Facebook Marketplace Will Eventually Take Over Ebay...Here's Why
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- After months of listing items for sale on both Ebay and Facebook Marketplace, I am confident that Facebook will soon take over the spot of the top online selling platform available. I'll give you guys my main reasons why and show you a quick example. If you'd like for me to dig into this topic even further in a future video, be sure to let me know. If you disagree with me and you think Ebay will hold out without any major changes, drop a comment and let's have a discussion.
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I just did some testing. Listed the same item on eBay, Facebook, Mercari! Facebook by far got the most views and it's sold first on Facebook! I'm really starting to think that Facebook is going to beat out eBay in the future and hopefully they keep their fees down! I think you should make a full video on how to list all the way up to ship items on Facebook and it will probably get a lot of views! Thanks for all your videos you do
Maybe Josh could do a showdown like you did and test out a few things.
How you can make post in all groups from facebook for all the USA? this is possible to do that???????????
I could listen to you all day! You explain everything perfectly! And you are so down to earth, no frills will your channel and it’s so interesting to watch. love watching you thrifting and then selling, we don’t have Goodwills here in Ireland, Stay Safe and Stay You, love from Ireland 💚🇮🇪🇮🇪
Thank you, Breige! That's such a cool name that I'm sure sounds lovely when pronounced correctly. Lol.
I agree. I absolutely love his videos. I have been listening and picking up tips as much as possible.
I really hope FB doesnt overtake ebay! I HATE fb with a passion lol!!!
@No Nameee well I take this back. Cant even verify my identity for a seller acct on ebay. Support is useless. Site is garbage, its like trying to use myspace
@@TheBrandonn Well go ahead and use marketplace then ;)
@@jaylast1958 what other option do i have lmaooo
Really? I signed up easy and customer support is always great and friendly.. I didn't have to verify identity?? All I did was my name adress and paypal account and I listed my first item..
@@techtastic6019 im happy for u
Holy moly you’re right about fb marketplace swallowing marketshare from eBay. I started cross listing all my men’s clothing inventory that wasn’t moving on eBay.
It’s FLYING. Thanks for the solid sales advice.
Oh I'm so HAPPY to be able to see your reaction! Thank you for filming and sharing that. I never sign my art but folks say I should. Fun fact, this is the first dog I've painted in watercolor but I really liked the way he came out. 😁 God Bless!
Thank you again!
As much as I dislike FB, your perspective from a seller standpoint puts FB Marketplace back as an option in my little world. It looks like they're more organized from when I looked into it last. Thank you Josh! I see the improvements your making with your videos and it's working nicely! LIKE!
I've found that items I buy at auctions sell better on eBay than Marketplace. Also, I get bombarded with questions/low offers from Marketplace. eBay is very limited contact with the buyer.
Before I moved to eBay I sold exclusively local on Facebook and Craigslist. For a solid 10+ years. Back when the selling on facebook was 100% done in yard sale type groups. (which I do somewhat miss, you could get insane deals back then, now not so much.)
The whole reason I moved to eBay was the sheer amount of crap you deal with on those. Sure you have morons on eBay, but it was nothing like the time wasters on the others. Anyone that has ever sold a significant amount of items there will know what I mean. I could spend hours talking about my misadventures. From someone showing up at my house unannounced at 7am cause they took "first with cash" a bit too literal (fun fact, I never used that phrase again haha), to driving almost an hour away only for the buyer to decide he's gonna turn the listing into bidding and the price went from $45 to $115.
That brings me to just because facebook has more users, doesn't automatically equate to it being the answer over eBay. People get on eBay to buy/sell. Where as facebook that isn't the only reason.
However you convinced me on another video to give shipping there a whirl. I never stopped using it for certain items so I'm well in the clear to sell. I have some things listed as experiments to see how it goes. But I tell ya the moment I start getting too many "is this still available" or dumb ass questions like "can you take half and meet me 2 hours away" for a $20 item it's done. I'd rather take a month or two to move something than ever go back to that headache, lol.
So true - a lot of timewasters on FBMP.
Yeah Craigslist is so bad in my area. I'd rather sell on ebay and pay the fees. CL you can list an item cheaper than they can get it anywhere else and it will still not be good enough. They all want $1 yard sale prices. Now I only meet local in my town, if they dont want to drive then I move on and wait for someone else. I've driven just to have people back out or no shows so I never will do it again I tend to cross list on Ebay and CL even though CL barely sells anything on there.
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FBMP is ridiculous everything is a bidding war or just straight junk. Alot of time wasters too. I try not to list anything on marketplace unless I can't sell it anywhere else or it's gigantic and I don't want to ship it. Just not worth it
You're spot on. I think anyone saying Facebook is going to beat ebay, or comparing total users on one to the other is not gifted at analytics. Sure it feels good to say it. Every thrifting forum has people every day saying it's the beginning of the end for ebay. But it never happens.
Look at you with your new intro!!! Literally changing the face of the game! Looked like it was fun to make!
Thank you!
@@HairyTornado have I missed the shoutout for the person that made that intro for you?
Never tried FB market place but I will now
Yeah, but this "unlock shipping?" thing, not sure about that..
@@PhiTonics what’s the unlock shipping? It wasn’t letting me list with shipping for awhile then it randomly started giving me the option.
I started becuase of Josh. I still make more sells on ebay. But its my second place platform to sell now.
@@picklikeapro6952 that's kinda what I mean, I don't live in a town, over 30 miles out, so.. I kind of need to do shipping, not sure how this would work out for me, guess I have to just try.
@@PhiTonics I heard him mention it later in the video lol. The weird thing is last week when it wasn’t letting me put shipping on I already had 29 feedback on Facebook. I had 31 and it randomly started offering me to turn shipping on. I hope they don’t make people get that many. If I were you I’d list some stuff and have friends and family message you on it so you can say they bought it and have them rate you 😂.
Two pairs of shoes that weren't moving sold quickly on FB marketplace. I'm slowly moving some stuff there !
@Michael Coriell Ugh... what a pain. Thanks for the info.
@Michael Coriell so ppl can just scam you
@Michael Coriell well that seems really odd. So let the scams begin. Were you able to find out why they don't have to send it back? Because that's not a return that's a stealing from the seller. Smh
Thank You Josh, Hayley & Mose ... Loving the content, We appreciate You !!
I agree, I didn’t start using up until two weeks ago and man it’s amazing. It’s crazy how much faster things sell on FB
Same here. I was thinking it'd be a waste of time at first but it's AWESOME. Things sell almost right after listing it
Thank you for posting this video. I hadn't thought about Facebook as a selling platform for my used items. I recently tried to sell a new doll that I picked up from Walmart at a great price on eBay and immediately received a suspension and then within seconds an email for permanent suspension. I tried repeatedly to request more information but they refuse to explain why. My account was in good standing so I had no idea what happened. My husband believes our VPN made it look like I was a bot or something. After receiving canned answers for every request for more information, I finally got a live person on chat who claims he will submit my request to a higher authority but so far I haven't heard a peep. I'm hoping this comment will save someone a lot of future headaches.
I sell a lot of vintage glass and collectibles on eBay and I don’t get the same response on FB when I’ve tried cross listing. Every once and awhile in my thrifting though I find something like cool shoes or a clothing item and now I think I’ll mostly be putting that sort of thing on FB. Thanks for the video!
I have a bunch of never used 70’s sewing patterns and listed 3 awhile ago and sold two of them within minutes of listing them. Its my first sale on marketplace. I have option to pick up or mail off. I’m fixing to list more patterns tonight!! 😀
i have that vornado fan, it fell down the basement stairs and broke, so i "hard wired" it to run full blast when plugged in with no switch, its amazing!
I have been wanting to try FB market place and your video inspired me too! I had a pair of ASICS running shoes listed on eBay for almost a year! I adjusted the price and updated the listing many times, no luck. I put them on FB yesterday and they sold within 3 hours for my asking price! Thank so much for the content you create! I love your channel!
I am a hugh fan from Italy, found your channel mid 2020 and I am a supporter since! Such a great person and a real reseller that shows how the resell business really is.
I think you’re right about this Josh. I cross posted something last night, this morning it had 30 views on eBay, 29 on Mercari, and 232 views on FB marketplace. I was shocked at the difference in views!
They compliment each other. Facebook for local sales and eBay for country-wide/global sales.
I sold a little tv/vcr combo and just selected the option to use my own label. Went to FedEx website and set up postage printed and sent it out that way. Added the tracking on FB and got paid when delivery was confirmed.
Mose needs a Roomba !! Love your channel and I always learn alot from your explanations!!
I made my first shipping sale on Facebook the other day! I was so happy to see I finally had the option to ship because local pick up can be so stressful! Thanks for the great information!
Yeah local pick up can be lot slower what I experienced last year when I started to sell on there in January, February and March, granted I live in thr inland empire in social so not close to big cities so that could effect my sales too. I decided to list a new item I had on ebay of a new game I was done playing with to get 90% of my money back but I keep getting lower offers since I'm new seller on ebay one guy told me he didn't want to go higher for that reason and that other sellers had sealed offering on the same price. So decided to list on Facebook and got the shipping option which I didn't realize that your gated if your a new seller until reading the comments on this video
I’ve been shipping on Facebook marketplace since the beginning of Feb. Love it. Have my whole family helping
The problem I have with FB marketplace is the pay schedule. You don't get paid until 5 days after the item has been delivered and there is no way to speed up that process. They really need to fix that. Poshmark is about as bad. It's like they are not thinking about the seller in these transactions.
That could mean many weeks with usps these days!
@@kyles2232 exactly! During holiday month it took 6 weeks to get paid for an item. Brutal.
Awesome video! Facebook marketplace is blowing up for us! 🔥
Facebook has added so many sales and with better fees, I love it. I am going to keep pounding FB Marketplace. I really think eBay is going to have to be worried about their market share in the coming years.
They should be worried considering they are 3rd in the market behind Amazon and Shopify. They are losing the amazon wanna be game badly and taking us sellers with them.
This is a wonderful video!!! So real and genuine! 👏👏👏👏
You should do a “work with me” video were you just see how much you could get clean, photographed, & listed in a certain amount of hours.
Congrats on being so close to 100K!! It’s coming!!
You should do a "how to" for Facebook Marketplace... from listing, to how to communicate with buyers and how to ship (label, what costs come out of our pockets, what packages are allowed to be used, etc).
I think it might be slightly easier than Mercari or Ebay.
I have had 3 different items on FB listed as local pickup, but everyone who wanted them are in a town 2hrs away... one actually told me to look into a way to ship.
[Items:
Canon Pixma Printer,
Motorcycle lift,
F350 step sides...
Not the smallest items of course]
Nice haul today! Lovely painting from Rachel Strickland of you, your wife and mose. Yes, Rachel you should sign your paintings!
So I wasn't having any luck on Facebook MP but after watching this I decided to list some different shoes and sold 2 out of 3 in 2 hrs. THANK YOU MISTER NADO!
I recently began posting my eBay items on FB Marketplace within the last week. I only had 15 items listed for sale on Marketplace and half of the items sold in one day. Meanwhile on eBay, I have a 110 items in my store right now and I get about a 3 sales a day. Also, I had items that were not selling in months on eBay and those items sold in HOURS on Marketplace. I also listed them on Marketplace for a higher price than eBay and buyers bought without even messaging me. I did not expect Marketplace to offer this level of sell through at all. I was pleasantly surprised and will be moving all of my items over to Marketplace this week!
do you have to register a bank account to get paid for your sale on facebook market place or can you link your facebook account to paypal to receive payment?
@@s231966 I have a bank account connected to get paid. I don't remember seeing an option to connect a Paypal account when I registered.
I beg to differ. Facebook censorship kicks off millions of users. I can still list stuff on ebay.😉✌
🤣🤣It always cracks me up, when you leave and tell Mose to pick up, he never does. Another fun video! Pick ten time!
The item that listed from the 1970s sold this morning. It has over 500 views since yesterday. Sold another item this morning also that I crossed from eBay. I will be glad to sell 2 items everyday.
Good video I used to sell fishing lures on EBAY but USPS rates now too high. In case you dont know: EBAY charges 12.9% on the TOTAL item + shipping then $.30 and then they take//steal 12.9% taxes collected. SOOOOOOOOOOOOO on a $20 sell the total FEES add up to $3.09 AKA 15.45% so if shipping 8oz its 3.88 so your NET $13.03 lost third in shipping + fees :
My theory on the item views disparity between eBay and Facebook is the motivation for being on the site.
For someone to see your item on eBay they have to consciously choose to visit the site (or open the app) and then either search or browse, then depending on what they're looking for, they may see your item.
For Facebook, someone could be just randomly scrolling through their newsfeed to kill time while they're on the toilet, when your item will randomly appear to them - they may not realise until they see it that what you're selling is exactly what they need.
Thanks Josh, yall have a great day
I LOVE shoes too. You're right about FB marketplace. Great traffic.
What agrevates me about face book is that when i list something if it doesnt sell in a week i get a notice from them and asks if it sold. Then i get a garage sale notice from 26 (or more) weeks ago. Also if i want to upgrade my listing it will only cost me $2.99. I love watching your videos. Im not as good as you are selling stuff. Have a great day
Thanks for the info on FB! I just listed my first items after watching your video and already made a sale!!! Less than 30 minutes!!
Thanks for doing this video man! Your channel has inspired me to start selling part time and your work really helps clear some SHHHHTUFF up!
Enjoyed this video a lot. I agree with you on every point you made about FBMP.
Also, not sure how new the intro and outros are, but I like the current ones a lot.
Thanks for sharing Josh.
I used to ask my kids when they lived at home to "clean up a little" when I left the house. Hope it works better with Mose than it did with my kids.
Yes I’ve been crosslisting to FB before Poshmark & Mercari these days!
I dislike Facebook Marketplace for selling. I haven't tried shipping through them yet but views are very little and the worst part is the amount of people who flake out. I'd say 65% of the people who message asking if available never respond after that and then another 20% flake out the day of meetup. I don't get why so many people inquire and then just flake out. It's irritating and a waste of time.
65%....that's excellent for fb lol
Oh shoot...wanted to tell you I love your new intro!!! Loved that you added your puppy!!
I 100% agree Facebook's slice of the pie will grow year over year, and cross posting is the future. I think one thing what would worry me is Facebook's Algorithm. I was a content creator on there for gaming content. It's algorithm is the same for everything. Just like refreshing your feed makes a post disappear forever, it would do the same thing for my Gaming Page. I am hoping the marketplace will be done different. Excited to see where you end up on the Facebook/eBay scale as time goes on!
Love the content! Sick in bed with COVID so this is helping get me through. I miss thrifting so much!
Crazy with the Asics designs.. I found a white pair with floral print and they turned out to be Men's as well.
I've sold on my personal fb page for over 10 years. Before Marketplace was a thing. I've ONLY sold local. This morning decided to change some listing and offer shipping. HOLY COW. 3 sales within a couple hours. BUT I wish I'd seen this video 1st. Sold an item used in a fall wedding that had to go in a 18x18x18 box, little panicked now. Crossing my fingers!
Man between FB Marketplace and the USPS super slow shipping eBay is hurting. I got 2 items not delivered cases opened on me this week alone. Man, you have more than enough to keep you busy for awhile.
4th early premiere asking for a mose only vlog
Sounds like a solid april 1st idea
I did better on Facebook during the holidays than Ebay. Nice to have this confirmed as a good place to sell.
i laughed when you put the vice into the basket casually 😂
30lb vice into a basket- that's the way i roll
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and Moze.
About 25% of the items I have bought on ebay were not as described or even what what was listed or shown in the pictures. All you can do as a buyer is return the item and that means the hassle of printing out a shipping label, going to the post office, then waiting just for your own money back. That is just spending your money for a headache. I deleted my facebook account years ago.
The other thing is that I do not like having people come to my home at all. I removed stuff I listed a few weeks ago because I had too many responses. Funny problem but I'm usually home alone.
I love the 80s style soundtrack while you were shopping!
Ahhh I'm late to watching this video!!! Sorry Josh, I have failed you 😭😆 So many valid points though...well, guess I'll give FB marketplace a shot as my next platform 🤗 love the new intro as well!!! And the hand drawn portrait of you, Haley, and Mose at the end.....STOP. SO CUTE 😍🎉 Rachel did a fabulous job on it!!! Onwards and upwards to 100K my friend, I think I predicted it to be like March 15th or something in a video a few months back, I may have also possibly time traveled and know the exact date you'll hit it tooooo......ssssshhhhh 🙃
Lol that sounds about right!
Interesting facts regarding FB Marketplace. Do you get tons of messages/inquiries along with the sales? That's what always happens to me when I list something with local pickup and always so many "no shows" in my area. Great video as always.
Is it time for a national Resellers Death Pile Day where you stay home and list all those items?
As if I could list all this in one day lol
I feel like it really depends on the item on eBay vs Marketplace. Shoes, clothes, maybe even video games, large items etc will likely sell better on Facebook where everything else would probably sell better on eBay. A lot of the random junk/stuff that sells on eBay I don’t think would ever sell on Marketplace. I usually do video game consoles and anything large on marketplace/too much of a pain to ship and everything else on eBay.
Cool. Thanks for the FB tip 👍🏼
The problem with selling men’s running shoes as women’s is that standard width men’s shoes are width D whereas women’s are width B. So while the length may be correct, it’s likely the width will not fit correctly.
Just going by what the Asics size chart says. We will see
The music while you were shopping was awesome!
I don't want to leave ebay because they have a great call back system to protect from scammers or questions etc I sold a wii console only on fb marketplace without a question they refunded em the money when they were upset they didn't have the controllers. But was clearly in the title. It was automatically deducted from my total sales without even getting my console back and no response once from fb since why they accepted the refund. I like the ebay steps it takes to make everything trust worthy as a seller and buyer. But I do understand the eyes can be compelling to go and overlook the bad just depends what you sale on it since it shows it much easier to say it won't breakable' item when selling shoes. Loving the organized story videos
When you come home and Mose actually has cleaned the house...😮
Agreed, I just started cross posting to FB and sales have been much better
Thanks for the motivation I needed to cross post more to Facebook! You rock!!
Tadayyy. Love your content!
LMFAO Are you a drunk?? Never going to happen. Most of the people I know refuse to use Facebook.
I bet most of the people you know do not violate federal law or sell heroin. Yet there we are, largest prison population in the world.
Your 12 friends are not a sample of the united states.
Sell on ebay then, where you get fucked by both ebay and the customers every chance they get . Have fun!
I must just be finding all the riff raff on facebook because every order from facebook I've bought have been cancelled not by me. Made me think again about marketplace.
Just starting out as a reseller. Thanks for the FB info!🐝
Congrats on the almost 100k. Ever do giveaways?
I was going to do strictly shoes.. I do very well with shoes but not on eBay. I also sell at a local flea market. And shoes are my biggest seller
I sell on Facebook Marketplace. 52 five stars but all local sales. I don’t implement shipping. I don’t trust the process yet, but they are improving
I've been on the fence with facebook. Looks like I need to make the dive. Thanks to you I've just listed on fb for the first time in 2 years. I'm going to have to be careful with cross listing! I put a pair of shoes up and facebook just messaged me to list more SHOES saying they have really high sales rate on that item.. I'm also enjoying lotting up items without having to specify every single stupid detail of that item, or copying someone elses listing and making sure they got it all right.. like why the hell should I have to find out all the ingredients in some shampoo.. let the buyer do that research on google if they want to. Or ZOOM IN on my high quality pictures!
FB has been KILLING for me lately, especially shoes and jerseys...love it!
"I don't have to go to the thrift store, but you know how it is." ;-D
Thanks Josh glad to hear your voice on things it helps alot!!! I plan to use facebook over ebay!
Oh Mauze (yes I know it’s Mose but that premiere video had me cracking up).
I think it would be awesome to a fb marketplace challenge next. Post items only on fb marketplace and compare what you would have profited on eBay and what you profited on fb and see how much of a difference there is with fees and shipping too.
Look at Ralli Roots, the bulk of their income is shoes & t-shirts! You are not nuts to buy shoes, with the price per pair of a good pair of shoes, I can see the appeal of a gently worn pair at a fraction of the cost!
The difference between fb marketplace and ebay is intention. Not all 3 billion are on there to buy something. So how many of those 3 billion use marketplace?
Even if just 7% of Facebook users use marketplace, that's still about 20 million more users than ebay has all together.
Facebook don't have programs that shadow ban you like ebay does ;)
@@yunoyukki7344 No, Facebook just flat out bans you if you post something they disagree with. With so many users being banned or leaving on their own recently, I'd be willing to bet that the number of actual users still active today has dropped significantly.
@@IAmSuperStick that's true but I was talking about how ebay pushes u to pay more fees to get ur items on the top of the list and if u don't they shadow bans them to the bottom
Depends on where you live. FB Marketplace in my area is a joke, full of overpriced items, scam artists and trollers who insult anything listed. I find it aggravating and avoid it for the most part.
If you have the ability to list with shipping, your local area doesn't matter
I thought FB marketplace had shoddy seller protection? Its more like Craigslist IMO. Personally never use it because getting a hold of sellers is basically a PITA, and being a seller having to meet for majority of items is a hassle in itself if you work or are sourcing all the time like I do.
I ONLY do shipping even if they are in the same city. Makes things much go smoother 🙂
Good vid Josh! I remember you mentioning FB Marketplace before. I'm going to start researching the shipping aspect of it now. Thanks!
Very interesting content Josh.
I just sold on facebook after watching your video. Yes, the items received many views and some got fast sold times; however, the payout is extremely slow. I do not appreciate having to wait 5 days after the delivery to get my money. Here's their policy: Read our tips for buying and selling responsibly on Marketplace. You'll be paid 15-20 days after you mark the item as shipped and enter a tracking number, or 5 days after the item is delivered upon receiving delivery confirmation. The payout goes to the bank account that you entered when you set up shipping. - In my opinion that's too long to get paid. I get it, this is a different platform than Ebay, but I want my money as soon as possible. Just my thoughts.
I also think Facebook buyers are much less likely compare prices, partly because there aren't nearly as many listings on Facebook
I think FB Marketplace is great for less expensive items. My items are $500 and do better in Ebay. People look at FB Marketplace like a yard sale so my high end items are not received well.
100%. For clothing and shoes and common items, Facebook is the way to go.
I agree. I sell the neck out of furniture!
And you get lots of hecklers, way more than ebay.
I sell strictly on FB locally. Would love for you to do a quick video of how you do shipments for FB. Not so much the packaging but the process from accepting to shipping. Also what securities do you have with payments and shipping??? I want to continue expanding this platform before I leap into ebay. Thanks for always being so helpful.
For the heavier items, too bad you can't ship UPS ground freight if the cost would be less than Ebay shipping. We have a Copy-Post & Ship near us that will tell us every time which service will give us the best price and delivery.
I can check the prices on everything before I ship and I do ship most of my heavy items ups ground. In this case ups ground was more expensive that 2 flat rate boxes from usps
Will you include how you clean shoes in one of your videos. Me and my son love your channel. Thanks so much!
Shawn and Beau
From what I have heard, there is no support or backup from Facebook Marketplace if there is a problem or return issues on Facebook, which can be a problem for sellers there.
Hey Josh- It would be great if you could do a video on how to list on facebook. Thanks!
Same please! I know nothing about FB or MP. Do I have to have a normal FB account to use FBMP?
Do I have to get into the ‘friends’ thing to have the listings shown?
@Michael Coriell Thanks for explaining Michael. Not sure I like the sound of not getting the item back.
Love your new intro Josh!! Keep on keeping on dude! Love your videos! Hugs to Maus...xoxo
Love selling on Facebook Marketplace. FBMP is also great for larger items. Great video, thanks. I have been saying for awhile FBMP is going to be new Ebay.