Selling for other people on Ebay - how much to take as a cut?

[ilovecake]

Not sure if this is the right area for this but my friend has asked me to sell some of her stuff on ebay as she is short on time and i'm quite familiar with it. She wants to give me a cut of the profit for the time i take on it. Anyone else done this or got any thoughts on what percentage we should agree on after all fees / postage is paid?

i done this for free for my sister but maybe take 1 3rd of winnings seems fair work out total amount after fees paid and take 3rd

or give her money and leave it to her to give what she thinks my sister said she'd give me something and i ended up doing it for free lol never mind thats what family is for

My friend knows i am just as busy as her so couldn't really do it for nothing - i think she sees it as a winning situation for us both. A third does sound about right.

I offered to ebay a buggy for my friend. I sold it at a good price, about £145 plus £10 postage which the buyer paid. My fees were probably about a tenner, which was going to take off if she agreed, but she insisted that I keep more of it than that - I was pleased though I felt guilty.
She took £110 and refused to even split the difference. It had been a hassle selling it but not an ordeal!
I made £25 and was very chuffed with that. Never occurred to me to take a third.
Saying that though, she has since mentioned having another friend she's told about me and who wants me to sell some of her stuff, and her mum wants me to sell for her as well. I am reluctant - a one off is fine but it's always a risk selling for even close family as you are palying a middle man type role, you have to orchestrate all of it which is not always easy - anopther friend took weeks to find part of an item, by which time I'd lost two potential buyers and had to relist 3 times! That was no fun. She wasn't very happy with the final price either.
Just be careful and don't take on stuff for people you don't know well, as if anything goes wrong, you'll be the one carrying it!

my mum sells books (professionally) she pays 30% of profit to the supplier of any books after dedcuting direct costs (eg postage packing etc. ie she keeps 70% of teh profit.

I second flightattendant. The only times I've had hassle from buyers is the 2 occasions I've sold for other people. Nothing wrong with the items or my service, just probably co-incidence but don't risk your feedback to sell for others.

What would you do if a buyer does a paypal rip off? The money would come out of YOUR account. ohhhhhh the potential for financial hard feeling between you and your friend...
All those blardy trips to the post office, endless wrapping of packages...
All those certificates of posting floating round the house...
Friend peed off that the item she thought was worth something only went for 99p...

by the time the ebay and paypal fees have gone there will may nothing left to take a cut from if the items are relatively low value! 30% of a couple of quid ain't worth it imo.
I just tell people politely but firmly that I don't want to be a middle man where internet selling to strangers is concerned. Most towns have ebay agents where they sell your stuff for 50% cut, I think this includes the fees. Find her one of those in the phone book.