Selling face masks

[StealthHarry]

We’re in June now

March was different as it was the beginning of the pandemic - now stock is somewhat back to normal so don’t bash me for this post

Anyway it’s apparently outlawed to sell face masks 3ply on eBay according to a eBay rep

Anyway there’s currently 8200+ search results

And a market of I’d say £10k a day being sold on eBay

Is it worth while listing or will the account go toast

I’ve been keeping a eye on a few sellers who have been selling for well over 2 months strong

Thank you

[Bradd]

You can try but as far as i know only certain members are allowed to sell them

[BenMart3]

It is really a good idea to sell face mask because of covid-19 attack. Do you have your own company for production?

[StealthHarry]

Search eBay for face masks

It’s quite wild the amount of sellers selling

They did say it was banned but it’s clearly not

[LOMBOK]

Try it and see what happens. Then report back with your findings.

Yes, there are plenty of sellers on ebay for these. I have also seen plenty of them getting naru'd. My view is you have missed the boat and needed to be in on this way back in January. If you look around all the news sites, they are all advising to use a face covering and not a mask.

I see some people trying to sell home made ones for £6 each plus postage on the facebook selling pages. The comments do make me chuckle.

[lucy]

As long as you don’t mention covid or coronavirus or make assumptions to any virus you should be ok

[StealthHarry]

Will try it on a private seller account even if it gets toast I won’t be too gutted

Thanks, will report back finding - that makes sense January would’ve been the best time

Thank you all for your replies

[zamzam]

Down to luck I think. Sometimes you get banned sometimes you dont

[tuffguy]

Hi,

I was selling face masks back in April and early May but then it became almost impossible, as certain keywords in your title such as MASK VIRUS COVID CORONA MEDICAL, etc will automatically stop you submitting the listing, as they throw up errors, advising that face masks cannot now be listed on Ebay due to 'price gouging' (inflated prices).

I was able to sell the last of my stock by avoiding the key words, which resulted in trickle selling the rest of my stock.

However, the listings were eventually found and removed, along with a warning that if I relisted, then I would face a 7 day selling ban.

Anyone looking to sell face masks now has missed the boat!
I hope the above personal experience will help you with your decision.

Best regards,
Tuffguy

[tuffguy]

Hi,

We don't really use Etsy here in the UK.
We're all about Amazon, Ebay and Facebook

Best regards,
TuffGuy

[LOMBOK]

Pack of 10, 3 ply polypropylene, £7 in B&Q. They've got loads!

[MM78]

Sell em on the High Street!

[LOMBOK]

Originally Posted by MM78

Sell em on the High Street!

Rusty old supermarket shopping trolley and a hawkers licence! Old school stuff. Used to do this back in the day with pashmina scarves and fashion jewellery. Made some good money especially running up to Christmas.

[ALIYOU]

you can list then just not the ppe or face mask catorgorys, dont use the medical or surgical in description or title . sold 20,000 masks in april , but there only 2 or 3 sellers selling reusable, washable the ones i had tho so sold very quick , know it very hard to even sell 1k to many sellers

[lucy]

Originally Posted by ALIYOU

you can list then just not the ppe or face mask catorgorys, dont use the medical or surgical in description or title . sold 20,000 masks in april , but there only 2 or 3 sellers selling reusable, washable the ones i had tho so sold very quick , know it very hard to even sell 1k to many sellers

20k masks in April is good going, what categories did you list them in order to avoid eBay bots removing the listings?

I’d recommend not to use keywords such as surgical medical flu corona covid19 etc in the listings maybe try putting paint masks etc

[ALIYOU]

Beauty, mask and face peels

[StealthHarry]

I’ve not bothered listing them

The risk outweighs the reward - it’s getting hard to build accounts now anyway with MP coming in and all

The accounts I have I just want a good Christmas innings and would much rather let the account get burned after it’s made a couple of bucks rather than peanuts

It’s obviously a stealth EU Passed account don’t want it to get burned in search of peanuts

Thank you all for your advise much appreciated

[befree]

Originally Posted by tuffguy

Hi,

I was selling face masks back in April and early May but then it became almost impossible, as certain keywords in your title such as MASK VIRUS COVID CORONA MEDICAL, etc will automatically stop you submitting the listing, as they throw up errors, advising that face masks cannot now be listed on Ebay due to 'price gouging' (inflated prices).

I was able to sell the last of my stock by avoiding the key words, which resulted in trickle selling the rest of my stock.

However, the listings were eventually found and removed, along with a warning that if I relisted, then I would face a 7 day selling ban.

Anyone looking to sell face masks now has missed the boat!
I hope the above personal experience will help you with your decision.

Best regards,
Tuffguy

I agree the UK market is now flooded with face masks.