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Run an Online Charity Shop
- If you have items to sell from your regular shop or warehouse, eBay for Charity can help you sell more!
- Charities of all sizes have found that selling items on eBay.co.uk:
- Is highly cost effective (eBay refunds your basic insertion fees and final value fees when you sell an item)
- Reaches a bigger customer base than a high-street shop
- Raises funds and awareness for the charity
- If you have something really special to sell, you should consider holding a special auction.
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Why eBay?
- eBay.co.uk is the UK’s largest online marketplace, with 21 million UK customers. eBay now accounts for 11% of all the time people in the UK spend on the internet.
- Your eBay for Charity shop
- Will be visible to all users of eBay.co.uk
- Doesn’t need round-the-clock staffing
- Will attract targeted shoppers for your specialist items
- Will earn eBay fee credits, so you won’t be charged commission on sales
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Here's how it works
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- Register with MissionFish: it’s quick, simple and free.
- Register for a seller account on eBay.co.uk
- Add your eBay ID as a "Direct Seller" in your MissionFish account
- List an item, and choose to donate 100% to your own charity
- When the item sells, you receive payment directly from the buyer, and a fee credit from eBay.
- You should also consider setting up a PayPal account to receive payments from customers on eBay.
- To learn more about selling on eBay, book a session with eBay customer support . You’ll need your eBay user ID to hand.
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Open an eBay Shop
- If you always have a lot of goods to sell, you should consider opening a dedicated shop front on eBay to further promote your listings. Note that charges apply.
- With an eBay Shop you can display all your listings in one place, with different categories, and they can also be found on search engines, such as as Google. You also get extra tools to develop your own charity’s own brand and encourage buyers to buy more.
Note
- There may be tax implications for charities that undertake significant non-charitable trading. Visit the HMRC website to learn more.
"Registering with MissionFish and selling through eBay for Charity has allowed Sense Trading to increase the profits on selected items with minimal expense. It's like having extra shops but without the overheads!" — Jane Williams, Online Retail Manager, Sense Trading
"We are quite often given things from companies which are of value, we could sell these in a draw but our immediate audience is quite small, so we decided to use eBay for Charity as a way of reaching a wider audience. It seems like an easy and sustainable way of raising much needed cash." — Paula Colbourn, FitKidz 
"In late 2007 CLIC Sargent decided to take the plunge and create a full time eBay team, which has resulted in success beyond our wildest expectations – in this time we have raised over £150,000 for the charity. With over 1 million unique visitors to our pages, eBay has also enabled CLIC Sargent to communicate its key messages to a massive audience of potential supporters right across the world." — Kate Ward, eBay Coordinator, Clic Sargent