on 02-08-2015 03:01 PM - last edited on 02-08-2015 08:10 PM by luna-2304
I don't know if i should leave ebay or try other auction sites. Everytime there is a new policy or change it always seems to badly affect sellers. eg negative feedback button removed, money back guarantee rip off, defect system etc Hardly any sales any more.
I don't know if it's worth staying with ebay or trying other sites. I have found a few but they are not as well known as ebay and don't know if i would be wasting my time to try them all.
on 02-08-2015 05:57 PM
Geez, digi, I said other postage costs were OTT - not the earrings.
And sending them for, say, $2 is ample for packing etc and less postage fvf
Nothing wrong with a bubble envelope. And they can be sourced cheaply.
A lot of the OP's items would fit in a bubble envelope for $2
on 02-08-2015 06:10 PM
I was just responding to the statement that $3 P&H for earrings was not ok.
And again, you're suggesting for someone else what is ample. Maybe for some it is, but I know for a fact that for others it's not. It's easy to look at one item and say what the lowest known costs are for that one item, and apply a specific reasoning to account of the rest of the costs for one item, but when a seller lists 100+ items, they are taking a lot more than one item into consideration when they work out how they're going to approach P&H.
Less FVF doesn't really factor into it, just like it doesn't when people decide on item prices (I don't mean it shouldn't be accounted for, I mean I would look at people funny if they used less FVF as a reason for me to lower my item prices).
02-08-2015 06:20 PM - edited 02-08-2015 06:21 PM
OP's postage is all over the place like a mad woman's breakfast.
It's not consistent. They have even stated that they would refund the extra
But a potential buyer doesn't know that.
$9.75 postage for a DVD does not make a 2nd hand DVD a bargain (an example only)
And the OP was the one talking about all the fees to be paid
I just thought I would offer some advice (be it good or bad) as the OP
doesn't seem to be selling much at all.
And it was only that - advice.
on 02-08-2015 06:30 PM
@imastawka wrote:OP's postage is all over the place like a mad woman's breakfast.
It's not consistent. They have even stated that they would refund the extra
But a potential buyer doesn't know that.
$9.75 postage for a DVD does not make a 2nd hand DVD a bargain (an example only)
And the OP was the one talking about all the fees to be paid
I just thought I would offer some advice (be it good or bad) as the OP
doesn't seem to be selling much at all.
And it was only that - advice.
They would be paying fees on the excess, despite refunding the difference, so it would make sense to have the correct postage to start with.
on 02-08-2015 06:49 PM
@imastawka wrote:OP's postage is all over the place like a mad woman's breakfast.
It's not consistent. They have even stated that they would refund the extra
But a potential buyer doesn't know that.
$9.75 postage for a DVD does not make a 2nd hand DVD a bargain (an example only)
And the OP was the one talking about all the fees to be paid
I just thought I would offer some advice (be it good or bad) as the OP
doesn't seem to be selling much at all.
And it was only that - advice.
I understand all that, I'm not trying to have a go at you, and I'm certainly not posting on a personal level, I am disagreeing (more broadly) with the notion that P&H prices that are a certain amount higher than stamp prices are somehow wrong, which I thought was implied by saying $3 was not ok.
I get that you would not be the only one to look at the P&H and not purchase, too, but I speak up on this issue (at most opportunities) because there's quite often a lot more to a P&H quote than just stamp price + packaging cost = X amount, and it's not fair to automatically regard certain amounts above that as unreasonable.
on 02-08-2015 07:00 PM
I know that and you know that. Most buyers wouldn't though.
They just see what they think is too much and go elsewhere.
That's your average buyer for ya
on 02-08-2015 07:43 PM
on 02-08-2015 08:00 PM
Sellers do get the option to say it's a padded bag or what size it is it's in the listing process have a look next time you list.
on 02-08-2015 08:18 PM
$9.20 postage for dvds are just being greedy
i sell many dvds and postage is only $1.40 plus 20 cents for the padded envelope
on 02-08-2015 08:28 PM
Selling is all about perception so it would be better to charge $2.95 postage or better still add a dollar to the item price and charge $1.99 for delivery.
For parcels I use the ebay satchels and labels and charge $7.95 which is perceived as being better value than $8 by buyers skimming through search results.
As others have said why do you have to stop selling on ebay just because you use other resources, I sell things elsewhere but nowhere else do I sell as much for as high prices as I can achieve on ebay, as long as I am making money I am happy to keep listing, if the day ever comes when I don't then I will stop.