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Hi all. Wanted to share my experience so far with FB selling (shipping). On marketplace, not a store or anything yet though.
Anyway-quick background- So newbie to the forums, been listening for years….love love love listening and being apart of this community. PT seller (SAHM/WAHM)… for over 5 years as a business, longer casually. (Used to manage a Sbux for almost 10 years…so also loving your latest path J/R).I had barely done much selling on Fb for years, mostly using it like craigslist, for quick movement of bulky things, or lots of kids clothes I didn’t feel like selling on eBay. Then, about 2 months ago, I saw an option to upgrade my listing to being able to ship it, and I clicked it. And I eventually sold some puzzles. I printed out my own label for that, shipped, and got paid, no complaints… easy peasy. I then sold some kids clothes similarly. I then wanted to test it out- so I looked for something I’d want to buy. Saw a used lego set to buy. Had problems contacting the seller with a question (I looked for a link EVERYWHERE, and I didn’t find one, so I went through with it anyway, bought the set, and finally saw a spot to ask question to FB (not seller) after checkout. I asked if the pieces were all there. Got auto reply from FB, nothing from seller. Seller BTW appears to be a store, larger store called Kidizen. Never heard a peep from them. Legos came, we built them and didn’t have a problem…. but I kinda wish we did have a problem, just to see how FB or the seller would handle it… so no info to share on problem-solving abilities. But the lack of communication in the beginning leads me to think it won’t be good. Selling on FB was soooo easy. I don’t have a store, and don’t know anything about the new stuff coming out with all that. But currently- it is like in-between ebay and yardsale/craiglist… the tech was intuitive and I had no problems. I shipped some kids clothes very quickly, printed a label (through the current free shipping promo). So far I have only done used stuff I don’t perceive to have too much value if I have any problems with FB or buyers… that is how I am starting off with it. I figure ebay is worth the extra fees to have that 3rd party protection especially.
I took some screenshots of the process… walking through how it is to ship from FB, using my phone. If anyone finds that helpful I can share… just don’t know if and how to include photos here. Lol.Not sure if that is helpful… sharing just in case.
From a small potatoes p-timer ($5469-90day-Gross-kinda-eBayer) (80-130 active at a time).
-Natalie
