737

>Buyer leaves neutral feedback.
>Call eBay twice.
>Only get Indians who barely speak English, can refuse the remove neutral feedback.
>Be powerseller, and top rated.

WTF, I thought eBay offered better phone support (Americans) to those of us who sell more?

>>754415
>can refuse the remove neutral feedback.

and refuse to remove the neutral feedback*


Their Indian English is spreading!!!!

>>754415
Last time I had to call them I was transferred through 5 different robot-pitched annoyingly automated Indian reps for over 45 mins. Every fucking time they transferred me 'to better assist me with my issue', the new indian would ask me for all my verification details and what my problem was. EVERY FUCKING TIME. One of them even asked me as a verification to whom had I sent my last e-mail, I told her and she proceeded to read the entire fucking thing in her stupid retarded Indian eBay rep voice (because that IS a thing), while I kept saying 'Yes, that is the one. Yes, YES THAT'S THE MESSAGE'.

Not one of them was able to understand that I was having a problem with printing their fucking postage labels, so after ~1h the 5th guy took it. I told them how absolutely unprofessional and helpless they had been (you don't wanna go bananas with your main business providers) and to forget it, that I would simply print the postage labels through the courier's webpage because this wasn't going anywhere. The guy had the balls to ask me 'so has your issue been solved?'. I've never wanted to punch anyone in the face so badly.

>>754415
Haha they do... when you become a managed account at around the 2m in annual sales mark.

>>754439
Next time ask to talk to someone in Trust and Safety, I'm pretty sure only Americans are in that sector.

>>754415
What was the reason for the nuetral? Did you contact the buyer first and asked them if they can revise it, negotiate maybe? How much feedback and what do you're sales look like?

And lastly was it your fault?

>>754439

Wow that's shit. Shipping labels don't work very well for me either, I find that using the 'print up to 50 at once tool' works great though.
>>754465
They bought the wrong item for their application, waited 2 weeks to tell me this, and I was never accepting returns in the first place.

Quite a bit of sales, 6+ a day, almost 400 feedback. I'm a top rated power seller, and no it really wasn't my fault.


Anyway an Indian finally removed the neutral feedback.

>>754479
Good on you man, I'm still waiting on two to fall off. one deserved and the other was an old guy that bought a very old pc game and of course he ran into a problem, but the only way he thought of addressing it was through a neutral. Never logged in again.

>tfw reaching selling quantity limits.
>tfw calling in, and reaching someone in the US within seconds.
>tfw having limits raised.

>Sell item to buyer on March 29th.
>Buyer leaves neutral feedback today, because item won't work for their specific application.
>Buyer never contacted me.


YOU CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO COMPREHEND HOW MAD I AM.


brb calling India.

>>755299
How about having it raised out of nowhere to 10k items and $125,000.

My sales have been shit this month.

>>755379

Call eBay, get ahold of an America, they will remove the feedback.

I've had an eBay account for 12 years (well not me, my mom, I started my own 5 years back after graduating HS)

I haven't really had any bad experiences on eBay. I have gotten a lot of clothing and shoes for cheaper than I would have otherwise and have been able to sell a lot of electronics items for a lot more than I thought I could. My biggest things I remember are

>selling my iPad FIRST GENERATION for like $120 and then selling the otterbox case I purchased for $10 refurbished on amazon 4 years ago for $50 on its own
>bought a laptop on ebay that had already been used for a year 4 years ago for $250, used it extensively over the past 4 years, and just sold it earlier this year for $225... how the fuck i used a computer for 4 years and basically made back what i spent on it i'll never know

Then you have people like my dad who thinks that eBay is a complete scam and that anyone who buys anything on there is a sucker because the thing is basically guaranteed to be crap since why else would the person be selling it?

>>755491
Will American eBay actually help with feedback, or will they just transfer me to India?


>Indian woman says she cannot remove neutral feedback, and it won't hurt me at all.
>Defect rate is now 1.98%

FJDKAS;JFDKLASFJSAL;

>>756460
>Defect rate is now 1.23%.

What the fuck?

>>754461
I'm in the UK. Would that help here too? I've read it in one of the last eBay threads, but I thought it would only work for US users.

>>755379
lol I've had some retarded people do some shit, but 99% of the times they contacted me. I do add a note to each >$60 product that I sell thanking the buyer and reminding him/her to contact me if they have any problem and, if they are happy with the service / product, take a couple seconds and leave some feedback. It works quite fine, people like it.

So far I haven't had any negative/neutral feedback, but in which cases would eBay remove it from your profile? Better be safe than sorry.

>>756621
>mfw it went back to 1.98% again.

WTF

>>747559
Run a 25 - 50% off sale for a week. Fire sale. Bring your sold items up, lowering your defect %

Been wanting to sell at ebay for a while now, is it still worth it? I'd probably go for vidya shit and electronics, or is there a more profitable market?

Is alibaba a good place to get suplies?

>>757539
>is it still worth it?


Yes, the hard part is just finding the product.

>>749565

lol why'd you do me like that?

This semester just ended, had to focus on classes. No time for /biz.

Yea sort of pulled it on the sims, waiting for the new OS so I can be the 1st. The phones/tabs are dumbs, eBay took it down but I got it back up. Thought it was one of my competitors but, seems it was one of you..or so.

>>749494
>scambo

Hmm

>>749728
Ayy, at least I got one person out of the gutter. Love my printer.


Well, back to finding new stuff.

>>757575
Because you suck Onoh.

>>757816

lol how do I suck? Think by now you've googled me, seen my store, what is there to suck about?

Not like I came on here to shit post, think everything I said was true. lol I just tend to say it in a...pepe kind of way.

>Also it's Honor if you wanted to know how it's said ;)

I can see you're doing exactly what I was doing, in this thread.(despite the pepes of course).

Holy shit, lol were you that guy that kept messaging me every 10 seconds asking about the dummie? Then somehow found my number? Gotdamn

to people that buy on ali and sell on ebay:

what shit do you buy exactly?

will people buy anything or do you look for specific goods

>>758049
>implying I'll tell you so you can steal my niche

>>758049

you can't just go selling what everyone else is selling, find what sells (category), then find something in that category that sells and see if not alot of people are selling it, then sell it.

>Protip get into iWatch accessories before it's too late

>>758051

how do you follow what sells? IRL trends or is there a place you find it online?

>>757575


HOLY SHIT
>757575

this...this right here deserves to be saved.


>>758059
No, there's no secret underground forum. You're going to have to do the work, just like the guy above me said, no one is going to hand over their niche.

lol just see what's selling...it's very simple. This is why I didn't post my store, lol but someone came along and found two of em.

No worries since I'm going into customs next, anyone can copy that, just takes alot of work.

>Pic related

You'd have
>Invest $2.5k into large format printer (if someone around your town was selling cheap)
>Know about printers
>Know how to ciss
>Have space for it
>Have time to deal with shitty customers canceling their custom that's already printed
>etc

Most people can't do that, lol so that's why this one guy in pic related is doing well. This is just one of many I have planned, just saving now.

If you don't know what you're going into, you're gonna have a bad time.

This is why I stopped with the sims, lol everyone else was getting negative feedbacks for it but I couldn't. Every negative (11) was removed (out of 600+ sales), every case was closed in my favor (26) because of how I wrote my description and how I spoke with eBay.

But all that said and done, it wasn't worth the $.50 I was making on each sale, so I pulled it. It's already saturated by now so no worries.

lol and to you again >>749569 , that part was copy-pasta, you really think I'd type all of that?

>>758074
I was thinking of printing my own mousepads myself but then you have the whole copyright issues if you have others pictures or designs right in your listings. I guess doing custom ones is the way to get around that.

>>758074

wow that is a good idea

>>758100
lol I think you've already seen the type of mouse pads I sold. That's a whole untapped market right there. My supplier is willing to make custom ones for me if I order 100 at a time. Again, the copyright issue is what's holding me back.

"So many pics, so many rights" - Drake

>>758101
Eh, I try. Mousepads are good if you know Sublimation. If you can tap the market I'm talking about (if you're one of my doxxees), you could pretty much take control. So many things you can do...if you know what I mean. Again, that's a costly market to go into.

>>758109
No, I was the guy with zero detective skills but I assume it was those animu titty mousepads?
I don't know when I'll take the plunge on replenishable products but I'm doing fine still just picking here and there. Picked up a few games and about $250 in CDs at a swapmeet yesterday. Gotta get to listing today, I'm all kinds of backed up. Also had to take down over 100 listings because of the listing fees for media went back up to the regular price. And now I'm pretty much forced to upgrade my store subscription or pay up more in fees.

>>758109

if i may ask, how much money do you make from these various ebay pursuits?

>>758118


Holy shit, I've been reading the complaints on the forum about the fees. So many people saying "I'm quitting on May 1st" "Fuck eBay, etc etc" yet they're still selling...lol. I told y'all it was coming.

eBay really is going downhill, like I said months ago, they really want to be Amazon so bad they forget they are two different platforms.

What store are you on? I find my Basic really has everything you need...

>>758123
I had Basic but I had over 500 listings, I sold mostly media so I was under that mark of having to upgrade to save on fees but now with the increase I had to end a bunch of lower priced listings I had, probably sold my last 4.99 item today.
I called in just to vent a bit and the person said if I felt ''uncomfortable'' about the fees I should try listing at .20 cents higher than I normally would, but hell no because it goes against my turn and burn selling. I gotta upgrade right now actually.

I bought a phone for 85 bucks, re-sold it for 115. after shipping and fees.. i made 12 dollars profit. totally worth it.

>>758122


Well, eBay alone is around $100-200 a day

Etsy gets me around $50-100 a day
>lol for Etsy you have to have separate accounts or you'll get canned. Go to the archive to find out how/what to sell on there.

Amazon
>Canned since last year

If someone could toss me 20k right now, I could rule eBay.

>>758130

lol money is money, lucky no "1st time seller" scammers found you.
>>758127
lol ikr, call in and they start telling you how to run your own business. Isn't Media cheap shipping with USPS?

>>746787
if you sell high end electronics you will get people trying to jew you

>>758133
I only used media mail with books, video games are classified as media by eBay but not USPS. Really Media mail is just there so you don't get raped by shipping Priority instead of Media with heavy ass books.

>>758133
Holy fuck my defect rate is at 1.48%, gotta make a call I guess

>>758136

Exactly, was going to see if I could sneak in some heavy mail through it before, but felt bad/worried it would be returned. Turns out Priority lets you ship 70LB for under $6. Also If you know how to box.exe, they don't send it back for not using the right box (lol).

Firstclass is everything though so no worries, what program do you use? I feel there has to be something better than Stamps...

>>758131
>www.dh...
what page!!!

>>758138

Damn, make sure it hasn't been over 6 months or they won't take it out. Also, usually Indian ladies won't help you, the guys will like 90% of the time, even if you're in the wrong.

American CS though, lol it's 50/50.

>>758144
lol

>>758133
how did you get into ebay? i feel like buying used items and reselling them is too much work in the long run. it takes a lot of time searching ebay for underpriced items. i'd be better off importing 10000 pens from China for 0.01 dollars each and reselling them more expensive

>>758151

Exactly, (related story) my mom went back home to Nigeria three months ago. lol she tried doing the usual "I'll buy these nice shoes from Goodwill and send them back home where people won't know the real value". Great plan, she even paid the barrels/shipping (hundreds of dollars), everything looked right, except she didn't execute it well. Ended up getting scammed by her own friend (lol don't laugh).

Now she's trying to bring that demographic of my country to the U.S. (I'm trying to stop her). Because selling USED shit here is really pointless (unless of course it's eBay). She wants to now buy it from Goodwill and sell it at a Flea...I'm like "mom...mom...mommy, please don't do this". Who would go to a flea and pay x2/x3 the price of something when they know a Goodwill is around the corner?!?! AND SHE'S NOT EVEN SELLING NAMEBRANDS! AHHHHHHH What's worse is she says she doesn't need my help but I know I'll be the one carrying her shit. She doesn't even know she'll need stands/signs/price tags/bags/etc. I see where I get my entrepreneurial side from now.

That being said, lol don't sell used shit unless you know fashion and know what people would buy re-used. Or you'll end up with:

http://forum.purseblog.com/ebay-forum/i-have-such-luck-to-encounter-buyer-like-904935.html

>Protip, I know you're thinking it but counterfeit Gucci is insta ban.

>>758142
Just directly off of eBay, is stamps cheaper?

>>758173


I don't know...I mean if you're shipping to Russia, Stamps won't recognize the words. Also I realized the other day when this happened that the price for international was a little cheaper when I shipped through eBay/Paypal. Domestic was still 1.93/3Oz...I'm still planning on looking into it later. I heard there's more USPS programs but idk.

$16.99 a month seems cheap for the service/program so I don't mind.

>Brb, postman didn't take my packages with him (must be new guy). Have to walk to post office.

>>758170
>http://forum.purseblog.com/ebay-forum/i-have-such-luck-to-encounter-buyer-like-904935.html
im dying. well your mom might just need to make this mistake and then realize that she was wrong, as long as she doesnt waste too much money

>>758177
I don't ship internationally at all. Why don't you ship straight through eBay?

>>758149
Got three undeserved defects removed, again, I rarely have bad times with eBay trying to get representatives to help me out. Still don't know how I got dinged for those when the buyers themselves closed their return requests.

Should go down to .9 at least, feels good though.

>>758074
>You'd have
>>Invest $2.5k into large format printer (if someone around your town was selling cheap)
>>Know about printers
>>Know how to ciss
>>Have space for it
>>Have time to deal with shitty customers canceling their custom that's already printed
>>etc
>Most people can't do that, lol so that's why this one guy in pic related is doing well. This is just one of many I have planned, just saving now.

Protip: Look into art studios and hackerspaces

I'm a member of my local hackerspace. We have two large format printers, free to use except paper (which is cheap). We have a vinyl cutter which is free to use (minus vinyl which isn't as cheap but not expensive). We have a laser cutter that is pretty cheap to use. We have a CNC router that is free to use. We have multiple 3D printers that are cheapish to use.

Plus I know a guy who is a die-maker (albeit metal but plastic is easily to a die-maker) and he could make me a custom phone shaped die for free or very cheap. Not to mention it would be of a higher quality than an AccuCut one.

Don't worry though bro. I have a cushy 8-4 govt job so I have no time to get it off the ground just to be a dick.

>>758122
When he says $100-200 a day he's not talking about profit. He's only making 50 cents off his biggest seller which accounts for more than half of his sales.

http://www.ebay.com/usr/storegames

3yo kid walking around called me "Daddy"...

another one down the road wanted me to high-five him, lol wtf is going on on my street today.

Anyways, it's OFFICiAL! 'WE BUSINESS NOW!'
Unknown catalog of shipping/crates/warehouse material/anything industrial came in for me.

If eBay is going to sell my info to some 3rd party company, that means I'm worth something right? lol

>>758182
True, hope she understands. I can't use eBay straight because it doesn't let me print 4x6 labels to my Zebra label printer. (or I may be wrong and can't find the button). Also it just looks like a mess to go through when stamps is literally click and ship.

>>758194
lol ikr, fucking return cases are common. Buyers wanting to return just because they don't (I'm fine with that). But they open a "NAD" return case instead, giving me a defect. I only accept it if it's a buyer's fault return, don't want to go through the hassle since they were smart/courteous enough to say it's their fault.

>>758197
Duuude, lol it's not that I don't care but why would you fuck with someone just to fuck with them? eBay is just as it goes, even if we were selling the same price/same item/same shipping, buyer's choose who they want. Unlike Amazon where buyer's go for the first person they see 90% of the time.

>>758233
>On 4chan
>Why are you being mean!

so how would one go about gaining a good reputation as a seller at the very start?

>>758233
>On 4chan
>Why are you being mean!

I'm completely new to ebay so I'm not experienced with shipping practices. Should I get tracking on every item I sell, regardless of price, so they can't say that the item didn't arrive? What else should I know?

>>758281
If you buy USPS postage with ebay you get tracking for free on everything except media mail.

Always use shipping.

>>758265

There's really nothing safe. For instance, selling unlock cards is great because you will always get sales, the negative;

>Buyers don't know how to use it
>Buyers say it doesn't work

You can't prove that it works (well I can) but as a new seller it would be hard for eBay to believe you.

So there, lol go find something teenagers/autistic adults wouldn't want and sell it.

Really though, read this when you have time:
>http://forum.purseblog.com/ebay-forum/i-have-such-luck-to-encounter-buyer-like-904935.html

>>758233
eBay is click and ship too, I have a Dymo 450. Took like a half hour to set up with it.

i hate ebay nothing but place full of scammers and cheap fuckers trying to fuck sellers over for $10 .

can someone please explain to me why someone would pay 20 euros for a 10 euro bill SERIOUSLY ! that doesnt make any fucking sense !

also look at this guy http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Samsung-Galaxy-S6-SM-G920F-Octa-5-1-16MP-FACTORY-UNLOCKED-32GB-Phone-/281658321199?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item419424e92f

he made millions selling fake phones and not one bad review spotting him WTF!!!!!!

>>758438

lol I'm sorry what?

Some people like to collect bills, the 10 euro may be rare or something Idk. As to the Samsung seller, how do you know it's fake? his stock images look decent.

What you should be asking is why eBay is letting him get away with 115 revised feedbacks and giving him a free 100% when he clearly has 4Negatives.

That goes to show where he is compared to us/me and his connections to eBay.

>>758394
Dymo seems nice, see I don't want to go through all of that when I can just go through another program.

What about refunds on unused labels? How easy is it to get a refund? Stamps is just another click

>>758472

Then again he does get feedbacks like this

Goes to show eBay does have common sense after all, just on the really successful sellers selling high value items.

I bet he has a button the cancel a forced return, or a button to actually REALLY block a buyer...

>>758472
One half hour once, if you're unlucky, once you have your printer configured correctly you won't need to fuck with it again. And no logging into something else or paying a membership fee. And refunds for labels is dam easy, there's a postage label page and you can see all the postage's you've purchased recently and it'll give you options beside them.
printing a single label will be done in less than 20 seconds if you don't have any shipping option changes to make.

>>758565

Funny how eBay says you're getting a discount when it's the normal commercial price, lol.

I can see how simple yours is, but it's a one by one step. I know you guys can't ship batches...or can you.

Also when I use PayPal I get like 3 notifications, don't want to have to click "read" on all of those everytime I make a label...Stamps just automatically buys me more postage when I go below.

I sound like I'm trying to sell you Stamps, lol nvm it's just that it's better IMO.

Head over to Batch

>Scan for orders
>All orders from all my sites I sell on pop up
>Select order
>Set weight
>Print

>>758589
>Funny how eBay says you're getting a discount when it's the normal commercial price, lol.

Isn't this shit fraudulent?

Take der ass to court.

>>758609

LOL, eBay really doesn't give a fuck anymore.

Oh did you guys hear they are separating from Paypal? Think I mentioned this a long time ago, they aren't really leaving Papal or selling it. They are just giving it it's own sector/CEO.

I feel there's a storm coming...

>>758472

you used to sell fakes so you should know ,
regarding the bill, what idiot say "hey this euro is more valuable than the actual value of the euro " ? you can just walk into any exchange and get a bill .

>Buy a Dreamcast at a garage sale for $5
>Figure I can easily flip it for $20 on ebay
>Open it up at home
>There's a copy of Marvel vs Capcom II inside

>>758670


I'm confused, do you have a link similar to what you're talking about?

>Tfw I miss my Amazon acc, would've taken a ban on eBay over Amazon anytime. All these Amazon commercials, how ez it is to get people to buy from there. So much free advertising, even when you have your own personal ads like forsay on 4Chan. Then you guys would be like; "Oh Anon it's just Amazon, it's not like his ad redirects to his personal site where he can steal out info, or some lame eBay where I have to sign up for Poopal."

>>758703
did you have buisness acc oon amaz? what kind of stuff did u sell ? im trying to sell some toys at the chepeast prices and none buys it !

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fehlpragung-10-Euro-Error-Note-Wrong-cut-Misdruk-verry-nice-/151675166153?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item23508b5dc9

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Greece-Y-10-Euros-2002-Banknote-Sign-Jean-Claude-Trichet-Real-Currency-/331546507962?hash=item4d31b63aba

>>758717


lol dude, those are collectibles like I said.

>Euro Error Note

>2002 Note

Not just that, I myself would buy a Euro note just to have something when USD crashes, lol.

Yea I used to have a biz acc on Amazon, had it since 2010, started selling last year. Seems you already know what led to what so no need to repeat.
lol and for your toys, how do you take your pictures? There's a guy from the forums that was selling Toy Hotride cars for $6 and someone else was selling the same thing for $100 because he had better photos.

>I looked into it and I think it's a clever ruse, or...OR a way he transfers money from his ghost account, but that's just me. Then again I wouldn't want to buy form you if you took the photos with a flip phone.

It was a thread on askpin

>>758736
dam shot in the back WTF! he lived by the sword died by bullets ! the bill was one example there are so many selling some are selling the brand new 10 euros which was update something like last year , anyone can get it at an exchange . i think there is some sort of catch scam that my brain just cant think of or these people are just plain stupid. Regarding as an investment , the "something or someone" managed to crash the euro pretty hard giving the dollar its old strength back but thats another post for /x .

i dont know about ur past just what i read on this thread , in case it was fake phones , if they still worked wouldn't you be able to spot the Samsung ebay guy i linked before ?

>>758789


lol that guy >>749535 tends to leave out some info, don't know why he's doing me like this. I don't sell "fake" phones, I sell dummy phones. The ones you see at the mall in front (so if someone steals it, they will feel stupid). The ones you see your classmate give to the teacher (when they ask to hand over their phones). Pretty good business, it just seems eBay is tied on if they should allow people to sell it or not. Planning on going full out with every model.

Anyways
>Amazon

Be Me
>Summer of 2014
>Graduated hs
>Need job
>Don't want to go back to the mall
>Start_Business.exe
>Need something to sell
>Look at my old eBay acc
>Unlock cards were good
>Look at current prices on eBay/Amazon
>Not worth selling (since I was late, iOS came out months earlier)
>Look at DH
>Front page has SD cards on sale
>Oh_So_This_Is_Where_Everyone_Gets_Their_SD_Cards_For_Cheap.jpg
>Buy 5.24 USD/100pcs
>Start selling on Amazon (since old eBay was canned for buying abuse -not fault)
>Sales are off the roof on Amazon
>Selling lower than anyone else
>Making $$$ everywhere
>Amazon holds acc 1day
>Lets it go seeing I have good feedback already
Fast forward
>On 3rd batch purchase
>Ask supplier "What does upgraded mean"
>"Oh it's just means it's upgraded" (in bad English)
>Don't pay any attention
>Buyers start complaining something is wrong
>Okay...have him return and refund
>Another buyer
>Another buyer
>One buyer comes out saying it's fake and he called the company (Sandisk)
>Ask supplier what's going on
>He spills the beans
>Fuck fuck fuck fuck
>Ask other buyers to return for refund
>The one buyer that called Sandisk says he doesn't want to return and wants refund or he'll call Amazon
>I Jew up saying he has to return
And that's where I fucked up
>Next day 1 listing is taken down
>Next day suspended

eBay saw my other account I had (made two for no reason). They let me stay seeing I was canned previously for only buying problems.

That's pretty much it, lol

>>758827

Yes I knew they were counterfeit, but I didn't know they were fake memory. I even pulled the cards from the other sites I was selling on cause I felt bad people were losing precious memories.

Threw the rest out

>Beg Amazon to take me back every 3 months, showing them my eBay accs and how I improved...no responses

Someone doxx this faggot 99.8 in this thread so we can remove niger. This thread was informative and useful until this annoying nigger showed up seriously bro you are everything wrong with ebay. You make fucking pennies on every sale thinking you are a making actual money because you live in a third world shithole. Please gtfo and stop spewing your useless garbage advice because everything you say is backwards of how you should do it in America. Fuck off.

>>758832


So nothing of what I said earlier was informative?

>>758829
did you not try the sd cards on as many devices as possible once you got them before listing them?

>>758589
Yeah there's multi-order shipping on eBay, I never use it though because my items weights vary. I get emails for everything and I never open them, they're just there for records basically. But sounds like Stamps is better for you because it does both of your sites at once and your items are all the same weight.

>>758838


Dude, I honestly didn't think anything of it. I'm a techie that but at that moment my mind just wanted the $$$.

But yes, after the H3blah blah program thing, it showed up fake...

Till this day, hundreds are being sold on eBay/Amazon...it's ez to sell and get away with since you can blame the buyer's device, but at the same time, these large corps should be smarter. Don't know why anyone would sell it knowing the damage it can cause...


>>758840
Exactly

>>758832

>>758842


lol I thought I was already doxxed, no reason to be upset unless someone wanted to hurt my acc, anyone that Googled my name would see what type of person I am IRL.

Anyways, might make this my last thread since I actually want to focus on everything else.

>>758829
There are people out there that can help you get your account back.
They explicitly say to not say sorry, apologizing won't get you anywhere. Think of it as a resume, say what you'll do as a seller to make sure this never happened again, what measures you'd take in the future, how you'll improve customer satisfaction and be more professional, etc...

Buuuut, it sounds like you already used your first appeal, and you really only ever get one and one only. The people that help out in account recovery say it's pretty much a crap shoot if you fail your first appeal. Sorry mate.

Join Thrifting For Profit on Facebok, mostly Amazon sellers but a good chunk also do eBay. Big players and small players alike. They offer a lot of help and advice.

>>758850


Nice, I'll look into it man. Was planning on just using my sister's white bf's account...lol but if I can find hope here, all would be well.

>>758832
Shut the fuck up.

>>758827
>>758829
>>758833
>>758841
you seem like a cool guy , i fell for the sd cards , could barely take 10 pics , i was like wtf , the thing is i bought the sd card at a brick store. fucking A . so far i am trying to sell my used LEGIT clothes on ebay yet all i see is the fakes being sold much more expensive than mine . i cant evne get 10 views ! The samsung guy is selling fakes and making MILLIONS , he claims hes located in the USA but his "warehouse is in singapore" after some deep searching the fakes are sold from singapore and fake phone dont have 4g speed , just like his, his act is like "ask your carrier blablabla foreign edition of the phone" over 4k positive feedback i just cant believe it !

>>758856


Ayy, thanks man and yea after looking into his account I see what you mean. Some of them have the real deal but toss in a few fakes since they already have so much trust.

But the Singapore thing shouldn't really be a reason since everyone mostly drop-ships nowadays (selling from a different country). lol at least he's not selling fake memory.

I'm still lost on how he has 4 negatives but still retains a 100% feedback score...which eBay exec is he letting fuck his wife?

>>758856
I bought a couple sd cards for my psp, after loading it up with everything I could think of it, all came up corrupted, Tested and tested and if I even put more than one game on it would corrupt. Locally though people were selling tons of them and still are, via Facebook and Craigslist.

>>758860
It's the averages, I had a negative at one time and once I reached past a certain amount of positives it went back to 100%. eBay does it as positives
--------------
positives+negatives

and calculates it that way.

>>758865
pos
-----------
pos+neg

>>758860
i know right ! i found him by chance on the front page of ebay , thats when i got feeling about this guy and digged . maybe he does have someone in ebay that cleans his feedback , cuz its impossible non of these 4k users could spot a fake phone . These phones come with fake memory probably bricks after a couple months of using and they cant be updated for new software. im out for tonight goodnight everyone be well !

>>>gif related

>>758865
>>758869

Yea I still haven't grasped how they calculate it, then again I don't like Algebra.

eBay is just weird...


>>758871
lol exactly, ahh the wonders of business.

I'll be heading out as well, probably be back in a few months. Need to focus on other things right now. lol if you see my name just know it's not me, should be easy. Ask for a time-stamp with a Nigerian passport + a black hand holding it...lol honestly though, peace.

I bought some PU leather watch straps from aliexpress that aren't exactly of stellar quality.
Can I get fucked over by unsatisfied buyers?

>tfw someone buys the 1 euro pencils you are selling that you bought from the shop around the corner for 1€
>the person is actually paying 1 euro + 1.65 shipping
>the person is actually from my city, only a neighborhood away
why
also, please god don't make them pick it up in person, i dont want to deal with actual humans, just ship packages to them

>>758265
>how would one go about gaining a good reputation as a seller

be a good seller. This is not something someone's gonna come and tell you and you'll just kill it. But here goes something:

- know your product
- be able to answer anyone's questions immediately
- take good care of the packaging (adding a little detailt to it like a personal-looking thank you note or, if you wrap it in bubble wrap, wrap it nicely, does make a difference)
- if a buyer asks for a return, even if it's under a retarded reason, consider just accepting the return, apologize for the inconvenience and just resell your item as used or eat it. One lost item might be worth more than the negative feedback / headache of having to explain to a retard why they are wrong / headache of having to talk the retarded Indian rep into taking down the negative feedback left by that buyer.
- people don't like to be told that they are wrong, so whatever your reaction to a buyer is, always pay attention to how you're phrasing your message
- yes, there will be scammers that will just try to get one of your products for free or return without a defect on your side, and it will infuriate you how stupidly unfair eBay can be sometimes, but there will be way more honest buyers. If you have the time and willingness to fight each one, by all means go ahead, but if you're like me and don't have the time, don't let them get to you. It's fine, at most you will lose 1 out of many, many sales. Joke's on them, you're making sweet dough with this while they are going to their boring comformist job every day and their biggest achievement in the last 5 years has been getting your product for free. Congrats.
- regardless of how many here hate 99.8% Feedback, he has experience and good advice. Listen to him (I did, and I improved my sales and my time management). The zebra printer is a must if you're selling regularly.

There's much more, just try to think how you'd love to be treated as a buyer.

>>758832
fucking faggot the only one not helping here is you. He's given heaps of advice, answers every question and gives his own experiences in the business. I made 4k profit only on eBay last month, I know my shit, and all he's said is legit as fuck. Stop hating and start contributing, or >>758842

>>759170
Pretty much this.

Just package well, ship quickly, respond to all questions, and hope for the best.

>>759176
what do you sell :^)

Whats the best and least expensive shipping method for small items that has tracking?

USPS first class?

>>759304
Yes.

>>759292
The Ultimate Guide To Suck Cock, Vol II.

These threads are incredibly helpful already, do your own homework.

Hello businessmans.
I have many items for sell, most of them have a top quality and cheap prices.
I'am selling on Ebay, but my country doesn't accept Paypal, so I should use a mediators... That's why the cost on Ebay became overpriced, one more issue: most of my items makes on order, so handling time reaches to 2-4 weeks. But even then I have many orders.
So what the point. I want to find a partner from the first world who can buy my items really cheap (using SWIFT or something) wholesale or find orders and resell my stuff with profit etc.
Items subjects: billiards, leather shoes and sneakers, silver rings and necklaces, cosplay stuff, headbands for girls... and more :)
come on guys, let's make some money!

I havent sold on ebay since november, because they set my selling limit to 0. So in april i get a email f rom them saying they gave me Top rated seller status, What the acutal fuck?

these threads always get filled with retarded teenagers. the janitors should just delete these generals since they are utter shit and about as business related as a lemonade stand.

>>759213
they deleted his account or did he change the name?

>>759391
if you said "hello friend" we would have a deal !

>>759555
Hello my friend, would you like to earn some money without efforts?

Is ebay any good for money laundering?

>>759391
Count me in im German though.
+490302270 call me or text me

>>759611
No but starting your own chairty and donating to it is.

>Come across a bunch of rare/expensive items at auction warehouse.
>List one of them.
>Sells within half an hour.
>Realize I could've sold it for a lot more.


shid :DDD

>>759555
Yes!!

>>759391
How can I get in on this?

So I think I have a possible scam on my hands
>Sell item, get paid right away, ship it the next morning
>Notice it's a new account, judging by the name it must be a guest account
>Get this message today, not through Ebay, but through personal email

The above transaction was suppose to be free shipping...as in free.The post office wants me to pay $7 and some change?

That isn't going to happen,so they are being refused and will be returned to you....I'll be looking for the $10.99 credit to appear soon....OR YOU can pay the correct postage and send it back if you wish......Let me know.

Nice try.

Otherwise I will be reporting you to Ebay.

I paid $3.50 or something for Media Mail with tracking, it was roughly 2 lbs if I remember right. I have 100% positive feedback, what do I do?

>>759906
Write me on this email: privet55@hotmail.com

Some products I'm selling on picrelated. All of these items has top quality and cheap prices if you pay with SWIFT or another method that I can cash without fees.

Email me my friends, it would be a good deal for us both

bane and joker ?

>>759804
>go to flee market
>buy some bulk junk scrap parts
>one corroded & grime caked part looks like its about to visit the trash heap
>check ebay for shits and giggles
>$120 for junk

I guess now I know why those American Picker tools are still in the biz

>>760108
I didn't undertand your post, pls rewrite.

>>760111
Do you have any estimates on shipping from your country? Do you have an MOQ? Are they branded or non-branded goods? Just a few questions off the top of my head, id like to see a catalog of some sort if you have one, ill send you an email.

>>760169
Specifically estimates for the USA

cant anyone help me with category and subcategory insertion fees?

I listed an item in a single category > then a subcategory > then a subcategory

it says in the fee info that you get 20 free insertions a month, but will be charged for listings with additional categories.

Am i going to be charged for the 2 subcategories my item is listed in? or does multiple categories mean a single item listed in Collectibles and Automotive, for example?

I doubt this item will sell anytime soon (if at all) so i dont really want to be paying to have it listed if it doesnt sell

>>760188
You're not going to be charged for adding subcategories.

>>760169
Shipping: standard international, EMS, Fedex, DHL... many another. Depends on weight and quantity. Could be sent partially to avoid a problems with customs.

Some of items kind of branded (not official), but unknown in your country.

MOQ - from 1 item. More items - cheaper price.

Thank you for the interest!

>>760196
Thanks. I looked through their faq for like an hour and couldn't find that answer you gave in less than 10 min lol.

>>760203
No problem. Yea, eBay can be absurdly nonsensical sometimes, but nevertheless you can always see the fees that you are going to be charged before publishing a listing (both while setting up the listing and at the following confirmation step).

>>759391
>>759555
>>759655
>>759906
>>760169
>>760170
>>760199
>pic related

>>760128
Sorry, was right before I went to bed when I checked my email.

Anyways, I sold an item last week, got paid right away and shipped it the next day. If I remember right the I shipped it 2 or 3 lb Media Mail with tracking. Now I recieved this message(with some identifying marks taken out) through personal email.

"The above transaction was suppose to be free shipping...as in free.The post office wants me to pay $7 and some change?

That isn't going to happen,so they are being refused and will be returned to you....I'll be looking for the $10.99 credit to appear soon....OR YOU can pay the correct postage and send it back if you wish......Let me know.

Nice try.

Otherwise I will be reporting you to Ebay."

The guy is a brand new account and has a name that makes me think it's a guest account. If I do get the item back and credit his money he can still leave a neg right? Or is there anything I can do to prevent that?

>>746677
Are fleamarkets still a thing? I'd feel safer selling on ebay.

>>747139
>I have a friend who works at a goodwill and they all get first dibs on incoming items. He sells the good stuff on the side.
Fuck, no wonder I can't find anything decent to resell at goodwill, fuck those recovering drug addicts

>>750891

>that companies pursue in court to deter it.

That depends. There is this Greek shop selling rare arthouse cinema DVD copies labelled 'Greek Promotional Copies'. His feedback rate was 98.9% and had over 298.000 sales. I bought one of his DVDs fully thinking it was legit. When I received the obvious fake copy, I immediately mailed the guy telling him he was a scammer and I wanted my money back. He offered to return 80% of the money paid and I could keep the copy which I accepted. You know why? The film was rare as fuck and I wanted to have a copy of it badly. Pretty smart fella to keep his feedback rate that high while selling obvious fakes and not get reported by anyone. So, you can get away with it if you're not selling stuff that actually attracts interest.

>>760333
he threatened to report you to ebay , is a violation of ebay TOS, REPORT HIS ASS NOW !

>>760121
Because they have a TV show.

>>760333
Was the item actually media? Did you check the tracking?

The USPS can open media mail packages to inspect the content. If they deemed it not to be media, they will up charge you to priority mail, so the guy might actually be telling you the truth.

>>760356
The ones in the suburbs here are all white college students. They all have pretty large vinyl collections too.

>>760375
He's smart enough to target a niche market like arthouse films. They have a high chance of being small, poor, foreign, and defunct. So they are unlikely to pursue legal actions.

Ebay generally has no problem looking the other way. This guy has brought them tens of thousands of dollars. Once people start reporting though, they'll take him down, or if the FBI starts investigating.

>>760395
You don't happen to have the exact place where it says that do you? I looked but I couldn't find anything exact, just stuff like feedback extortion, threatening to sue, etc etc.

>>760333
>>760432
I just looked up the Media Mail definition, you may be right. When I get the item back I'll see if it's been opened(I'm assuming the post office fixes some sort of sticker or notice on the box), I'm just gonna refund the money if that's the case. I did track it, it was "Undeliverable as Addressed" yesterday, and then I got the email.

>>760600
You tried sending video games or something didn't you?

Fun fact: First Class Mail is protected from search and seizure under the fourth amendment. It is illegal for anyone other than the recipient, including postal inspectors, to open it without a search warrant. This isn't true of other types of mail. Media mail is the most opened however though due to the lower fare offered being a big draw to people who defraud mail.

>>760611
By the way Priority and Priority Express are considered first class mail.

Media mail, parcel select, periodicals, library mail, bound mail, and anything else can be opened by a postal inspector at will. So don't send drugs that way.

>>749879
You're old, gramps

OH FFS

Gotta call American eBay support, FUCK INDIANS

>>760295 did you try to sell in Alibaba? Is it popular in US?
I thought it's a place with chinese garbage.

>>761255
I didn't mean to suggest you to go sell your stuff through Alibaba, it's just that the thread started to look like Alibaba itself.

>call eBay to request increase in selling allowances
>english rep picks up my call
>fuckyes.png
>5 minutes chatting
>selling allowances increased from 10k to 16k

how is it so hard for Indian reps to be as helpful as english ones?

Damn kids undercutting my best selling item. Who the hell comes in and undercuts someone's price by a few bucks? I know they're not getting product cheaper than me so that means they are fine making pennies on each item. Why would anyone waste their time for a few cents?

>>749447
I kind of lied about my age. I like photoshop and I decided to alter my passports birth date. I sold on ebay, no problems from me. Despite being out of pocket by over £400 due to iphone scammers.

paypal now blocked my one account, it's been on hold for like 4 years. I really could use that £366 that they are holding from me.

I sold some pencils for 1 euro on ebay, and the buyer said she'd pick it up and that she'd send her boyfriend. then left me several ways of contacting them. per email, ebay message, text, whatsapp, phone call, or per mail.
well the mail is just stupid, if we were to communicate through mail i could just send it to them. anyway i chose Whatsapp, because whatsapp uses the phone number. so its basically like sending them a text message.
i sent it 2 days ago and they havent responded yet. should i just.. wait and do nothing? my gf has expressed concern over someone local buying a very cheap product from me, she thinks they just want my address and then rob me at night or something. what do

>>761887
btw it says he read the message a few hours after i sent it. i basically asked if theyre the buyer and when they want to meet. im positive i got the right number

>>761887
You gonna get raped.

Why would you even put yourself in this awkward situation? Unless you're also listing a bunch of high end electronics on the account, why would they bother to rob someone who is selling fucking euro pencils on ebay?

Most likely you'll just end up eating the fees and they'll never show up.

>Sell cheap item to buyer.
>$6~
>Send in first class (untracked) envelope.
>Buyer says hurr durr it hasn't arrived.

FUCK

I'm thinking of starting a small side-project selling Magic the Gathering cards (NEEEEERD). The trick will be to buy singles and sort them into decks suitable for beginners.

My problem is margins. There's a guy doing this already and he sells for around £5 each time. By my maths he can't be making much more than £1 with each transaction.

Should I try and cut down on my margins? I understand buying in bulk etc.

Should I make mine more "premium"? I've seen a few american sellers selling for $13 - $24 easily, but I understand that's also a bigger market.

Fuck Paypal.

>>762451
I have to ask as someone who has never played but has friends who do, do you think there is actually money in that approach? I imagine almost everyone buying magic cards on ebay already plays magic. I don't think the market of people who want to get into it is going to be very large, as they're going to get some basic cards from friends who want them to join their hobby and probably a handful of booster packs at the store.

You could always try if you already have a large lot of cards. Worst case scenario you're out some time.

>>762461
Yeah that's very true and it was one of my initial concerns. My research has consisted of basically trawling through the completed listings and they do seem to sell quite regularly and consistently.

It's just that I feel like card collectors and similar hobbyists are such a good market. They have so much disposable income and seem to have no inhibitions to shelling out loads of money on it.

I've also looked into making and selling "deck boxes", but it seems like the real money is in the official merchandise.


Any ideas anyone? I know this board is basically "I'm too afraid to tell my secret plans to anyone" but I'm just looking for some tips.

>>762487
As you said, hobbies are great to exploit because people enjoy them and will gladly dump all of their excess cash into them. The downside is that everyone knows this. As I said just go for it, if you only have one guy locally competing, it shouldn't be that hard to beat him. Don't undercut him, you'll just be wasting your time, outclass him. Make it appear you're selling gold and he's selling shit.

>>762501
Thanks man! I think I could make a couple of pounds per transaction, I might try a couple of decks and see what happens with it.

>>762505
Remember to account for fees and shipping.

Not sure if free shipping works the same in the UK as the US but free shipping boosts your sales a lot. People will actually pay more for free shipping.

Need advice for this situation:

I sell collectors-type items. I currently have ~10 up on ebay with prices varying from $30 - $2000 (the exact item doesn't really matter). I'm getting viewrs in the hundreds, may lowest item (that has been up for 5 days) views is 40, my most is ~700. Almost all of my items have at least 1 watcher, one of them has 6 watchers...but no one is buying. What do I do? Should I drop prices? The one with 6 watchers has had that many for 1 - 2 months. Not sure how to get people to buy.

>>762539
Are other similar/same item selling?

Big buck items are always like that though. People see a 2k item that they like, they'll never have 2k to blow on a novelty item. They watch it so they can find it to look at it again.

Lowering the price is always going to attract more people.

>>762541
>Are other similar/same item selling?

Not for most of them. The few that do, the items are "close", but different enough that I feel like a collector would want both.

>>762520
Wait...are you saying that if you stick the shipping fee with the price of the product they're more likely to buy it? I thought it was the other way around?

>>762560
Not in my experience. I was selling two identical items, one with free shipping for 3$ more and people exclusively bought that one. Actually worked out to being a few cents more expensive for them.

>see lots of ebay threads
>decided to start ebay store myself
>waste tens of hours on reading, researching, excel calculations etc
>waste many more hours getting a good product and supplier on alibaba
>make new email, ebay, paypal account and buy some positive feedback
>tfw your sample does barely get any views, let alone a purchase

Guess Ms. Wang is gonna be disappointed when I'm not gonna come through with the bulk order =(

>>762683
Why is not getting any views? Is there a lot of competition? Is your price too high? Pictures bad?

>>762687
I guess ebay.nl sucks ass. It has like 0 competition but apparently Dutchies hate it. I'll try putting an english version on ebay.co.uk.

Anyone knows the best way to do this? Do I have to make an entire new ad or can I add another language for my existing one?

>>762487
We're not too afraid to say what we sell, we're reasonably smart.

Listen to >>762501. Don't undercut, offer more value. Offer same day dispatch, advertise it as such in the description, and then comply to it. If you can offer the fastest shipping option, do it. People want to have yesterday what they bought today. They pay for this.

Price wars don't benefit neither you nor your competition, just make sure to offer safety to the buyer. This is really important, the buyer has to feel safe. For instance, offer 14 days returns due to change of mind if the item is sealed and in unused conditions (postage is on the buyer). Not only offer it, but write it down in the description. Protip: none will ever use this policy, but you're offering them safety and they trust you.

If you only have one competitor and you can make profit selling at his same price, I don't know what you're waiting for. Go and try.

If there is loads of competition, offer a rather lower price at the beginning (even if thin margins) but just to get some sales and escalate in your searches' position. Once you're on a good spot and had decent sales, normalize the price.

Also, >>762520.

>>762560
Yes, 'free' is a very magical word in biz. If your competition is not offering free shipping, you're all fucking set.

Good luck

>>762688
You might want to consider the milk powder biz the chinese have going on in NL. I lived there for almost 2 years, moved like 3 months ago, but while there I was sending milk powder to China with this chinese friend.

I bought and packed, he got the buyers and took care of shipping and packaging material.

Every single chinese is doing it there. Go befriend a chinese and offer to help him for a share of the milk you buy.

>>762794
You have me interested. The Chinese buy powdered milk from the Netherlands? Or something else?

>>762794
Ah yes milk powder. The chinese love it cuz their powder was contaminated or somethign right?

Did you buy it from a wholesaler or did you just loot supermarkets? Cuz nowadays they've limited the amount of powder jars u can buy to like 5.

>>762799
Huh, wish I had heard of this. I live in dairyland in the US.

>>751159
I got a $900 apple display for little over $200 from a police auction

>>762797
>>762799

The chinese buy it from the Netherlands because indeed they had a major contamination problem around a decade ago in which some chinese babies died. The company was a government company as far as I know, so now although they have certainly reformulated and it's not likely to happen again, the chinese would rather get it from safer places in Europe (NL, and Germany mainly, but also some UK).

Where I lived, they had it limited to 2 jars per supermarket, and by the time I left they had already limited it to 1 in most places. It got to a point where it was a pain in the ass, I had to go to every single supermarket and others (Kruidvat, Etos, etc) in town plus the neighbouring town to get all I needed, almost every day.

It was fine because I was a poorfag student and that paid the bills. Also my chinese friend was rich and lazy, so if you get together with someone that's more proactive you can make decent money, specially if you can buy 5 at a time. You just need the buyers.

I wouldn't go back to that now that I've started with importing and reselling, but hey, it helped me greatly during that year and a half.

>>762801
Sorry man, but I think they only buy from a few European countries.

>>762859
Well shit. I spent like 2 minutes googling it. Looks like almost all of it is coming from Australia, New Zealand, and Japan now. Due to distance.

>>762872
Fuck that. Some friends are still doing it. If there's a supermarket cap on milk powdwe, there's a reason. If you really are intersted, just go out and ask any chinese.

>>762896
powder*

>>762896
I don't associate with those types.

Just hit 500 feedback.

>>762907
>selling on eBay thread
>doesn't associate with chinese

not exactly a smart decision, anon.

>>763053
>sold ~150ish items
>only got 37 feedback.

Fucking hippy buyers.

>>763284
Add a casual thank you note with their real name on it in every order, telling them to contact you if they had any problem at all with their product and, in the end, tell them that you're a young growing biz and that every bit of help counts, so if they liked your product and service why not take 2 secs to leave feedback. Don't sound needy.

I have feedback from 50% of my customers.

>>763234
It was a joke. I buy from the Chinese.

I only have one Chinese friend though and he hates the Chinese and has no relatives in China.

>>763284
Feedback is just a pain. Really the best you can hope for is to sell a lot and hope to get customers who leave it.

>>763357
Honestly I find that kinda creepy, I don't exactly like it when a seller does that.

>Upgrade to Basic eBay store.
>Now have no easy way to see $ amount of sales in the last 60 days.

Pic related, any ideas on how to customize this chart?

>>763808
Agreed.