Musings on selling stuff

[uftaki]

I'm mostly just rambling off the top of my head, here... but any input/suggestions would be helpful. ^_^; I have a bunch of stuff I'd like to sell -- manga, doujinshi, a few toys, and the like -- but I'm not sure where to sell it. c.c

I was considering EBay, going through a friend of mine, as I don't have an Ebay seller's account. It might be too complicated to work out, though. But it's still a possibility.

There's also the option of just selling the stuff here, off my journal. Perhaps make a few posts to a forum or two, directing them back here. I still won't 'reach' as many people as I would if I did sell on Ebay. ^^; People might/would be more willing to trust an Ebay sale, too, rather than some random person's journal. :/

Perhaps if I do eventually go through with the Ebay sales, whatever I don't sell there, I can throw up here. ^^; Or, conversely, list stuff I plan on selling here, first... to give my friends "first dibs" on anything they'd really want. XD

..... and semi-OT, I have a TON of duplicate trading cards I need to get rid of. @_x; Mostly random hockey cards, but a couple anime trading cards, too. I eventually hope to get a webpage built, on all the cards I have, what I'm looking for, and what extras I'm willing to sell/trade. Anyone out there also collect trading cards? ^_^;

Comments

[middletails.livejournal.com]

Well I've posted stuff on my journal to sell and made some sales and people who were 'maybe's' in terms of buying stuff. I'd like to say that I can trust my friends, so I give them first dibs.

Anything you don't sell through your personal journal goes to ebay. ^^

[brokenbrawler.livejournal.com]

Yeah, letting friends pick through it first is cool... especially if it's something they'd like. I didn't do that with my recent rash of stuff on eBay because I didn't think anyone here would like it.
I'd be interested in some doujinshi, toys, etc. Setting up your own account isn't very hard. I'd recommend it.

Ahoy MT, I haven't forgotten about you or those tasty figures you're holding for me. Is it possible for you to send me a sort of invoice through Paypal? Now that I'm getting things settled with my post-marital name change stuff, I should be all set to make the payment come Monday or Tuesday. I should probably email you... yeah.

[mommimus-prime.livejournal.com]

Since you don't have a seller's account have you checked into the businesses that sell your stuff on ebay for you? Of course, they take a piece of the action but you don't have to do anything but provide the stuff you want to sell.

[uftaki.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who has an account, and she's said I could possibly sell some of my stuff, through her account. ^^; With commission, of course. ^_~ But I think that'd be better than dealing with any of those Ebay businesses I really don't know anything about. o_o;

[katsuyakaiba.livejournal.com]

What doujinshi?

[tirya56.livejournal.com]

From what I've seen of Ebay (since recently I've become an Ebay nut) it shouldn't be that hard to sell something on your own. Why not set up your own account?

But I do agree that maybe selling things through the journal may be the quickest and easiest way to go. That way, you can control who buys something if they're not really someone you trust.

[uftaki.livejournal.com]

To sell on Ebay, you need a credit card. I don't have a credit card, nor do I want to get a credit card. That "limits" me in some respects, yes, but that's my choice. ^^;

I think the sale-through-journal first is a good idea. I'm gonna go with that. ^_^; Now just to organize stuffs. c.c;