Selling via facebook/facebook store?

Was just wondering. Im not very facebook literate.

I have some product worth about 500 each. Might look to test the market but dont want to invest too much money in websites etc.

Is it possible to sell via facebook?

I dont want to put it on my personal fb with a post saying "oi i got xxxx for sale. Buy it!"

Is it possible to start a fb page page dedicated to selling this stuff?

And yes. Not sure how payment methods are goig to work. Bank deposit would be the best however not sure many people are going to use non credit card payment methods

 

eBay would seem more appropriate than Facebook.

 

Things might have changed . I had a Facebook page a few years ago for drumming up
Business .
On the whole it was useless . I paid for advertising was very expensive . Results Disappointing !
Eventually I had page linked to my online store. It helped generate a few sales .
FB page generated interest not many sales.
If you could sell straight from FB it would so be much better. Can't figure out why they are not cashing in on this brilliant opportunity.
Try eBay

 

I buy stuff from FB all the time but it's mainly through Facebook Groups.

Is there a Group for this particular product? For example, I recently got into marine aquariums so joined some groups and been buying corals and fish through them.

So search for your interest group and see if there are pages around.

Cheers,
Michael

 

Yes you can start a fb page to sell stuff. I know someone who sells stuff on their illegally because it is not a registered business so she wouldn't be paying tax. She also gets a nice pay from centre link because she is rotting the system. Sorry a bit off topic there.

If you are selling anything on the internet make sure you have an abn so you don't get caught out. That is if you are selling several of the same item.

 

That's not entirely true. You can sell homemade items as a 'hobby' without income repercussions.

I do see where you are coming from though, as people buy and sell to make extra $$$ via Facebook/Gumtree and the like.

pinkboy

 

But what about if you are making homemade products and selling them to make money, isn't that the same as making an income.

 

Online selling - hobby or business? | Australian Taxation Office

The answer is....it depends.


pinkboy

 

She is yes to nearly all the questions. Gives me the ***** with people that rort the system and end up with more than the hardworking people.

 

I have thought about it many times. She was even caught on video stealing gifts from our wedding but still denied it. We haven't spoke to them since but she pops up now and then on fb through mutual friend. She is on centre link and can still buy her son a new motorbike and daughters iPads and all the latest things like that for Xmas.

 

Hmmmmm......

 

Dob her in an quit your grumbling ... no point in complaining if one does nothing about it. Can do so anonymously

 

When does a hobby become a business?

The main thing that determines whether you are running a business is whether you are going about your activities in a businesslike manner. Some of the things that contribute to this are registering a business name, whether you have the intention of making a profit rather than just earning some income, have set up a separate bank account for the business, do you keep accounting records for the activities of the business, and whether you operate from business premises.

This means if you are only selling the jewellery you make on an ad hoc basis, to friends and acquaintances, you would more than likely not be regarded as running a business and therefore do not have to include you activities on your tax return.

If however you are selling your jewellery in an organised manner on websites such as eBay, are selling at markets on a regular basis, and you are generally setting about maximising your income from the jewellery sales, you would more than likely be regarded as running a business and by the ATO.