Facebook Marketplace

Learn How to sell on Facebook Marketplace

Facebook Marketplace has in 2016, quickly proved itself for buyers and sellers alike.

Facebook’s marketplace is an online shopping platform that came in perfect timing. users in Facebook were already creating and joining buy and sell groups on Facebook. Facebook just made this platform official.

On Facebook Marketplace, you can buy and sell within your community, there a specific niche that the seller and buyer can use. 

If you’re a U.S.A seller can only sell across the continental United States.

Facebook Marketplace provides public profiles and rates for sellers and buyers. 

The ratings provide buyers and sellers confidence about their transactions.

Through Facebook Messenger, you can chat with customers. Facebook makes the complete process easier using the most popular social media.

with Facebook marketplace the payment process is easy, you are free to use other platforms of payments such as cash and PayPal.

You can sell everything on Facebook Marketplace, from ranting a house, salle care or sell a TV,

new or used.

And because Facebook is a free platform and that’s why the seller does not get fees charge.

it’s good to start to get into the e-commerce world

How do I sell things on Facebook Marketplace?

The first step is to create a listing for the item you’re selling. 

Select Facebook Marketplace in the main menu and click on the Sell button at the top of the Marketplace menu.

you will need to choose between four types of listings: 

• Items
• Vehicles
• House for sale or rent
• Jobs

Next, upload the product picture, price, title, condition category, location, description, and more information that you have decided on.

Once you have provided the necessary information, click Next.

Publish to make your listing.

It will be available to everyone on Facebook.

let’s understand what are the four sales categories on Facebook Marketplace

Facebook Marketplace categories

Learn what is allowed and prohibited in each sales category.

Items:

All items must be physical products.

the product that allowed are:

•  Clothing
• Accessories electronics entertainment hobbies
• Home and garden
• Selles

products that are Prohibited to sell on Facebook Marketplace: 

• Weapons ammunition
• Animals
• Drugs
• Tobacco
• Dietary supplements adult products and services
• Real or fake currency
• Healthcare products, a product with a before and after photo attached, Recalled products

The Advantages and Disadvantages of selling on Facebook Marketplace

Advantages – 

Facebook has more than 2 billion active users. 

75% are checking their Facebook account every day.

Thanks to Facebook’s sophisticated algorithms, people in the physical area will see your products that are up to sell.

with the Facebook marketplace, it is very easy to share products on your Facebook groups and sell platforms

Strong customer-

 Since the seller can talk with buyers with the Messenger platform, the buyer can see the seller Facebook profile, 

that’s gives the customer trusts to buy the products

Quick and easy listing process.

 The more professional and esthetics your listing looks, your sales will grow

It is easy to polish your products-

 for example by upload several photos, up to 10 at a time the main reason is that buyers can look at the pictures and be more secure to pay for the products

Convenient shipping. 

as a seller, you can make the next decision, who will pay for shipping. 

creating and printing shipping labels facebook marketplace it is easy and inexpensive for buyers.

If the seller 

pays, the shipping cost is automatically part of the amount

Disadvantages – 

Limitations on volume sales-

If you have some variation of the same product, you must create an individual listing for each item that sells. 

Selling multiple quantities of an item is allowed if you post from a business page, but some sellers have reported issues even then.

Sparse notifications-

Facebook has a system that will email you updates about your listing,

you may or may not receive phone notifications

Facebook Marketplace rules-

Besides uploading products and selling items, the other main rule for selling on Facebook Marketplace is to ship items in a timeline that has been determined.

If you are a seller on Facebook Marketplace, you must ship the product in three days from the day you have made the sale. the Delivery must be after 10 days of the sale.

There are no rules about negotiating with buyers

How to negotiate with buyers on the Facebook marketplace-

Commonly, buyers are trying to negotiate on price the main thing is to avoid doing so on Messenger. Buyers will often hold off on the next seller instead of lowering their offer.

With items that you are shipping, it is up to the seller if negotiate on the price. 

For personal transactions, a straight exchange for cash or a check is better

How much does it cost to sell on Facebook Marketplace?

there are no costs for an individuals seller to sell on Facebook Marketplace.

moreover, there is no fee to join Facebook or Facebook Marketplace.

If you operate on Facebook Marketplace as a merchant, you must pay a 5% fee on any transactions, with a minimum charge of $0.40.

pay attention, you can only sell items priced between $5 and $500. 

 if you sell an item for $5, you will pay $.40 on that transaction even if the 5% fee is $.25.