Buying a thermal printer early on was the BEST expenditure I ever made on my business. It paid for itself very quickly. I honestly find it hard to believe that you still don’t use one!
@@patrickmichaels1362 - L:ess than that. You dont need a Rollo or Zebra. My Jiose cost $30 and has been running for years. There are $20 units on Amazon with tons of positive reviews.
Lot of good pointers here. I found this in my feed. I am recently trying to amp up my store for the winter months and help supplement my income. I do love my label printer!!! Every time I use it, I am so thankful for it. It saves me time even though I do not sell every day. I have a starter store. Once I hit 250 listings I am going to upgrade and set a goal to keep that filled. I sell rocks and minerals from our family outings as well as wood products I make myself. So supply is no issue here.
Lesson 31 : You forgot to mention that the turnaround time on messages/questions from buyers in the eBay email system is part of your seller rating algorithm score. If you don't answer your email for days, or worse than that never answer it, the eBay search engine will punish you for that. Responding to questions quickly (within 12 hrs, no more than 24 hrs later) is considered to be professional and is smiled upon by eBay corporate.
Lots of good advice here, but I disagree with a couple of things. I find that a lot of people will look at the price of the item and not factor in shipping costs. So if I have an item for $20 with shipping and someone else has that same item for $30 with free shipping, my item will sell faster. I tried promoted listings on a couple of categories, and it made absolutely no difference. Instead of lowering a price on an item to help make watchers pull the trigger, I send them an offer. It works better for me. Smaller dollar items add up and can keep sales more consistent, especially if some categories have a slow period. I've been selling since 2008.
Hey, great vid. I am a new subscriber! One note about "disappearing" inventory - be careful about using your own active listings to create a new listing via "sell similar". If you accidentally click "edit" instead, you will have effectively overwritten your first listing, and then months later find the item on your shelves and wonder why it's not up on eBay!
Excellent work. I would strongly disagree with #11 regarding thermal printers. I timed myself on standard printers and tape labels. Print, cut/fold, place, tape on 4 edges if not the entire page to guard against water damage took approximately 1.5-2 minutes per box. 10 packages a day 15 mins. Call it 110 mins per week JUST to process the label. Add on another 80-100 mins a week to process the box, bag, packaging. Long story short I bought a $90 off brand thermal printer. It's the single best investment I've made to date. Shipping labels AND packing slips are all done on the thermal. Takes 5-10 seconds per package. Anyone who is reading this just know this has made my eBay journey SO much easier. Regards. -eBay seller since 2001.
I agree with the thermal saving tons of time and headaches! Something you may want to know to save even more time. I have well over 5,000 sales and have never put a packing slip in any box. So you might not even need to do that. Though, I don't know how you run your business. So I may just be short sighted on the packing slip thing. Is it important to your business?
He specifically said for new resellers. I agree that you’re not going to need one at first. Wait until you’ve got enough regular sales and have built up your business to where it will easily pay for it.
Even with just a few sales a week, a thermal label printer is worth it. But not the expensive kind, there are PLENTY of great lower cost ones out there that do the same job. And the labels are relatively inexpensive (don’t need to use brand specific labels), far less than buying ink for your printer. It’s absolutely something to spend money on to keep yourself moving in a more effective and efficient forward direction. ❤
Simple home printer works at the start, once you're comfortable with your money flow upgrading to a thermal beast is worth it. I bought one called Vretti as my first, while not terrible it was finicky unless hard wired.
I buy a huge gallon of ink and pop off the ink cartridge top, labels become free for years, no need to buy expensive amazon labels - but i do 400 sales a day, so $15 a day adds up
Only thing i will add is when you do a custom sku don't put like items in the same tote. i use to keep like items together but i found out you can spend time still looking so now if i have like levi jeans they don't go in the same tote but different tote so when it sells i have only 1 in that tote so i know i am grabbing the right pair without studying them real close. sure helps in keeping from accidently grabbing and shipping the wrong item.
May I suggest that when you make a video with a list, you make a linked table of contents so we can pick which ones we need to listen to and jump to them? I know there’s a way to do it because other creators do it. So many of these did not apply to me because I was either already doing them or they just weren’t relevant to my business. It would have been so much more convenient to pick and choose because the ones I wasn’t already doing did spark inspiration.
24:18 Lesson 37 made me hit the subscribe button. Such a simple way to nudge your watchers. I see how many of my active listings have watchers while in my seller hub, but all were sent offers already so I have always dismissed that valuable information, until lesson 37. I am a seller with over 1400 items sold with 100% positive feedback and never thought to do that. Thank you.
Selling larger items on Facebook Marketplace to avoid shipping is a good suggestion PROVIDED you live in a high density area. The more people who live by you, the more likely there is one who wants what you have. On the flip side, the fewer people that live near you the more likely that there is no one who wants what you have. I have had countless people tell me they saw videos of someone who was doing wonderfully selling there. Of course they are, they have 7 million people within an hour and a half of them. Odds are they could list a bucket of horse manure and find multiple people who wanted it, simply because there are so many people. But try doing that on an island in the middle of the Pacific where there is one other person. 🙂
First the fact you don’t have a dymo printer with 14k items listed is wild to me. Also, description is very important. It’s the first place a scammer goes to find defects to get a partial refund. Two points I strongly advise people to use.
@@TheAussieFlipper "never had an issue" -- How come? I doubt AI can describe correctly used items - their actual condition and/or any scratches/defects, etc. And you seem to sell mostly used items ... so ? I think for the majority of USED items - if the description is very short and/or AI generated, the seller is put at a considerably GREATER RISK. I always write longer and detailed descriptions - even for brand new items that I have multiples of, because I think this helps a lot for a potential buyer OUTSIDE ebay to find my item (i.e. by google searching more than the main 1-2 words from the title of the listing).
@@TheAussieFlipper - Do you read them? I have tested it several times and I have never once had an AI Description that I wanted on my listings. They were either inaccurate or sounded like a drunk guy trying to sell me something on the side of the road. Also, you can get a label printer for $50 or less. I went without one for years and I kick myself for it. Seriously, get a cheap printer and the time saved will pay for it in a week. I got my Jiose for $30 USD and it has ran for years.
when I’m buying something and it has an AI description it looks lazy and tells me nothing that I want to know. I want to know about defects and not what is a great addition to my collection.
Awesome work Matt, it took me far longer than 4 years to learn all these tips but I enjoy watching your videos very much, keeps me on track, pumped and motivated. Allways 😀
Great video --- Thanks for sharing these lessons! I would also add, take a really good look at what you buy to make sure there are no chips, cracks, etc and/or that the item works -- use the plugs at the thrift or ask at a garage sale to test electronics. There's nothing worse than realizing something is broken when you're about to list it! Cheers!
I think FREE postage ruins ebay in more ways than you think. If a seller follows your advise and sells internationally, then free postage means - UNFAIR (HIGH) price for local buyers , UNFAIR (midly higher) price for medium-distance buyers, and exact postage for some distant buyers. Or in some other way - UNFAIR postage cost for many potential buyers. Also the product may become too expensive to think of for some buyers, because postage cost is 30-40% of the BIN price. If postage is separate - buyers can see what it actually costs to send. Also if you often sell multiples of one and the same item (buyers often ordering 2-3-4-5 pcs of it), it is really stupid (for a buyer) to buy this item with free postage because it will get way too expensive. Or if you list the item very cheaply with free postage (actual postage is more than you included in the price), then you (the seller) will end up with buyers most often ordering only ONE item because it is the cheapest and ruining your experience. The most important thing for offering SEPARATE postage is when there is either a return or a refund - if the postage is separate in many cases you as a seller will be presented with a choice - to refund or NOT refund the postage. If it is free postage - in most cases you will be forced to send a FULL REFUND. So according to me and some other people who think - separate postage is the best option for BOTH - SELLERS and BUYERS. However, the statistic shows most people buying on ebay do not think at the moment they are buying. :)
Lesson 23 is now absolutely important with the major eBay stuff up on post labels last month. Some users are being back charged 1,000’s so eBay can recover their stuff up on post label
I recently found out about lesson 38, eBay wiped about 15 of my listings. Called eBay customer service hoping they would give me a list, no chance. Took a whole day doing a stock take!
Just a solid video. Knowledgeable, concise, and informative. Been selling under a year and doing okay. Looking to improve and get 1% better each day. Thank you, Sir.
Thank You for all the wisdom you are sharing. I have played with eBay since 2014 and just recently started to treat this as a serious business after retiring from my Nursing Career. The tips are invaluable. You have a new subscriber. Great content and video. Wishing you continued success. God Bless.
This new episode of Aussie flipper is definitely the best so far. You have been able to talk about something again, but they really resignated with me after watching that. Yes, you can believe I had a death pile, and because it is overwhelming, most went in the bin. I'm always looking for that item to get rich off. Haha. I know that isn't very likely. I need a long term plan and a dollar figure to achieve Makes sense. Because of that I need a bigger whiteboard. I am always enjoying the journey, though. Matt , thanks for the advice delivered in the way you do. Legend
Always listen to your vids while I list, keeps me motivated and makes the time go quicker. I agree that the printer isn't 'necessary' , but it is a real time and ink saver.
US seller here. Just my experience over 5 years. 1. List everyday 2. Ship with tracking details only 3. Keep 100% feedback 4. Same day shipping 5. Promote your items I've sold 169,000 items over the 5 years.
Actually just started listing and hoping to turn this into a business. And I do actually put you on when I’m listing lmao, may as well learn while I do it. Great video!!
I’m an American seller and I completely agree with you on daily listings. I also believe it is the dollar amount that should be the intended goal and not a number of listings to meet per day.
Use a daily dollar amount instead of a daily item amount, Draft bank instead of schedule listing. Big insights on those two things that I believe a lot of old timers did not know. Great video!
@@ychongy Manual listing actually counts as activity on your account. A schedule listing does not since it is automated. eBay demands for you to be hands on. The day you wrote your schedule listing will count but not the day that it is listed. For example: Today you take photos and write descriptions for 35 items to be used in schedule listings You take a week off for vacation and have 5 listing schedule for each day for the next 7 days. eBay see it as you working today but not working for the next 7 days. Your items drop in rank accordingly.
Hi, just starting my ebay journey and these videos you are doing are great guide thank you. Tip 2 the seller inventory tracker, I would be very grateful if some how I could get screenshot whole information you are best tracking when selling many thanks 😊
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Thanks for all the tips Matt! I love your very straight forward videos! Could you maybe make a video explaining a bit more about how you do with tax and stuff? A lot of things I don't even get a receipt for (like flea) or not properly discriminated on receipt, and it's doing my head in. Cheers!
Hey in one of your tips, as a visual learner. I'm very successful at watching someone do something one or two times and getting going very quick. I'd like to see a video on how to set up a SKU system.
Great post. A lot of good reminders hidden in there! But... I always raise an eyebrow at reports of Ebay deleting listings. First, it serves no purpose for them - they can't make money from a listing that's not live. I've been on Ebay since 1998, sometimes only listing sporadically for months at a time, with some listings more than a year old (or even two!) throughout. Not once has a listing been deleted. Not saying it's doesn't ever happen, but there has to be something other than Ebay deciding to randomly delete someone's listing(s). It's not worth their time to do that. Would be nice to really understand what's happening, though, so we all can avoid it!
26:00 Time away / scheduling/ drafts I've noticed (recently only) the same, then it occurred to me that I'm checking my laptop in the different location/state... I'm leaving for a trip in 2 days and my plan is to VPN to my original location so while I'm away eBay sees me logging in in the same state that I'm normally at. Not sure if it'll work but fingers crossed 🙏💪😁🇺🇲
Shopping is fun. I totally have too much stock. Have not shopped in almost a year and still have stock. Lol finally making progress. Thank you for the video.
I have 60.000 unlisted death pile, brand name and vintage items. I live in rural Canada and shipping in Canada through Canada Post is outrageous, im to the point where it costs 25.00 to ship a pair of jeans plus ebay fees on top and promotional fees and then income tax, leaves nothing left, the system in Canada is broken for rural sellers, so I'm just shutting down and hauling everything to the landfills.
Hello I'm a watcher from the UK and have started my own eBay business, your information has been invaluable to myself. I'm almost two months in with 10000 in aud in sales not profit and can't thankyou enough for all the help you've been. I have one question as I'm currently selling everything when is the right time to switch or start moving towards a specific type of item to sell?
My Pitney Bowes printer scale cube changed my life. Was so weird I went from selling ten k to 40k in sales the next year just from having an accurate scale thermal printer.
Hi, followed you for ever. First thing I strongly disagree with. This is very specific to the UK market. I would expect it to apply to others. 100% positive feedback give you status with ebay, combine with free postage and upgrade postage option and you can unlock 10% seller discount on fees. ! that's key on higher priced items. Yes don't stress or give up at lower feedback scores, (I work hard to keep feedback at 100%) but it has a major impact long term.
You can't keep it at 100. Maybe if you're willing to sell a bunch of dollar DVDs etc at a loss but otherwise just selling it will drop to 98 and there is nothing you can do if people say 'doesnt work' and rate you negative, it's stuck there it's not against policy even if the item really does work they just tried to use it on something else and they won't communicate after rating you negative. That said though you can maintain a good feedback rating but %100 is impossible for a small store 1 man 16 hour days etc.
@@Bawkr that’s just not true though, I have 100 percent positive feedback as a one man eBay business, been registered as a business seller for four years now and always been 100 percent, and not to brag but doing more in sales than this guy, many other bigger eBay stores that also have 100 percent feedback, he doesn’t care about his customers, he just cares about getting the sale, as proven by all his negative feedbacks stating bad customer service/communication
You don't need an expensive Dymo printer BUT you can definitely benefit from a $60 chinese thermal label printer. It is money well spent. No more cutting paper and all that tape and you don't have to buy anymore ink.
Yes free postage I do think is the way to go, but what gets me going back n forth with it is the fees don't get taken out of shipping so if list your item as cheap as possible & shipping a bit more could that work too?
@@TheAussieFlipper I actually disagree with that response. I've found that the label, with templates used, gives a label that can be easily read by Australia Post's machinery. So I use for my letter rate items. Never had an item go astray, since I got it, so it works! I copy and paste from ebay to the printer program, no mistakes on Names and Addresses. Have been on ebay since 1999 and I noticed an immediate change once I got the thermal printer. Plus it looks so professional!
I don't understand why people pay for a store subscription for the perk of running markdowns and store coupons. Why should I pay Ebay for that? I just accept offers. Y'all can have that store subscription.
I have a store and never use markdowns or coupons. I have the store so I’m not charged fees for listings. Over 250 I think they start charging you. If you have several hundred or thousands of listings you need a store. Also having the subscription means you pay less fees on sales and take home more money.
You cannot put your items on vacation mode without a store. Also, a store subscription gets you a coupon for free or hugely discounted shipping supplies every quarter. I haven't paid for tape in years.
Ok one question I have is with the promoted listing on my eBay it dase not allow me to promote anything unless I already have a few ratings and buys witch I don’t have is that normal if not y can’t I promote anything
@ I believe you and I’m probably doing something wrong but I will pay you to show me how to do it because on my eBay it’s telling me. You must be an Above Standard or Top Rated seller with recent sales activity to use eBay Advertising solutions. It won’t even let me start a campaign.
@@TheAussieFlipper I just got off the phone with eBay and I just thought I’d let you know you are not allowed to start a campaign anymore starting in 2025 if you have zero sales, you have to build up sales and ratings first I guess it’s new
Hi Matt! Wondering what the difference between sell similar and just ending and relisting the item is. As it won’t let me sell similar unless I end the item. Whats your process with that? Thanks!
Hi Felicity, no issues ending the listing you can put it back live within a click and that's the idea. The sell similar option provides a new order number for the listing which in the eyes of the algorithm is a 'new' listing. I wouldn't count on this as you're new listings for the day though. You still need NEW listings each day too!
Death piles arent always a bad thing!! I have a massive death pile but i also just started this year and have sold over $80k!! My death pile is mostly low value items that like you mentioned you buy them or aquire them only to later find out theyre not really worth your time. Id say dont be afraid to throw things to the side in order to focus on better stuff.
@@sdsbc-z2l BS. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Another comment you said you have free labels because you buy ink. You’re making no sense. Stop trolling.
it works - swapping to $500 a day worked out to the same as 10 listings a day for the entirety of 2024 for me. I averaged 7 listings per day instead of 10 and become much more efficient with a 24% increase in average sale price
I love this sort of video. Matt your information is awesome so many useful tip. Iv just started my eBay journey of 6 months and your advice has helped me in so many ways. I really want to send international but the fear of getting the wrong postage cost puts me off. Is there any way of working out the correct postage cost without taking my items to the post office to check the price before I list an item to make sure the correct cost of the postage is applied. I do have my own scales and posting within the uk is fine for me it’s just when it’s sent overseas I get concerned. I’m a uk seller
Just wondering about #5, if you turn on promoted listing for all your listings at (3%), and I'm quoting you, Wouldn't 100% of your sales come from promoted listings? Not the 68% you stated?
You can sell an item organically or via promoted listings. You don’t know if the item was sold organically or via promoted until after the sale. Hope this makes sense
@@TheAussieFlipper I see the point you're making, that adding the PL fee increases impressions which in theory increases sales. Even though its debatable that any new additional sales are actually created. In this scheme, eBay pits eBays sellers against each other banking on our weakness to give them an ever increasing % of the pie in order to get the sale. AND Once an item is marked promoted, eBay doesn't care whether it was Sold organically or thru promoted listings. They're gonna collect the PL fee in all cases. I would also suggest to everyone, is know your item. If its in demand, and sales quickly, then don't give eBay your money. Your item item is gonna sell without the PL fee. But use the PL fee for items where there's a lot of competition (other listings) and sales are weak.
Thank you Matt. Do you have advice or experience sourcing from abandoned storage units and auction houses? I have seen another channel heavily promoting these avenues for big profit. Thanks Shane & Michelle
It's allllotttt of work because you get it all the good and the bad and 10% is worthy of selling on eBay. It's a cool thing to watch on UA-cam but a lot of work to do it for a profit
I’m a brand new seller and I’ve been doing 2%-3% on mine and I’m pinching myself because in just a few months I’m at 99 sales. I was shocked when things actually started selling😂 I thought I would just put everything out there and nothing would happen. So the smaller amount has been working for me! And I just learned a ton from this video, great info!
I have probably $100,000 worth of super niche industrial fittings left behind by my dad that I have to sell. I've been sitting on them for almost a decade now. I've opened an eBay store, typed out my listing taken photos and then always hesitate to post due to some uncertainty (usually about shipping costs). At this point I just have to force myself to list a few and see what happens.
@@saraheason2976 No they're tiny fittings for high pressure natural gas. They basically have one application in the natural gas industry which is for connecting massive 30" pipes down to a tiny 3/16" metering line. They're also used in breweries that use copper lines but either way they are very, very niche.
I have my inventory by category, like kind items stored together but I'm noticing that I'm spending a lot of time sku each item and storing. Should I change my system? it honestly gives me anxiety to think about jeans mixed with dresses, tanks, etc 😆
I've seen a lot of UA-camrs say don't waste your time on that, but I do. Still, when I buy something on Ebay, and I do get a packing list, it generally goes straight in the bin, so... not sure there really is value. I use it as a thank you more than anything else.
jump into any video from about 3 months ago and you'll find the link :) I stopped putting it in the description but the links in all the old videos still work!
New seller here. Honestly, please tell me how long does it take to sell that first item on Ebay? Weeks? Months? Years? I listed a brand new mug I never used following your instructions as closely as possible. Now what? I'm stumped. Thank you for your videos and any advice you can give me. Blessings.
Mugs don’t typically have a super fast sell through rate. Even before listing the item up you can get your answer. Sell through shows how many are listed and how many have sold in the last 90 days. You can search this by filtering between sold and unsold listing quantities. As an example of a strong sell through rate search Pokémon yellow gameboy game. This game sells within days if you price it correctly. I hope this provides clarity. It all comes down to the quality of your listings
@@TheAussieFlipper Thank you and yes it does make things clearer. One of those mugs I listed, beforehand, I searched it in sold and unsold items and it didn't come up. There was no mug like it on Ebay, which told me this might be good to list since there's no other like it. What about unique items that have no previous listing?
Im confused. Early on in the video you said it doesnt matter if you list every day. But then later you said it is very important to list every day. Which is it?
I don't - there are too many buyers on eBay for you to need to do that. Like anything the master beats the apprentice. Learn how eBay works and you'll have better results.
I’m an American with family in Australia so I shop on the Australian site regularly for gifts for that family. I’ve had so many issues with sellers slow to ship (or never shipping). Ugh
@ apparently not 🤣, what’s your store name? I’d love to look around! (I’m an eBay seller myself since 1998, full time since 2004 and I’m very impressed by you getting 14k items up, I’m so slow!) I think the real point I was trying to make with my original post though was, if you’re an Aussie seller, you can be a standout with speedy processing times. I think what I’ve run into sometimes are Chinese sellers posing as Australian based sellers when they are, in fact, not. A little digging into their feedback usually reveals the truth.
can you suggest easiest way to tracking income/expenses? I have a problem that it constantly happens to me that my balance does not match. I sell on bazaar.
I feel trademe has a better customer base in NZ and eBay is a little tricky. Tough when you’re always having to play to an international market. All I can say is give it a go and see how it goes
I’m sorry.. I spent $60 on my label printer on Black Friday a few years back. Don’t tell people their only option is a $300 printer just because you don’t have one. I 100% recommend one.
@@TheAussieFlipper I just feel like saying they don’t need it is a very biased opinion. Not saying it right or wrong. I just feel like that should be left to the person. Don’t lie and say you have to spend $300 to get a good one. Because that’s absolutely not true
You mean your NOT sorry you bought it. Also, I agree. Ink for my printer costs more than the thermal label printer I bought. Now if I'd have had a laser\toner printer already, I would've probably stuck with just it.
These are my headers on mine DateAcquired AcquiredFrom Description AcquisitionCost AddedCost TotalCost SoldFor ShippingCollected GrossReceipt EstimatedShippingSpent Refund SaleProfit/Loss eBAY Fees GrossProfit/Loss DateSold Of course there's formulas, so some of the fields are calculated
@@TheAussieFlipper Really depends on what you're selling, higher priced collectibles, glassware, art etc. needs more verbose information for the buyer, than what title, pictures and price provide. I would argue too that the attributes and condition are important too.
Re: No CAPS in Titles - what's the reason why not the expert gave you? Is it algorithmically based or what? Does that include these abbreviations - VTG HC MSRP LG MED DVD CD NWT and Brand names that are in caps like LOFT, or book titles with caps, or style numbers made up of Caps and numbers? Thanks
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Buying a thermal printer early on was the BEST expenditure I ever made on my business. It paid for itself very quickly. I honestly find it hard to believe that you still don’t use one!
I agree. After my first one died I spent a year just using my printer. Such a hassle
yeah and they do NOT cost 2-300 dollars. 70 dollars on amazon.
@@patrickmichaels1362 might cost that much in Australia
Bought a Rollo printer for labels and Monochrome Brother printer for invoices. You are right - Tremendous investments for any online product business.
@@patrickmichaels1362 - L:ess than that. You dont need a Rollo or Zebra. My Jiose cost $30 and has been running for years. There are $20 units on Amazon with tons of positive reviews.
Lot of good pointers here. I found this in my feed. I am recently trying to amp up my store for the winter months and help supplement my income.
I do love my label printer!!! Every time I use it, I am so thankful for it. It saves me time even though I do not sell every day.
I have a starter store. Once I hit 250 listings I am going to upgrade and set a goal to keep that filled. I sell rocks and minerals from our family outings as well as wood products I make myself. So supply is no issue here.
Brilliant stuff! Keep at it!
Lesson 31 : You forgot to mention that the turnaround time on messages/questions from buyers in the eBay email system is part of your seller rating algorithm score. If you don't answer your email for days, or worse than that never answer it, the eBay search engine will punish you for that. Responding to questions quickly (within 12 hrs, no more than 24 hrs later) is considered to be professional and is smiled upon by eBay corporate.
fair play
Lots of good advice here, but I disagree with a couple of things. I find that a lot of people will look at the price of the item and not factor in shipping costs. So if I have an item for $20 with shipping and someone else has that same item for $30 with free shipping, my item will sell faster. I tried promoted listings on a couple of categories, and it made absolutely no difference. Instead of lowering a price on an item to help make watchers pull the trigger, I send them an offer. It works better for me. Smaller dollar items add up and can keep sales more consistent, especially if some categories have a slow period. I've been selling since 2008.
Hey, great vid. I am a new subscriber! One note about "disappearing" inventory - be careful about using your own active listings to create a new listing via "sell similar". If you accidentally click "edit" instead, you will have effectively overwritten your first listing, and then months later find the item on your shelves and wonder why it's not up on eBay!
Excellent work. I would strongly disagree with #11 regarding thermal printers. I timed myself on standard printers and tape labels. Print, cut/fold, place, tape on 4 edges if not the entire page to guard against water damage took approximately 1.5-2 minutes per box. 10 packages a day 15 mins. Call it 110 mins per week JUST to process the label. Add on another 80-100 mins a week to process the box, bag, packaging.
Long story short I bought a $90 off brand thermal printer. It's the single best investment I've made to date. Shipping labels AND packing slips are all done on the thermal. Takes 5-10 seconds per package. Anyone who is reading this just know this has made my eBay journey SO much easier. Regards. -eBay seller since 2001.
Never looked back after the thermal. Labels $10 for 500 on Amazon. You can’t loose
I agree with the thermal saving tons of time and headaches!
Something you may want to know to save even more time. I have well over 5,000 sales and have never put a packing slip in any box. So you might not even need to do that.
Though, I don't know how you run your business. So I may just be short sighted on the packing slip thing. Is it important to your business?
He specifically said for new resellers. I agree that you’re not going to need one at first. Wait until you’ve got enough regular sales and have built up your business to where it will easily pay for it.
What brand?
@thisnoize7 nelko!
Even with just a few sales a week, a thermal label printer is worth it. But not the expensive kind, there are PLENTY of great lower cost ones out there that do the same job. And the labels are relatively inexpensive (don’t need to use brand specific labels), far less than buying ink for your printer. It’s absolutely something to spend money on to keep yourself moving in a more effective and efficient forward direction. ❤
after a while no doubt but just starting out in my opinion. Not required
Simple home printer works at the start, once you're comfortable with your money flow upgrading to a thermal beast is worth it.
I bought one called Vretti as my first, while not terrible it was finicky unless hard wired.
I buy a huge gallon of ink and pop off the ink cartridge top, labels become free for years, no need to buy expensive amazon labels - but i do 400 sales a day, so $15 a day adds up
Only thing i will add is when you do a custom sku don't put like items in the same tote. i use to keep like items together but i found out you can spend time still looking so now if i have like levi jeans they don't go in the same tote but different tote so when it sells i have only 1 in that tote so i know i am grabbing the right pair without studying them real close. sure helps in keeping from accidently grabbing and shipping the wrong item.
May I suggest that when you make a video with a list, you make a linked table of contents so we can pick which ones we need to listen to and jump to them? I know there’s a way to do it because other creators do it. So many of these did not apply to me because I was either already doing them or they just weren’t relevant to my business. It would have been so much more convenient to pick and choose because the ones I wasn’t already doing did spark inspiration.
24:18 Lesson 37 made me hit the subscribe button. Such a simple way to nudge your watchers. I see how many of my active listings have watchers while in my seller hub, but all were sent offers already so I have always dismissed that valuable information, until lesson 37. I am a seller with over 1400 items sold with 100% positive feedback and never thought to do that. Thank you.
So glad I could help! Thanks for subscribing
Selling larger items on Facebook Marketplace to avoid shipping is a good suggestion PROVIDED you live in a high density area. The more people who live by you, the more likely there is one who wants what you have. On the flip side, the fewer people that live near you the more likely that there is no one who wants what you have. I have had countless people tell me they saw videos of someone who was doing wonderfully selling there. Of course they are, they have 7 million people within an hour and a half of them. Odds are they could list a bucket of horse manure and find multiple people who wanted it, simply because there are so many people. But try doing that on an island in the middle of the Pacific where there is one other person. 🙂
You can make maggots with horse manure. Did someone say chicken feed.lol
Currently sitting here watching you while I list :)
First the fact you don’t have a dymo printer with 14k items listed is wild to me. Also, description is very important. It’s the first place a scammer goes to find defects to get a partial refund. Two points I strongly advise people to use.
I just use AI descriptions never had an issue
Furthermore I advise new sellers to not worry about it. Advanced sellers no issues
@@TheAussieFlipper "never had an issue" -- How come? I doubt AI can describe correctly used items - their actual condition and/or any scratches/defects, etc. And you seem to sell mostly used items ... so ? I think for the majority of USED items - if the description is very short and/or AI generated, the seller is put at a considerably GREATER RISK. I always write longer and detailed descriptions - even for brand new items that I have multiples of, because I think this helps a lot for a potential buyer OUTSIDE ebay to find my item (i.e. by google searching more than the main 1-2 words from the title of the listing).
@@TheAussieFlipper - Do you read them? I have tested it several times and I have never once had an AI Description that I wanted on my listings. They were either inaccurate or sounded like a drunk guy trying to sell me something on the side of the road.
Also, you can get a label printer for $50 or less. I went without one for years and I kick myself for it. Seriously, get a cheap printer and the time saved will pay for it in a week. I got my Jiose for $30 USD and it has ran for years.
when I’m buying something and it has an AI description it looks lazy and tells me nothing that I want to know. I want to know about defects and not what is a great addition to my collection.
Awesome work Matt, it took me far longer than 4 years to learn all these tips but I enjoy watching your videos very much, keeps me on track, pumped and motivated. Allways 😀
Thanks so much for watching!
Great video --- Thanks for sharing these lessons! I would also add, take a really good look at what you buy to make sure there are no chips, cracks, etc and/or that the item works -- use the plugs at the thrift or ask at a garage sale to test electronics. There's nothing worse than realizing something is broken when you're about to list it! Cheers!
That’s such a great point!
I think FREE postage ruins ebay in more ways than you think. If a seller follows your advise and sells internationally, then free postage means - UNFAIR (HIGH) price for local buyers , UNFAIR (midly higher) price for medium-distance buyers, and exact postage for some distant buyers. Or in some other way - UNFAIR postage cost for many potential buyers. Also the product may become too expensive to think of for some buyers, because postage cost is 30-40% of the BIN price. If postage is separate - buyers can see what it actually costs to send. Also if you often sell multiples of one and the same item (buyers often ordering 2-3-4-5 pcs of it), it is really stupid (for a buyer) to buy this item with free postage because it will get way too expensive. Or if you list the item very cheaply with free postage (actual postage is more than you included in the price), then you (the seller) will end up with buyers most often ordering only ONE item because it is the cheapest and ruining your experience. The most important thing for offering SEPARATE postage is when there is either a return or a refund - if the postage is separate in many cases you as a seller will be presented with a choice - to refund or NOT refund the postage. If it is free postage - in most cases you will be forced to send a FULL REFUND. So according to me and some other people who think - separate postage is the best option for BOTH - SELLERS and BUYERS. However, the statistic shows most people buying on ebay do not think at the moment they are buying. :)
Free postage is best
Lesson 23 is now absolutely important with the major eBay stuff up on post labels last month. Some users are being back charged 1,000’s so eBay can recover their stuff up on post label
I only use Aust Post account for parcels. Works for me.
I recently found out about lesson 38, eBay wiped about 15 of my listings. Called eBay customer service hoping they would give me a list, no chance. Took a whole day doing a stock take!
Just a solid video. Knowledgeable, concise, and informative. Been selling under a year and doing okay. Looking to improve and get 1% better each day.
Thank you, Sir.
You got this! Thanks for watching
Thank You for all the wisdom you are sharing. I have played with eBay since 2014 and just recently started to treat this as a serious business after retiring from my Nursing Career. The tips are invaluable. You have a new subscriber. Great content and video. Wishing you continued success. God Bless.
Best of luck! Exciting times ahead 😁
This new episode of Aussie flipper is definitely the best so far.
You have been able to talk about something again, but they really resignated with me after watching that.
Yes, you can believe I had a death pile, and because it is overwhelming, most went in the bin.
I'm always looking for that item to get rich off. Haha. I know that isn't very likely. I need a long term plan and a dollar figure to achieve
Makes sense. Because of that I need a bigger whiteboard.
I am always enjoying the journey, though.
Matt , thanks for the advice delivered in the way you do.
Legend
thanks so much for the kind words!
Always listen to your vids while I list, keeps me motivated and makes the time go quicker. I agree that the printer isn't 'necessary' , but it is a real time and ink saver.
I appreciate you Shelley! I really do
This is the BEST Ebay advice I have heard in a long time. Thank you so much!
Thanks so much for watching
Lesson 41: resellers learn new things every day. thank you that was fun to watch !
I’ve been selling in the UK for over 20 years but there was a heap of great tips on here, thank you!
US seller here. Just my experience over 5 years.
1. List everyday
2. Ship with tracking details only
3. Keep 100% feedback
4. Same day shipping
5. Promote your items
I've sold 169,000 items over the 5 years.
spot on!
Actually just started listing and hoping to turn this into a business. And I do actually put you on when I’m listing lmao, may as well learn while I do it. Great video!!
Thanks so much for watching!
I’m an American seller and I completely agree with you on daily listings. I also believe it is the dollar amount that should be the intended goal and not a number of listings to meet per day.
Crucial learnings in 2024 for me in particular
Hi Matt, love your videos, just wondering do you have a template for your spreadsheet available?
Just use Google spreadsheets, the simplest way
working on one :) stay tuned!
@@TheAussieFlipper Following too for this,,, it would be wonderful!
Do you recommend closing and relisting items to get newer traffic?
I do!
Use a daily dollar amount instead of a daily item amount, Draft bank instead of schedule listing.
Big insights on those two things that I believe a lot of old timers did not know.
Great video!
Agh thanks so much for watching!
How is draft bank manual listing them better than schedule listing?
@@ychongy Manual listing actually counts as activity on your account. A schedule listing does not since it is automated.
eBay demands for you to be hands on. The day you wrote your schedule listing will count but not the day that it is listed.
For example: Today you take photos and write descriptions for 35 items to be used in schedule listings You take a week off for vacation and have 5 listing schedule for each day for the next 7 days.
eBay see it as you working today but not working for the next 7 days. Your items drop in rank accordingly.
@alabamaflip2053 thanks
@@alabamaflip2053 source?
Hi, just starting my ebay journey and these videos you are doing are great guide thank you. Tip 2 the seller inventory tracker, I would be very grateful if some how I could get screenshot whole information you are best tracking when selling many thanks 😊
I'm developing a software that will be out in a couple of weeks. Subscribe to the channel and don't miss any future videos as I'll be speaking more about it shortly!
All 40 lessons are very good thank you it helps me focus on what I need to do..
You got this
Thanks for all the tips Matt! I love your very straight forward videos! Could you maybe make a video explaining a bit more about how you do with tax and stuff? A lot of things I don't even get a receipt for (like flea) or not properly discriminated on receipt, and it's doing my head in. Cheers!
Thanks Matt. I've recently begun using the e-Profit calculator instore - and leaving many items behind!
Keep up the great work 👍👍
X from Brissie
Thank you for these great tips!
Hey in one of your tips, as a visual learner. I'm very successful at watching someone do something one or two times and getting going very quick. I'd like to see a video on how to set up a SKU system.
I’ll add it to the video ideas list
Great post. A lot of good reminders hidden in there! But... I always raise an eyebrow at reports of Ebay deleting listings. First, it serves no purpose for them - they can't make money from a listing that's not live. I've been on Ebay since 1998, sometimes only listing sporadically for months at a time, with some listings more than a year old (or even two!) throughout. Not once has a listing been deleted. Not saying it's doesn't ever happen, but there has to be something other than Ebay deciding to randomly delete someone's listing(s). It's not worth their time to do that. Would be nice to really understand what's happening, though, so we all can avoid it!
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Time away / scheduling/ drafts
I've noticed (recently only) the same, then it occurred to me that I'm checking my laptop in the different location/state...
I'm leaving for a trip in 2 days and my plan is to VPN to my original location so while I'm away eBay sees me logging in in the same state that I'm normally at. Not sure if it'll work but fingers crossed 🙏💪😁🇺🇲
interesting thought
Shopping is fun. I totally have too much stock. Have not shopped in almost a year and still have stock. Lol finally making progress. Thank you for the video.
Thanks for being here happy selling
Thanks for the info. Are scheduled listings ok if they’re scheduled to list later the same day? I tend to write them up to go live the same night.
I have 60.000 unlisted death pile, brand name and vintage items. I live in rural Canada and shipping in Canada through Canada Post is outrageous, im to the point where it costs 25.00 to ship a pair of jeans plus ebay fees on top and promotional fees and then income tax, leaves nothing left, the system in Canada is broken for rural sellers, so I'm just shutting down and hauling everything to the landfills.
tough to hear hopefully things change soon!
Ship in bulk to me and I'll sell them for you. I'm in New Zealand. We can split profit.
Hello I'm a watcher from the UK and have started my own eBay business, your information has been invaluable to myself. I'm almost two months in with 10000 in aud in sales not profit and can't thankyou enough for all the help you've been. I have one question as I'm currently selling everything when is the right time to switch or start moving towards a specific type of item to sell?
Ensure I have international too & use the draft feature rather than scheduled. Thanks
You got itttt!!!
My Pitney Bowes printer scale cube changed my life. Was so weird I went from selling ten k to 40k in sales the next year just from having an accurate scale thermal printer.
Hi, followed you for ever. First thing I strongly disagree with. This is very specific to the UK market. I would expect it to apply to others. 100% positive feedback give you status with ebay, combine with free postage and upgrade postage option and you can unlock 10% seller discount on fees. ! that's key on higher priced items. Yes don't stress or give up at lower feedback scores, (I work hard to keep feedback at 100%) but it has a major impact long term.
I agree! Got a negative feedback this week!!! Argh 😖 All because the guy didn’t read the listing!
Judging from the amount of negative feedback this guy has he doesn’t really seem to care about it
You can't keep it at 100. Maybe if you're willing to sell a bunch of dollar DVDs etc at a loss but otherwise just selling it will drop to 98 and there is nothing you can do if people say 'doesnt work' and rate you negative, it's stuck there it's not against policy even if the item really does work they just tried to use it on something else and they won't communicate after rating you negative. That said though you can maintain a good feedback rating but %100 is impossible for a small store 1 man 16 hour days etc.
@@Bawkr that’s just not true though, I have 100 percent positive feedback as a one man eBay business, been registered as a business seller for four years now and always been 100 percent, and not to brag but doing more in sales than this guy, many other bigger eBay stores that also have 100 percent feedback, he doesn’t care about his customers, he just cares about getting the sale, as proven by all his negative feedbacks stating bad customer service/communication
@ I don’t need your luck considering I’ve kept it for four years 🤣 maybe you just need to do better 😊
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If you promote every single listing by 3%, wouldn't that mean 100% sales would be from promoted listings? Because you promoted them all?
Nope eBay shares organic impressions as well. Depends how the customer finds your item
In USA you can do. Alcatel shipping, print a paper label and have the Postman pick up from your door.
Epic
You don't need an expensive Dymo printer BUT you can definitely benefit from a $60 chinese thermal label printer. It is money well spent. No more cutting paper and all that tape and you don't have to buy anymore ink.
My DYMO was one of my best purchases. I never have to buy ink!
What how do you still use a normal printer I got a thermal printer 70$ and the labels were free so I never have to buy ink
Thanks for the sell similar tip for my older listings, Im gonna do this and get those sales going
You got this!
So that's what happened to my listing! I noticed a few gone, thought I lost my mind!
Do you have a spreadsheet example for download somewhere?
Something better is coming
Yes free postage I do think is the way to go, but what gets me going back n forth with it is the fees don't get taken out of shipping so if list your item as cheap as possible & shipping a bit more could that work too?
It could but are people buying as much?
You can get a perfectly good thermal label printer for $60-$70 and it saves so much time
fair but if you're selling 1 a day it's not worth the spend
@@TheAussieFlipper
I actually disagree with that response. I've found that the label, with templates used, gives a label that can be easily read by Australia Post's machinery. So I use for my letter rate items. Never had an item go astray, since I got it, so it works!
I copy and paste from ebay to the printer program, no mistakes on Names and Addresses.
Have been on ebay since 1999 and I noticed an immediate change once I got the thermal printer. Plus it looks so professional!
@@FionaTellesson good to know!
I'm not sure if this is the place to ask, but is it better to start selling with a new ebay account or with an existing purchases only account?
Existing purchases is great if you have 100% feedback!
@TheAussieFlipper Thanks for the feedback!
So much information. Thank you!
I don't understand why people pay for a store subscription for the perk of running markdowns and store coupons. Why should I pay Ebay for that? I just accept offers. Y'all can have that store subscription.
I have a store and never use markdowns or coupons. I have the store so I’m not charged fees for listings. Over 250 I think they start charging you. If you have several hundred or thousands of listings you need a store. Also having the subscription means you pay less fees on sales and take home more money.
You cannot put your items on vacation mode without a store. Also, a store subscription gets you a coupon for free or hugely discounted shipping supplies every quarter. I haven't paid for tape in years.
@@theresamcgallicher You can. I don't have a store and I put all my items on "Time Away" (UK) when I gon on holiday.
If you add / relist over 250 items per month you will pay insertion fee per item - that’s when a store subscription becomes necessary.
@@theresamcgallicherI don’t have a store and I have put my account on vacation mode several times.
Excellent video brother. I see you popping off!
Thanks for being here man!
Love the Nick Bare hat!
What other sourcing tips can you give besides thrift stores?
Flea markets garage sales Facebook marketplace at all killers
@@TheAussieFlipperthank you! And what STR are you looking for generally?
@@frankdemariany anything over 50% is good
@ thank you sir! Is there any software that shows that data? Also, what are you going off of? The exact search term? The UPC etc?
@@frankdemariany ebay gives you the numbers you need. exact search term is what i use
Ok one question I have is with the promoted listing on my eBay it dase not allow me to promote anything unless I already have a few ratings and buys witch I don’t have is that normal if not y can’t I promote anything
You can promote your first listings even without having a sale yet
@ I believe you and I’m probably doing something wrong but I will pay you to show me how to do it because on my eBay it’s telling me. You must be an Above Standard or Top Rated seller with recent sales activity to use eBay Advertising solutions. It won’t even let me start a campaign.
@@TheAussieFlipper I just got off the phone with eBay and I just thought I’d let you know you are not allowed to start a campaign anymore starting in 2025 if you have zero sales, you have to build up sales and ratings first I guess it’s new
I like to hear what sold especially across a few different categories.
You’re doing well.
Thanks Lisa :)
Hi Matt! Wondering what the difference between sell similar and just ending and relisting the item is. As it won’t let me sell similar unless I end the item. Whats your process with that? Thanks!
Hi Felicity, no issues ending the listing you can put it back live within a click and that's the idea. The sell similar option provides a new order number for the listing which in the eyes of the algorithm is a 'new' listing. I wouldn't count on this as you're new listings for the day though. You still need NEW listings each day too!
@@TheAussieFlipperOkay no worries. Thanks!
Thank you for this video. It was very helpful.
Death piles arent always a bad thing!! I have a massive death pile but i also just started this year and have sold over $80k!! My death pile is mostly low value items that like you mentioned you buy them or aquire them only to later find out theyre not really worth your time. Id say dont be afraid to throw things to the side in order to focus on better stuff.
I just can’t be a believer haha
80k this year total? Thats my monthly sales and I just started part time lmao
@@sdsbc-z2lhow do you manage that?
@@sdsbc-z2l
BS.
You don’t know what you’re talking about.
Another comment you said you have free labels because you buy ink.
You’re making no sense.
Stop trolling.
@@sendthis9480 Yes I buy ink by the gallon, and get paper free from the bins, you can't even do the math because its a fraction of a penny per label.
I was thinking about going to a dollar amount listings vs items. Do you have a video diving more into this?
it works - swapping to $500 a day worked out to the same as 10 listings a day for the entirety of 2024 for me. I averaged 7 listings per day instead of 10 and become much more efficient with a 24% increase in average sale price
@ great do you have a video explaining this more in details
I love this sort of video. Matt your information is awesome so many useful tip. Iv just started my eBay journey of 6 months and your advice has helped me in so many ways. I really want to send international but the fear of getting the wrong postage cost puts me off. Is there any way of working out the correct postage cost without taking my items to the post office to check the price before I list an item to make sure the correct cost of the postage is applied. I do have my own scales and posting within the uk is fine for me it’s just when it’s sent overseas I get concerned. I’m a uk seller
So cool to hear!
What are you supposed to grab in Lesson #9? Bothlots??
Blocked buyers can still see your store. They can also log out and check out as a guest.
Just wondering about #5, if you turn on promoted listing for all your listings at (3%), and I'm quoting you, Wouldn't 100% of your sales come from promoted listings? Not the 68% you stated?
You can sell an item organically or via promoted listings. You don’t know if the item was sold organically or via promoted until after the sale. Hope this makes sense
@@TheAussieFlipper I see the point you're making, that adding the PL fee increases impressions which in theory increases sales. Even though its debatable that any new additional sales are actually created. In this scheme, eBay pits eBays sellers against each other banking on our weakness to give them an ever increasing % of the pie in order to get the sale. AND Once an item is marked promoted, eBay doesn't care whether it was Sold organically or thru promoted listings. They're gonna collect the PL fee in all cases.
I would also suggest to everyone, is know your item. If its in demand, and sales quickly, then don't give eBay your money. Your item item is gonna sell without the PL fee. But use the PL fee for items where there's a lot of competition (other listings) and sales are weak.
Thank you Matt. Do you have advice or experience sourcing from abandoned storage units and auction houses? I have seen another channel heavily promoting these avenues for big profit. Thanks Shane & Michelle
I have and do. It will soon be an issue if It isnt right away. Be willing to give the stuff away, you will spend a lot to store stuff
It's allllotttt of work because you get it all the good and the bad and 10% is worthy of selling on eBay. It's a cool thing to watch on UA-cam but a lot of work to do it for a profit
@TheAussieFlipper thank you Matt.
Hello! Would you suggest 3% promo if you are a new reseller or go with Ebays suggestion until you grow?
EBay’s suggestion is a money trap. 3% is all you need!
I’m a brand new seller and I’ve been doing 2%-3% on mine and I’m pinching myself because in just a few months I’m at 99 sales. I was shocked when things actually started selling😂 I thought I would just put everything out there and nothing would happen.
So the smaller amount has been working for me!
And I just learned a ton from this video, great info!
Very well done and thought out! Cheers
thanks for watching!
I have probably $100,000 worth of super niche industrial fittings left behind by my dad that I have to sell. I've been sitting on them for almost a decade now. I've opened an eBay store, typed out my listing taken photos and then always hesitate to post due to some uncertainty (usually about shipping costs). At this point I just have to force myself to list a few and see what happens.
Railroad related? We have a steam engine
@@saraheason2976 No they're tiny fittings for high pressure natural gas. They basically have one application in the natural gas industry which is for connecting massive 30" pipes down to a tiny 3/16" metering line.
They're also used in breweries that use copper lines but either way they are very, very niche.
I have my inventory by category, like kind items stored together but I'm noticing that I'm spending a lot of time sku each item and storing. Should I change my system? it honestly gives me anxiety to think about jeans mixed with dresses, tanks, etc 😆
You earned my SUB with this video. Great info and I look forward to more.
so good to have you onboard!
Do you include packing slips in your orders? I've noticed many ebay sellers don't. Would love to hear your reasoning!
I've seen a lot of UA-camrs say don't waste your time on that, but I do. Still, when I buy something on Ebay, and I do get a packing list, it generally goes straight in the bin, so... not sure there really is value. I use it as a thank you more than anything else.
I recall you saying you had a link to the box lights you recommend, maybe it was in a private video, any chance of a share?
jump into any video from about 3 months ago and you'll find the link :) I stopped putting it in the description but the links in all the old videos still work!
Very nice tips, You don't link your eBay store?
Too many window shoppers not enough buyers
New seller here. Honestly, please tell me how long does it take to sell that first item on Ebay? Weeks? Months? Years? I listed a brand new mug I never used following your instructions as closely as possible. Now what? I'm stumped. Thank you for your videos and any advice you can give me. Blessings.
Mugs don’t typically have a super fast sell through rate. Even before listing the item up you can get your answer. Sell through shows how many are listed and how many have sold in the last 90 days. You can search this by filtering between sold and unsold listing quantities.
As an example of a strong sell through rate search Pokémon yellow gameboy game. This game sells within days if you price it correctly. I hope this provides clarity. It all comes down to the quality of your listings
@@TheAussieFlipper Thank you and yes it does make things clearer. One of those mugs I listed, beforehand, I searched it in sold and unsold items and it didn't come up. There was no mug like it on Ebay, which told me this might be good to list since there's no other like it. What about unique items that have no previous listing?
Im confused. Early on in the video you said it doesnt matter if you list every day. But then later you said it is very important to list every day. Which is it?
Draft everything in batches then list them live each day
Great video, I am not doing to bad on ebay, but sales has dropped alot in the last 3 months. Do you think it is worth crosslisting on depop?
I don't - there are too many buyers on eBay for you to need to do that. Like anything the master beats the apprentice. Learn how eBay works and you'll have better results.
If I could go back - a thermal printer would be the first thing I’d buy haha. Great tips though 👍🏽
I’m an American with family in Australia so I shop on the Australian site regularly for gifts for that family. I’ve had so many issues with sellers slow to ship (or never shipping). Ugh
Clearly you haven’t bought from me yet
@ apparently not 🤣, what’s your store name? I’d love to look around!
(I’m an eBay seller myself since 1998, full time since 2004 and I’m very impressed by you getting 14k items up, I’m so slow!)
I think the real point I was trying to make with my original post though was, if you’re an Aussie seller, you can be a standout with speedy processing times. I think what I’ve run into sometimes are Chinese sellers posing as Australian based sellers when they are, in fact, not. A little digging into their feedback usually reveals the truth.
can you suggest easiest way to tracking income/expenses? I have a problem that it constantly happens to me that my balance does not match. I sell on bazaar.
The template I showed in my video is a good start
You don't need a Dymo but there are much cheaper alternatives. Brilliant video, great info and tips!
so true
Is it worth using ebay in New Zealand?. Not sure of international postage prices from the bottom of the world.
I feel like we are limited to trademe.
I feel trademe has a better customer base in NZ and eBay is a little tricky. Tough when you’re always having to play to an international market. All I can say is give it a go and see how it goes
Great video, learned a lot an some things to remember. But the biggest game changer for me was getting a thermal printer such a time an money saver
Once you’re selling I think it’s worth it. But when you first start out I don’t believe you need it
Not sure how much time you can save. Takes me about 15 seconds to tape a label on.
Informative and good advice. You got my sub 😊
I’m sorry.. I spent $60 on my label printer on Black Friday a few years back. Don’t tell people their only option is a $300 printer just because you don’t have one. I 100% recommend one.
Lol I have one! And I don’t bother using it
@@TheAussieFlipper I just feel like saying they don’t need it is a very biased opinion. Not saying it right or wrong. I just feel like that should be left to the person. Don’t lie and say you have to spend $300 to get a good one. Because that’s absolutely not true
You mean your NOT sorry you bought it. Also, I agree. Ink for my printer costs more than the thermal label printer I bought. Now if I'd have had a laser\toner printer already, I would've probably stuck with just it.
@@amandapecora5148 yes there was supposed to be a comma in there somewhere.
Nicely done 👍🏻
Do you have a recommendation for a spread sheet template?
Working on one! Stay tuned
These are my headers on mine
DateAcquired AcquiredFrom Description AcquisitionCost AddedCost TotalCost SoldFor ShippingCollected GrossReceipt EstimatedShippingSpent Refund SaleProfit/Loss eBAY Fees GrossProfit/Loss DateSold
Of course there's formulas, so some of the fields are calculated
Descriptions matter. It’s not just the title pictures and price.
Descriptions don’t matter at all
@@TheAussieFlipper Really depends on what you're selling, higher priced collectibles, glassware, art etc. needs more verbose information for the buyer, than what title, pictures and price provide. I would argue too that the attributes and condition are important too.
Do you do best offer on your listings?
Every one
Goood morning from Germany 🙂
Good morning!
What is better about ‘Top Rated Seller’ status after selling the 100 items/3k$ to get the status?
EBay promotes your listings more
@ Well hey! Lets have a sale!!
Re: No CAPS in Titles - what's the reason why not the expert gave you? Is it algorithmically based or what?
Does that include these abbreviations - VTG HC MSRP LG MED DVD CD NWT and Brand names that are in caps like LOFT, or book titles with caps, or style numbers made up of Caps and numbers? Thanks