Learn from My eBay Selling Experience - Common eBay Mistakes to Avoid and What to Do Instead!

[@themicdfiles1865]

I'm a 3 month noob and am soaking up as much of this content as possible. I've made two mistakes that cost me and they were both things that I don't know how i could have seen coming. Sometimes the only way to learn is by failure, not that you want to fail, but when it happens you just have to embrace the lesson. I made it almost three months and then had a couple returns in one day, which freaked me out, but got them handled. There is a lot more to doing this than most people imagine. Good info. Thanks!

[@semperfi-1918]

Your right sometimes youll have no choice but to learn from expirience. I had a few returns and doing this 3 years now. This time was nothing to do with listing... just they thought it was something different. Returns are part of the game. And stick with 1 platform till your good with it.

[@tradingarsenal9767]

I feel that! One time I shipped the wrong $1.4k HEAVY item to CANADA (I'm in the USA!)... Buyer shipped it back and did a horrible job packing it, so of course it was a total-loss. Then he cancelled on his purchase around the same price, smh. I also lost $2k shipping a similar item, not knowing how to properly ship heavy/fragile/expensive items. After that I paid $100 to learn from a pro, and haven't had a single similar issue since... and I specialize in the hard to ship items a lot of the time. Keep it up, the sky is the limit!

[@elkazwick4920]

Did I read that right? $14,000? Oh, my God! What could that have been?@@tradingarsenal9767

[@nikkibailey6583]

What did they teach you to do?

[@enfermeiranaamerica]

@@tradingarsenal9767 who teach you?

[@sallyanon5382]

Yes! A video on shipping through eBay! I get frustrated with selections when shipping. And tell us more about how you do the flat rate shipping.

[@jennifercawthon3327]

Yes please would love to know more about flat rate shipping

[@myhelina123]

I am from Washington State and I shipped to Puerto Rico without any problems.

[@nanizon]

@@myhelina123 What is your method?

[@CJorgen]

On Ebay over 20 years and I did pick up some pointers from you. I myself just got out of Ebay jail for too many out of stocks. I never knew it would cause such a big issue> you learn everyday. I,m retired and have been watching many of the you tube videos to try to increase my sales. Thanks

[@Nebraskagal]

How long did they keep you in eBay jail? They haven't been letting me promote my items for over a year because of it I just wondered if it ever goes away? They say you have low sales but I said if you have something listed and it's been a year and nobody even sees it there's not one view and you won't let me promote it how am I supposed to raise my views and sales? It is a dumb rule.

[@Dani-ICU-RN]

​@@Nebraskagal so if you only want to sell a handful of things at a time because you can't get to the post office that often or don't have that much to sell. They ding* you for not selling 100s of items?😢 I'm living off a gofundme, as I lost my husband and father the same day, I'm an unemployed, disabled I see you nurse after covid, and lost everything. I have a few designer purses with tags ,wallets, BBW,Craft& cricut stuff..some of my daughter's Hollister ,Pink, lululemon ( even back to Gymboree and Justice, new with tags)clothes.. Dhd I podhmark or Mercari instead? When I sold on eBay from about 2005 to maybe 2010, it didn't matter if you only had five things listed. Income is income, and profit is profit. No I don't know what to do😢

[@veronikamitk]

If I go on vacation, I use Ebay's "time away" setting where you are still allowing sales but the buyer sees a message saying that you won't be able to ship until x date (before they purchase) - that way I don't have to bulk edit my handling time. :) I wish Posh an Mercari had that setting so that you can still make sales while away but just get a longer handling time!

[@ThePalewarrior]

Omg! That's why the seller did that!

[@Moshiyo]

The wand mouse cursor is elite. And now that I typed out that it's a CURSOR makes it even better! Thanks for this video!

[@AMBELLINA77]

I've been selling for a decade and had no idea about the stock photo thing. I don't use them, but now I know not to start. Thank you.

[@peterpeter4551]

You scared a heck out of me when you said using stock photos.😂 I had to pause this video and go on to my eBay and deleted all stock photos I used on some of my items. Fortunately, I only had like 5-8 items out of 135 active listings.

[@stacigebhard5451]

One thing ive done when there is a flaw, is give a full refund and tell the customer they can keep the item. So far, i dont pay to ship back and people tend to like that option. Usually its not a big loss and its better for me than the ding on my acct

[@la6136]

Why would you not offer a partial refund first?

[@traceytheisen8067]

@@la6136 I agree with her and do the same and have been a top rated seller for a decade. You do it because it's not worth the hassle or aggravation to bicker about a partial refund. If the item is a $1,000 item then request it back but for most items under a hundred or so just refund and move on. Yes you may lose some money, but it's the cost of doing business and often it's our fault it was listed incorrectly, had a flaw, etc. Sometimes when we work out of our house or other paid location everything is 'personal' vs imagining you had a retail shop and something fell off the shelf or a customer accidentally broke an item you'd just toss it, cost it off inventory, and move on. It's the same thing. Especially with eBay, it's not worth worrying about negative feedback or a customer complaint later on. Often you'll end up with a great review or even a future customer.

[@1whitecottagelife770]

I always let the customer say what they want first. Recently I had a customer reach out because he found a small hole in a sweater and asked for a $8.50 refund to repair it. Done. And I still made a profit

[@avan8264]

I do the same

[@semperfi-1918]

Nah its an easy cop out for them to scam. What works is i dont do free returns and only give full refund with shipping if its actually my fault with faulty product. Top rated and 100%. Also.. never refund till you have and inspect.

[@2245908765]

Yes a video about shipping would be great! I am new to eBay selling and I feel like a lot of your tips were helpful, thank you.

[@beckyparkco]

I’ve got one planned for early 2024!

[@lorettabuza3319]

Hi Becky! Watching the replay...About Ebay shipping - if you want to be "Top Rated" or "Top Rated Plus" You have to ship within 24 hours. I don't have a car, which means walking to the post office in freezing cold or in the rain, or after I've walked 6 miles at work all day. I really, really struggle with this. Those are the only lower scores I have.

[@badeybushcraft4946]

I’m top rated with 2 day shipping. If you want to be top rated plus, you have to do one day shipping and free returns on everything.

[@rjlaxvespa1742]

Generally you can request that your postal carrier pick up at your home eliminating that trip to the post office... it just takes having a good relationship with the postal worker carrier, so they know that you do not get paid unless it shows a shipt

[@lorettabuza3319]

@@rjlaxvespa1742 Do you live in Southern California? I don't even have the same mailperson from day to day. Going on the the informed delivery site & requesting a pickup I am REQUIRED to have at least one Priority mail package. So "generally" that's NOT true. You are lucky to have what you have, but I'm guessing most of us don't have that.

[@Dani-ICU-RN]

​@@lorettabuza3319 Ft Lauderdale here.ditto.I lived in Huntington Beach growing up..at🌬🌀🌪 least Milton left our 📬

[@deborahbarker8232]

I just want to say how much I appreciate your honesty about all the mistakes you’ve made and helping us understand so that we don’t make the same states. I haven’t sold anything on eBay for a very long time and now that I’m getting back into selling, I’ve noticed a lot of things have changed.

[@myresourceworld]

Seriously if there was a video of the year video this one should DEFINITELY be it!!! Amazing job as usual with all the usual transparency. Great job!! I wish you great sales for 2024 and beyond.

[@Aaron-hd8ql]

Finally a seller who cares. I have had so many sellers send me junk with not listing what the flaws were. Great information. We need amazing sellers like you.

[@Brunse61]

This is an excellent video! For us new sellers, it was welcomed and appreciated. Thank you!

[@debbiereynolds9994]

Thank you for sharing quality information. I’m new to eBay and really appreciate the time you spend helping others. Would love to see a shipping video.

[@jessicakokich5307]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video. Very informative!

[@thesoundtarot3609]

Wow!!! Thanks so much. The eBay relisting info was invaluable to me. I had no idea!!!!!

[@CarolanRoss]

Hi Becky. While listening to this I found a shirt listed for $1,850 LOL - supposed to be 18.50 - glad I found THAT. Long ago I listed an item 'free shipping' simply because I had not taken the time to really LEARN shipping yet. Huge mistake, ended up being a large box and the shipping cost me so much that I made nothing at all. The other mistake I have to watch for is shipping wrong item OUCH - sold black leather purse and had 2 or 3 in my inventory, grabbed wrong one UGH - in this case I quickly shipped the right one and told seller they could keep both - OUCH again. When many orders go out, also easy to confuse shipping labels, so I do them one at a time. Better slow than sorry. We all make mistakes. What's important is that we LEARN from them. And I learn a lot from YOU. THX.

[@halburdin5766]

im watching this clip over and over. very helpful.

[@NowThriftItOut]

I’d love to see a shipping video! Love your advise and videos. You’re a great teacher!!!!

[@carolemmwilliams-UK]

Allowing listings to simply relist stale listings Wow! That was extremely pertinent to me and you gave me an action point Great advice throughout. Thank You 😊

[@satskibees]

Do you think there's another way to avoid getting dinged if you are out of stock? It's only happened to me once that I was about to ship something and I noticed a flaw I hadn't seen before. So I asked the buyer if they wanted to cancel and they did. Luckily I got no message from Ebay. But it seems to me Ebay is trying to be like Amazon and have no mistakes, while they should really lean into the fact that most sellers on the platform are small business owners who are doing their best, and leave them some room to negotiate a good outcome with the buyer. In my case, I told the buyer I would refund them but ship the item to them at my own expense and then they could decide whether it was worth keeping or not (the flaw was minor). It seems the lack of options for sellers is making things harder and harder on Ebay.

[@andreajuran1379]

Thank you for the informative video. I learned lots of things to consider before starting to sell on EBay. Still lots more to learn before listing such as EBay’s cut, handling payments, accepting different kinds of payments, listing fees, number of free listings per month, sales tax, etc. How many items can you list per month as a private party b4 you are considered a business and have to follow those rules? Which is better private party or business? And 1000’s more questions but great start with your video! Thank you!

[@frugalprepper]

Been selling on there since 1999. It sure has changed since then. I don't do it as a business or anything, I just sell old stuff and items I need to clear out.

[@susanhawkes2519]

Me too. Have no idea what my rating might be. Just trying to get rid of stuff. So complicated.

[@hiddentreasureskc]

Great video Becky! Yes, I have heard Ebay is like a baby, always pay attention to it! Thanks.

[@maribelmunozsanz]

Hi Becky, this is the greatest video I've watched about poshmark in a while. I would love to watch 1 video just about Shipping, Shipping settings in the account, supplies, shipping rates, global shipping. Thanks for this video.

[@angelapartyflips5498]

It’s like you read my mind! Been searching for a video like this

[@standraiveyjones3670]

OMG such good info for a newbie reseller!! Thanks.😉🦋

[@dragontatoes]

Sell similar relisting hasn't ever sold a stale item for me, but maybe it's different for selling clothing and on other sites. Since sites like mercari are more algorithm based than ebay, I sometimes try it on there.

[@ErikaVN10]

Hi Becky, I do not have List Perfectly yet, but which one do you think will be the better option, have items in draft ready to list, like you said “in the bank” or have them scheduled? Let me know, thank you as always for sharing your knowledge. 😊❤

[@irinasedova4565]

Thank you so much for this video! Very very helpful information for me as a new seller on eBay. ❤

[@GuillermoMata]

Your so good! :) literally simplified. Awesome work!

[@rlrollinsllc520]

Very informative, you obviously have plenty of experience. Thanks for sharing!!

[@larissahorn8363]

Your videos are always good and super helpful. Thank you for taking the time to make them.

[@ErmaJMajorRN]

I have been enjoying your content for years.

[@perryneoreilly1870]

Becky, do you feel it is worthwhile to rent a P.O. box for customer returns? How, if at all, are you notified of these returns? So, then do you use the P.O. Box as your return addy on your mailing labels? Thank you for your personal experiences. They are so very helpful!!

[@alyssaloftin]

Amazing video, super helpful! You earned a new subscriber today lol! Thank you thank you :)

[@joshandkrystalwhitehead]

I am so glad you mentioned that about getting suspended for offering a different item and then canceling, because i learned that from you and have used it a few times now! Never again!

[@justme-ki7im]

Yes do a video on shipping and how to use the flat rate shipping as well. If its beneficial to use flat rate? I sold on ebay years ago and didnt have any problems with it but leary to do it now. Im also a part-timer dont want it to eat up all my time. Thanks your information is always very informative!!

[@luxomoore6711]

wow, great video. looking to offload some comics from my collection. good to know all this going in! thanks!

[@a_girlnamednoah]

Love the wizard wand cursor! 💛

[@jackiemiles4912]

thank you for all your help . I believe I can do this.

[@Alpha-ms9nj]

I sold on Ebay many years ago and have been mostly a buyer. I have some items I need to unload and I remember that the shipping part was hit or miss for me. I don't know which way to list the shipping that will be fair to me and the prospective buyer. I'm thinking the calculated shipping option that the buyer can figure it out themselves would be best. I have a scale and plenty of packing material and boxes left over from all the stuff I have purchased that could fill a small shed lol so I'm good on that. I would like to see you do a tutorial on shipping, it would be a big help and I thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge. Liked and subbed.

[@eleven903]

How can you process a return in 2 business days? Don't you have to wait for them to return the item? Is it once they have returned the item?

[@santismith1156]

Thank you for the tips, Becky❤

[@foghornleg90]

One of the best video's I've seen from you. Great info. FYI: there is bit of a difference (legally) between "stock photos" and 'copyrighted images' - most 'brand photos' on the brand's page are COPYRIGHTED (not stock), and often OWNED BY THAT COMPANY. Whereas, "Stock" tends to be more generic, licensed for 'use' and 're-use' by MANY DIFFERENT people/companies under a license. Smaller companies *might* employ some 'stock' - but the mega companies tend to 'own' (and completely control) their 'copyrighted' images (as they pay the photog TO DO THE SHOOT specifically FOR THEM, under contract... rather than just licensing the images). Often a person never knows WHICH IS WHICH, until it's a problem. Bottom line, photos the PERSON TAKES ARE THEIRS - their copyright, their control, their ownership, with FEW EXCEPTIONS: taking photos of photos, taking photos of 'copyrighted' or 'trademarked' materials (such as retail packaging with copyrighted photos or trademarks)). Agreed on the 'Buyer Cancelled' - eBay has supposedly added an AI bot checking messages of canceled items for certain key words (so I've been told). Unless I screwed up, which has happened, I've appealed every INAD - and won every appeal where I was in the right, to date. Photos & descriptions of any and all flaws really solves that problem. Not putting 'used' (or pre-owned) goods as 'NEW' - or broken as 'used' also helps a great deal. Appreciate your experience about auctions... agreed 100% When you 'lower the price' (on eBay) on your 'sell-similar' - do you use any type of 'code' in the price or description (or elsewhere) to signify how many times you've 'discounted' an item? Also, regarding the Puerto Rico ... it's ALSO THE SAME FOR ALL US TERRITORIES (Guam, VI, American Samoa - are ones I've shipped to... mostly Guam).

[@itskbtv]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video 💪💯🏁

[@grabzndealz8213]

I am a safety & Security professional by trade. I photograph, and document the item as I am processing it for shipping. This process should cover you.

[@kellyrosefarquharson6433]

Any other tips for reselling discovered by being in your profession? That's an awesome tip!

[@grabzndealz8213]

​Hi Kelly, yes I have a couple of videos on my channel. The first video is "What Are The Political Skills You Need To Have As A Business Person." and the second one is called "Risk Management For The Reseller. Best Ways To Keep You, Your Family And Your Home Business Safe. I will be doing more business and safety content starting in January 2024. @@kellyrosefarquharson6433

[@f.avilla6383]

It doesn’t….im a top rated ebayer…. And no matter how much I document and write everything….eBay always takes the buyer side and leaves the seller in the trash.

[@grabzndealz8213]

@@f.avilla6383 Based on all the negative things I am hearing about eBay from resellers, eBay may one day either fall, or sell if it does not change course. Just like many retail giant retail establishments who were pioneers did. Nothing lasts forever.

[@katrinabowers5088]

Becky, thank you for this great video. I keep wanting to dip my toe into eBay after being regular on Poshmark. Personally, I would love to hear your views on shipping with eBay. That is the intimidating part for me.

[@jeniferjorge-c9x]

"eBay was becoming such a hassle-too many sellers not living up to expectations. 😬 I’ve found Ditchit, and it’s been amazing! The reliability is top-notch, and I no longer have to stress about what I’m getting."

[@nicolemullicane51]

Such great information and tips. Did you create that reserve yet? Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@elpincheflores3154]

Really good information and fun video. Thanks for your time and help.

[@2terrytee]

Yes more details on skipping. Great video thanks

[@soheilasiadate2478]

Thank you so much for this video is so educational. I sell something on Saturday night and Monday is also holiday, and I have one day shipping on eBay, then I have to ship on turesday, would that be considered as late

[@katzumihanzo5471]

You’re the type of seller I love dealing with!!

[@silviapassosjewelry]

Did learn a lot, just getting started.. thanks 😊❤

[@jeannienickel864]

I’m in Alaska, I do flat rate shipping. I just calculated based on everything being zone 8. 0-8oz, 4.00, 9-12 oz 5.00, 13-15.9oz 6.00. All jeans flat rate padded. Anything overv1# I give the option of ground advantage or priority. I usually only pay .50 or so per item.

[@rosepetalsupcycle]

Great tips, and an ebay shipping video would be awesome!

[@jccatano3759]

Very informative video. You are appreciated. Thank you!

[@kristitownsend520]

Oh my gosh! I took a bath on shipping and was negative on so many sales a month ago. I was new and I didn’t know how much it mattered with your location. I’m in Florida, but it seems I have California taste! I watched videos, and flat rate shipping seemed like the way to go. Nope. No more. I have been charging for calculated shipping, and I added a $1.50 handling fee. I’m not going to spend that time figuring out how to ship something for free, because I have a mix of items. It took me a long time to get positive in eBay numbers because I tried to do what I saw others doing, and it didn’t work for my location. I make more sales now than when I started, and I make money on shipping! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@HeyMsVal]

I just started a couple of months ago under the guidance of a big eBay/Walmart and Amazon seller. She advised me to offer free shipping on everything. Because people like free shipping. However, I've had to send multiple items to Cali and Washington State. I live in Florida. Shipping was costing me 9-12 dollars on low cost item. I was only making 4-5 bucks on some things. I've started reevaluating free shipping on a lot of things and splitting the cost. So I'll be charging a flat rate of $1.99 to 4.99 on some items. It's easier for her to do free shipping with the size of her business.

[@denademal]

Yes, to the shipping video!

[@poolmilethirty2859]

So Sorry, I thought the music would go on throughout the entire video. I was wondering how you determine how much to charge for shipping. Do you take it each item to the post office to find out? You mentioned choosing flat shipping, is that one rate for any item? Thanks for the tips.

[@Lilione111]

It’s the shipping that stops me…& with a job, I can’t always get to the post office. Shame, because I really want to clear out a lot in my house & need some xtra cash.

[@LaurieHaley-jy8py]

I can empathize what I done was got everything together I wanted to get rid of and took pics and priced. I took the free easy way out and used my fb page. I done a pre-sale post letting everyone know it was coming and then listed 70 items of which 69 sold. No t many headaches just a couple of people who canceled pickups otherwise fast and easy. Maybe something you can consider that's alot more simpler for a house or shed cleanout good luck! PS one piece of advice would be to let everyone know ahead of and during a final sale and or pickup date also No Holds!! Otherwise they will ask you to hold off wks or mths and you end up no sale quite often so set a begin and end date and stick to it!

[@LucyGooseyVault33]

Yes a shipping video would be great

[@madcitymom]

I use eBay shipping, USPS Ground Advantage. It is a discounted rate that you can pass onto your customers, or not 😉

[@SoulInspiredSeller]

My returns go to PO Box too. As long as not a super high ASP item, I will initiate the refund as soon as it shows as delivered to my PO Box. I get them once a week. Just less stress that way and, worst case, out $6 to $8, if unable to relist (thankfully, never happened).

[@Trendkilla333]

Do you get a notification when you get mail in the po box?

[@SoulInspiredSeller]

@@Trendkilla333 Yes. I know that the package is at PO Box because you get a notification from eBay that your return has been delivered and a “task” to refund buyer.

[@LucyGooseyVault33]

This is such good info eBay is so hard I’m coming from poshmark and eBay is almost impossible and even got a store but now every time I post I have to pay them a bunch of money

[@collinsonthemove]

I always learn something new, thank you for putting these videos out here for us :)

[@margon2thewoods986]

eBay vs Poshmark pricing: I assume buyers check other platforms for things they're interested in (I do!). Because of that, I price the same on eBay and Poshmark, because it can a) look sus b) cause someone to send an offer when they might buy outright and c) the ease of consistancy. BUT!! I have a 20% off everything in my store promotion running on eBay alllll the time. This effectively means the item costs 20% less for my eBay buyers without my having to look to buyers like I price differently for different platforms. Just an idea to consider!!

[@adzimnafiun9043]

Can you explain to me what exactly the List Perfectly as the ecommerce solution and what is the benefit for us? thank you for your reply.

[@ItaiGary-d3k]

Thanks... Consider using a DeEser!!! (lowers the sss from your mic recording)

[@bonasaleh5012]

My question is free shipping better than customer cost shipping for the seller?

[@nikywalker]

This was very very helpful!!!!! This will make a huge difference in my eBay store. Thank you❤

[@donnaherrlinger8685]

So here is my question? Buyers don’t want to accept an offer unless it is at least 50% on Posh. Do you price your item 50% higher so that if you drop it, the price will be what you want?

[@karenslater343]

Great video very informative thanks

[@saquonnaduncan6661]

How do you handle fake purchases by scammers who try to get you to contact them off the platform?

[@laurenlauren822]

I remember in a previous video when you mentioned that you dropped to Above Standard. I'm a newer seller and FINALLY qualified for Top Rated and I'm wondering if there's a noticeable difference in sales. Did you see a drop in sales when you went to Above Standard instead of Top Rated?

[@lindymoo7771]

I'm wondering the same. November was my first month and I got to Top Rated. I know it's better to have than not, but not the experience to make a comparison

[@NoelleVianna]

I neither saw an increase when I moved to top tier, nor a decrease when I was moved down to above standard. It might depend on your inventory. I think if you have things people want for a price they’re willing to pay, it doesn’t really matter. Of course you don’t want to drop below above standard because you could lose your store.

[@pixie33ck]

Sup Becky? How is your reserve in List Perfectly?

[@nanizon]

Just one clarification on shipping, please. So am I correct to assume that when you use flat rate and have to ship to Alaska, you will have to pay shipping in addition to the flat rate? Yes a more detailed video about shipping would be fantastic. Just watched a vid about a sellar that was sued for fraud by listing the brand without taking the time to really inspect the item before she listed it. Ebay froze her account and she settled through a lawyer for $250.00 which she said was not bad compared to what she could have been looking at. Quick listing is not worth the time it saves. I've seen where cross-sellars are listing items with their own serial codes. i assume they have inventory softwhere that helps them track sales and clean up listings.

[@tracybuys5881]

Hi Becky twice I've sold two jackets with stock photos rushing to get it listed and forgot twice to put the flaws of course I issue refunds and it's never done to get over on someone I just forgot twice...

[@itsViirtueYEAH]

where do you view your seller rating?

[@shawngatto6674]

Great information. Thank you!!! So eBay does reward the right sellers for playing the game. Question- eBay wants me to promote listings which cuts into my profit. What’s your opinion on promoting your listings? Appreciate any feedback you have Cheers

[@Peggie7Kids]

OMG, I have the same problem with selling things that are already sold! Sometimes it's Ebay who relists the item I have ended, but sometimes, it's just me...🙂 My solution when something is damaged, is to message the buyer, explain the damage, SEND it anyway, and refund their purchase price.

[@ameenajaan1]

Hi I just need quick advice, my account was banned for literally no reason as this was only for selling so after a year my daughter made eBay account and after another year I’ve started listing items, is this possible I add my bank account for payout? Would eBay find out ?

[@klharndt]

In your eBay store, I looked at a dozen or so items & noticed that you rarely include seller description text. Could you address the strategy there? Thank you!

[@cleosea]

Does it not go against the buyer if they ask you to cancel the order? It seems like bad and shady practice to trick them into agreeing to cancel an order when it's on you for not having stock.

[@audfashionfinds]

This video confirms that I am not ready for cross listing on ebay 🤪 Thank you! I am going to date myself, but I was a ebay auction junkie when I collected vintage purses decades ago. I haven’t done that in forever and kinda forgot about ebay. After recently seeing a 60 Minutes episode on the stalking lawsuit, I was reminded that they do still thrive and was then horrified at their practices! Just wondering if you’ve seen it. Definitely recommend!

[@kristinas2985]

Great video!! I didn’t know that about the returns : I also have a PO Box and don’t visit it often. So far, I haven’t had any issues not refunding very fast. I’ve done it a week or two after it’s been delivered and haven’t had it ding me yet 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@restylesecrets8251]

This is very surprising to me, I guess you have lucked out somehow? If eBay has to close a return for you, they typically refund in full including shipping. I would double check your seller level stats to make sure they aren’t punishing you… best wishes.

[@TryGod7]

I know that we cannot use a stock photo but is it ok if we cut and paste the item description from a company’s website?

[@loischelini2530]

Great Video! Thanks for sharing your mistakes.

[@Jo-ys5le]

I use to get hurt when something was returned. Now, I just accept it and not deal with negative emotions. However, I still struggle with NWOT sales. When the individual wears it just under 30 days before returning it. I then have to re-list it as pre-owned. Last week I sold a NWOT dress with embroidery flowers on it. It was beautiful. Buyer stated it was damaged with fraying flowers. I accept and paid for the return shipping. They haven't returned yet - just waiting to see if it legimate return or someone wanting to wear something free for 30 days. I did look at her feedback and I see 5 negative feedback. Most times when I feel they are not quality buyers I will automatically put them on the block list after I send the refund.

[@mickid3504]

Do you have to purchase the shipping label through ebay?

[@jamesrichard9722]

Geeeeze girl.....This is better than a quarter of College Business Class!

[@ljwilliams012]

When you do sell similar, is it still using your available listings for the month

[@KarinStabilit]

Hi Becky! Thanks for this helpful video. Do you have an EBay store? If so which monthly fee to you pay for your store? I saw there are several options. Thank you!

[@JoyJaspan]

I charge a flat rate shipping fee of 6$ because I mostly sell clothing and the charge is usually under 6$ and I just “Eat” the balance if it is over the 6$

[@williambreeze2659]

Thanks for the pointers!

[@rustyrose1960]

Do you go through your inventory at least once a year to make sure you have all items listed? I have done this as I have found items that have fallen off my eBay sight but are still in my inventory bin.

[@kimberlydaniels9186]

Great tip on the tactic on items no longer in stock. But guess I wont try it. I have 3 of these cases in 4 months after selling for over 2 years.

[@flowersflowers5070]

It sounds like eBay wants you to put all your time with them. What are they getting out of it from the seller? No one has mentioned if they get a percentage from your sell. I wanted to put things on eBay to sell after my mom went into an Assisted living facility. That's it. Maybe a few things from my closets. Would I be on the right platform or do I need to do this elsewhere?