you can do ebay, its not very hard. you have to sign up for a selling account and it will require that you add one of your parents credit cards to the account. you may want to start the ebay account in one of your parents names, just to make it easier. if you can sign up for yahoo, its just as easy to sign up for ebay. once you start a selling account, it will walk you through how to sell something. the great thing about video games is that they have an automatic listing tool that allows you to just enter the title or UPC code and it pre-fills the information for you. just go to the category of video games and it will guide you the rest of the way. One thing to keep in mind is that you will not get a huge amount of money for used games. Dont expect to get nearly what you paid for them. only the really good titles get good money. you will owe money for every listing you create on ebay, so make sure you know how you are listing them. if you start a video game auction at 99 cents it may cost you 25 cents, or so in listing fees. you will also owe a final value fee which depends on how much your game goes for. you can collect the money through paypal, which requires a paypal account. This will require that your parents attach a credit card and bank account to their paypal account. In both cases, ebay and paypal, they are really secure. You can enter your information without really worrying about it getting stolen, so dont worry about that. when your buyer pays with paypal, it will go into your paypal account. it will just sit there and you can either transfer it to the bank account you have linked to it or use it to buy things online, or with ebay. You will be responsible for shipping the games to your buyers, i wouldnt suggest that you meet anybody in person. It takes too much time and you are only 12, so dont do it. You can have your buyer pay additional fees for shipping, or you can pay yourself with the money you earn from the game. Shipping for one game is typically about $2...you might want to charge about $3 to cover the cost of shipping and supplies. you can state your shipping charge when you list the item. As a last bit of advice, sell the games one-by-one, you will not get more money selling them all together in one auction, you will actually get less. Also, once your games sell, you can buy a new one on ebay and use the money that is in your paypal account. Once you start using ebay, you will get the hang of it. Its not hard at all and you can find things pretty cheap on there, especially used video games. Just make sure you dont buy any games from Hong Kong or china...they re bootleg. If you have any other questions about getting started, please ask. Good luck.
WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!! My answer was totally easier to understand and I m even in the same situation but nooooooooooooo you had to choose some 50 year old s answer because it s nice and long and completely unorganized!!! : -( Report Abuse
do not do it on your own. GET a high school friend who has done it or preferably an adult.And fyi, fewer than 5% of people who sell on Ebay may any profit........if it is just to get rid of used CDs and stuff, ok.you still have to make sure the buyer pays you.--not at all a sure thing
Carefully label everything AS IS, and NO RETURNS.
Dont go for ebay its filled with hackers try this site its easy to use www.amazon.com
I m around the same age (I won t say what exactly because there might be rapists or pedophiles here) and I m selling my stuff I don t want on eBay with my dad. I asked my dad if he could make an account on eBay and help me sell my stuff I don t want. So he made a debit card so we can use it on eBay and to buy other stuff on the internet. So just ask your parents if they can help you because you need to be at least 18 to use eBay and I don t think you have your own credit or debit card. And it s not that easy because you have to ship what your selling and you need boxes and go to UPS, etc. So you definitely need your parents help with that. Don t forget you have to deal with costumers questions and complaints. And make sure you read the tutorials on eBay so you won t get scammed or anything. Also, when you sell stuff be fair and don t put AS IS or NO RETURNS on everything. You gotta have some costumer service. And if what Your selling is perfectly fine you don t need to put AS IS because usually people think it might be broken or something. And you have to make an estimate of the price of what your going to sell. You don t put a used item for the same price as new ones to sell on eBay, people use eBay to look for things in decent condition and a fair price lower than retail.http://pages.ebay.com/help/account/getti��P.S. You can look at Amazon too since it s safer than eBay and more commercial.
