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[shoptillyoudrop63]

 Hi, when do i send invoices, I am with paypal

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Your barometer ended on the 13th and it hasn't been relisted. If you have already used up your 10 listings for the month, it won't be able to be relisted until next month. At the moment, you can only list/sell 10 items a month. What that means is, if you list 10 items on the 1st and 3 sell, you can't list anything new for the rest of the month while the remaining 7 are still active. Next month if the remaining 7 listings are still active, you'll be able to list 3 new items, which will total 10. If you want to list more than 10 things a month, give ebay a call and ask them to increase your limit.

I'm guessing you have reached your limit which is probably why you tried to relist the barometer and it didn't relist. That's not such a bad thing because if it sells for $8 with free postage, once again you will be losing money. You will be paying money out of your pocket for someone to take your items from you, instead of getting money in your pocket.

You also should revise your listing for the pet pedometer and adjust the postage to what it's going to cost. I would change it to $8 postage. I highly doubt the item will be under 20mm, so it has to be sent at parcel rate. If it sells for how it's listed at the moment, you'll be lucky to make a few cents after you've paid extra for the postage and eBay and PayPal take their fees out.

I hope you don't mind me picking your listings to bits. I just hate seeing people paying money out of their pocket instead of getting money in their pocket because of eBay's stupid recommendations.

[shoptillyoudrop63 · Accepted solution]

Hi, If its not asking too much, would you be my mentor, I could really need your great advice.    sweetcheeks63. and thank you.

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I am happy to help out where I can. There are plenty of VERY experienced sellers here with way more experience than me, who would also be willing to impart their knowledge too. Ask any questions you like and there will be quite a few willing to help you out and steer you in the right path. We all made mistakes in the early days, so it's great that you can hopefully bypass some of them by asking for help early in the peace.

I think there would be quite a few new sellers who end up giving up because they follow eBay's advice, which for most things is to start auctions at 99c (to attract more buyers) and they discover they are actually in the red rather than making money. The reality is, once upon a time that did work and for a few sellers, it still does (it really depends on the item), but for most others, items sell with just one bid. Therefore, you always should start auctions at the lowest you are willing to accept and assume you will only get one bid.

When setting your price, always add a bit extra to cover eBay and PayPal's fees. It's 9.9% for eBay (including shipping, which you get charged fees on too) and I *think* it's 2.4% for PayPal, plus a non refundable 30c. If you want to offer "free" shipping, then you build the cost of postage into your price. It makes no difference if you offer free or costed, the fees are still the same. For a small parcel, which is an item under 500g and more than 20mm thick, I charge $8.25 when the actual postage cost is $7.45. It doesn't seem to bother buyers paying the bit extra as my postage stars have always remained at 5.

I strongly recommend investing in a cheap set of digital kitchen scales if you don't already have them. That way if you're not sure if something is going to go over 500g once packaged, you can pop them on the scales and check. You can then work out the postage cost using the Aust Post postage calculator (before you list the item). https://auspost.com.au/parcels-mail/calculate-postage-delivery-times/#/

As I said, ask away. Plenty of people here to help. That's why we're here.

Edited to fix typos and grammatical errors.