I've not used Amazon Marketplace to sell much at all, I just remember getting a letter from Jamaica to confirm my details, and it was a bit of hassle to get used to. eBay has annoyed me so much with its swindles, both for fees, PayPal fees, scammers and downright idiotic attitudes to getting rid of counterfeit goods and people selling information.
Anyway, PlayTrade have a free trial on, list ten items for sale, and have the listing fees for them refunded in January. Anything after that you have to pay for.
The fees work out to be 10% of the price it sells for, plus 50p (the 50p is negated if you sign up to be a TopTrader, which costs ?19.99 a month). If I wasn't going travelling soon, then the TopTrader Thing would probably be beneficial for me, as it stands, I shan't bother with that part. 10% seems high, but when eBay charges you to list an item, to put a picture on (gallery), to have a Buy It Now price, and then when it's finished, and again via PayPal fees, it works out to be more than 10% more often than not.
So, I've given Play a go.. and wow, it's so simple setting it up, did it in a minute. Then listing items? Piece of pish, just search for the product that they sell, click it, type in the price, quantity and condition... and you're done. It's amazingly easy to list products, maybe I'm just used to the complicated nature of eBay, but this is so much better.
The downside is they have a charge for withdrawing money to your bank account (5%), but no charge if you spend your balance on Play.com. Best thing about it is that you can't get scammed, it's all going through Play.com. I'm rather happy about that, I finally feel protected - as over the years I've been scammed via bank transfer and PayPal.
Anyways, I recommend it - since signing up last night and putting up about 50 items, I've already sold 10, and got the money in my PlayTrade account, ready to spend on Play.com if I do so wish. Why don't eBay have something more unified like this? I guess it'd be a lot of work to change the system, but it feels nicer on Play, the items already have descriptions, the layout is cleaner and more logical, and seems you have to be in the UK or Europe to trade. Sorted.
Anyway, PlayTrade have a free trial on, list ten items for sale, and have the listing fees for them refunded in January. Anything after that you have to pay for.
The fees work out to be 10% of the price it sells for, plus 50p (the 50p is negated if you sign up to be a TopTrader, which costs ?19.99 a month). If I wasn't going travelling soon, then the TopTrader Thing would probably be beneficial for me, as it stands, I shan't bother with that part. 10% seems high, but when eBay charges you to list an item, to put a picture on (gallery), to have a Buy It Now price, and then when it's finished, and again via PayPal fees, it works out to be more than 10% more often than not.
So, I've given Play a go.. and wow, it's so simple setting it up, did it in a minute. Then listing items? Piece of pish, just search for the product that they sell, click it, type in the price, quantity and condition... and you're done. It's amazingly easy to list products, maybe I'm just used to the complicated nature of eBay, but this is so much better.
The downside is they have a charge for withdrawing money to your bank account (5%), but no charge if you spend your balance on Play.com. Best thing about it is that you can't get scammed, it's all going through Play.com. I'm rather happy about that, I finally feel protected - as over the years I've been scammed via bank transfer and PayPal.
Anyways, I recommend it - since signing up last night and putting up about 50 items, I've already sold 10, and got the money in my PlayTrade account, ready to spend on Play.com if I do so wish. Why don't eBay have something more unified like this? I guess it'd be a lot of work to change the system, but it feels nicer on Play, the items already have descriptions, the layout is cleaner and more logical, and seems you have to be in the UK or Europe to trade. Sorted.
Sure I can find a load of old crap I dont need and can sell.
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