Re-use, re-new, re-coup your spend

My speciality is utilising what you own, mixing and matching to get more wear out of your items and showing you how to shop and dress for your body shape.

After a Wardrobe Wakeup and a Well Groomed Wardrobe experience, sometimes we are left with items that are just not right for the client. No accessory, alteration, embellishment or layering will make the item work. So what to do with things such as this? Why not re-coup some of the value and sell the item on?

I don't know about you, but whenever I try and sell bits on eBay, it takes me ages to photograph, list, package and go to the post office.  So much effort for little reward (mostly because I don't have the time to dedicate to it, thus not getting the best price).  Things hang around in the spare room for ages as it takes me so long to get round to listing it all.

So I am really pleased to offer a fantastic service to my clients through the brilliant Pink Spaghetti.

Pink Spaghetti, will list the item detailing all the specifics to get the best selling price (including measurements), they will photograph it from its best angles (they have even got a mannequin which helps display the item). They will then package it up and post it on to the lucky new owner.  Added to this if you have any items to sell, I will take them to Pink Spaghetti free of charge (usually £5 collection fee).

All they take for this brilliant service is a percentage of the selling price and out of this comes all the selling fees, PayPal and packaging and postage fees. Not only that they will keep you up to date with the progress of your sales and deal with any questions and queries .

• Selling price up to £19.99   50%
• Selling price from £20 - £100   35%
• Selling Price from £100 - £199   25%
• Selling price from £200   please ask for quote

To maximise the prices you get for your sales Pink Spaghetti have provided the following tips:

·         If able, list for 10 days and finish the listing early evening on a Sunday.  This maximises the time people will be able to bid on the item and Sunday evening is the most popular time for people to be buying on Ebay.

·         Compose the perfect title to ensure people see your item and making the item title searchable. When buyers search, eBay only automatically searches for words in the item's title, not the rest of the description, so every word counts. The maximum number of words/characters allowed in a title is 55. So include details like the brand, size and if new. 

·         Use the Ebay short names to describe the condition of the your items to maximise the amount you can include in the description e.g. BN is Brand New and BNIB Brand in Box.

·         Take a good picture to maximise the item.  When selling an item for a customer we always use more than one picture to show off any item at its best e.g. details on cuffs, a toy from a different angle. 

·         Think about seasonality.  Summer items will not sell in December and vice versa.  It is worth keeping hold of something and selling at the right time.

·         To protect yourself in case something goes wrong,  always get proof of postage.   

·         Finally don’t automatically use Ebay to sell everything.  We have found a number of specialist sites which are better for selling particular items.  Do your research first and look around at the place to get your best price.

Have you ever found a bargain on ebay? What's been your most successful ebay sale?

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