Is there a way to sell things and not leave your house?

[CountAllVotes]

Is there a way to sell things without having to leave your house?

I could do it via ebay.com if I have to.

I want to sell a bunch of items I have around here that are worth a few bucks and I could use the money, mostly books, CDs, and the like.

How do I do this during this pandemic we are in without having to go out?

Any ideas at all?

Thank you for your help.

CountAllVotes

[fierywoman]

1. Do you have Nextdoor where you live?

It's online, a neighborhood kind of thing. At the bottom of the page of notices (and at the side columns) there are things for free or for sale and you can get people to come to your house to pick them up.

[Desert grandma]

2. Try posting on Nextdoor.

I often see items for sale by my neighbors on that site.

[Jacoby365]

3. You can have an online business without leaving your house.

You can order free boxes and padded mailers from usps.com and have them delivered to your house. If you sell on ebay or other venues online, you can print shipping labels at a discount and schedule a free package pickup by your mail carrier. All of this without leaving your house.

[CountAllVotes]

4. Yes, that is what I have in mind

How do I proceed?

Thanks.

[Cicada]

5. I sold $2000 of my books and cds one winter on ebay

I live 300 feet from my post office in my little town so I had to go there.

I think there are many companies which will ship what you buy from them to anyone you want. You create a web site and take orders for say $20 then pay the drop shipper $15. They send it to your customer.

[Grasswire2]

6. amazon also has a sellers program

How would you mail stuff?

Have you ever done this before?

[CountAllVotes]

12. Yes but it was years ago

There was no pandemic and I did not have to worry abt. going to a post office.

[Grasswire2]

13. abebooks.com is also a site for booksellers. nt

[Grasswire2]

7. Facebook also has buy and sell local pages. nt

[OregonBlue]

11. I use Facebook only for Marketplace. I've sold several big items like gas stoves, etc.

on Marketplace at good prices. I also buy from them. Recycling is good and the prices are good too. Just arrange no-contact pick up. I meet them at the door, make sure they have a mask. If they want the item they give me the money and take it away. Some sellers just leave the item on the porch and I leave the money in an envelope inside the door. I always spritz the cash with my sanitizer. Works well.

[Grasswire2]

8. what kind of books do you have?

There are ways to find out the likely value of an item. Check eBay for a similar one in the Auction Completed section, to see what it sold for (or didn't sell)

abebooks.com is a good place to check value of books.

[CountAllVotes]

14. Some are quite valuable

Signed by the author - three are signed by Ken Kesey and also a rare Mark Twain book abt. cats.

Also an odd one called "The Ishams in England and America", etc.

And some very old S.F. directories, a few pre-quake 1906.

and a few others as well.

[CountAllVotes]

15. Good info.!

I buy quite a few books from abebooks. I see they want $150 up front to sell w/them.

[torius]

9. UPS picks stuff up

If you sell books on Powells you put the book info and if they want the books, they let you print a shipping label for free. I forget what shipping service they use.

[CountAllVotes]

16. Thank you for that info.

I appreciate it. Thank you.

[safeinOhio]

10. I do well selling items on Craigslist .

MarketPlace on Facebook works well too. You might be able to find an eBay seller that will sell for you for a fee. There are also local consignment auction, both live and online. Yard sales and garage sales too.
Price sells. Put top dollar on an item and you may not sell it for a long time.