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How To Find Sold Items On eBay

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A lot of new collectors are coming into the card collecting and investing hobby without knowing a lot. A major part of investing in a card is to research about it well before buying. And by research, we mean, the current market price and the recent selling price of the card that you’re willing to buy on any website, preferably eBay sold search. This will give you a realistic idea about the price of your card. The previous step will also help you to see the sold listings if you want to list a card that you own on eBay.

But, it’s somewhat surprising to see that a majority of beginners don’t know how to search for sold listings on eBay, which hinders their way to an efficient investment. Ebaysold.com is a website where sold listings can be easily found in the fastest way. With eBay sold, you can search your desired card’s current selling price along with the recent prices by which it was sold. With this website, you don’t even need to worry about filtering free returns, deals and savings, sold listings etc. It honestly is the easiest way for a newbie to get started on his listing.

In this article, we’re going to show you how you can easily search for sold listings on eBay through ebaysold.com.

How To Search For Sold Listings On Ebaysold

At first you have to type ebaysold.com on the address bar of your search engine.

Then you will be directed to the ebaysold website. Here, you’ll find another address bar. Type in whatever card you need to know the sold listings of.

Here, we typed for the 1986 Michael Jordan fleer rookie card. Instantly, all the related results regarding the sold MJ fleer rookie cards came into view. Along with wax packs, which has the possibility of having the fleer rookie card, the MJ card with there grades and grade condition has been shown with their price listings. The date at which they were sold can also be seen at the bottom of each sold listing.

If you want to know about the prices of that card on sale, you can simply press on the “for sale” button at the lower left of the address bar, next to sold. Usually, the default setting is set for sold listing. But, you can easily switch to the “for sale” listings with just one click. This helps you to know what your desired card is being sold for on eBay. Also, this helps you to make your own listings. It’s that simple!

Tips

  • If your search results are limited, try to broaden your search by omitting a couple of words.

Here, we omitted the year and specification of the rookie card. As a result, the search results are a lot more than before.

  • If your search results aren’t less, try to be as specific with your search as possible. Your desired card’s sold listings will be in front of you if you type the exact name and year of the card. With eBay sold, search your desired card’s sold listings easily and efficiently.

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Want To Be A Full-Time EBay Seller?

You may want to quit your job and work as a full-time eBay seller. But, are you prepared for that? Well, you don’t need to worry about that because we did the math already. So, before you quit your job, ask yourself these three questions.

Can You Constantly Source Your Inventory?

You have to search through all your neighboring thrift stores along with purchasing from craiglist, closeouts, facebook groups etc. If you think you can source enough product for your eBay store every week or day, you might consider taking it as a full time business. For a lot of people who want to be a full-time eBay seller, it is almost impossible to source that many products in the given time. Then again, there needs to kept a lot of time aside for listing alone. So, ask yourself, is your way of acquiring product reliable? Can you buy loads of products? Are there other people who can thrift for you?

Do You Have Enough Time To List Your Products To Be A Full-Time EBay Seller?

You have to figure out how much profit you want from your products. Then you have to do your listings in order to achieve that. suppose, your goal is to earn $1oo a day as profit. Then, you could make your average sale price $38 having your average item purchase $8. After that, your average profit per sale after costs, fees, etc. will be $24. So, you’ll have $100 profit and $92 to reinvest if you sell 8 items daily. Again, if you sell 10 products daily, you’ll have a $100 profit and $140 to reinvest. Most stores have a sell-through rate of 1-2%. Therefore, to get a profit of $100 dollars daily, you have to make 10 sales per day and source and list 15-20 items per day. If you are new to this experience of becoming a full-time eBay seller, you’ll find the work a whole lot more than the money you’re getting paid for it.

What If EBay Suspends You Tomorrow?

You can get your eBay store suspended for multiple reasons. Like, for selling fake products (unknowingly or knowingly), copyright infringement, etc. If you get suspended for a long time and your working as a full-time eBay seller, how will you make your ends meet? Experts say, you have to save up at least 6 months of expenses before quitting your job. Did you save it? What would you do if you’re permanently banned from eBay? Can you get your old job back?

You’ll find tons of stories on the internet of well-of sellers waking up and finding their eBay store indefinitely suspended. So, what we learnt from here is, you have to save up. Also, you need to have other marketplaces where you sell your products like, Amazon, Facebook groups, bonanza, etc. You can’t just rely on eBay.

Now, we explained everything to you. So, what do you think? Is being a full-time eBay seller for you? Can you make it work? A lot of people did. So, can you.

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Selling on eBay in 2021: Over 100k Monthly Sales!

In 2017, a show called Girlboss aired on Netflix. The show followed the story of a young lost, and broke girl who made a small fortune by selling stuff on eBay. The show was based on a best-selling book by the same name, penned by Sophia Amoruso. Amoruso is a multimillionaire businesswoman and founder of NastyGal, who started her journey from eBay. Girlboss depicts Sophia’s process of starting her business on eBay through an entertaining montage, but we are here for the details. To start a business on the site, you need to know how the site works. This article is a step-by-step guide (with a few extra hints and suggestions thrown in) on selling products on eBay in 2021. And earn over 100k in Monthly Sales!

A beginner’s guide to selling products on eBay-

Setting up and getting started on eBay takes all of 15 minutes- if it a side hustle for you, that is. If selling products on eBay is something you are doing full-time or intend to do full-time, you must take a few extra steps that we have mentioned later in this article.

1. Figuring out what you are going to sell

While eBay has an excellent market for vintage items, you need to understand all of your old or used items, such as an old printer or a broken AC, don’t qualify as “vintage”.

Here is a shortlist of the best selling items on eBay-

  • fashion products
  • craft items
  • collectibles (Pokemon cards, basketball cards, action figures, etc.)
  • antiques
  • accessories
  • branded electronics

Now just because the items mentioned in this list are bestsellers doesn’t mean they sell well all the time. Specific brands and types of clothes sell better before the holidays than they do in the summer. Of course, if you are selling products like Pokemon Cards, there is an entire online community to help you decide which one would be worth selling and which isn’t.

You can also use the Explore tool offered by eBay to browse the bestsellers on the site. Google Trends can help you determine what people have been searching for that week.

We are writing this article under the impression that you want to sell products on eBay as a full-time job or something akin to it and are just starting. If this is not the case and you want to start at an absolute beginner stage, skip numbers 2 and 3.

2. Setting up a PayPal

PayPal is a simple and straightforward way of money exchange. Primarily if you’re based in America. As a beginner, you can manage your monetary transactions through eBay’s “managed payments” system. But we still recommend that you set up a PayPal account.

Setting up a PayPal account will take you all of 10 minutes. Just go on to the website and register for an account. Many eBay buyers refuse to use anything but PayPal, so not having a PayPal account can negatively impact your business.

3. Choosing your eBay store

To reiterate, if you’re selling stuff on eBay as a hobby and not as a full-time business, feel free to skip this step.

As a beginner, you can make do without an eBay store. However, your lists will be limited to just 50 items a month, and you won’t have access to any of the promotional tools offered by eBay.

eBay offers three tiers of packages for sellers on the site-

Starter Pack: $7.95/month. This pack allows you to list 100 items a month, charging 30 cents per listing beyond that. The Start Pack is perfect for beginners.

Basic Pack: $27.95/month. This pack is best suited for those who are serious about starting and expanding through eBay. You can list up to 250 fixed-price items per month, and beyond that, you’ll be charged extra 25 cents per listing. The final value fee goes between 4% and 9.15% on most items. With the Basic Package, you can keep greater shares of your profits.

Premium Pack: $74.95/month. If selling products on eBay is your full-time job, this pack is for you. However, as an absolute beginner, you don’t need it right away and can always upgrade to it later. The Premium tier offers 1,000 fixed-price listings per month. Beyond that, you’ll have to pay a mere 10 to 15 cents per item. As with the Basic tier, final value fees range between 4% and 9.15% on most items, up to a maximum of $350 per sale.

With each package, you have the option to pay upfront for an annual membership at a discount.

4. Start selling!

Once you have settled on which product to sell, it’s time to set up your eBay Account. Here is how you do it-

Step 1: Log on to the eBay website.

Step 2: If you are new to eBay, you will have to sign up for an account. Click the Sign In button as indicated below.

Step 3: Fill out the necessary details (username and password) to set up your account, and then click Create account.

Step 4: You will be redirected to the eBay homepage afterward. Click on the Sell button on top of the page, as indicated below by the arrow.

Step 5: You’ll probably have to fill in your contact details, after which you will be taken to the eBay Sell page.

Step 6: Here, you can start listing your products to sell. When listing your products, you place a starting price point with a small description. You can find more details on how to list products on eBay below.

How to list your product?

1. Choose the category under which your product falls. For example- Jacket

2. Then, you have to select a title for your product. Make sure the title is clear and understandable. For instance- Zaara Jacket.

3. Select UPC. UPC or Universal Product Code is something customers often use when looking for specific items. Listing this can be very helpful for them.

4. You must mention the condition of the product you are using. Is it used? Is it brand new, straight out of the packaging? You must make the distinction.

Now you have to add photos of your product.

5. Taking nice photos

Click on the plus sign indicated below to start adding pictures.

Staging photos is very, very important. I cannot emphasize this enough. In this day and age of Social Media, the perfect picture can sell almost anything.

When you take pictures of the products are you are selling, make sure there is adequate lighting, and your products are artfully arranged. This especially applies if you are selling fashion products.

Here is a helpful video tutorial on how to stage photos for Etsy-

Your photos need to be exciting enough to attract customers but clear enough to understand the nuances of the product they are purchasing.

6. Writing a clear product description.

You will be required to put in a lot of details about the product you are listing. Besides getting the photos right, the product description is another critical feature that plays a vital role in selling your product.

You get a lot of characters (about 10,000 of them) to fill out the product description. But while your description needs to be, well, descriptive, don’t veer off-topic. For example- If you are selling a set of barely used Copic markers, make sure to include details such as-

  • How many colors are in the pack
  • How long have you used them?
  • How old is it
  • What can you do with them (paint, draw, sketch, mention details)

7. Picking a sale format

After you have added photos of your product and added all the other relevant details, you will come across a section labeled “Selling Details”.

On eBay, you have two options of selling your products: fixed-price or auction.

Depending on your product, you can opt for either the fixed-price option or the auction option.

Auctions enable multiple users to bid on an item within a set time, ranging from three to 10 days. For example- If you are selling collectibles such as Pokemon Cards go for the auction option. People are willing to pay a good amount for Pokemon Cards. There are several websites that can help you determine the minimum bidding price.

With fixed-price items, the buyer is aware of precisely what they are expected to pay, and you know what you’ll get in return. However, you can list your fixed-price item for only 30 days at max.

Selling at a fixed price is the prime way to go when you know your item’s market value. For example- If you are selling a relatively new Copic Marker set, go for the fixed-price option. Copic markers are readily available in the market, so no one would be willing to bid on them or buy them at a higher price.

8. Setting your prices

People won’t buy products that have a higher asking price than their market values. And while they would love buying undervalued products, you’d be unable to turn over a decent profit. So the price must be just right.

Instead of hoping to make a significant profit from an item, aim to make a considerable amount from multiple items. Don’t just set a price based on guesswork. Do proper research to ensure that the price you have set for your product is on par with the market. Consider factors such as quality and condition of product, warranty, and guarantee when setting the price.

For example- in Pokemon cards, you can visit sites like PSACards and look at their pricing guides.

Note- you cannot cancel an auction once it has been completed, so make sure the final bidding price is right for you.

With these eight simple steps, you can successfully sell goods on eBay and make a large living out of it. In case you are a visual learner, here is a small video summing up everything explained thus far.

How to maximize your profits as a beginner seller on eBay?

There are specific extra steps and little hacks you can implement to ensure that your business of selling goods on eBay is a hit as a beginner.

Set realistic goals

Step one- set a goal. Step two- set realistic goals. One of the biggest reasons for failure in most business ventures is because people aim too high, and instead of taking little steps to get there, they leap, and they fall.

To start of set small, realistic goals that will both help you progress and feel accomplished. Especially if selling products on eBay is your full-time job.

Find consistently good sources of inventory.

If you want to turn over a long-term profit through eBay, the quality of the products you’re selling can never slip. If you’re selling products that consumers can find at any local store, people won’t bother buying them from you (unless you sell them for significantly less).

Behind the success of NastyGal were Amoruso’s keen eye and knowledge of fashion. She walked into local thrift stores and knew what would sell and what wouldn’t. You need to gain such understanding about the products you intend to sell. As a beginner, you don’t have to focus on finding a consistent source for quality products immediately, but if you have expansion plans, then you must keep this in the back of your mind.

Become, like, really good at listing

eBay lists are what gets products sold on the site. If your product remains unlisted or isn’t listed correctly, it will not sell. However, while you don’t have to list every day, try listing often and consistently (maybe once a week.)

Ship immediately

A lot of people can relate to those memes of staring at the door waiting for your package to arrive as soon as you order.

In these times, the sooner the customer receives their product, the happier they are. And we all know a satisfied customer means more business.

Process a customer’s order the moment they pay. Also, depending on your product’s fragility, you must take certain precautions to ensure the product reaches the customer unscathed. Some hacks on safe shipping include-

  • Use double layer bubble wrap for fragile items
  • Get poly mailers for soft and clothing items.
  • Order custom boxes or ask a local business if they’d be willing to donate some to you

Spend some time researching the different companies and methods involved in shipping. Settle on a company that has a nice balance between their shipping methods and their prices.

Learn from your mistakes and grow

While the customer isn’t always right, you, as a business owner, must always put them first.

Your seller rating goes a long way in establishing your eBay business. Your customers can rate on the following criteria-

  • Communication: Was the seller prompt, clear, and polite?
  • Item description: Was the item accurately described?
  • Shipping and handling charges: Was the shipping cost reasonable?

Excellent ratings mean that at some point, you will end up on eBay’s Top Rated Seller list, which will show your customers that you are trustworthy and endorsed by eBay.

Be gracious when handling returns made by your customers. If your return policy is unconditional, then you must honor it. If you do have specific stipulations or a “no return” policy, try negotiating with your customer. If the customer can send the product back in sellable condition and is willing to pay for the shipping, you might want to rethink the “no return” policy.

Grow and adapt to the changing times and changing technologies. As a beginner, you can start small, sure, but you need to adjust to the continually changing circumstances if you want to grow.

Why is eBay an excellent place to start your business?

eBay is very novice-friendly. You can sell products on eBay as a side hustle, or you can turn it into your full-time job and build a business from there.

Benefits of the eBay business model for beginners-

  • Little start-up capital is needed. You can start a business on eBay by selling what you already own or getting things as a gift.
  • You don’t need a degree or any experience to start a business on eBay.
  • You can start making profits quickly.
  • A lot of space and potential for growth and expansion

How to expand your eBay business to make substantial monthly profits?

Expanding your eBay business to earn huge profits every month isn’t something you can do in a day. It’s an ongoing process, where you start out with next to nothing, and it grows into something highly profitable.

Your listings need to be attractive, but they also need to be practical. People should look at your products and think, “Ok, this looks good!” instead of having doubts similar to “Is this authentic?”. Building rapport takes time. Therefore, always listen to your customers. Put them first and conduct proper market research to figure out what it is that they want. Once you understand their needs, wants, and demands, you can work to fulfill them.

Conclusion

In 2020, the pandemic forced us all to retreat to our houses, and all our means of communication were through a screen. This caused a lot of tech-abhorring people to adapt and become tech-savvy. A more significant number of people are willing to make purchases online through platforms like eBay. So, now would be a great time to start a business on eBay that will eventually give you large returns!

With persistence, you can make substantial monthly profits by selling on eBay. Just follow the step-by-step guide provided in this article, and implement some of the few extra tips and tricks mentioned, and with time your small business on eBay can become a booming one.

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How to find Sold Items on eBay?

How to find sold items on eBay and how sold listing on eBay word are among the questions answered in this article with a detailed step by step process to help guide you.

What is eBay?

eBay.com is an e-commerce platform or a virtual marketplace and auction site where buyers and sellers can congregate and buy and sell products. You can browse various categories, including Clothing & Accessories, Antiques, Jewelry & Watches, etc. Each product available for sale usually has details such as pictures, description, and a minimum asking price.

All auctions held on eBay have a minimum starting bid, and once you place an offer on an item, you engage in a contractual agreement to buy it if you win the auction.

Top 4 features of eBay

How exactly does eBay work, and what are some of the things you can do on the website?

1. You can bid on a product

Bidding is an effective way of saving money and making sure no one else can buy a product you have set your eyes on. However, once you enter a bid and incidentally win it, you are contractually obligated to purchase the product. And if you are smart and play your cards right, you can end up buying products for much lower prices than retail. But, if you are looking to buy something vintage or a collector’s item of some sort, be prepared to lose some money because auctions for such products can sometimes really get out of hand.

2. You can haggle

Depending on the item, you may be able to persuade their owners to sell them to you for lower prices than their current asking ones. Present a “Best Offer” for an item, naming what price you are prepared to pay for it. Coincidentally, if the seller is desperate enough to make a sale, they may accept your offer or make a counter-offer that you can accept.

3. Take advantage of the fixed pricing if you are in a hurry or don’t want to haggle

If you don’t feel like bidding for an item on eBay or trying to talk the seller into lowering the price, many items have the option to Buy It Now at a fixed price. No elaborate process of contacting the seller or any form of haggling. Like any other mainstream e-commerce site, you can add your product to your cart, pay for it, and have it delivered to you.

4. You can sell products too

Want to get rid of stuff lying around the house? But you don’t want to throw things away since it’s still in relatively good condition? Just put them up on eBay and watch people battle it out to buy your product. Now when you do put up a product to sell, you need to enter a minimum price. Make sure to perform proper research to be able to determine an apt price. You can use sold items or sold listings to do so. More on this later in the article.

However, the process of finding a particular product to buy or understanding what would be a fair price for you to sell your product can be slightly finicky. This article aims to provide you with a guide on how to navigate completed listings.

What is eBay sold listings?

Before that, what exactly are eBay sold listings? These are listings of products that have run their course and it has ended in either a sale or has remained unsold. These listings hold valuable information, especially if you are looking to sell something. Through these lists, you can get a general idea of how popular a category or a particular product is. From this, you can decide your products’ pricing and predict how quickly it can be sold.

Surprisingly enough, many beginners on eBay don’t know how to search the completed listings. You can search through way sold listings through the website. Or, you can use another smart option- a website known as ebaysold.com. Step by step instructions for both the options is provided later in this article.

How to search sold items on eBay using a desktop

The process of finding sold listings on your desktop is the easiest. Here is the step-by-step process

1. Boot up your desktop, then go onto the ebay.com website.

2. Log into your account

Once you have logged in, you will be redirected to the eBay homepage. It should look something like this-

3. In the search bar, type in the product description/ category/ name you are looking to sell. Try being as specific as possible. We will be using “leather jackets” as an example.

Once you are done typing, click on Search or press enter.

4. Once the search results load, click on the small ‘Advanced’ button beside the blue Search button (circled in red below).

You will be redirected to the page below.

5. Under the Search Including title, you get three options- Title and description, Completed listings, and Sold listings. Check the Sold Listings box.

6. Click on the blue Search button.

You will get the Sold Listing of Leather Jackets on the site.

How to search sold items on eBay on the android app

The process of finding sold listings on the android app is just as easy, if not easy. Just heed the following steps properly.

1. Install the eBay app from The Play Store.

2. Open up the app, log into your account, and enter the product you are looking for in the search bar. For example, “leather jacket.”

3. Once the search result page loads, press on the blue Filter option as marked below.

4. Scroll down on the options that show up on your screen and press Show More. You will now have access to a few more options that weren’t there previously.

5. Turn the Sold Items option on.

6. Hit Done.

7. The page will refresh and give you Sold Listings for Leather Jackets.

How to search sold items on eBay on the ios app

1. Install the eBay app from The App Store.

2. Open up the app, log into your account, and enter the product you are looking for in the search bar. For example, “leather jacket.”

3. Once the search result page loads, press on the blue Filter option as marked above (circled in red).

4. Turn on sold items and completed items.

5. Hit done.

6. You will now get the Sold Listings for leather jackets.

How to use ebaysold.com to find sold listings for eBay?

The sold listings available on eBay itself can be quite confusing and challenging to navigate, which is why you have ebaysold.com. Finding eBay sold listings through this website is a simple 3-step process.

1. Go to the website.

2. Enter your product description/ name/ category into the search bar and press Enter or click on the little magnifying glass.

3. Voila, you have the sold listings loaded for you.

How to use ebaysold.com on mobile devices

As ebaysold.com does not have an app, the process of using the site on both android and iOS phones is pretty much the same

1. Log on to the website through your browser.

2. Enter the product’s name into the search bar and press enter. The sold items list will load in a few seconds.

Some more tips and tricks

  1. As mentioned earlier in the article, try being as specific as possible when searching for a product. If your search results are still too broad, add filters to the results till you finally find what you are looking for. There are many filtering options.
    However, if the opposite happens and you were too specific about your search and yielded no results, try removing a few words from your search description to broaden your field.
  2. If you want to save the information from the sold and completed listings for future reference, then-
    Click on the result that best suits what you are looking for, click see the original listing, and beside the sold price, you’ll see an option that says ‘add to list’ – click the dropdown, and you’ll be given the option to create a list which you can attribute back to later. You can even assign custom names to your saved lists. To access your lists, go to My eBay, Watch List and click the dropdown option next to the Watch List to select your particular list.
  3. If you find the exact item you’re selling and have been able to gather relevant information and list your item now, click on ‘Sell one like this’ – this will open a new draft and prefill specific fields for you, making the process easier for you and saving you some time.

That covers about everything you need to know about how to find sold items on eBay and how sold listings work. You’re now ready to venture out on your own and perform your research by searching sold listings and selling your products on eBay.