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NeedToUseYou -> RE: selling stuff on ebay- what words "work"? (9/20/2009 12:11:28 AM)
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Yeah reserve auctions are only good for expensive things. If I were you, I would just go to rummage sales and thrift shops and look for practical things to sell. Like power tools, sewing machines, etc.... If you got familiar with something physical, you could make okay money doing that. I don't do that, but have scouted rummage sales before, and some had stuff I know I could have made money on.
We mostly sale stuff like that, mostly practical boring stuff. It seems that stuff is pretty solid.
We pretty much exclusively sale fixed price or start the auctions at .99. We generally only list something at .99 start if we know it will get bid up, as in have experience and knowledge of the demand for that item. It's really not worth selling something for a final price of .99 cents.
If you are selling electronic download stuff. I'd simply sell it for at least 2.00 fixed price, more if you can get it. because you are going to be pay .35 to list, then like .25 FVF then .30 cents plus 2.9 percent(.06) paypal. So, essentially a 1.00 of that 2.00 gets sucked in fees, it is better the more expensive the item you are selling, but the e-book market is more about quantity than quality. You'll have to sale 100's of different e-books, to make helpful money in that market. Finding what does or doesn't sale is the only real question.
Like I said though, I'm not an expert in that area, I mostly sale physical stuff. If you got time to go to rummage sales, I think you'll do better that route, and just become an expert in one or a few types of items.
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