eBay

jimmycs_cards_and_memorabilia · ‎10-07-2021

Can I use my own shipping service? If so, how?

What if I don't want to use the eBay shipping or what if I ship from another service like buying something from target and then ship it to said person from target using target's shipping. Is this allowed/possible?

eleanor*rigby · ‎10-07-2021

@richard1rst wrote:
Once in a while might be a gift to a relative but repeatedly - well how many relatives do they have?

😂

Made me LOL--literally!

🤣

chapeau-noir · ‎10-07-2021

@pjcdn2005 wrote:
eBay shipping is not a shipping service, it is simply a way of printing labels so yes, you can use however you want. However, ordering something from another retailer and having it sent to a buyer is not allowed. That is considered retail arbitrage and is not allowed on ebay.

Retail arbitrage is allowed - people do it all the time. It's just flipping from retail to the secondary market.

Dropshipping (not having the product in hand) is not.

Hell is empty. And all the devils are here.

coffeebean832 · ‎10-07-2021

@chapeau-noir wrote:
Retail arbitrage is allowed - people do it all the time. It's just flipping from retail to the secondary market.

The distinction the OP is missing is if they want to sell stuff from Target- they need to buy it from Target and store it and ship it themselves.

itscalledapostingid · ‎10-07-2021

@chapeau-noir wrote:
@pjcdn2005 wrote:
eBay shipping is not a shipping service, it is simply a way of printing labels so yes, you can use however you want. However, ordering something from another retailer and having it sent to a buyer is not allowed. That is considered retail arbitrage and is not allowed on ebay.

Retail arbitrage is allowed - people do it all the time. It's just flipping from retail to the secondary market.

Dropshipping (not having the product in hand) is not.

Yes, retail arbitrage is fine when it's referring to activities like buying stuff on clearance and then listing it for sale on ebay.

Unfortunately many people have been using the same term to describe the bogus activity of making ebay listings for something that is on sale on another site then purchasing it from that site after it sells on ebay.

However legitimate drop-shipping is allowed on ebay.

fern*wood · ‎10-07-2021

You need to clutter up your house just like the rest of us.

luckythewinner · ‎10-07-2021

@justafemster wrote:
You can ship through any service you deem acceptable.

What you are talking about with target is called retail dropshipping and isn't allowed. Then again, I don't know of any cases where a seller has gotten in trouble for retail dropshipping. Somebody correct me if I'm completely wrong.

You mean aside from the sellers on this board who have posted to say eBay suspended them for drop shipping?

releasethekraken_1 · ‎10-07-2021

@chapeau-noir wrote:
@pjcdn2005 wrote:
eBay shipping is not a shipping service, it is simply a way of printing labels so yes, you can use however you want. However, ordering something from another retailer and having it sent to a buyer is not allowed. That is considered retail arbitrage and is not allowed on ebay.

Retail arbitrage is allowed - people do it all the time. It's just flipping from retail to the secondary market.

arbitrage: ”the simultaneous buying and selling of securities, currency, or commodities in different markets or in derivative forms in order to take advantage of differing prices for the same asset.”

Buying something, taking possession of it, and then hoping to sell it for more is not arbitrage.

tdumonde2014 · ‎10-07-2021

https://www.ecommerceceo.com/learn/retail-arbitrage/

https://onlinesellingexperiment.com/retail-arbitrage-2/#:~:text=Retail%20arbitrage%20refers%20to%20t....

"Those who enter the arena unarmed or unprepared are quickly dispatched."

craftyjojo1220 · ‎10-07-2021

That made me laugh out loud! 🙂

I spent today trying to organize. lol

jayjaspersgarage · ‎10-07-2021

"That is considered retail arbitrage and is not allowed on ebay."

Ding ding ding! You have won the word of the month award by using 'arbitrage' especially well.

releasethekraken_1 · ‎10-07-2021

@tdumonde2014 wrote:
https://www.ecommerceceo.com/learn/retail-arbitrage/

https://onlinesellingexperiment.com/retail-arbitrage-2/#:~:text=Retail%20arbitrage%20refers%20to%20t....

That’s nice. What’s next? “Yard sale arbitrage”? “Good Will arbitrage”?

Acquiring a product and then attempting to sell it for more, regardless of where you bought it, is not arbitrage. Use of the term for those situations demonstrates a total lack of understanding of what the term means and how a true arbitrage situation differs from buying a product for later sale.

What you’re describing is nothing more than acquiring inventory from a specific source.