Selling Tips

Most clear-outs end up as three piles. There’s the stuff worth a bit, the stuff worth a fair bit, and the bulky stuff you mostly want gone. Then there are three apps on your phone, and for years the decision came down to one line everyone knew: eBay takes about 13 per cent, so use […]

The car has been in the driveway since winter. The engine’s cooked, or the gearbox is, or it failed rego on something that would cost more than the car is worth. Every few weeks a sticker appears on the windscreen, or a flyer turns up in the letterbox, offering top cash and free removal for […]

There’s a room in most houses that has stopped being a room. It holds boxes, a bike nobody rides, two lamps that don’t match anything, and the bread maker that came out once in 2019. You’ve been meaning to deal with it. In November the whole suburb will be out on a Saturday morning looking […]

A good item with a lazy listing will lose to an average item with a clear one. That is the first thing to understand about selling secondhand online. Buyers scroll quickly, and they decide in seconds whether to tap or keep going. Most listings fail for four fixable reasons, not because nobody wants the item. […]