Where to sell stuff?

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We are starting off the New Year absolutely broke & DH doesn't have any work for the time being (contractor), so I'm trying to make a few quid by selling stuff.

We have all sorts from baby carriers, to toys, to household bits such as lamps & mirrors, to novelty items (drinks fountain, anyone ) & even a sofa suite.

So far, I have listed it all on Gumtree & FB local selling pages, both baby & general, but no luck, as well as the few child bits on here. Anybody have any other ideas?

Hotukdeals have a selling facility.

I was going to suggest fb selling pages.

free listing on ebay at the moment so got to be worth a try?

Thanks all, a few ideas there. Just been & packed up the remainder of our belongings at my parents' house (where we were living over the summer) & loads there, so even more desperate to get rid!

Any car boot sales happening near you?

No car boot sales until spring now, sadly

Baby carriers, other baby related equipment and toys can be sold at NCT nearly new sales (check website in case there's a local branch with a sale soon), and at privately run baby sales. In Scotland try Jack and Jill Markets Jack and Jill Markets, which run in various towns monthly. I think there are similar enterprises elsewhere in the UK (google 'baby second hand sale' and lots of possibilities pop up).

I've used Fatbrain and We Buy Books to sell books, CDs and DVDs. I found them both really easy to use, although you have to have around £15+ worth to sell them as a minimum. You print a label off once your order is complete, take it to your nearest post office/Collect+ outlet and wait for a cheque or BACS payment into your account around a week later.

Sorry OP, just realised of course you're not in Scotland re Jack and Jill Market!

BlueMonday, those book-buying sites look interesting. Can you say a bit more about them? What about the condition of the books?

Also:

www.mum2mummarket.co.uk/

Dazzle there are full instructions on the websites - you just type in the barcode on your CDs or DVDs, or the ISBN number of your book, and they give you an instant quote.

I've found both these sites better than Music Magpie, mainly because they suit the clutter I have!

I usually have windows of both Fatbrain and WeBuyBooks open at the same time on my screen as the prices they offer you can vary quite a bit. One CD I had got offered about 23p from one site, but £2.50 on the other, so although it's a pain, it's worth doing this.

If you accept their offers they email you a packing label, with their address on it to stick on your cardboard box of goods. Then just take your parcel to your nearest post office or Collect+ outlet (eg Value convenience stores - you can search for your nearest one). You don't pay any postage, and you'll get a receipt when you drop off your parcel, so you can check the progress of your parcel. We found empty wine boxes from our local supermarket were a good size for getting CDs and DVDs and a few books in.

I have to say it's a bit hit and miss which books/CDs/DVDs they take, especially the books. Often you'll get a message saying 'sorry, we don't need this title' - chick lit and crime mostly, they must be swamped with them. But we've sold a few classics, and coffeetable (glossy picture) books did well, as well as non-fiction. Haven't tried kids books as we've used nearly new sales for those.

I've found both websites send a cheque within a week of me dropping off my parcel. Haven't tried BACS payments straight into my account. They send you emails to confirm when your parcel's been received and when they're sending your payment.

If you check out WeBuyBooks on Twitter they often have voucher codes that anyone can use. I used one the last time I did an order and got an extra 10% on top of my offer - an extra £5, not much but equivalent to a lot of CDs at 30p a time!

We had a good clearout last summer and got about £120 altogether in three or four boxes - a nice addition to our holiday spending money.

Hope this helps, and good luck!

Thank you so much, BlueMOnday, for such a comprehensive response! Very useful, I hope others find it so too. I will deffo give them a go.

I have found facebook groups good (I am a member of possibly 10 for my area) but also hit and miss ours has been particularly quiet over the last two weeks and picking up again. Also I have posted or bumped items a few times to then have several people comment. I give myself a deadline with the facebook groups and then post however many times I can remember/be bothered if it doesn't sell then I give up.

I find with the fb groups you have to offer things at at slightly lower price.
I don't mind this as it saves on the hassle of going to the post office with eBay items and also tends to work out the same as you have to pay fees to eBay.
Good luck and I hope you manage to shift some things.

Little Pickles Markets for the baby goods. I can make up to £100 at each one we do locally.I don't know where you are in the country, but they have them across several different counties.

I have sold my first item! A toddler shirt for £2 . So, it's a slow start, but at least it is a start & pays for some bread & milk! That was on another local fb page I wasn't already a member of, off to bump my items now.

Have also found some old uni textbooks do will try those book sites to see if they'll take them

I sold my old uni textbooks to Amazon surprisingly they offered more than anywhere else (for the whole lot) some places offered more for one book but it was less hassle just to send them all to amazon.

I have them listed on Marketplace, but do you mean something different? I find them a little difficult to shift as they are more specialised than most people want (linguistics/translation books).

I sold them directly to amazon, they do a trade in for books but they only trade in for amazon vouchers (just re read) so might not be what you are looking for.

For children's clothing, toys, nursery items and maternity wear, check out your local NCT for their next Nearly New Sale (NNS). You do not have to be a member to sell at their event. They normally take 30% commission for their charity. I got rid of a whole bulk of stuff in one morning - but I sold cheap (this is they key, price well (undercut supermarket prices) and sell seasonal).

Hi, could you have a yard sale?