- Use Half.com for trading typical condition mass media products. Half.com is the ideal forum for buying and selling books, media (DVDs, video games), and other items that are very common and thus might not sell immediately. With Half.com, it costs nothing to post listings that can go on forever, so sellers benefit, and as a result, because there are more of these types of items listed at Half.com, buyers will have an easier time finding them on Half.com than on eBay.
- Don't use Half.com for one-off or custom items. Because Half.com relies on the ISBN or UPC (i.e. bar or product) code for an item when you create a listing, Half.com is not a good forum for selling custom items or items that might not be as a buyer expects. Similarly, as a buyer you won't be able to find or identify custom or unique items on Half.com. Stick to the main eBay website for these types of goods.
- Use Half.com to sell when you're not in a hurry. Items on Half.com often tend to sell a little more slowly than they do on eBay, so list items on Half.com that wouldn't be likely to sell in eBay's relatively short listing periods anyway.
- Use Half.com to buy when you are in a hurry. Because Half.com always lets you buy and pay for items instantly and get confirmation that they're being shipped, Half.com is often a much quicker way to buy than eBay is. For this reason, Half.com remains a perennial favorite amongst students buying textbooks.
- Don't use Half.com to sell rare or in-demand items. You have to set a price in order to sell an item on Half.com. If you're sitting on the season's hottest video game and it's hard to find right now, it's much wiser to post an eBay listing and let bidders decide on the best price that the market will bear, rather than trying to find the best price yourself. To sell a very highly sought after item on Half.com is to risk undervaluing or overvaluing your item.
- Don't use Half.com to sell if you're in a hurry to get paid. Since Half.com collects money from buyers directly, you won't be paid immediately for your auction sales. Most of the time you'll be paid for a listing approximately a month after you ship it. If this is too slow for you, stick to eBay and PayPal.
Using Half.com
If it sounds as though Half.com might be for you, joining and use this fun eBay subculture by visiting the following links:- How to Become a Buyer walks you through the process of joining and buying on Half.com.
- How to Become a Seller helps you to add banking information and activate the seller features in your Half.com account.
- The Half.com Help Desk provides additional help for you regarding Half.com details like shipping, payment, policies, commission rates, and so on. Spend some time browsing through it if you plan to buy or sell often on Half.com.
Happy trading!
