Selling Your Property.Strategies
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The determination of how successful you are in selling your personal property will be based on:
- Exposure - can your buyers find it, and did you have it for sale long enough for them to discover it.
- Price - how competitive you have it priced.
Selling strategies
Successful sellers don't offer rare items locally where national or international buyers can't find them. Example: If it's a rare painting, sell it nationally like on ebay. If it's furniture, sell it locally like on Facebook Marketplace.
Offering your item for sale at a competitive price compared to others in the same condition gets your stuff sold fast. You don't have to offer your item at thee lowest price if your photos and presentation are better than other listings. Unique and rare items take up to 12 months to sell. Check to see how successful your sales campaign is by occasionally searching for your item to see how competitively priced it is, it's presentation & desirability when compared to other listings.
Offering your item for sale at a competitive price compared to others in the same condition gets your stuff sold fast. You don't have to offer your item at thee lowest price if your photos and presentation are better than other listings. Unique and rare items take up to 12 months to sell. Check to see how successful your sales campaign is by occasionally searching for your item to see how competitively priced it is, it's presentation & desirability when compared to other listings.
ebay
1. Offer your item for sale as a buy-it-now (not auction). This will take a lot of headache and stress out of selling. Requiring immediate payment will keep non paying buyers from wasting your time.
2. Ship by weight and size. Don't put vague shipping costs in your listing because it will drive away sales. Just enter the packed weight, size and shipping company. Now each buyer will see the correct personalized shipping cost! I DO NOT recommend "eBay ShipCover Insurance", USPS insurance and standard carrier insurance is much better. The carrier you ship with will likely pay out claims 10 x faster and won't have 200 exceptions for what they do not cover.
3. Supplies that you need include a good 50 lb shipping scale, about $30.00 on eBay or Amazon. Every place I shop is throwing away nice boxes and I re-use all the better boxes of stuff sent to me. Also USPS.com offers free boxes too, but avoid flat rate boxes unless you're shipping bricks! The high shipping charge on those will drive away buyers and cut into your profits.
2. Ship by weight and size. Don't put vague shipping costs in your listing because it will drive away sales. Just enter the packed weight, size and shipping company. Now each buyer will see the correct personalized shipping cost! I DO NOT recommend "eBay ShipCover Insurance", USPS insurance and standard carrier insurance is much better. The carrier you ship with will likely pay out claims 10 x faster and won't have 200 exceptions for what they do not cover.
3. Supplies that you need include a good 50 lb shipping scale, about $30.00 on eBay or Amazon. Every place I shop is throwing away nice boxes and I re-use all the better boxes of stuff sent to me. Also USPS.com offers free boxes too, but avoid flat rate boxes unless you're shipping bricks! The high shipping charge on those will drive away buyers and cut into your profits.
Facebook Marketplace & Craigslist
1. If you sell a piece of furniture, take your selling photos staged in your house BEFORE you take it out to the garage. If you take photos of items like furniture in your garage or basement, the buyers will be put off and think you already discarded your item and loose interest.
2. Tips to KEEP you safe:
2. Tips to KEEP you safe:
- Don't pursue any financial options for payment except cash at time of pick up, if they insist on other payment types, it's a scam!
- Don't click on links, go to other web sites, or authenticate or prove you're an "authentic seller" for any reason, it's a scam!
- Don't break your safe boundaries when the terms change at the 11th hour to secure the sale, it's a scam!
- Meet at a "community safe place", police station or have buyers message you when they arrive, then step outside and open your garage to show items. Have a family member or friend with you.
- If anything goes south, don't be intent on discussions with scammers, just break off communication and block them.
- Craigslist has more ways to keep safe here HOW TO STAY SAFE.
