eBay

sale7697 · ‎05-24-2022

Does anyone in the community have experience hiring someone to help sell their stuff on eBay or other platforms? I'm looking for someone to post and sell my items. This can technically be done at their home, but I would need someone to pick up the items to ship them. I have pictures taken of many of the items as well. I am open to negotiating a fair price for their time to do the research, posting, selling, and shipping or pick up of the items from my home.

12345jamesstamps · ‎05-24-2022

I know there is a store in my city who sells stuff for people.

Perhaps their might be a store in your city that does it also.

luckythewinner · ‎05-24-2022

@sale7697 wrote:
Does anyone in the community have experience hiring someone to help sell their stuff on eBay or other platforms? I'm looking for someone to post and sell my items. This can technically be done at their home, but I would need someone to pick up the items to ship them. I have pictures taken of many of the items as well. I am open to negotiating a fair price for their time to do the research, posting, selling, and shipping or pick up of the items from my home.

Are you looking for someone to sell your items on your eBay account and have the money get paid out into your bank account, and for refunds and shipping costs to come from your account?

Or are you expecting this person to use his own eBay account, collect the money for you, and front the money for refunds and returns?

Because putting one's own account at risk and having the income show up as income on their 1099-K would be a deal-breaker for most experienced sellers.

downunder-61 · ‎05-24-2022

Why not learn how it all works and sell for yourself.

https://sellerschool.ebay.com/

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7606dennis · ‎05-24-2022

If you're talking about hiring someone to do your ad copywriting you might wish to consider simply hiring an employee and paying them an hourly wage or salary. Of course you will need check into the demands of being an employer if that is the case. There are such things as withholding of taxes and worker's comp insurance to consider.

If you are planning to engage someone as an agent and pay them on commission based on sales, I would advise you to check your state's licensing regulations. Especially if the auction format is going to be used.

"It is an intelligent man that is aware of his own ignorance."

coolections · ‎05-24-2022

Maybe just list everything you have on facebook marketplace for a great deal and sell it all in one lot to a reseller?

sale7697 · ‎05-29-2022

Hi,

I haven't been able to locate a store like that in my city. I'm in the SF Bay Area, if you know of a store, please share. Thank you!

sale7697 · ‎05-29-2022

Hi,

Yes, I'm fine woth someone to sell out of my eBay account.

Let me know if you or someone else is interested.

Thanks!

sale7697 · ‎05-29-2022

Hi,

I have too much stuff, and not enough time right now and need to unload. If you or someone at your school is interested, please reply.

Thanks!

sale7697 · ‎05-29-2022

They would be earning a percentage of everything sold.

Thank you!

sale7697 · ‎05-29-2022

I have tried FB Marketplace and haven't had a lot of luck. I haven't found one person to take the entire lot, but I have a lot of antiques and collectibles and believe that eBay would be best.

Thanks!

lepke1979 · ‎05-29-2022

I've heard of people hiring virtual assistants to do it with mixed results. Realistically though, if you aren't experienced listing. Training someone to do that for you probably won't work out too well.

Other option is contracting someone locally to do it. Maybe a dollar a listing or whatever sounds fair.

Either way. Make sure they're just doing drafts and you're the one that actually lists it so you can check things over first.

lepke1979 · ‎05-29-2022

@sale7697 wrote:
I have tried FB Marketplace and haven't had a lot of luck. I haven't found one person to take the entire lot, but I have a lot of antiques and collectibles and believe that eBay would be best.
Thanks!

If you're ok just getting rid of it. Can always just put everything in a lot and sell it as local pickup. May get someone to take it all in one shot

onefootflipper · ‎05-29-2022

Labor cost in your area combined with how skilled of a person you are going to need might make it prohibitive. Chris from Daily Refinement had a by the books system in place that was basically all clothes and still had to pay $25 an hour to find good help. You would need an even more skilled person than the people he uses who was local to one of the most expensive areas in America to live.

I would start reaching out to ebay youtubers and see if one of them wants to come buy you out.

lepke1979 · ‎05-29-2022

@onefootflipper wrote:
Chris from Daily Refinement had a by the books system in place that was basically all clothes and still had to pay $25 an hour to find good help. You would need an even more skilled person than the people he uses who was local to one of the most expensive areas in America to live

Yeah. Forgot about that. And that is with basically listing same or similar stuff all day.

Different stuff could make it more complicated. So pricier.