Why I Switched to Blujay.com: Don't Pay eBay Fees When You Can List for Free

Over the past mont I made close to 800 dollars in sales on Ebay. It felt good. Of course factor shipping on the items I've sold and that knocks off fifty bucks or so. Still groovey, $750 for very little work. Last week I topped all my past sales when I sold a hundred comics for over $400. As a graduate student I'm hungry for cash, and it was time to cash in my choldhood investments. No time for Peter Parker these days. When I made the sale I was psyched, Ebay was my new superhero!

But later I checked out my fees for the month. Over a hundred bucks! if you figure in other fees, I have shoveled over two hundred dollars into Ebay's pockets in three months, close to an 1/8 of my total take. When you figure in shipping and handling costs, selling on Ebay does not make much sense unless you are a professional making high volume sales. The day of the little seller making nice money is over. More and more you see listings on Ebay bemoaning the increased cost of business. One seller I bought from recently could not afford to use Paypal as payment method anymore due to the second fee it represents.

That is why I switching sides. I'll still buy from Ebay, but running an online business there is self defeating for a small timer like me. I am a Blujay.com member now. They charge no fees to list your items or even open an online store. List as many items as you want, no fee! Four pictures per item, which would run you 45 cents on Ebay, free on Blujay.com.

I am not going to come out and say that you will make sales as fast as you will on Ebay. Blujay.com is relatively new, but it is growing. The small community means less buyers, but it also means less items com competition from other sellers. Your item will get plenty of hits!