Selling Items Across Multiple Platforms

When you're reselling or selling your own merchandise, getting as many eyes as possible on your products is critical. Many platforms are available to list your items on, so which one should you pick?

Here's the secret: all of them.

Which platform works best?

Well, that depends on your merchandise. Platforms like Ebay and Facebook Marketplace have no specific theme or flavor, yet have their differences. Facebook is more popular for local pickup while eBay is all about shipping. Other platforms specialize and attract buyers towards categories of merchandise, like Etsy, which tailors to artists and homemade crafts, and Swappa, which caters to electronics, cell phones, and tablets. 

Whether you're selling single items, pallets or bundled items also comes into play. There's also selling methods, like fixed price purchasing, auctions, best offer, group buys, timed drops, and more. 

To recap, determine the optimal platforms by evaluating:

• Inventory Quantity
• Type of Merchandise (electronics, collectibles)
• Method of Fulfillment (pickup, shipping, freight)
• Package Quantity (Single item, bundle, pallet)
• Selling method (Fixed Price, Auctions, etc.)

Benefits of multiple platforms

It's free to list and sell items on most platforms, so why limit yourself to one? If you have a diverse category of products, spread it across multiple platforms to increase throughput.

Some products you offer may sell well on Mercari, while others might sell better on Ebay. As mentioned above, certain items perform better with different selling methods. Vendidit lets you auction your items, handy if you have collectables or rare items. WhatNot let's you livestream and engage with the chat, letting you sell items directly to them.

There's plenty of differences among platforms, but you can get more eyes on your goods and fetch a potentially higher revenue by listing on multiple sites. 

How to easily manage these listings

Managing them manually is difficult. It becomes increasingly tedious the more items you have. It becomes a time sink removing listings from other site it sells on another, managing pricing for items, and monitoring items' markets on each site. 

Fortunately, listing services like GlobalSKU makes it easy. You can list with just a photo, GlobalSKU recognizes the item and gets all its data for you. You can then list it across multiple platforms, and when it sells on one site, GlobalSKU will remove it from the others. 

So with all that taken into account, don't limit yourself to one website. Take the time to maximize your returns by investigating what websites your products sell the best on.