Would eBay/Gumtree/Facebook Marketplace Be a Good Place to Sell Bit of Stuff?

car10001 on 21/11/2021 - 09:01
Last edited 21/11/2021 - 12:22 by 1 other user

Hi. Was wondering if you want to sell stuff at a market, but you can’t because your normal work interferes with it, would online sites as in eBay or Gumtree or Marketplace be a good place?

If you live in small house and with someone where could you store all your items to sell without taking much room. Would be looking to do it fairly regular (not a lot but often) and usually am on look out for stuff cheap that’s likely sellable and when finding things then usually get them and clean them up ready for sale. If you get things when they’re cheap that are sellable then would need somewhere to put them and that’s why am wondering what to do to collect bit of stuff to sell at a time and enough for a stall that doesn’t take much room in storage

Would be looking to sell bit of secondhand stuff at a market or garage sale and while that usually isn’t a problem it’s storing the things ready for sale and wondered what you could do that doesn’t take up much room in storage. Only way that can think of is take pictures straight away so items can go in boxes and be stacked on top of each other especially if selling online.

Wouldn’t be heaps and heaps but a bit of stuff

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Comments

  • orangetrain on 21/11/2021 - 09:18

    Depends on what you're trying to sell? Car? House? Rice? Ie If you work in city and got a camera, ez sale as convenient to do at lunch.

    • EightImmortals on 21/11/2021 - 10:13
      +6

      Jousting poles.

      • DASHCAM NOW DUDE on 21/11/2021 - 10:17
        +4

        I tried to sell mine for $450, guy offers me $250!

        I said no, and he said I was dreamin'.

        • Wardy on 22/11/2021 - 21:29

          Did he just watch "The Castle" … lol

      • Hithere on 21/11/2021 - 10:17

        Couldn't be more than $250.

      • DashCam AKA Rolts on 21/11/2021 - 11:24
        +4

        Jousting poles.

        Easily stored, they go straight to the pool room.

        • altomic on 21/11/2021 - 12:47

          the serenity

  • Hithere on 21/11/2021 - 09:30
    +5

    ebay or gumtree or marketplace be a good place.

    Gumtree or Marketplace if you are selling online. Cash on pickup only.

    Ebay is full of scammers, fees eat up payments, and it's well past its use by date.

    • altomic on 21/11/2021 - 12:49
      +1

      I sold some crap on ebay recently. fees were 18%.

      on one hand I needed the national coverage to sell the items so paying for that, but on the other 18%!! FFS.

  • holdenmg on 21/11/2021 - 10:02

    Hi,

    It isn't clear to me if you are wanting to buy things from people and flip them for a profit or if you are offering a service to people to sell on their behalf.

    If you are selling for them, are you insuring their goods while you store them, while in transit, lost, stolen, damaged…

    Stalls aren't cheap and you need high-margin, lightweight, and easy to sell product.

    If IT goods, probably need a powered stall (I want to see it work/switched on) and sometimes Public Liability cover just to hire a Trestle.

  • brendanm on 21/11/2021 - 10:06
    +9

    Another incomprehensible brain dump.

    Buy a workshop to store your treasures in.

    • SF3 on 21/11/2021 - 10:17
      +2

      Another incomprehensible brain dump.

      A note to self, OzB the new OneNote/EverNote to the public.

  • AndyC1 on 21/11/2021 - 10:09
    +1

    If you could write better then people if they could read it then maybe if they cared could if they had the time respond.

  • SF3 on 21/11/2021 - 10:13
    +1

    To be, or not to be, that is the question.

  • Hithere on 21/11/2021 - 10:22

    It is pretty hard to follow OP's train of thought.

    I read OP's post as being someone who was wanting to buy bits and pieces then resell them on line or at Markets, or at Garage Sales.

    They haven't got anywhere to store said cheap stuff and were considering taking photos of said stuff and storing them in boxes - somewhere.

    • cashless on 21/11/2021 - 12:16
      +1

      OP's train of thought.

      More like a train crash of thoughtlessness

      • Hithere on 21/11/2021 - 13:25

        @ blibster This. lol

    • AndyC1 on 24/11/2021 - 19:46

      train wreck

  • Sum-Ting Wong on 21/11/2021 - 10:53
    +10

    You can store them in a house,
    you can store them with a mouse.
    You can put them in a box,
    you can put them with a fox.
    You can keep them here or there,
    you can keep them anywhere.

  • Nutrino on 21/11/2021 - 10:55

    What a whole lot gibberish. Go watch some youtube. Cool first post.

    • brendanm on 21/11/2021 - 14:33
      +1

      Sadly not the first post, view his other one for more random gibberish.

  • May4th on 21/11/2021 - 11:41
    +1

    is there a question in there somewhere?

  • FizzBalls on 21/11/2021 - 11:42
    +1

    Is that you Broden?

    • dufflover on 21/11/2021 - 12:51

      Sounds like it :P

      look out for stuff cheap that’s likely sellable and when finding things then usually get them and clean them up ready for sale. If you get things when they’re cheap that are sellable

      Go flip some bit coin or something and leave the bargains and houses for other people who actually need them :P

  • cashless on 21/11/2021 - 12:07

    You don’t happen to know this guy do you?
    Maybe same person?

    • Quantumcat on 21/11/2021 - 12:55

      Mark's Markdown Market? Classic

    • altomic on 21/11/2021 - 13:14

      i think that guy is Donald Trump

  • brad1-8tsi on 21/11/2021 - 13:00
    +1

    I sell items that I get through job lots and cleanouts.

    Gumtree: Near useless but no fees and pick-up so it's all profit. Not too many timewasters unless it's vintage HiFi equipment which attracts so many DH's or brilliant buyers.
    Good for bulky items

    FB Marketplace: So many timewasters and lowballers - even when it's "selling" for free. Similar to gumtree but at least you can target special interest groups.

    eBay: Despite the issues, I sell 95% of my items on eBay. 50% of my turnover is swallowed up with postage and eBay fees. For me it's the one that works with minimal time wasting and dreamers.

  • Euphemistic on 21/11/2021 - 14:01
    +3

    BAck in the good old days EBay was the go to. Auction meant you got beat price (mostly) but fees and influx of cheap Chinese product resellers has spoiled it.

    Lately I’ve put stuff I’m selling on gumtree and Facebook. Seem to get most buyers out of Facebook, but also lots more low ballers.

    Gumtree is ok. You need to use plenty of descriptive words as the search is dumb. Only returns what you ask it for. Ie spell it wrong and you’ll lose anyone who searches and be stuck with those who scroll browse.

    Facebook is harder to search outside your particular area, so you are limiting yourself to locals. It is also an algorithm based search system so it’s harder to browse everything. It learns what you click on and shows you more of the same rather than showing everything listed in a category.

  • OzHunterNSW on 22/11/2021 - 11:14

    I have been an eBay member for 13 years… you have your good days, and you have your bad. I have bought, and I have sold, on the platform.

    However, there are unscrupulous people out there who set out to SCAM you. They profess to sell an item, that they don't even possess - so temporarily, they have your money, till you claw it back.

    Others display brand new items, yet deliver used, damaged dilapidated crap.

    But you do have eBay there to step in and help sort out the mess.

  • HeWhoKnows on 22/11/2021 - 14:54

    Both free and good
    Go right ahead

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