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Tip Store: eBay: Selling

​Local Selling

I live in a country area and on Facebook in my area, are several pages that are for people of the area to trade. Some are Riverland Auctions, Riverland Buy Swap & Sell, Auctions, Auctions, Auctions and even Riverland Giveaways. I have sold heaps of items I no longer need, that would otherwise not been worth it on eBay or Gumtree due to the postage. It's especially useful for large furniture items. Search Facebook for possible pages in your area. If you can't find a page, then start one. They are fun and win, win.
​- Contributed by Karen Santos, 11th March 2013

​Auctiva

Use www.auctiva.com for selling. Auctiva is a free service that you can use for listing your items on e-Bay. They are owned by e-Bay (I think) and only charge fees for specific advertising things. It is more beneficial than listing your items via the e-Bay website itself because you can save lots and lots of listings and keep editing them whenever you like. Auctiva makes it easy to upload your photos which it keeps on file and where e-Bay normally lets you have the first photo free then charges 25c for each photo after that, Auctiva gives you the first 25 photos FREE. Plus templates that jazz up your listing (FREE) and you can create profiles that keep your general spiel so you don't have to write the same things over and over again. (Also FREE). You can schedule heaps of listings at the same time for whatever date and time you like, you can relist automatically, and it sends all your listing info directly to e-Bay with no issues. I think I have increased my sales significantly via this site, it's free so check it out!
- Contributed by Bernadette, Greensborough, 26th January 2009

​ Website: www.auctiva.com

​Planning Ahead for eBay Selling

​Approximate $ Savings: 30 cents per item If you plan to sell items on eBay in the future take pictures of the items now. eBay have sales where the listings are free but normally for a limited time, sometimes only a few hours. By having these images ready I can take full advantage of this offer rather than running around taking pictures using up precious listing time. I store these pictures on a USB drive on a key ring so if I am at work when the sale begins I can start listing items on my lunch break.
​- Contributed by Stephanie, Rockhampton, 22nd November 2009

​Sell Your Excess Stuff Online and Make a Fortune

​I live in inner-city Melbourne, don't have kids and earn a good salary, but have just taken on a hefty mortgage and am tightening the purse-strings accordingly! I recently went through my wardrobe and found so many items, shoes and bags which were good quality, barely worn and brand-name. I am not very tech-savvy, but decided to sell a few things on eBay, which (after initial set-up) is as easy a presenting your clothing/items well, taking a few good photos and uploading to the website. For about $3 in fees per item, I've generated up to $109 in sales for a single item - more than I would ever get at a market...and all for a pair of shoes I had never worn anyway! I've made over $1,000 so far, which is going into a "holiday" fund which will allow me to take a break later this year without having to worry about how the mortgage will be paid, which is a huge relief.
​- Contributed by Sarah, Richmond, 2nd September 2009

​Selling On eBay

I love to scrounge the garage sales and local markets, buy cheap items (normally baby goods, outdoor toys etc) and resell them on e-bay for a tidy profit. EG. Just bought a Little Tikes outdoor playgym from a garage sale for $5 and am reselling for $40+. Easy bucks.
​- Contributed by Melissa, Plumpton, March 10th 2005

Don't Buy New

​I'm a great lover of Ebay, I hardly ever buy retail now for anything. Something that i have found out lately is to also look at Ebay.com (not .au) it's the American site. I have found quite a few things over there for half or less than what we would pay second hand here. Currently have just purchased a Tupperware Lunch box plus for $2.99 + $7.00 freight. near new condition (retail for around $25.00) Heaps cheaper than what i could get here on ebay they are mainly going for anything from $10- $20 then similar freight or more than what i paid to get it from America. So while our dollar is looking good make the most of it, always get a quote for your freight before you bid but that goes with out saying for even here in Aust, you can get people that may try to take advantage otherwise. My girlfriends and I have also done this for birthday banners, brand hats and quite a few other things and have saved a fortune!
​- Contributed by Andrea, Old Noarlunga,18th June 2008