part of my buisness learning ? Serriously - it's kind of hard to run a business when you are only allowed $100 every 21 days.
I have items that will cost me $65-75 to ship. paypal says it's protecting the customers - **bleep**.
they are tied to ebay - how's this, if so worried, once the customer gives feedback, proving hey have the item etc, replease my money...MY money.
Reason I started this - I have been helping someone else do this for quite some time. I know exactly how to do this. It's not rocket science and unlike many, I understand the value of keeping customers happy. For the last couple of months, I pretty much ran the biz of person I was working for because he had health problems, I didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
I was the one purchasing the items for re-sale, I was the one responsible for checking everything out to make sure it worked. I didn't just plus stuff in or list it as parts non working because I didn't know how to use it, I'd get the manuals and figure it out - I spent an enormous amount of time learning about things I didn't have a clue as to what they were when it was purchased, but it's more valuable if it's known working then as parts /non working because I didn't want to take the time to learn about it. It's also better to learn it than to sell it, it doesn't work as it's supposed to so then have to pay for shipping back - plus it would make for unhappy customers. I started helping this guy out over a year ago when his health started to fail, rean it all by myself for last couple of months and I was proud I kept his 100% feedback rating. In the last 60 days, we sold $14,570 something - and I did have 2 items retruned - my 1st ever damaged in shipping and one buyers remorse. They still gave me glowing feedback because our philosophy is simple - treat everyone the same way we'd like to be treated - even if they aren't honest. The 100% feedback was worth it.
the guy I was workinbg for encouraged me to as he's planning on shutting things down, enjoy last part of his life on a beach.
I know all about this. What I didn't know was Paypal can keep all of my money under the pretense of protecting the customer, even themselves. Bull. They are tied in to ebay, even if they weren't, if you are going to do something like this, tie it to the feedback system - the moment the customer leaves feedback - give me MY money.
That is not ideal because as I'm sure you're aware, not all leave feedback, but I bet if u tied me getting my money to it, I'd get tem to leave feedback thru incentives , discounts, makes no difference how, the point is, once they leave feedback, who is paypal protecting ?
They are protecting all of the interest they are getting - using my money to get.
I didn't read the fine print - ebay was **bleep** me too - only allowing $1k a month to be sold, have to "prove" youself. We (I) sold over $14k in 2 months, that was more tnan normal, I worked extra hard since I was left in charge, but on an easy month I bet I'll be doing 6k, 7k......but I could work aroiund the 1k - get my 100% ratiungs, show ebay I was serious, for real...
but it is impossible to do it if I can only get 100 every 21 days.
i asked tem to raise the limits - said no, I haven't sold enuff -
I can't sell any more, I'm not tying up all of my money.
My cash flow issues is paypal.
I know all about cash flow , I know how to do this. I've done this probably better than you have - do u have a 100% feedback rating ? We did, he still does. I'm not pointing him out but he did things the right way - that 100% feedback was invaluable. The feedback they wouyld leave was invaluable - otrhers read it and do not think twice about buying from you because they know they will be taken care of.
It's in the simple things - shipping for instance. Are you one of those who looks at shipping as more profit ? I do not like those people. We never looked at shipping as a means for profit - if something was more than a couple of dollars more over, we would reimburse the over charge.
Simple, thr right thing to do and is priceless as far as feedback goes. Most aren't used to that. They send you $40 for shipping and get back $13-$14 , u get good feedback - others read that feedback.
But I'm not here to convince u I know how to run a biz.
I can't run a biz with paypal.
I am now going to hqve to set up an authorize.net account and take credit cards. It will take me longer to get the cash but once I get rolling, I will just have a seperate account to keep working capital - and you can bet I will never tke paypal once I do that, even if I lose a little business.
$100 every 21 days - that is the most asinine thing i have ever heard.
I could go back to where I was and he'd let me work thru him, keep separate books but I shouldn't have to do that.
I am sitting on a trailer full of stuff i bought to get started and I can't list it, have been putting it on craigslist and this isn't stuff that sells on craigslist.
I should be selling hundreds a day most days when i 1st put up new stuff I am selling, but I can't. I couldn't afford to ship what i sold using paypal.
using credit cards thru authroize will be tuff to start because I will be paying for shipping out of my own pocket at 1st as I think it takes like a week to get that money - but u do get it because it's YOUR money. Not paypal's
How many people only get 100 every 21 days ?
How much do they have sitting in accounts that's not their money, earning interest ?
Tie it to feedback, do something, it's not their money
part of business learning - that is so ridiculous.
Please, show me ANY biz plan where u only get $100 every 21 days -
So if I sell anything else now, shipping is out of my pocket,
that's not any biz plan I'm awaqre of except paypal
