How do i profit with DVDs?

[booksnstuff_8]

Say I list at Buy it Now for $5.00 with free shipping, how much does ebay and PayPal charge from this?

[kensgiftshop]

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@booksnstuff_8 

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Between Ebay and Pay Pal, the fee's will be around 15%.

[this*old*attic]

You’ll need a new business plan.

Even if you got the DVDs for free, you’d be paying about 15% in fees and a few bucks to ship.

How hard do you want to work to make $1?

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

We'll assume, for this example, no sales tax. ebay fees vary by category. For a DVD, it's 12%. Paypal is usually 2.9%, plus a 30 cent transaction fee. So, that's, what?, a total of $1.05, which leaves you with 3.95.

[this*old*attic]

No, she wants to offer free shipping.

[redmodelt]

Subtract shipping and supplies from that 3.95

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

I should have added, from the $3.95 you must also deduct any listing fees you paid (if any), the shipping cost, the cost of the DVD itself, and any cost for packing material (mailer, box, whatever you may use).

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

Right, those are other factors, although the OP only asked about the fee costs.

[this*old*attic]

You can’t.

 I looked at your 5 listings.

Welcome to selling on Ebay!

Might I suggest you read some of EBay’s tutorials (for example, the fee schedule) and selling tips?

Perhaps click into people’s listings to see what constitutes a good one?

Do you know how to search completed listings to get an idea of desirability and pricing?

The boards. An be a good resource for you.

[terrycece62]

charge 5.00 4 DVD or more at that price u can not afford 2 provide free shipping
Charge for ship or raise the cost of DVD
at your current price point profit would b nil

[cynthealee2]

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@booksnstuff_8 wrote:

Say I list at Buy it Now for $5.00 with free shipping, how much does ebay and PayPal charge from this?

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@booksnstuff_8 

5.00 Sale price

-.30 PayPal (micro Payments cause the items are going to be under 10.00 total sale)

-.60 eBay fees (12% FVF on DVD's)

-.16 (manila envelope* to ship it in (put cardboard around it but that's free from any local Grocery store / Wal-mart)

-1.00 DVD (without taxes cause you got the paper that lets you buy without paying taxes)

-2.80 Shipping (media mail 5-7 oz which is what DVD's are with cardboard sandwiches and the envelope (thin and thick DVD cases I checked))

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.14 left over for you **

5.00 Sale price

-.30 PayPal (micro Payments cause the items are going to be under 10.00 total sale)

-.60 eBay fees (12% FVF on DVD's)

-.16 (manila envelope* to ship it in (put cardboard around it but that's free from any local Grocery store / Wal-mart)

-.50 DVD (without taxes cause you got the paper that lets you buy without paying taxes)

-2.80 Shipping (media mail 5-7 oz which is what DVD's are with cardboard sandwiches and the envelope (thin and thick DVD cases I checked))

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.64 left over for you **

5.00 Sale price

-.30 PayPal (micro Payments cause the items are going to be under 10.00 total sale)

-.60 eBay fees (12% FVF on DVD's)

-.16 (manila envelope* to ship it in (put cardboard around it but that's free from any local Grocery store / Wal-mart)

-.00 DVD (cause either you have a bunch of YOURS you are selling off, some one gave you their collection, or you stole em)

-2.80 Shipping (media mail 5-7 oz which is what DVD's are with cardboard sandwiches and the envelope (thin and thick DVD cases I checked))

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1.28 left over for you **

* I bought my manila envelopes at Staples by the 100 box and it broke down to .14 per.  Your costs my be higher or cheaper. With an eBay store I get the free shipping supplies so its actually free for me.  You can also cut the 9x11's down and get 2 packages out of them making it .08

** I didn't include the cost of tape or the labels simply because I use MY packing tape for everything, same thing goes for my printer and ink so I don't count the costs in my business.

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I was bored and just plugged in the numbers on my excel file, and had the shipping weights from my DVD's.

I charge 2.99 for my dollar store DVD's I got for .55 (cause I don't have that paper), and I make em pay for shipping.   Your mileage may vary.

Edited to Add:

If you are in MP (Managed Payments) Hang it up it won't fly with the new fees.

[chapeau-noir]

I sell DVDs here as often as I can get them.  My advice is to either sell series (i.e., a year's worth of TV shows), or lot them up by genre.  If I sell a single DVD it's usually a hard to find one.  I do pretty well when I sell them.

[coolections]

Unless you have box sets or specific "rare" DVD's you will not make a profit the way you are doing it. What you need to do is sell in groups of at least 3 or more and raise your price per "lot".

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@cynthealee2 wrote: ... 2.80 Shipping (media mail 5-7 oz which is what DVD's are with cardboard sandwiches and the envelope (thin and thick DVD cases I checked))... had the shipping weights from my DVD's.....

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The exact weight isn't crucial, because Media Mail is priced per pound.  Even a set with a couple of discs will cost $2.80 to ship, if it's not over a pound.

[vrie39]

Make bundles, two and three or even four and five DVD's together. You will want to watch your package's weight, size and type as well to keep shipping costs in mind.