How Do Ebay Sellers Make Money On $1 Coins?

As a ebay seller sometimes, these coins may be used for generating traffic to their ebay stores actually. A few others use $1 auctions instead where they generally wont get up to normal pricing as when listed as a buy it now fixed price, but once in a long while can have a bid war on something. I used to use the item scroller to show other items I have in the descriptions of every listing for cross sale opportunities so people may also buy other things while they are at the sellers 'store' and combine shipping.

Yes you would have to check the lowest rates for ebay envelope plus the ebay seller fees for that category (and any discount for being top rated seller etc). I think it was like 63 cents for 1 oz so perhaps they make a tiny profit as well for the item. https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/s...lope?id=5308 Alternatively some coin shops may be somehow advertising direct (a card with a website) included with the item perhaps. You would have to buy one of those items to see.

I've bought items from several dealers (not the $1 ones) who included a card with their web site on it. Prices there were much less for the same items there that they also had listed on ebay.
But you can't make money selling $1 items on ebay, or anywhere else. Too much time for too little return.

I have definitely bundled because I could combine shipping, and even planned the purchase spree to optimize that. I just bought some silver coins, and then a dozen proof nickels at $1 each (plus .50 shipping per coin, which I think was just gravy). That definitely makes sense to me.

I could buy the argument about sellers just basically building a client book for their website, or even just padding their positive sales numbers.

There is a question in my mind about who buys an ordinary circulated 1949 nickel or junky 1942 Wheat cent for $1 plus some shared shipping. Because I have a jar of 1940-1959 nickels from CRH, and liquidating those at a modest profit would fund more CRH expeditions. I suppose a few nicer (and higher margin) coins could be acquired as well, to sweeten the mix.

I sell on ebay and have on occasion sold coins and banknotes very cheaply with 'free' postage.

I'm counting on people buying multiple coins and banknotes. It's basically a waste of time shipping a $3 sale, but I'm counting on people buying multiple lots. I also use old Australian stamps from the 1970s and 80s. Whole sheets of them can sometimes be purchased at estate auctions for half price or less. Feels a bit wrong destroying mint condition 40 year old stamp sheets just to save on postage, but few people collect stamps these days and no one wants them even at face value.

I have moved up a little and now my minimum coin or banknote sale is $5 with postage included. I'm happy to spend a bit of spare time packaging up a few letters per day, but certainly wouldn't want to do it as a full time job.