What do you love bout selling on eBay ?

[thecatspjs]

Discuss ....

[thecatspjs]

Thought you were on an enforced eBay break gizmo, you indicated recently on the boards that you have been suspended from selling on a couple of IDs ?? was it only temporary.

Selling on eBay does offer flexibility which works for me. 

I have tried selling both part and full time.I too find full time a bit isolating, and dull, but glad I was able to have the opportunity to focus on growing my online activities for a dedicated period.

I plan to employ somebody part time to do the more mundane, repetitive tasks within the next 12 months whilst I spend more of my time pursuing off-eBay ventures. 

[sashas*goodies]

The holidays I have been able to take my family on over the years just from selling on eBay.

[the_pooze]

Nothing but, the difference the $$ generated is making to the lives of a family in another country makes me as happy as a hog in a mud wallow.

[lousbloomingarden]

If the cane breaks I just planted seeds to the giant walking stick Kale , so I will have plenty of walking canes soon. See on my F Book page .

[lousbloomingarden]

I have sold over 200,000 items . Rarely get any one trying to get things cheaper. Quite the opposite. I'm always having to add extra plants or larger ones as they overpay postage. This week I had 4 . No holidays but that's my choice . I have learnt a lot from gardeners who email me and share ideas. I have been invited to do talks at clubs but no time. Gardeners come here every weekend doing the tour and spending their hard earned money on my plants.
some have even sent me plants and seeds. I have several customers who always think of me to I.d a plant they just stumbled across . I have been invited for coffee by one customer , which I took that one up as the chinwag helped me assese our future on our large property. Maybe gardeners are just nicer people but I have a few years left in me unless I get suspended before hand

[digital*ghost]

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@gizmoclearance wrote:

Surprisingly to see there are people who love eBay for reasons other than the profit..

Selling online is just repeating the same thing over and over again. I have sold 12000+ items on ebay I have to say it's so boring...

The only reason I stay is I have to fund my university studies (I am 30+ years old starting a new career).

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To be fair, it kinda stands to reason that if profit is the only reason someone is on eBay, there's not a lot of chance of finding other things to like or love about it. (That's not a criticism in any way, just thought I'd point out that there's other things that motivate people to be here). 

If I really get down to it, it's not eBay I love, it's the job I've created for myself while being here...and it just so happens that for the time being, eBay is the place where I'm able to perform it most successfully. 

[lousbloomingarden]

I always have time for coffee but that's about it

[bestcollectablesonline]

Love the rare occasion when you cross paths with a genuine Ebay trader - for instance when they refund $1.40 postage excess because they have found out it costs less than the $3.50 paid to send the item. In this dog eat dog world, such moments are to be savoured...

[jillywinkle]

Despite any grizzling I have had with ebay in the past, the last 12 months they have really cleaned up their act. The new storefront leader option is fabulous & everybody should take advantage of it. I only came across it by accident when browsing the site map somewhere. Makes your store look good. I used bannerfans for my leaderboard cut and pasted the final work and bannerfans is free.

Also, the new fee format introduced ages ago, is excellent. 5 years ago it would have cost me hundreds of dollars per month to list and sell 200 items, now it hangs around $100. Plus, after trying many other venues when they were tweaking and doing ghastly things for years, I always ended up back here, because stuff sells here. 8 years of it and I am actually very happy with ebay these days...jilly

[jillywinkle]

I do that...a lot...refund a small amount folks like that..