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I continue to sell to feed my obsession of changing things...seriously.

Im one of those people that buys a duvet in pink and then want one in black etc etc
I get bored easily. Sad i know.
So, i sell to feed this habit :lol:

Im not a high power seller at all...i just tick along happily with what i have :-)

H4ck	02-16-2015 05:51 AM

Re: Why do you continue to sell on eBay?

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Originally Posted by Dmshark25 (Post 638882)

Yep that's always the issue, when I think of working for someone, you need to give up your life for such a small amount

Yes it's a steady paycheck and u just need to wake up and show up on time to get it, but the money you make selling on eBay and Amazon is just a huge difference, and it starts to feel like a waste of time working for anyone

When I started out, I had a job, and as thing progressed I slowly cut back hours, than days, and would eventually become a fill in when needed

I remember being there and making a $1000 in 2 hours just watching sales pile up through emails on my phone, it made staying 8 hours for $125 seem very worthless

So very true I can relate. lol

Haidukken

02-16-2015 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by yankee (Post 638871)

If you have good items that allow good to great margins, inventory and the ability to handle volume ebay is about the cheapest rent on planet earth. Some argue Amazon and in some ways I would agree but with Amazon you can not be overly creative and price is king. On ebay we can manipulate many aspects with a huge amount of instant buyers.

ecrater does not have enough traffic for me to dedicate a resource to.

This.
I don't do dropshipping and I don't sell high volumes but if I invest £1k into my stock, sell it for £3.5 on eBay and deduct the fees, it still leaves me with great profit and MINIMUM work. I mean, I barely work 30 hours a week? That's including packing of the items and taking them to post office.

I use it because it clearly offers me a platform for selling to millions of users, with minimum fees.
I guess if you have used ebay for years then it might be annoying to see the fees rise all the time, but I started selling on eBay 2 years ago, so for me that's the only eBay I know.

digitalluster

03-04-2015 02:55 PM

Re: Why do you continue to sell on eBay?

Sounds great! :)

vogeltron

03-06-2015 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by haidukk (Post 642798)

It is annoying. But like I stated before it is way cheaper than Amazon. Unless you have some hand made items here in the states and can get on ETSY. Outside of building your own website you and hoping for the best. You are boxed in. Those are the sites that get traffic and generate sales. As annoying as eBay can be and I have not dealt as much with Amazon yet except for their strict metrics. For me selling online = freedom. I would rather not do a 9 to 5. Even if I make less on a given year I have some say over my future. Don't want to be employee #xxx punching a time card. For some people that is easier.

I know this site is often about complaining. Trust me I come here to vent. But when things are going good and customers are happy leaving great feedback and everything is like it should be. Then life is golden and I am stoked and love eBay. I do have those days where one buyer ruins your day by complaining or leaving bad feedback etc. That is part of what we do.

I am going on year 10. The sooner you learn to let it go add them to your block list and eat it unfortunately. You end up living to fight another day. As much as it is painful many years ago PayPal use to be common for chargebacks. Relatively rare now. I use to get f'd over from that a few times a month. So just giving into a few returns from pissed customers as much as it sucks. My advice would be live to fight another day. Block that buyer than PM me to let me know I need to block them too! LOL

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