I put a note with every ebay or amazon order inviting people to buy direct.
You can get banned for that
You can get banned for thatNot if you just put this information into the package with the item. It is only the issue if you put it in the description of the item on the site itself.
+ paypal also want to charge 46,50
When all is said and done, losing 12% - 15% in return for reaching a potentially world wide audience - is actually not a bad deal when you are selling a single item. If you are selling high volumes... you need your own site as well as (not instead of) eBay, because eBay can still bring in new customers that weren't aware of your business previously.
Yes I put the note in the package, many sellers do but I'm blunt about the fact they just got ripped off as dealing through third parties actually costs me money and time which is money. I tell ebay every time that I have a problem with them I do this because of the hassle they are.
Yes I put the note in the package, many sellers do but I'm blunt about the fact they just got ripped off as dealing through third parties actually costs me money and time which is money. I tell ebay every time that I have a problem with them I do this because of the hassle they are.
Well, is there nobody yet tried a trick such as - Return request "Don't like it" or "Doesn't fit", and eBay automatically approve this return with a shipping cost paid by you (as a seller)?
Later, a buyer went to your website and has bought cheaper there
When all is said and done, losing 12% - 15% in return for reaching a potentially world wide audience - is actually not a bad deal when you are selling a single item. If you are selling high volumes... you need your own site as well as (not instead of) eBay, because eBay can still bring in new customers that weren't aware of your business previously.The funniest part of some high volume traders sell cheaper on eBay than through own website
Either a competition is really tough there or they assume 'loyal' direct customers are .......
Yeah, it's expensive. But I put stuff up on eBay anyway, because - who knows - someone might just desperately need the obscure item that perhaps doesn't have a high value to me. I'm always grateful when someone has listed e.g. some strange transistor from their parts bin that I can't find anywhere else.
There you go. I've sold $200K + on eBay in the past 20 years--including some pretty high-value items over $10K--with minimal problems and while I can complain endlessly about various things from silly policies to lack of customer service, I can't make the case that the service isn't worth the money. I just sold two Tek CCD hybrids to a guy 2000 miles away with a spiky 2430A and he was even happier to get them than I was to sell them. The odds of that transaction happening outside of eBay is quite low and both his and my scope would have just gone in the junk otherwise.
The biggest issue with eBay right now seems to be inexperienced sellers that don't know the rules nor how to pack anything.
Ebay is charging 105 euro if i sell something for 1000.
+ paypal also want to charge 46,50
according to this site :
https://finalfeecalc.com
Would you really sell something and give them for then 150 euro for the service ?
crazy
Ebay is charging 105 euro if i sell something for 1000.
+ paypal also want to charge 46,50
according to this site :
https://finalfeecalc.com
Would you really sell something and give them for then 150 euro for the service ?
crazy
It's not crazy, you are paying for the huge search audience.
Most sellers charge more on ebay to compensate, I do.
If selling IT gear (cameras etc) sell them FAST and as soon as you bought the replacement; if you sit on stuff like that for a year, it will fetch much less
BTW I had a curious one the other day: a buyer who bought a £200+ item, but has zero feedback and joined Ebay the same day. "Obviously" a fraud, but apparently Ebay now allows "guest" buyers and that is how they appear. Time will tell...
If selling IT gear (cameras etc) sell them FAST and as soon as you bought the replacement; if you sit on stuff like that for a year, it will fetch much less
I knew the person responsible for HP's PCs, before he defected to be a Microsoft VP. He explicitly compared selling PCs with selling bananas: if left on the shelf too long they start to smell.QuoteBTW I had a curious one the other day: a buyer who bought a £200+ item, but has zero feedback and joined Ebay the same day. "Obviously" a fraud, but apparently Ebay now allows "guest" buyers and that is how they appear. Time will tell...
I explicitly state that I won't sell to people with inadequate feedback. I haven't had to invoke that, yet.
I really don't have problems with fees. But I had really bad experience with some buyers back 15 years ago or so. Since then I have not sold a thing.
The buyer contacted me at 45th day on 30day return guarantee. No power cord. Says doesn't work. My posting said no power cable. He argued over IEEE definition of cord and cable. He says he won't agree to "your arbitrary" rule of 30 days. He emailed to ISP, CIA, FBI, local sheriff, state attorney's office, post master general, etc, etc, etc. Ebay was no help what so ever. I just deleted my account and vowed to never sell anything there.
By the way, none of the agencies mentioned above ever contacted me.
I really don't have problems with fees. But I had really bad experience with some buyers back 15 years ago or so. Since then I have not sold a thing.
The buyer contacted me at 45th day on 30day return guarantee. No power cord. Says doesn't work. My posting said no power cable. He argued over IEEE definition of cord and cable. He says he won't agree to "your arbitrary" rule of 30 days. He emailed to ISP, CIA, FBI, local sheriff, state attorney's office, post master general, etc, etc, etc. Ebay was no help what so ever. I just deleted my account and vowed to never sell anything there.
By the way, none of the agencies mentioned above ever contacted me.
1) You go ahead... I'm staying put.
2) That may be so, but fruit cakes are in season.
1) You go ahead... I'm staying put.
2) That may be so, but fruit cakes are in season.
Fruitcakes and crooks are still a problem. I sold some sensors to a guy using the stock image of that series, it had 8 pins in the picture yes he was distraught that it actually had 6 as now all of his boards were wrong . I was like how could you make boards without looking at the datasheet (that also had the 8 pin image) which shows the footprint and the number of pins.
Ebay were helpless, there was nothing they could do. The guy then decided it was OK and went on to buy another batch from my website.
Bearing in mind i sell them for about what RS buy them for so no one in the world can sell them at the price I do and I don't even bother to mark these up on ebay such is my margin on that particular part. H saved more than I made but was still trying it on.