03-03-15, 04:28 PM
Exactly. Ebay's fees to sellers have increased a lot over the years, but ultimately it's still better than the alternatives.
Where else are you going to flog stuff?
Gumtree - no protection what so ever, so expect loads of con artists and generally limited to folk who are local to you, so only a small audience (especially outside of the big cities).
Amazon - Now they really take a big cut & don't offer much for postage. Faff if the item you want to sell is not already on there and not much cop for off beat stuff or not current.
Forum Classifieds - No fees, but again you'll only get a couple hundred people seeing your ad at best, so it better be super desirable/sought after to sell.
Preloved - wanna-be Gumtree, but no ones heard of them or visits them.
QXL - the auction site ebay left in the dust in the '90s, but are somehow still going albeit a ghost town.
Local paper small ads - hassle, takes time, and small local audience only.
Compare that lot to ebay, where you'll get thousands of viewers to your ad (UK and abroad), stuff generally does sell, there's some payment protection, a reasonable system to judge trust and super handy apps etc for listing stuff.
Where else are you going to flog stuff?
Gumtree - no protection what so ever, so expect loads of con artists and generally limited to folk who are local to you, so only a small audience (especially outside of the big cities).
Amazon - Now they really take a big cut & don't offer much for postage. Faff if the item you want to sell is not already on there and not much cop for off beat stuff or not current.
Forum Classifieds - No fees, but again you'll only get a couple hundred people seeing your ad at best, so it better be super desirable/sought after to sell.
Preloved - wanna-be Gumtree, but no ones heard of them or visits them.
QXL - the auction site ebay left in the dust in the '90s, but are somehow still going albeit a ghost town.
Local paper small ads - hassle, takes time, and small local audience only.
Compare that lot to ebay, where you'll get thousands of viewers to your ad (UK and abroad), stuff generally does sell, there's some payment protection, a reasonable system to judge trust and super handy apps etc for listing stuff.