Why do you continue to sell on eBay?

[digitalluster]

Ebay and PayPal creates an illusion that everything will be okay. We've all seen how that turns out when you have a good thing going.



AKA DARK SIDE PARTY CRASHER

[yankee]

Well learn and move on to be better and safer.

To run a hundred accounts is nothing challenging really. So if you loose an account or two every now and then it is 1-2% of your gross income.

And if you are having constant issues change up you method or items to correct that nagging problem.

I think ebay is the most lax of the selling platforms.

[MM78]

Originally Posted by digitalluster

Well most of you know how the road ends on eBay and PayPal.

Stealth is like the road only a few people know about that and are willing to take it. We don't let Ebay define the road for us, we let Ebay/PayPal know were not going to be blocked.

[pokerpro]

Fees go up and yet I have made more on eBay every single year since I've started back in 1998.

Ebay has changed tons and the lazy, easy money may no longer be there to made, but that is the old........"survival of the fittest"........I like that, having the idiots weeded out.....

IMO ....most people making a full time good living on eBay have more than just a couple of brain cells.....the other ones are selling part time on eBay and punching a clock someplace.

[rsot]

I never rely on eB as the sole provider of my $ /done

[digitalluster]

Originally Posted by rsot

I never rely on eB as the sole provider of my $ /done

That's what I've been waiting to hear.

[pokerpro]

I'm the other end of the spectrum.......if not for EB, I'd be living in my car on a beach somewhere.......

[yankee]

Originally Posted by digitalluster

That's what I've been waiting to hear.

That is not the question you asked

[trosky]

I go where the customers are and right now you can't beat ebay in traffic unless you go to AZ and compete directly with AZ in most categories

[digitalluster]

Originally Posted by yankee

That is not the question you asked

It's nice to hear that someone can do something outside of eBay. It is all about traffic I can't disagree with that. It can be the life line for so many.
Maybe one day social media sales will kill the eBay market place who knows.
The feedback provided is useful. Thank you!

[big tymer]

ebay has the traffic of people who buy. other sites do not. if you are good at getting traffic via social media then you can just open your own shop. there are people who were paying ebay thousands of dollars a month in fees that left and opened up their own ecommerce site selling their products and used that money to buy traffic from google and they ended up earning as much as and in some cases more than they were from their ebay shop. its not like ebay has a monopoly on shoppers, they are out there and if you want to spend the time and energy you can find them yourself outside of ebay. but it is a lot of work.

[vogeltron]

Originally Posted by trosky

I go where the customers are and right now you can't beat ebay in traffic unless you go to AZ and compete directly with AZ in most categories

I have had some success with Amazon recently because I am not competing with them exactly as you have alluded to. If use to think eBay/PayPal fees were high then I started using Amazon and they are even higher. So it is tough to make to make it compared to the crazy low fee structure eBay had many years ago.

[bananaappeal]

Originally Posted by digitalluster

It's nice to hear that someone can do something outside of eBay. It is all about traffic I can't disagree with that. It can be the life line for so many.
Maybe one day social media sales will kill the eBay market place who knows.
The feedback provided is useful. Thank you!

Facebook Stores option which operate directly through my eCommerce stores has opened a whole new highway for me.

Seeing as my products aren't allowed to be sold on eBay etc they are a blessing for traffic.

My serious eBay income didn't start til after I was suspended and found this place funnily enough.

[Bunneh]

OP since you dont make enough money for fees or they to high to cover it....have you ever thought that maybe you are selling the wrong thing??

[BigCJ]

Id rather sell on ebay than work a 9 to 5.

I like the control I have over making my own paycheck and not having to worry about working 40+ hours per week for $400 when I can make that in a day

[Bunneh]

Originally Posted by BigCJ

Id rather sell on ebay than work a 9 to 5.

I like the control I have over making my own paycheck and not having to worry about working 40+ hours per week for $400 when I can make that in a day

And the occasional lie in/ sleep in

[jak]

Originally Posted by ebabe

Yes, the more you sell the more fees you have to pay, but the more you sell the more your profits are too. In my experience Amazon fees are higher, so ebay is the best place for me personally for the type of item I sell. Back in mid 90s you had to put an ad in the paper ''tiny ads'' remember that guy? And compared to now with ebay and amazon it was a joke, so really other than ebay and amazon where else is the best place to sell online?

The more you SELL on ebay or paypal the lower the fee's on ebay Top Rated Seller are reduced and also paypal fee's are reduced. I remember before ebay there was loot, and I believe they are still going however gumtree which is also controlled by ebay seem to have taken over loot now..

[jak]

Originally Posted by pokerpro

I'm the other end of the spectrum.......if not for EB, I'd be living in my car on a beach somewhere.......

Living on a beach is not that bad you know... esp if there are lots of women around the beach.

[ooooo.halo]

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

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

[H4ck]

Originally Posted by Dmshark25

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]

Originally Posted by yankee

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]

Sounds great!