Coin Pricing On Ebay And Taxes

No. I said in that post that if I offer the coin with free shipping, I would need to add the shipping cost. For me, that is $0.65 (including fees).

If delivery costs you $1, and you are rolling this into the price of the item, and your fees are 20%, then you must add $1.20 to break even including your delivery cost.

... and you begin to see why buying and re-selling the same low value item on ebay is a questionable proposition: it is unlikely you can sell at $2.95 (or much more if you actually want to earn something!) the item for which you paid $1.10.

@Oldfordman

I had that happen a few times, and now in all my listings I include...

Shipping Options:
- Free postage for standard domestic
- $4.50 for registered post (includes signature + tracking)
We recommended you choose registered shipping for your purchase as we do not take responsibility for untracked products lost by Australia Post in transit.

For any coins valued over $50 I ONLY offer postage that includes tracking.

@drownin Thank you for your help, but I will use the ready-made calculator offered by Singer.


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Sometimes I manage to find good coins on the domestic market that I can resell with a good profit, but more often I just buy coins that in my opinion seem attractive to me and that I myself would like to put in the collection, but alas they turn out to be too cheap and I get almost no profit with it. I don't know yet which category I should delve into in order to have at least a modest income for the purchase of new coins in my collection.

As the saying goes, it takes money to make money.

"Modest" is a very broad word. From a western perspective, your best bet is anything Imperial, in my opinion. Coinage up to 1917/8, especially gold (silver, too), I'd imagine could offer you a very good return, especially if graded/certified.

Low-value coins, as many have said, have very low margins for resellers, so the hassle may not be worth the time and few cents made.

Sadly, Russia and China have a reputation as reliable sources for fakes and forgeries, so you might need the third-party grading or a great ebay reputation to overcome that.