Now some of those items will not sell and some of them will go for more than 0.99
6. so that is how to make 30K a year on ebay - estimated time - 15 hours a week.
PS. For all of you who dont like the $7.95 shipping/handling charge - I dont care. $4.54 profit is not much on any item. Let the ppl drive to their own dollar store if they want to avoid handling fees.
Ok so I only work about 3 hrs week and I get roughly 1/5 the income I am suggesting because I have another job, but just multiply the effort to get the result you want. You want to make $100,000 a year - list 75 items a day. That will be a full time job of course.
I am looking for other ways to make money on ebay but so far this is the only thing that works for me.
If anyone has some other great ideas I would appreciate it.
posted on October 4, 2002 08:56:22 PM new
TOBEN,,,,,I LIKE YER STYLE! YES I DO! I GOT MY FIRST $7.95 POSTAGE HIT TODAY! .99 START....CLEARLY STATES,,,,$7.95 S/H.
YOU ARE MOST CLEAR AND CONCISE IN WHAT YOU SPEAK. THANK YOU. I NEVER HAD THE NERVE TO DO THAT TILL I READ YOUR BOOK.
I CHANGED ANOTHER AUCTION TO READ SHIPPING IS FLAT OUT $19.99 ANYWHERE 48 STATES A WEEK AGO JUST BECAUSE IT WAS A HASSLE, I WAS BURNING OUT ON LOOKING UP EVERY TRANSACTIONS RATE FOR THE SAME ITEM....$16.00 TO TENN. $14 TO SEATTLE,,,,$18.00 TO CHICAGO. ETC.
$19.99 SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. AND MY SALES HAVE NOT BEEN HURT. BEFORE I NEVER EVEN GAVE A RATE IN ADVANCE.
I DO HAVE A COMPETITOR,,,,,SAME ITEM....THEY ONLY SHIP PRIORITY MAIL.....THAT COSTS ON THE AVERAGE,,,,,,,,$27.00!!!!!!!!
posted on October 4, 2002 09:08:23 PM new
JACK: I was just curious if you have heard back from the winning bidder on your first $7.95 postage hit yet? Are they complaining about the S/H being high?
[ edited by bubblewrap on Oct 4, 2002 09:09 PM ]
posted on October 4, 2002 09:17:38 PM new
BUBBLE,,,,,IT'S JUST A BID HIT. NOT OVER. THEY EITHER READ WHAT IT SAID AND IN THEIR MIND AGREED OR,,,,,,,,,,,THEY NEVER READ A FREKIN' WORD AND THEN! YOU KNOW WHAT,,,,,,$7.95!!!!!! ARE YOU MAD:?:!!!!NO,,,SORRY I CLEARLY SAID IT. PLEASE PAY THE TOTAL. THANK YOU. TIME, TIME WILL TELL.
posted on October 4, 2002 09:23:10 PM new
WELL THEY CERTAINLY CAN'T SAY THEY NEVER SAW IT....IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT THERE IN "ALL CAPS"! HAHAHAHA, I DON'T TALK ANY DIFFERENT THERE THAN I DO HERE. SAME PERSON.
posted on October 4, 2002 10:02:57 PM new
No one has complained for my $7.95 shipping/handling charge yet - even when it was 1 cd that took 57 cents to make it there first class.
However - I did say $25 s/h for 25 DVD's the person complained but when I pointed out that this was on the 3rd line of the auction ad and that they had clearly read it before bidding they paid up.
posted on October 5, 2002 07:26:45 AM new
toben88,
you need to check your math-
7.95 + .99 = 8.94
now subtract
listing fees - 0.65
paypal fee - 0.65
auction watch 0.20
shipping avg 2.50
packaging avg .40
Profit = $4.54 per item
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you need to substract the cost of goods sold,whatever you pay for the item at the dollar store.
does the listing fee include final value fee?
final value fee on a 99 cents item is 0.0495 cent.
posted on October 5, 2002 08:40:26 AM new Don't listen to all these greedy seller. Know one is going to give you what they think is their big secret. I have found that it takes a lot and I mean lot of research you have to find the very lowest prices. I myself have found that to manufacture your own products is by for the best way to go. But then you have to find that good source of supply for materials. At this point in the game the is no good way to go the no one is spending. So just hang in there and don't give up.
posted on October 5, 2002 09:33:38 AM new
Ok don't listen to the greedy sellers, listen to the one's who are barely scraping by because they think it's immoral to charge a handling fee! LOL.
Don't listen to all these greedy seller. Know one is going to give you what they think is their big secret. I have found that it takes a lot and I mean lot of research you have to find the very lowest prices. I myself have found that to manufacture your own products is by for the best way to go. But then you have to find that good source of supply for materials. At this point in the game the is no good way to go the no one is spending. So just hang in there and don't give up.