Tips and advice for newbie

[janx]

hi
I would like to sell some shoes and other things on ebay. Can you give me some tips - do you need to send things recorded delivery? is it best to take paypal? Any wisdon shared would be appreciated

It is definately worth sending everything you sell recorded delivery.

Just add the additional £0.70p to the P&P & make it clear to sellers the postage is higher due to sending recorded.

This means it is fully tracked & requires a signature so no-one can con you & say they didn't recieve something when they did.

The Ebay rules have now changed & you have to accept Paypal as a form of payment.

Always try & take plenty of photos & this will encourage people to buy & be completely honest in your listings.

If there are any faults/stains/marks - even tiny ones mention them as that way you have covered your bum.

Good luck!

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If you are a non smoker state that it comes from a smoke free home.

You can also get templates to make your listings stand out - also means you can list as many photos as you like.

This is my template

Offer postage discount for multiple purchases.

Give as much information about items as you can - I find listings that have just one or two words off putting.

Oh thanks everyone - is it best to start off at a really low bid? to be honest I just want rid of lots of shoes!
Knickers - what is autivia?

If you just want rid & aren't fussed about making huge amounts of money I would start the bidding at £0.99.

That way you might be suprised & get fab money for them or you might get rid of them for £0.99

Auctivia is a free site that enables you to add listings to Ebay with lots of photos etc.

More questions - do you have reserve price? say if you started it low - is that the reserve price iyswim

You can only set a reserve price at £50 or above - so it's mainly for large expensive items.

Thanks mlp - that is all v helpful. Love the footmuff on your listing

No probs - can all be a bit daunting at first but you soon get the hang of it

Thank you - I adore it & will be sad to see it go (if it sells) but need something more unisex for my little man