Advice On Selling

For single coins the least I will sell them are $2.50 (assumming thats what the coin is worth). For Coins that aren't that valueable (such as commons) i'll batch them up so that I can set a starting price at or above $2.50. So for example I got tons of BU 60-69 pennys (with each worth 1.00 or below) so I make a batch of 10 coins and sell it for $5.99 + shipping. This helps me make more money on the coin because of less paypal fees as well as eats up less of my 50 free postings. Also if they dont sell I dont care to much because I can just relist them and lose no money because there was no insertion fee. Personally once my 50 free ones are done I dont list anymore for that month. Also ebay will also do a 1-2 free listing days every month (on average) so take advantage of that and post as much as you can :). Hope that helps.

--James

If you aren't in a rush to sell but you are contemplating it...I always search for the exact items that I am selling and watch as many as I can for a week or two to see what they sell for and then take an average. There is no way to find what items have sold for in the past. If a silver maple goes for average $39 on ebay then you know that you are in a ball park of what people will pay. If you are in a hurry to sell that coin I would set up aution with starting bid at $29 and hope for the best. If you aren't in a rush but would like to make a profit above that then set up a buy it now for say...$44 or so. AND.... If you are really patient and greedy...then set it up as $60 with best offer option to give you a bit of control on what your final sale price would be. To send one silver maple would cost (In Canada) Standard shipping around $1.50 for postage plus envelope. Most people want to see that you ship in a padded envelope...so your final shipping would reflect what it cost for postage and the envelope at the very least. It's your call...but like some others have already mentioned...people like free shipping. Post pics of your coins here and these great people will help you figure out what a fair price you should receive for them as well. I have no local coin shops around me or within 60km of me...so all my selling and buying are done with ebay almost exclusivley.....just My thouhgts. CHEERS!

Also when I'm shipping flat items (such as coins in 2x2's) i'll ship them in a normal envelope. I'll just wrap the coins in cardboard (I use pepsi max 12 pack cardboard) and I can get 8 coins (2x4) per stack. I can probably do about 3 stacks (I could probably do 4) of 8 (24 total) coins per envelope. This cuts down on the cost of the shipping and will work just as well as a padded envelope.

--James

ebay completed listings.
A bunch sold for $22 in the last couple months
The highest sold for $240 ICCS MS66

1883 Morgan dollar - Philadelphia Mint

Probably around $25-$32

Why Petersun? I have had 0 issues with it using the above steps

Thanks for the tips. I will turn into a photographer par excellence with your advice. By the way, until now, all the advice has been on using ebay as a place to sell coins. There is also Delcampe, Does anyone have any advice about this or any other auction site that works well?

Seb, I just perused your site. Interesting. So in what country is your site based?