Am I wasting my time putting baby clothes on Ebay?

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Put up a whole lot of nice things that DS has outgrown - so far no-one's even watching any of them! Does anyone actually buy baby clothes on Ebay in these days of cheap supermarket clothes? Am I doing the wrong thing? I've only put one photo of each, but they're nice clear photos, and the prices start at 99p.

I've found hand knitted stuff sells really well on eBay. There is no rhyme or reason to baby clothes and the prices they make, or not, on eBay.

If you are listing a George babygro at 99p with a couple of quid postage then don't be surprised if it doesn't sell.

But a decent bundle with some good names in will always attract bids.

But your handknitted stuff sounds fab - maybe bundle up 10 items, start at 99p with postage at £4 - £5 or so. I would be surprised if it didn't do well..

That little cardie in link looked fab, but you need more photos. I think baby clothes you're only allowed one image? The way around that is to upload to photobucket or similar & then link to them in the text of advert. With an item like that you need lotsa pix to make it sell.

Other problem is on the hand-knit stuff you mostly(?) don't mention material; I assume it's all acrylic (which I don't like). But if it's cotton the price could jump way up. Real sheep's wool not so good, either, but would be okay if a very soft sort.

You could try NCT Nearly New sales, too.

I'm pretty sure it's wool (a nice soft one), but since I wasn't absolutely sure I didn't put that in the listing. Definitely not acrylic as MIL hates it.

Oh, and this is my second go at selling them: the first time I put them all together as a bundle (thinking that people might not want to pay the postage for just one item), paid the fees for extra pictures, started the listing at 99p and didn't get a nibble. There really is no rhyme or reason. Ah well, I may ask around and see if friends of friends might like them (NCT is virtually non-existent round here).

Ooh they are really lovely - shame my DS is 15 months and is kept in hand-knitted stuff by my mum! It does seem a shame to sell them for so little. I have no experience in selling stuff on ebay so can't advise, but I agree, I tend not to buy single items unless it's something I specifically want - eg recently I bought DS a fleece jumper, and am currently bidding on a couple of pairs of red dungarees as we love the pair he is about to grow out of.

I have found ebay weird for selling clothes. If you have any Thomas clothes they go for loads. Sold a pair of 2 year old jeans for £4.20 and bundles for £2/£4.

There was also a Next dress I had in a bundle of 2 and couldn't sell it for a couple of weeks. I separated it out and got £3 plus p&p.

Joules does well too.

Love the jumpers they are really cute.

I would be really wary of buying hand knitted stuff on ebay as so much of it is made of cheap acrylic yarn. My MIL knits for DD with some well known yarns - I can't remember the brands off the top of my head, but there are bamboo cotton mixes etc. Perhaps this kind of detail would make people more likely to buy.

I found that the decent named stuff sold reasonably well on Ebay, but if you have other stuff that you wish to give away- I found my health visitors were delighted to have it. They have loads of families with nothing for their babies - and were really grateful for anything. I was pleased that the clothes went to people who needed it.

I was going to try and ebay some of the handknitted newborn cardies, hats and mittens knitted by SIL's DM but my DD 21 months found the box and has happily been dressing her dollies up in the clothes all week, so I'm keeping them!

Agree that baby clothes selling has no rhyme or reason, tis just pot luck.

Last December, when the snow hit, you couldn't get a snowsuit in any high street shop for love nor money, and I saw them going on ebay for upwwards of £40 (yes really) so maybe hang on to them a little while until we are forecast a really cold snap or snow.

Sometimes you do well when people are looking for specifics. Last week, I wanted a mauve/purple skirt to go with some nice cream tops I'd bought for DD - didn't want to trawl round the shops, so ebay searched 'purple skirt 12-18m' and found just what I wanted for 99p. It's a Tesco one but it goes perfectly with the tops.

Peppa Pig/Minnie Mouse/Thomas stuff goes well on it's own, as does stuff put into outfits.

Have nice minnie mouse dress I will list once DD has outgrown it.