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i am thinking of selling stuff on ebay how do i start i already have an account but i never sell.
-i heard that shipping with fed-ex is good
but do i just go to the store and tell them to send it and they package and ship it for me or do i have to ship it
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First of all, most people will not buy from someone who has a 0 feedback rating. If your account has had no activity, you can get feedback by buying a couple things with successful transactions. Alternatively, sell through a friend's account who has built some feedback up. Think of it as credit, the difference between making an expensive purchase from the shady guy on the corner who disappears afterwards, or the retailer down the street who can refund the money if needed.
Anyway, when I sell something, I take pictures of it, and give a detailed description of what it is, what condition it is in, how it works, etc. I typically sell video games, so I state how consistently it works, what system it's for, and exactly what game they'd be receiving. People want to believe you know exactly what you're talking about, and that what you put down is exactly what they'll receive.
Explicitly state how shipping will work and how much it will cost. Small items, like the games I sell, are shipped most easily by USPS. Priority Mail has a flat shipping rate for different size boxes. You can ask at the post office about that. Larger packages can be shipped through Fedex, or UPS. You need to pack it into a box yourself, using plenty of packing material to make sure it rides right. All you gotta do is take that box up there, fill out some paperwork, and they'll weigh it. They'll price it based on size and weight.
It's tough to gauge how much it will cost without packing it and weighing it first, so it's really tough to start selling on Ebay without any experience. That's why so many places have made a business out of selling people's stuff for them on Ebay. My advice is to find someone you know who has experience selling, and learn it first hand. It's hard to start selling, but once you figure it out it's smooth sailing.
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If you have an account, then you just have to go to the Sell section of the site. It'll ask you what item you're selling, categorize it, write a description about it, attach a picture, and other details. You set the shipping and payment options for the item. Most people use the Postal Service. There might be a FedEx shipping option too. That's usually more costly.
The most important thing is figuring out how much to change for shipping because you're not going to make much of a profit if you end up paying more for shipping than what the person paid you for.
As far as shipping the item, FedEx, UPS, and USPS all have their own boxes and packaging but it might be cheaper to buy your own at Staples or Office Depot or something. You fill up a form to indicate where it's going and when it needs to get there then they weight it and you pay the amount based on weight and time it'll take to send.
One last thing, most people don't know this, but it's not free to sell things on ebay. You do have to pay a small fee and there's extra fees if you want your auction page to be fancy and have multiple pictures and stuff. Just be aware of that.
Hope I could be of help!
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