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I'll post a list of boardgames here first -- big ones are Kaos Ball and Zombicide (1st season Kickstarter, unplayed). i also have a complete set of Dreamblade that I might sell (still on the fence on that)
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If you don’t need the money right away, consider doing Amazon. Price it high and lower it by $1/week. Sometimes when you sell on eBay it’ll just be a weird week and something sells for a huge discount over the typical going rate.
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If you auction, you can expect to get anywhere from $1 to $20 for most common board games. Without shipping.
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Michael Barnes wrote: DO NOT auction. Buy it Now ONLY.
I looked for this feature the last time you suggested this, and couldn't find it. What do you have to do to only enable that?
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ufe20 wrote: Anyone have some decent tips on how to ship efficiently/cheaply? The last couple times I sold board games on eBay, I hardly made enough money to be worth the time after eBay/Paypal fees and shipping. Is that just the way it is?
Get your packages under 1 lb. with no dimension larger than 12", then you can still offer First Class shipping which is your cheapest option for packages. If you can't make that weight, try to keep your package's largest dimension at or under 12"; I believe there's a significant price jump once you exceed it.
A box that is barely big enough to hold your item is your best bet for keeping prices down. If you're shipping long box versions of board games then you'll want to learn how to cut boxes down to fit them. Boxes that fit the old-style board game boxes - without being grossly oversized in at least one of the dimensions - are few and far between so you'll end up losing out on sales if you don't tailor your box.
That's why I set my auctions at the minimum amount I'll accept; I'm not going to go through the effort of making a custom shipping box only to make $5 or so. Otherwise, there's not much you can do other than setting your price at your minimum and be prepared to relist if it doesn't sell. I've had some games I just couldn't sell but it still felt better than making a pittance.
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But if eBay is the way you want to go, I agree with those that suggest using Buy It Now with offers and avoiding auctions. I would advise against a higher price with free shipping unless the item can fit in a flat rate box. Otherwise, your listing looks far more attractive to people who live far away, which can eat into your margin quite a bit.
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"Free shipping" is a magic word...I know that when I look, I look for that first and foremost and eschew anything that has a shipping cost.
My latest eBay racket is 40k/AOS sprues and bits. I have completely bankrolled my Eldar army with salvage from other kits- so that is something like $250-$300 in plastic bits. You get a get- let's say a Leman Russ- and you build it with the battle cannon. Unless you are interested in magnetizing or modding, that leaves you with something like 3 other weapons that most folks will throw into a bits box. Or you might have a set of Plague Marines you've built all with close combat weapons, so you've got a pile of Plasma, bolters, extra heads, extra accessories and so forth. I don't mod, and I don't magnetize. So I take all of that stuff and SELL the shit out of it. I sold a big lot of Tyranid extras for something like $55- it was 25 sprues of parts that I didn't use. There are varying values for this stuff, some things are more desirable and sellable than others- the Plague Marine stuff and some Primaris stuff, I sold in like ten minutes of posting.
Here is the sweetest part. Shipping is only about $3.50 for just about anything in this racket. So I can sell a couple of sprues for $13.50 and make a cool $10 back on a $40 kit. It's like a rebate!
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I've never had any issues with buyers on TOS. Some need to be coddled more than others, but they all paid and didn't leave negative feedback, so that's good enough for me.
One more suggestion about eBay - if you can, when they have one of their $15 off $75 deals going, up your prices to $75 if they were close. Offer free shipping if you have to on those.
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