Are there alternatives to ebay if you want to sell online?

[FearoftheNight]

I have a bunch of random items in my house I want to sell online. Is ebay the only good option?

 

[ImDonly1]

I have a bunch of random items in my house I want to sell online. Is ebay the only good option?

Anandtech forum for electronics.
Or craigslist.

 

[Sea Moose]

i once came across a website a few years back to used to sell teenage girls toenails and used under wear.

Kinda gross


Kinda

 

[rhino56]

craigslist but you got to deal with wackos.

 

[evident]

no. you're pretty much stuck unless you want to sell locally on craigslist. and no, the amazon marketplace is not a good alternative either.

 

[shortylickens]

Amazon is no good unless you have bulk quantities.
I dont like Ebay either but so far its been OK. The problem for me is: I make so little off the sales that after I pay shipping and fees I hardly keep anything for myself.
Make sure you know exactly what shipping is going to be before you complete your ad. Keep in mind you are often NOT allowed to charge what the shipping will actually cost you, so you will probably take a loss.
I lose one dollar for every D&D book I sell and ship (costs me 5 dollars and I can only charge 4), so unless I sell the book for at least 11 dollars PLUS shipping its not really worth my effort to even make the sale. I havent put anything up in weeks because its so depressing letting 35 dollar books go for 15.

Craigslist is OK but you will definitely get some weirdos and assholes. Do NOT give out your home phone number. In fact I recommend you only conduct business through a Tracfone, specially purchased just for people you dont want to have your number.

 

[dardarla]

There's a thing on facebook called "facebook marketplace"

I know a couple people have listed things on it, I'm not sure how successful they were.

http://apps.facebook.com/marketplace/?cm_mmc_o=PBBLFzyLCjC_BBLFzyLCjC_BBLFzyLCjCtBFw&ref=ts

 

[gorcorps]

There's a thing on facebook called "facebook marketplace"

I know a couple people have listed things on it, I'm not sure how successful they were.

http://apps.facebook.com/marketplace/?cm_mmc_o=PBBLFzyLCjC_BBLFzyLCjC_BBLFzyLCjCtBFw&ref=ts

I've sold a few textbooks via facebook and it went fine. Of course this was locally, so I'm not sure how well it'd work otherwise.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

walmart has a classifieds thing too. similar to facebook marketplace/clist. I haven't tried it.

http://walmart.oodle.com/

 

[SlitheryDee]

There are specialty auction sites for different classes of items as well I think. Gunbroker.com comes to mind for guns. You might even be able to sell certain items faster and/or for better prices in more specialized venues.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

There are specialty auction sites for different classes of items as well I think. Gunbroker.com comes to mind for guns. You might even be able to sell certain items faster and/or for better prices in more specialized venues.

Actually yeah, you might want to look at forums if you have special items. I know pbnation would be good for paintball gear, sherdog for mma stuff, there's some forum for diesel jeans, etc.

 

[AMDZen]

Amazon is no good unless you have bulk quantities.
I dont like Ebay either but so far its been OK. The problem for me is: I make so little off the sales that after I pay shipping and fees I hardly keep anything for myself.
Make sure you know exactly what shipping is going to be before you complete your ad. Keep in mind you are often NOT allowed to charge what the shipping will actually cost you, so you will probably take a loss.
I lose one dollar for every D&D book I sell and ship (costs me 5 dollars and I can only charge 4), so unless I sell the book for at least 11 dollars PLUS shipping its not really worth my effort to even make the sale. I havent put anything up in weeks because its so depressing letting 35 dollar books go for 15.

Craigslist is OK but you will definitely get some weirdos and assholes. Do NOT give out your home phone number. In fact I recommend you only conduct business through a Tracfone, specially purchased just for people you dont want to have your number.

WTF are you talking about? You can charge whatever you want for shipping and nearly everyone makes a couple extra dollars on it

 

[Q]

For now, forums are the best place to sell electronics, in my opinion.

 

[Saint Nick]

Sell on Craigslist if you want a whole bunch of people to offer you way less than what you are asking or if you want to get a whole bunch of e-mails about it but them never following up.

eBay has the highest exposure online and therefore probably the largest member count.

 

[mmntech]

I've sold a couple of things on Kijiji.

 

[Q]

I've sold a couple of things on Kijiji.

eBay owned but I don't think they take fees (to compete w/ CL)

EDIT: Oh, I see they completely changed the name to ebayclassifieds.com

 

[mmntech]

eBay owned but I don't think they take fees (to compete w/ CL)

EDIT: Oh, I see they completely changed the name to ebayclassifieds.com

Nope, no fees. I prefer to sell stuff locally since I don't want to ship stuff, so I've never used eBay.

 

[ViviTheMage]

i once came across a website a few years back to used to sell teenage girls toenails and used under wear.

Kinda gross


Kinda

Was it Japanese based?

 

[SP33Demon]

half.com for books and CD's you want to get rid of.

 

[AMDZen]

half.com for books and CD's you want to get rid of.

Thats eBay

 

[kalrith]

For now, forums are the best place to sell electronics, in my opinion.

I agree. There are also forums to sell other things. I've bought/sold clothes and ski equipment at various forums before.

 

[Sea Moose]

Was it Japanese based?

no, american i think. It was a long time ago