Most first sales come from things you already have at home. This guide is for private sellers: how to photograph an item, price it, post it and stay safe while you do it.
1. Take clear photos
Use daylight near a window and a plain background, and clean the item first.
Show the whole item, then close-ups of labels, sizes, model numbers and any marks or damage.
Take the photos yourself. Buyers trust what they can see, and a claim is judged against the listing as it was.
2. Write an honest listing
Put what a buyer would type into search in the title: the brand, what it is, the size or model and the colour. In the description, say what condition it is in and what is wrong with it, if anything. An honest listing sells sooner, and it is what the Quidbo Guarantee is judged against.
3. Price it to sell
Search for the same item and see what similar ones are priced at, then pitch yours fairly against them.
Price a little below the closest matches for a quick sale, and lower it after a week or two if it has not sold.
Count the fees and postage when you set the price, so you know what you will keep.
4. What you pay
Your first single item sells with no fees at all, for you or your buyer. After that, private sellers pay no Quidbo selling fee, just the 1.5% + 20p card processing fee, and there are no listing fees for now. Your buyer pays a small Quidbo Guarantee fee, half what eBay charges buyers for its buyer protection, in the categories where eBay charges one. Our fees are worked out from eBay UK's published fees with each part halved, and the table shows them with the date we checked them. See every fee.
eBay UK's published fees beside Quidbo's
Fee
eBay UK
Quidbo
Selling fee, clothes, shoes and accessories (business sellers)
11.9%
5.95%
Selling fee, books, comics and magazines (business sellers)