Advice for temporary online shop sales?
October 20, 2020 6:13 AM Subscribe
I've got 30 small items I want to sell but don't want to use my ebay account, or start an Etsy one. Does anyone have a recommendations for an alternative website where I can easily list and sell these items? I probably won't use the site again after this so I don't want to get into a commitment with an online store. Would Shopify be good for this?
Thanks in advance.
Is there a reason you can't just create a new Ebay account and then discard it? Ebay explicitly allows that.
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 7:00 AM on October 20, 2020
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 7:00 AM on October 20, 2020
If you set up a shopify store, you're going to have to somehow get people to it. It's not like eBay or Etsy where buyers are going to randomly stumble across your stuff via browse or search. Unless you already have buyers lined up who you can just give the link to, I think you really want to be on one of the sites with an existing customer base. At least Facebook Marketplace if for some reason you can't or won't use eBay or Etsy.
posted by primethyme at 8:01 AM on October 20, 2020
posted by primethyme at 8:01 AM on October 20, 2020
If they'd sell locally, I'd use Facebook Marketplace or OfferUp.
posted by hydra77 at 8:17 AM on October 20, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by hydra77 at 8:17 AM on October 20, 2020 [2 favorites]
Craigslist works great
posted by aniola at 8:41 AM on October 20, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by aniola at 8:41 AM on October 20, 2020 [1 favorite]
I think Facebook marketplace would be a good place to unload 30 items.
posted by quince at 9:54 AM on October 20, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by quince at 9:54 AM on October 20, 2020 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Thanks for all the replies. Some details to clarify: These are 30 small pieces of art, I'm announcing them and people will be ready to buy then as soon as they're available. So Im not fishing for an audience, I just need a place to accept the orders and payments. Craiglsist wouldn't work, most people aren't local. I didn't know Ebay specifically allowed a one time set up account, maybe Ill do that.
posted by Liquidwolf at 10:07 AM on October 20, 2020
posted by Liquidwolf at 10:07 AM on October 20, 2020
Some of the comic artists I follow use Big Cartel for selling originals and prints. That might be a way to go.
posted by fiercekitten at 5:33 PM on October 20, 2020
posted by fiercekitten at 5:33 PM on October 20, 2020
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