“How to sell my stuff online?” This is a question bouncing around many entrepreneurial minds every single minute of every single day.
Where do you start? Which websites give you the largest audience to sell to? Can you sell anything anywhere? Or should you break up the stuff you’re selling into categories and use multiple sites?
This article will show you how to sell your stuff online and list the 8 best websites for selling products. From crafts to electronics, selling globally and local, I’m going to show you how to finally make money off your stuff including how to cut out the middle man and sell your stuff from your very own website.
How To Sell My Stuff Online – 8 Best Websites for Selling Your Stuff
The whole point of selling on these popular websites is the amount of traffic and views they bring. People from all over the world come to these websites to buy. Of course, you’ll have to play by their rules, meaning paying fees and sharing your commissions.
On the flip side, learning how to sell your stuff online from your own website means you set the rules, you set the price, and you get 100% of the profits.
But how do you get traffic to your site? How do you get eyes on your stuff? Is it all about having to use paid ads? Or is there a way to drive free, targeted traffic to content? Watch the video below and see exactly how to do all of this and more.
Whether you’re looking to sell your own products and services, or just cleaning house to get rid of unused stuff, whether you want to sell globally or locally, from selling your photos, books, clothes, technology, and more, this list of the top 8 websites to sell your stuff online is going to get you in the profit zone.
1. Amazon
Let’s face it. It’s Jeff Bezos‘ world and we’re all just living in it. During February 2020, Amazon had over 2.01 billion combined desktop and mobile visits. This means you can sell just about anything on Amazon and the entire world is watching. It’s almost hard to believe that they started with such a small niche idea like books.
If you’re looking to sell your stuff on Amazon, you’ll pay 99 cents per item with the standard individual selling plan, plus an additional referral fee.
The referral fee can range anywhere from 8% – 20%, and is a percentage of the item’s total sale price, including shipping. Some items like books, movies and video games, have an additional $1.80 fee attached to them as well.
Are you planning on selling items in mass quantities? The professional selling plan may be a good fit for you. You’ll pay $39.99/month and will no longer have to pay the 99 cents per item.
2. eBay
eBay has over 182 million users, with 70% coming from the US. The main difference between eBay and Amazon is that eBay lets you sell AND auction your stuff with a simpler fee setup than Amazon.
With eBay, you pay a fee of 10% of the final sale price, including shipping. If you’re a power seller and you post more than 50 items for sale in a month, eBay charges you an extra 30 cents per listing over 50.
You can also customize your auctions with extras like a reserve price. Setting a reserve price means if the bids don’t reach the price you set, the sale doesn’t go through. This is a good strategy to use if you want to avoid an expensive item selling for very little.
Adding a reserve price comes with a fee of $5 or 7.5% of the reserve price, whichever is greater, and you will pay the reserve fee whether or not the item is sold. The maximum reserve price fee is $250.
3. Craigslist
If you want to sell locally, Craigslist is perfect for that. Established in 1999, Craigslist is one of the top 20 websites in the US, generating over $1 billion in revenue, serving 700 cities in 70 countries.
The main difference between Craigslist and sites like Amazon and eBay is that, because your audience is local, you are responsible for meeting up in person and making the exchange.
There are no shipping charges, no fees, just a simple face to face sale. If you’re looking to sell something like a car, for example, there will be a $5 fee for your post.
4. Facebook Marketplace
You can also sell locally with Facebook Marketplace, but you’re not limited to local sales. Like Amazon and eBay, you can ship off your products and make sales that way.
You get paid 15 – 20 days after you mark your item as shipped and enter a tracking number. The selling fee of 5% ($0.40 minimum) is deducted from the payout.
5. Poshmark
If you’re looking to sell clothing, Poshmark could be very useful to you. It’s a social marketplace for fashion. If you ever wished you could shop someone else’s closet who has a great sense of style, now you can.
The fees are very simple and straightforward. For all sales under $15, Poshmark takes a flat commission of $2.95. You as the seller keep the rest. For sales of $15 or more, you keep 80% of your sale and Poshmark’s commission is 20%. Once your sale has been delivered and received by your buyer, the earnings from your sale are yours.
6. Ruby Lane
Looking for ways to sell anything vintage? Add Ruby Lane to your list. You can sell jewelry, art, games, crafts, and pretty much anything else vintage. There’s no setup fee, and no listing fee.
As a seller your maintenance fee for up to 50 items is $54/month. For items 51-150, add 30 cents per item. For items 151-1000, add 20 cents per item. For items 1000 and on, add 1 cent per item. There is also a 6.7% service fee based on the purchase total, not including tax.
7. Etsy
With over 30 million users, Etsy is no pushover. They’re mainly known for selling arts, crafts, and collectibles, but don’t limit yourself with this online marketplace. You can sell just about anything. In fact it’s a solid option if you’re looking to sell your photos online as well.
Listing your item costs 20 cents, plus a 5% fee based on the price of the item, not including shipping. There’s also an Etsy Payments option you can use for an additional 3% plus 25 cents.
8. Wealthy Affiliate
This happens to be my favorite way of selling because it cuts out the middle man completely. There’s no sea of similar products side by side next to your stuff anymore. The entire marketplace is just your stuff! Finally, you’re in control!
Wealthy Affiliate isn’t a marketplace at all, it’s an online training platform that trains you how to sell products on your very own website through affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing is all about connecting people with the products and services they’re looking for online. And it works whether you have your own stuff to sell, or if you want to earn commissions by promoting other people’s products.
The key to selling online is getting your content seen and that’s exactly what Wealthy Affiliate teaches. You’ll learn how to build a website and how to drive targeted traffic to it that is ready to buy. Create your free starter account and test drive the training to see if it’s for you!
Final Thoughts
In this technological age we live in, nothing should hold you back from being able to sell your stuff online. Whether it’s memorabilia, clothing, electronics, arts, crafts, selling your photography, or selling your own services, there are several great websites you can join and become a global seller.
Different sites have different fees, but they’re very fair and minimal. Why not take full advantage and create some revenue for yourself? Have something you want to sell locally? There’s websites for that too.
And if you want to cut out the middle man, definitely check out my top recommendation for anyone looking to sell literally anything online from their very own website. The training is thorough, and I’ve had nothing but positive experiences with it.
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Overall the post is very informative and thanks for sharing the great information here. It is great if you could give more information about each online selling platform on how it actually operates to sell a product.
I’m planning to operate an online platform to sell products but which platform would be easier to operate?
All you do with each of these is create your listing and you’re done. There’s no real operations involved. Once sold, you’d ship your item the same way for each of these. The key here is using the right platform for the right audience. Selling vintage items could be done on amazon or eBay, but using a platform that specializes in vintage collectibles like Ruby Lane might bring you more revenue and buyers. That’s what this post is really all about. Thanks for the comment!
Great post! Thank you very much!
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Thank you for saving me the time from searching many different platforms out there. I appreciate the brief intro of the company and also the fees to prepare for when we choose them. The exact two things people I’m looking for! Now to get started sorting through my stuff!
Awesome post! Thanks again!
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Awesome and thank you for the information. I love your review and summary of the top eight. I feel like it would be a good idea to use these in combination to get our items to the best possible audience. Do you agree? I’ve been looking to clean house for a long time and this is exactly what I needed.
Absolutely! Use different sites for different stuff. Find which ones work the best for you. Thanks for the comment!
Your article was very timely, My wife has a collection of over 1000 Ty Beanie Bears she collected over a period of 20 years in the last century At about $7 a bear that was quite an expense.
She is ready to sell most of her collection and we wondered if eBay was the best place to do that. You have given us more outlets to consider. Which one would you recommend?
Thanks.
Edwin
That would be up to your personal preference. But with so many to sell I would definitely place a few listings in several of these websites and see where you get the most traction. I think you have several options here where you could get buyers for those bears. Best of luck!
Thank you Eric, I never even knew Facebook had a selling page. When did they open up this marketplace? Maybe I’ve been living under a rock I guess. Once more thanks for this post. Having a post like this where all the fees are in one place is great for me. Thank you!
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In the past, I have looked into Amazon to sell books but the % they take from your own work is truly mind-blowing. In my opinion, at least with books, selling from your own website is not only preferable but also safer for your business since you’re the one completely in control. Thank for this!
Thanks for sharing your experience. I need to look into just how much of a percentage they take from books. Sounds like it was a shocker to you. Thanks for the comment!
Thanks for breaking down the different sites. It makes it a lot easier when deciding which site will work best for which products.
Very glad this worked for you! Thanks for the comment!
Thanks for the info, great one stop shop review and summary of the top eight. I am really interested in cutting out the middle man! Thanks for the tip! Great post!
Very glad to help! Best of luck to you! Thanks for the comment!