Net margin on sold cards
Willymac
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Hi folks - I would love to see some info from folks that sell a lot around net margins after selling fees shipping costs supplies etc on various platforms at $5 $10 $20 $50 $100 type sales prices
I know there are some awesome sellers here and would love to get any learnings/advice on how to go about focusing on pricing/packaging etc to sell and effectiveness of various price ranges
Thanks!!
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My buyers pay shipping fees, so I don't have to factor that in. And I consider mailers/tape/labels marginal extra costs, so I don't worry about those.
I want my stuff to sell - I'm not looking for absolute top dollar, so I price things around what they've sold for recently (per PSA and Ebay). I have a few cards that just don't come up for sale often. Those I make my best-guess estimate or a price I'd be happy parting with it for. Often in those cases, I put them up as OBO in case people want to get close to asking.
And then Ebay fees are what they are. I can't change them, so I just live with them.
-Reuse packing materials, save any bubble wrap, packing peanuts, thin foam padding, boxes, good condition cardboard to cut up for sandwiching cards, etc, etc.
-Reuse top loaders you get from buying other cards
-Buy bubble mailers in bulk, ie 500+. Works out to be less than 20 cents a mailer that way.
-Add a handling fee on ebay.
-Buy packing tape from a dollar store
What price selling below which do folks find it just not worth selling ? $10??
If the buyer is paying a shipping price that covers at least all your costs, AND if you are bored enough to spend time packing, the floor is the limit!
IMO, you first have to put a value on your time. When I first started, I thought flipping a bunch of cards for $10 each would be a good start. A lot of volume = more of my time, and I quickly found out that $10 profits was not worth it.
This is all great!!!
What are the best listing tools folks have used to list a lot of stuff in a decently timely fashion?