Selling expensive items

[paul_atredies]

I want to sell something for about $2000 but I don't want to get dinged for a $200 user fee.

Is there any way around it? Ebay isn't useful to me if not.

[reallynicestamps]

How much do you want to put in your pocket?

Take that amount.

Add your listing costs, selling and shipping FVFs, packaging costs,and insurance costs. Add your labour and overhead costs.

(The buyer pays the actual shipping costs, so you don't need to include that.)

Now you know what your 'about $2000' should really be.

If your costs are $250, list at $2250 to pocket $2000.

Is $250 a reasonable cost to show your item to 181million buyers for 30 days? (Fixed Price listing with Immediate Payment Required enabled.)

Kijiji (and Craigslist) are free, but local and therefore have a more limited audience.

Amazon has a larger audience, but takes much longer to release payment to sellers.

Actually, you won't get fast payment from eBay either, since you have apparently never sold here in the dozen years you have been a member. As a new seller, your customer's cleared payment will be held for 21 days against your customer service. Be sure to ship promptly and with tracking and Signature Confirmation of delivery, to make that part of the transaction as smooth and painless as possible.