#1715 - Q&A: Reselling for others: should I charge a flat fee or percentage?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2021
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A listener and her teenager have been getting off to a good start selling on Facebook Marketplace. They now have the chance to sell for others, and are wondering about some best practices.
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| 1:05.0 | Hey, what's up? Welcome to Sideosel School. Thank you for tuning in today. We have an amazing |
| 1:09.2 | community of people out there all doing really fun stuff, experimenting, trying to find ways to |
| 1:15.1 | not just survive, but thrive in the new economy. Today, you're going to hear from a listener and |
| 1:19.6 | her teenager, or at least you'll hear from the listener. She and her teenager have been |
| 1:24.7 | selling on Facebook Marketplace and getting off to a good start. So well done, first of all, |
| 1:29.7 | but now they have the chance to sell for others. And so they're wondering about some best practices. |
| 1:34.6 | In these situations, do you charge a percentage? Do you charge a fixed fee, some combination? |
| 1:39.3 | And what else might be good to know if you're going to go from just buying and reselling things, |
| 1:44.1 | you know, for yourself to potentially doing an unconcignment for someone else? |
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