If you auctioned off items for someone, and did everything including the pictures, listing, transaction, and shipping, what would you charge on the profit made (amount made after the ebay fees and shipping)...

If it were an inexpensive item it would be a different flat fee than a really big, heavy, pricey one though

Wanna post mine for me??? I'm SO not good with words and I think that is why my stuff never sells. I'm serious :)

Also, would you use that persons acct? Or your own? Seems to make sense to use the sellers acct. instead of yours right?

I would totally charge a flat fee PLUS commission of 10% of sale. Figure how much time you spend on an average listing, multiply by what you think your time is worth (realistically, now!) for the flat fee. If they wanted extra bells and whistles, charge accordingly.

Originally posted by lilma98
Wanna post mine for me??? I'm SO not good with words and I think that is why my stuff never sells. I'm serious :)

Also, would you use that persons acct? Or your own? Seems to make sense to use the sellers acct. instead of yours right?

I am sooo totally sick of ebaying! lol I used my account for this bunch that I just did, since I was shipping and everything.
If you want me to post yours for you I probably could, you'd just need to send me the photos and I guess I'd need your username and password. *shrug* I'd charge I guess $5 per auction just for the listing, or 6 for $20. :)

Originally posted by annb
I am sooo totally sick of ebaying! lol I used my account for this bunch that I just did, since I was shipping and everything.
If you want me to post yours for you I probably could, you'd just need to send me the photos and I guess I'd need your username and password. *shrug* I'd charge I guess $5 per auction just for the listing, or 6 for $20. :)

I can see using your own acct. if you are the one shipping. If you have the items, it makes sense.

Most the items I have, I don't even want $5 for, so that wouldn't be very good on my end, kwim?

Would the $5 include your labor and then the ebay fees? As I do have some items that I want to get like $15-$25 for.

I'm selling some pricey items for an acquaintance, using my acct (they don't have one, don't use computers) and taking 40%

If I were selling stuff that is less pricey, I'd probably charge a flat fee based either on number of auctions or on the amount of stuff. Ie: if they had a number of things they wanted sold individually, I'd make the fee per auction, if they had a bunch of stuff they just wanted sold however I could, and left it to my discretion how to do it (individually, in lots, etc) I'd charge one fee for all the stuff, not per auction. Does that make sense?

Shelly