Income from Bidorbuy

[Quixotic]

Anyone tried to generate income from Bidorbuy? Make it into a business as a steady secondary earner. Any hints and tips?

 

[Noseworthy]

Interested in this

 

[Dark Agent]

Anyone tried to generate income from Bidorbuy? Make it into a business as a steady secondary earner. Any hints and tips?

It quite a good business. I did it before, I bought from china a 1/10th container with basic stuff.
Mark up was 120% and the returns was R5000-R10000pm. The work and support is the reason I stop, having a 60 hour work job + traveling + a lot of side projects was no time.

 

[Dark Agent]

Big Sellers for me
OBD2 device, cost was R55 per unit, Mark up R150.
Smart Watches cost was R90 per unit. Mark up R200.
Tablets(Now its a waste) R350 cost. Mark up R700.
Dvr, cameras, etc Markup 100%

Shipping I used to charge:
R50 - Local(Now R80 and R10 additional)
R80 - Major(Now R100 and R10 additional)
R100 - Outlaying(Now R150 and R10 additional)
R200 - Farms etc.(Now R250 and R10 additional)

I used to get average 3 orders a day, I used to get lot complains of late delivery in the end. Now my sister took over and earning R5000+pm with 1 hour effort a day.

Hints and tips:
Stay away from electronics just as tablets, pc and anything a user can abuse 24/7.
Don't use post office, its a nightmare.
Verified Seller and Promotional listing gets you the fastest sales.
Auctions on Wednesday and weekends are the best to promote your store. You will average out on a monthly bases.
If auction goods, mark selling price 50% more.
DON'T USE CREDIT CARD, USE ONLY BOB EFT, BOB Bucks and Cash.
DON'T ALLOW COLLECTION.
ALWAYS LIST THE PRODUCT IN FULL AND ONLY OFFER 6 MONTHS WARRANTY MAX!

 

[Quixotic]

Big Sellers for me
OBD2 device, cost was R55 per unit, Mark up R150.
Smart Watches cost was R90 per unit. Mark up R200.
Tablets(Now its a waste) R350 cost. Mark up R700.
Dvr, cameras, etc Markup 100%

Shipping I used to charge:
R50 - Local(Now R80 and R10 additional)
R80 - Major(Now R100 and R10 additional)
R100 - Outlaying(Now R150 and R10 additional)
R200 - Farms etc.(Now R250 and R10 additional)

I used to get average 3 orders a day, I used to get lot complains of late delivery in the end. Now my sister took over and earning R5000+pm with 1 hour effort a day.

Hints and tips:
Stay away from electronics just as tablets, pc and anything a user can abuse 24/7.
Don't use post office, its a nightmare.
Verified Seller and Promotional listing gets you the fastest sales.
Auctions on Wednesday and weekends are the best to promote your store. You will average out on a monthly bases.
If auction goods, mark selling price 50% more.
DON'T USE CREDIT CARD, USE ONLY BOB EFT, BOB Bucks and Cash.
DON'T ALLOW COLLECTION.
ALWAYS LIST THE PRODUCT IN FULL AND ONLY OFFER 6 MONTHS WARRANTY MAX!

Thanks for this detail!

 

[Enzo Matrix]

+rep

 

[Papsak]

Have probably sold around 1500+items in 5 or so years - have just under 800 reviews anyway. 80% was sent using SAPO - only only had one issue - and I had incorrectly sent the wrong tracking number to the client - so really my fault. Don't expect stuff to just fly out. You will actually be surprised at how slowly some things sell even clearing below cost. I have always accepted credit cards - never had an issue, but might be due to what I have been selling. On the whole, a pretty good selling platform.

 

[D.B.Cooper]

Big Sellers for me
OBD2 device, cost was R55 per unit, Mark up R150.
Smart Watches cost was R90 per unit. Mark up R200.
Tablets(Now its a waste) R350 cost. Mark up R700.
Dvr, cameras, etc Markup 100%

Shipping I used to charge:
R50 - Local(Now R80 and R10 additional)
R80 - Major(Now R100 and R10 additional)
R100 - Outlaying(Now R150 and R10 additional)
R200 - Farms etc.(Now R250 and R10 additional)

I used to get average 3 orders a day, I used to get lot complains of late delivery in the end. Now my sister took over and earning R5000+pm with 1 hour effort a day.

Hints and tips:
Stay away from electronics just as tablets, pc and anything a user can abuse 24/7.
Don't use post office, its a nightmare.
Verified Seller and Promotional listing gets you the fastest sales.
Auctions on Wednesday and weekends are the best to promote your store. You will average out on a monthly bases.
If auction goods, mark selling price 50% more.
DON'T USE CREDIT CARD, USE ONLY BOB EFT, BOB Bucks and Cash.
DON'T ALLOW COLLECTION.
ALWAYS LIST THE PRODUCT IN FULL AND ONLY OFFER 6 MONTHS WARRANTY MAX!

Which courier did you use?

 

[Dark Agent]

Which courier did you use?

Fastway and Courierguy. Never had issues.
Fastway requires a upfront investment to greatly reduce cost.

 

[Dark Agent]

Have probably sold around 1500+items in 5 or so years - have just under 800 reviews anyway. 80% was sent using SAPO - only only had one issue - and I had incorrectly sent the wrong tracking number to the client - so really my fault. Don't expect stuff to just fly out. You will actually be surprised at how slowly some things sell even clearing below cost. I have always accepted credit cards - never had an issue, but might be due to what I have been selling. On the whole, a pretty good selling platform.

Every second parcel was open/stolen contents, I think it just the branch rather then SAPO. I heard lot switch to postnet to postnet. Most SAPO parcels I put parents address and all arrived untouched. But you cannot pick customer branch and most customers was in Johannesburg. I live in Johanneburg.

 

[Adrianax]

I use only two couriers - The Courier Guy and Internet Express. Have been using them the past 4 years and sent in excess of 7,000 packages / letters through them. I had not had a single one went missing, stolen, opened or robbed. I have replaced the post office with them in even doing all my normal mail delivery too.