Where's the Best Place to sell blurays & dvds now?

[Captain.Monkey]

Of course there is Ebay but a lot of places have disappeared for selling that kind of stuff.

and I guess there is this forum kind of?

Anyone else have any recommedations? Not fond of Decluttr, they offer less than a 1$ for a lot of stuff.

[TheLaughingMann]

Originally Posted by Captain.Monkey

Of course there is Ebay but a lot of places have disappeared for selling that kind of stuff.

and I guess there is this forum kind of?

Anyone else have any recommedations? Not fond of Decluttr, they offer less than a 1$ for a lot of stuff.

Secondspin's offering a 20% cash increase right now.

[InuYashaCrusade]

eBay I don't even bother with unless the item is over $20 bucks. I use my local Newbury Comics store or FYE, but FYE is closing now so I'm kinda SOL.

Newbury Comics doesn't take everything that you try and sell to them either, only newer releases I've noticed. It is kind of smart not to take everything because you'll get a situation like FYE where they won't lower the price and the item just sits there for years.

Now that FYE is gone it has opened my eyes to the fact that outside of eBay there isn't a great option to sell used movies anymore. This is why I've limited my Blu-ray buying to only titles that I'm positive I want to keep for my collection.

[ronboster]

Consider donating titles to charities:

Ronald McDonald houses are always looking for movies
Vet. centers/hospitals.
Vet groups will take them to send them to the troops...forgot the name...I'll see if I can find it.

We have a low income charity backed pre-school and after school program that's always looking for books and movies for their library and classrooms.

I used to hold an annual dvd/blu ray sale in my office of 100+ with all the money going to a local charity (usually in connection with our annual service charity drive etc.) or national/regional disaster fund (like Red Cross).

[JurassicBD]

ebay is still only viable if you're an established seller who's been selling there for MANY years or you don't mind essentially giving your stuff away at prices that aren't worth your time. If you've been there for a decade or two and have enough credibility built up, ebay will still promote your listings half decently, but you won't get near the views you could just a few years ago, much less compared to fifteen years ago, when you could post literally anything and be assured at least 50 people would look at it within a 7 day period. These days, ebay is all about selling their service to stores, for many reasons: stores have greater credibility, do far higher volume sales, handle all claims (bogus or legit) themselves without ebay intervention, are more likely to sell legit product. Of course, selling-centric service more than a buyer-centric one also means they're not at as much risk to economic ups and downs. Ebay basically just keeps small sellers who've already proven themselves trustworthy around taxes, not to mention so they can brag about some $800 item selling for only $10 bucks.

I think you can still list dvds through half.com, and they'll automatically be listed on ebay as well. But, I've rarely had any sells from half, ever since ebay bought them. I do much better on ebay itself, possibly because I can include pictures.

Amazon probably gets even more attention than ebay does, but you'll pay about double the fees, so it's not worth it unless the movie is worth more than a few bucks. Of course, for any dvds worth more than $20 bucks I believe, you have to get special permission to sell. I think you can still sell BDs worth over $20, but last I checked they had to be out for 6 months or more before you could do so without special permission.

Unlike ebay, you only have to pay anything, if the item sells. But there are loads of alternatives to ebay that don't charge listing fees. Unfortunately, there are way too many, it seems. All of the ones I've looked into didn't appear to get enough traffic to warrant signing up for. Or the average selling price was lower than what the reduced commissions warranted.

So, ebay is the sadly still about the best option. But if you want a decent price, expect to sit on it for as much as a year. You've just got to know what titles to stand firm on your price (smaller profile titles) and what titles you've got to try to unload fast, before the prices plummet even further, usually about the time rental surplus lets out. Some of those will go back up after a year or so, others, like the Transformers movies, likely won't reach above rock bottom pricing until discs are no more and people start to realize the true cost of going digital.

[filmo70]

I use ebay and while they suck at protecting sellers, it is still worth it. I've sold 31 dvds & 24 blus in the last 2 years without a complaint. What I won't list anymore are electronics, buyers are just way too flakey these days and ebay will protect them over the seller.

I get 50 free listings a month. I hadn't sold a thing on ebay for 10 whole years (2005-2015) and I still got 50 free listings a month when I decided to sell again. So I am only charged if an item sells. I won't list any movie for less than $6.50 including shipping. Not worth it below that. By the way it is better to separate the shipping cost from the item cost. Sounds weird but things sold better when it is say $4 + $3 shipping rather than $7 with free shipping.

A few dvd's have been completely unsalable despite numerous tries but most have sold eventually. I've never had to relist a blu-ray. I generally collect older titles not insanely common new titles which probably helps things sell easier for me.

[JurassicBD]

Originally Posted by filmo70

I use ebay and while they suck at protecting sellers, it is still worth it. I've sold 31 dvds & 24 blus in the last 2 years without a complaint. What I won't list anymore are electronics, buyers are just way too flakey these days and ebay will protect them over the seller.

I get 50 free listings a month. I hadn't sold a thing on ebay for 10 whole years (2005-2015) and I still got 50 free listings a month when I decided to sell again. So I am only charged if an item sells. I won't list any movie for less than $6.50 including shipping. Not worth it below that. By the way it is better to separate the shipping cost from the item cost. Sounds weird but things sold better when it is say $4 + $3 shipping rather than $7 with free shipping.

A few dvd's have been completely unsalable despite numerous tries but most have sold eventually. I've never had to relist a blu-ray. I generally collect older titles not insanely common new titles which probably helps things sell easier for me.

Yeah, just a year ago, including shipping in the price would get your listing moved to the top of the search results. Now, separating shipping works better. I'd go up on my shipping if I were you. $3.99 has been pretty standard for several years now and what most buyers expect. Even if you don't charge more, going up a buck in shipping and reducing your BD/dvd price by a buck would probably get you more looks.

Also assuming you use ebay shipping to get bulk shipping rates (far cheaper than paying shipping at the post office), shipping alone costs more than $3, considering the very cheapest shipping itself will cost $2.61 (less than 4oz) (usually $2.77 or higher), which doesn't include eBay's 10% commission on the shipping itself, paypals 2.9% cut of the shipping, nor packaging and label printing costs.

The very lowest media mail rate is $2.64 (plus ebay/paypal/packaging), but I wouldn't use media mail unless there's substantial savings, basically when the package weight is over the 16oz cutoff for first class, but occasionally I'll include it as an option when it's a steelbook or something that weighs 13oz or more, as I overpackage steelbooks. Unless it's shipping via ground, media mail is too unpredictable to chance and some buyers will leave frivolous negative feedback just because a package arrives a day later than ebay said it would, which ebay always gives overly optimistic shipping estimates to encourage buying: if the USPS itself says 2-5 days, ebay will always say 2 days and most buyers don't know better. The thing about media mail, it ships just as fast as 1st class when the destination is close enough for ground delivery via a truck. But if it's going halfway across the country or farther, via plane, it could get held up a month or more - which is always frustrating to buyers, who are even more likely to vent their frustration with negative feedback, once they discover that sellers aren't allowed to leave negative feedback in return.

The 50 free listings per month has been a staple for years. I'm not sure if new sellers qualify, or just sellers with X amount of positive feedback or who've had accounts for a long time. Ebay might be like amazon in that respect - amazon considers me a long time customer since I first opened my account in 1997/1998, even though I barely bought anything from them until 2005/2006 when they started their push to monopolize online shopping.

I'm not sure what the criteria is - might be top-rated plus seller rating - but many small ebay sellers also qualify for their monthly free listing promos, which usually gets you another 100-500 free listings, depending on the month. For a couple years they were pushing store subscriptions instead by giving out free 3 month trials about every 4-5 months. So, yeah, if you've been selling there a while and have a good feedback rating, you shouldn't have to pay to list. But, because ebay is completely buyer-centric, it attracts thieves, trying to take advantage of the system. I wouldn't sell anything of value, like electronics there either, without taking extra precautions to cover your tail. Cheap items, like movies, you generally don't have as many problems with, aside from the common scam where the buyer feigns damage trying to get you to give them a partial refund, which bigger companies usually will to avoid the returns process. I always ask for a picture and if they can't provide such I offer full refund upon the items return only. If they're faking it, they always say they'll let it go. But, I overpackage everything I sell, so it's more likely to be lost or stolen, than arrive damaged.

[filmo70]

Originally Posted by JurassicBD

Yeah, just a year ago, including shipping in the price would get your listing moved to the top of the search results. Now, separating shipping works better. I'd go up on my shipping if I were you. $3.99 has been pretty standard for several years now and what most buyers expect. Even if you don't charge more, going up a buck in shipping and reducing your BD/dvd price by a buck would probably get you more looks.

Also assuming you use ebay shipping to get bulk shipping rates (far cheaper than paying shipping at the post office), shipping alone costs more than $3, considering the very cheapest shipping itself will cost $2.61 (less than 4oz) (usually $2.77 or higher), which doesn't include eBay's 10% commission on the shipping itself, paypals 2.9% cut of the shipping, nor packaging and label printing costs.

As crazy as it may sound I believe many buyers see "the price" and not the shipping. So they see the $4 as the price then write off the shipping cost in their heads. So if you include shipping in the price they see it as more even though it is the same when separated

I definitely buy shipping labels from ebay. It's a no brainer with the discounted price plus you get the extended first class postage rate from 13oz to 15.99 oz which you do not get at the Post Office counter. And I don't have to do anything other than print the label and let the mail truck pick it up.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by filmo70

As crazy as it may sound I believe many buyers see "the price" and not the shipping. So they see the $4 as the price then write off the shipping cost in their heads. So if you include shipping in the price they see it as more even though it is the same when separated

When a movie is $4 and then I'm charged another $3-4 for shipping I still count it as $7 or $8 total for the movie, regardless of it going toward the shipping cost. The overall price is what I look for.

[JurassicBD]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

When a movie is $4 and then I'm charged another $3-4 for shipping I still count it as $7 or $8 total for the movie, regardless of it going toward the shipping cost. The overall price is what I look for.

I think he's saying that he believes buyers see the price and wrongfully assume that's only the price before shipping, rather than look close enough to realize that shipping is already included. And, I would agree that it's likely that some do, as I've sold many an item after separating the shipping from the price upon relisting, even though I'd raised my price, as I price them by whatever seems to be competitive at the time of listing, and re-evaluate if it doesn't sell. The unknown factor is if ebay itself was offering some free shipping promo of their own that played a part. I don't believe that to be the case, as my paypal always show shipping paid by the buyer, rather than ebay. But, I've had a couple offers in the past that I didn't respond to until the next day where the buyer claimed the listing was showing free shipping at the time he/she had sent the offer, even though I didn't have it listed as free shipping. I can only assume ebay had some kind of free shipping promotion going on of their own or the buyer mixed up the listing with another sellers or maybe even a different listing of mine, where I didn't have shipping separated.

Of course, it amazes me how many people out there actually seem to think free shipping is some magical trick sellers have of getting out of paying the USPS to ship something.

[shinobipopcorn]

I don't know how it is in the DVD/BD world, but ebay is very heavily used in the doll world and free shipping is very rare on dolls themselves. AG dolls are 18 inches of expensive, and you are not going to sell a used doll if you have a 100 price tag next to the picture even with that free shipping icon. The same doll however very well could sell for 80 plus 20 shipping (though these things usually never cost more than ~12 to ship).

Free shipping is much more common on clothes and shoes. You might see a 20 dollar outfit plus shipping, or the same price with free shipping. Sometimes little things like shoes ship for less than 10 with free shipping, but it's very rare to go that low with free shipping (because you just don't make any money off of it by the time ebay and paypal take their fees and you spend the 3 bucks to mail it).

[jcflman]

Originally Posted by JurassicBD

I think you can still list dvds through half.com, and they'll automatically be listed on ebay as well. But, I've rarely had any sells from half, ever since ebay bought them. I do much better on ebay itself, possibly because I can include pictures.

half.com shut down last year.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=296238

[Samus Aran]

I used to list movies on Half.com if the lowest price another seller had the title for was what I was willing to sell it for. Then I'd just match that price. If it sold it sold and if it didn't it didn't. But that option is long gone.

I've been able to sell on Craigslist for the price I ask for. However, it's a long wait and often a grind when it comes to people who contact you but aren't serious about it.

THEM: "Are these titles still available?"
ME: "Yes."
Them: ............

Really, unless it's a rare or OOP title, physical media just doesn't hold much of the value you paid for.

[JurassicBD]

Originally Posted by jcflman

half.com shut down last year.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=296238

Thanks. It's apparently been longer than I thought since I checked my half account. I think I still had a book listed there. But, the only reason I ever had for visiting there over the past few years was to block the occasional ebay bidder from bidding on my listings, as it was easier to find the block bidder ebay link on half than it was on ebay itself.

[JurassicBD]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

I used to list movies on Half.com if the lowest price another seller had the title for was what I was willing to sell it for. Then I'd just match that price. If it sold it sold and if it didn't it didn't. But that option is long gone.

I've been able to sell on Craigslist for the price I ask for. However, it's a long wait and often a grind when it comes to people who contact you but aren't serious about it.

THEM: "Are these titles still available?"
ME: "Yes."
Them: ............

Really, unless it's a rare or OOP title, physical media just doesn't hold much of the value you paid for.

FYI, those type of craigslist emails aren't serious, they're just trying to steal your email to sell it for spamming purposes. You shouldn't even bother replying, if you don't want to start getting loads of junk emails soon after. I think craiglist might have finally implemented a way to help prevent those type of fake inquiries, but I'm not sure - I don't use them that much and might have just been lucky the last time I did, or maybe the nature of what I had for sale didn't attract the scammer element. Regardless, craigslist is too localized for small item sells. It's OK for furniture, vehicles and such, that you're more likely to need to move locally, rather than ship. But anything shippable will do better elsewhere.

If you've got less than 50 items available for sale at any time and qualify for eBay's 50 free listings per month (I assume everyone qualifies, but I don't know about new accounts) you can essentially set it and forget it at ebay, like you did on half, by setting it to be auto relisted until it sells. It's probably best to re-evaluate your price each month though, as some titles increase in value and others decrease. Value also varies based on store promotions: if amazon or Walmart or BB recently had the title on sale, the value will drop for a time, but will usually rise again after a few months or so, unless it's something like the latest Transformers film.

[Samus Aran]

Originally Posted by JurassicBD

FYI, those type of craigslist emails aren't serious, they're just trying to steal your email to sell it for spamming purposes. You shouldn't even bother replying, if you don't want to start getting loads of junk emails soon after. I think craiglist might have finally implemented a way to help prevent those type of fake inquiries, but I'm not sure - I don't use them that much and might have just been lucky the last time I did, or maybe the nature of what I had for sale didn't attract the scammer element. Regardless, craigslist is too localized for small item sells. It's OK for furniture, vehicles and such, that you're more likely to need to move locally, rather than ship. But anything shippable will do better elsewhere.

They can't steal your email address anymore on Craigslist. It's hidden by gibberish now, both directions. Been that way for a while.

bunch-of-letters-bunch-of-numbers @ sale.craigslist.org

[JurassicBD]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

They can't steal your email address anymore on Craigslist. It's hidden by gibberish now, both directions. Been that way for a while.

bunch-of-letters-bunch-of-numbers @ sale.craigslist.org

Good to know. Thanks.