Good morning everyone.
Well I left eBay in February due to all these contentious new policy changes. Oh and I was banned 3 times from this Forum to boot. But that's in the past.
I have cautiously decided to dip my toe back into the seller's market here with my vinyl records. Having tried eBid, Vinted, Discogs and Facebook Marketplace with limited success the overriding problems are:
1. None of the above have the customer outreach of eBay
2. eBid is easy with low charges, no BPF, and you pick your own postage. You get paid straight away unlike eBay and Vinted. But it's main sales are postage stamps and cards. I've sold one item in 5 months. Pleasant site, but not specialist enough for vinyl.
3. Both Discogs and to a lesser extent Vinted are a very hard to set up an account. Don't go near Discogs, after 5 weeks it was impossible to list or set up an account. Vinted is easier, but I had multi problems trying to list. Not specialist enough however, with low outreach, unless you sell clothing.
4. Facebook Marketplace is free, but collection or personal delivery only. Dodgy, but I did sell a couple of household items locally.
So I've put a couple of items on here to see what happens. I still don't like BPF or Simple Delivery, and scanning these forums neither to a lot of users, both private and business. And there is no doubt that eBay has lost many private sellers because of it. I still fail to see why you need BPF with the returns policy and tracking anyway. And you should be paid before you release your item. i.e. If I bought an item in a shop and they said I need to wait 2-14 days to take it home, well exactly. Simple Delivery seems,anything but simple. 10% commission, 3% commission windows and pick your own postage was, in my opinion, far better.
But I'm prepared to give it another go here, at least in the short term. In a couple of weeks I'll update. failing this, it's my own website.
Trust you find the information of use.
