You Buy on eBay But Do You Sell Items on eBay As Well?
By WebMann
@WebMann (4731)
Canada
December 29, 2008 6:43am CST
I love buying things on eBay. I can get a lot of things a whole lot cheaper on eBay than buying them locally, in most cases. I still have to do a bit of homework to be sure what I am buying is at the best price I can get it at.
I don't just stop at buying on eBay. Even though I don't have any products of my own to sell I can promote other people's sales pages and earn half of what eBay earns when I sell any of those items.
I like selling things from eBay this way because I never have to worry about buying stock or having products to sell.
I use my blogs to promote products on eBay. It's just so easy as I just have to keep talking on my blogs like I do anyways and I make money.
I do have a plugin that I purchased for my Wordpress blogs that allows me to link to any text I want throughout my entire blog. I just make the links for each keyword phrase I want to use and the plugin goes through my blog and links to those phrases instantly.
The cool part of this plugin is, when a product is no longer available I can just go into the plugin and change the link for that keyword to another affiliate link and all references are updated and I am back in business. So cool.
So, do you sell on ebay and if so what do you sell and how do you get your products?
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12 responses
@AnakSuNamun (2084)
• United States
29 Dec 08
Hey there
I love shopping on Ebay as well but I never sold anything there(yet). I just don't have anything to sell! Besides,I lack entrepreneural spirit and I dread having to go the post office every now and then even though it makes me money
What is the easiest way to ship stuff you sell,UPS?
I've always wanted to make some cool t-shirts or jewelry and make bucks combined with pleasure but,as I might've mentioned,I'm not very creative...
What is the easiest way to ship stuff you sell,UPS?
I've always wanted to make some cool t-shirts or jewelry and make bucks combined with pleasure but,as I might've mentioned,I'm not very creative...
@babylove1983 (176)
• United States
29 Dec 08
hi you might want to check some of my products on ebay. you might interested in buying some in a very affordable prize. my id there is mace0783. happy shopping
@sweetdesign (5142)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I both buy and sell on ebay. i sell my crochet pieces,dolls that I have made, teddy bears i have made, ceramic pieces I have made. I buy craft stuff and stuff for my dolls on ebay.
I try to promote my auctions as much as possible.
@cuttyrish (2667)
• United States
29 Dec 08
i love to shop in ebay, but i never got to sell any items.. i am planning to sell some of my books, but i am still busy in schol, so i do not have time to track some items that i might post in ebay.. i might as well sell some stuff when the school year ends, in that i will have time to ship and tracks some items using ebay.
@sweetlady10 (3611)
• United States
29 Dec 08
Hey WebMann, nice to see you after a long time!
We do buy things on eBay. Actually we don't directly go to eBay, but search in the net for good deal; and 90% of the time we end up buying on eBay:). I did not know that you can promote there product through your blog and can make money, thats nice. We don't sell items on eBay generally, but once my husband did, when we need to get rid of a new item because we did not like it and the return date was over.
You have a great New Year!
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
29 Dec 08
i both buy and sell on ebay quite often. i bought some of my christmas presents on ebay and saved a little bit of money that way. quite often you can get both different items that you cannot get around your area and the cost is cheaper than what you would pay retail.
@creationsbyrobin (3071)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I buy far more than I sell on eBay, but yes, I do sell on eBay from time to time. It's fairly easy to do and you get a quick turn-around, as the auctions end a week later and I usually have the cash in my hand a few days later.
Of course then I have to stand in line at the post office to mail the package.
I've never used a blog to sell anything on eBay, but I do have a couple of blogs to promote my online stores where I sell my handmade items.
@babylove1983 (176)
• United States
29 Dec 08
hi you might want to check some of my products on ebay in a very cheap prize. my id is mace 0783
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
30 Dec 08
I used to buy on ebay but the last 2 years have been selling on ebay.
I have a small business in wedding gifts and accessories and that's what I sell on ebay. I don't make much from ebay because a lot of sellers there selling almost the same thing only different brand, so to compete I have to drop the price a lot as long as it pays for the fees, shipping and product itself.
I also sell old shop equipment that I don't use because I got a better one, like phone etc. but this month sales is slow I decided not to list more until new year.
@sweetpeasmom (1325)
• United States
30 Dec 08
I sell stuff on ebay for a few weeks and build up money in my paypal account and then for a couple of weeks I do nothing but buy on ebay and then when I run out of money in paypal I will sell again. I have been doing this for years!!
I hate all of the new sellers rules they have now though and hope that will not bring the sales way down. I still need some more fabric!!
@fit4lifein07 (719)
• United States
2 Jan 09
Sometimes I sell on ebay, lately I haven't because I don't like the fees and feedback policy, I sell on other websites though, I buy stuff from auction sites and wholesale stores
@DarthJustice (2014)
• United States
1 Jan 09
I've bought several things on ebay over the years, but that's mainly all that I have done. I tried selling something last year for the first time, but no one bought it though. I've been thinking about trying to sell some stuff on there again though to see if I have any better luck with making money on the site.
@designinn (30)
• Singapore
30 Dec 08
I have both sold and bought from ebay. Right now I have given a pause for selling. I will continue it sooner.
