Amazon Sale Quick Update and Why I Choose Amazon over EBay

Since most of the cheap stuff I bought in the past two months were from Buy.com and some items are still on sale over there, I initially wanted to wait a while before listing them on Amazon.com. Well, since Amazon offers free listing (which is one feature I like), I didn't really wait too much longer and listed seven of them on Amazon.com last Friday. Surprisingly, there are still many people need the flash drives as four were gone as of today (a flash drive, a router, a MP3 player, and a DVD burner). And the proceeds are $107.92, a quarter of the money I spent in November and December on buy-and-sell items. Since June this year when I started selling stuff on Amazon, the total sales figure is $1,164.6. 

Early this month, when I listed the proceeds from Amazon sales as part of my year-to-date passive income, I was asked why I prefer Amazon over EBay. The main reason I choose Amazon is that they offer free listing for up to two months. There's no listing fee and I only pay the commission when the listed item is sold. If after two months an item doesn't find a buyer, I can relist it again for free. Since I am not a heavy seller (the chance of having seven for sale at the same time is rare), I prefer the long listing period so I don't have to constantly monitor the status. In addition:

• Since I can only sell items that Amazon carries, I don't have to spend time to describe what I am selling;
• Amazon collects the payments for me, so I don't have to deal with buyers and worry about when I can receive the payment;
• Amazon sends payments to my bank account directly, avoiding the trip to the bank.

Overall, Amazon is very convenient and works well for occasionally sellers like me, even though they charge high commission (I guess that why they can offer free listing). Generally, I pay more than 13% commission on electronics such as routers, flash drives. For books, the commission could be as high as 18%.

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