How to Sell On Facebook Marketplace: A Beginner’s Guide

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What is Facebook Marketplace?

Facebook Marketplace is a platform where users can buy and sell pre-loved or new items of all kinds. Facebook reported 2.89 billion active users at the end of the second quarter of 2021.

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How to Manage Your Facebook Marketplace Inventory with Vendoo:

Besides offering features like crossposting, relisting & delisting and business analytics, Vendoo also offers features to manage your reseller inventory.

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In Vendoo, you can manage all your inventory and filter by drafts, active and sold listings.

Expand Your Business With the #1 Tool for Resellers

You can filter your inventory by the marketplaces they are listed on and by SKUs. 

Expand Your Business With the #1 Tool for Resellers

You can create color-coded custom labels that can help you segment your listings, for instance, you can create a label for women items, color, prices, type of item, or anything that can help you easily organize your inventory.

Expand Your Business With the #1 Tool for Resellers

You can use Vendoo to filter your inventory by date created, date modified, price, sku number, or alphabetical. You can also download an inventory report at any time!

Once you finish this process your promotion should start running.

Best Things to Sell on Facebook Marketplace

Here’s a list of the top selling products on Facebook Marketplace in no particular order:

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  • Children’s items: children’s clothing, furniture, accessories and toys

  • Clothing and Accessories: Handbags, sunglasses and more

  • Electronics and Appliances: Dishwashers, televisions, computers, video gaming consoles and video games

  • Home Decor: Blankets, rugs and Starbucks mugs

  • Handmade Items

  • Collectibles 

  • Antique hardgoods 

Why Vendoo is the Best Option to Crosslist
to Facebook Marketplace:

Besides offering features like crossposting, relisting & delisting and business analytics, Vendoo also offers features to manage your reseller inventory.

  • Crossposting your inventory with Vendoo gives yourCrossposting your inventory with Vendoo gives your listings more visibility

  • You can store unlimited inventory in Vendoo! Each month, you select a plan for only the amount of new items you will add to your inventory that month.

  • You can crosspost to up to 10 different marketplaces: Poshmark, Etsy, eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Depop, Mercari, Kidizen, Vestiaire Collective, Grailed and Shopify

  • Vendoo offers exceptional customer service 7 days a week

  • You can access sales and profit data in our Analytics section that shows you information by dates, marketplaces, categories and more

  • User-friendly interface with great inventory management tools and features

Frequently Asked Questions
about Facebook Marketplace:

01

Is Facebook marketplace free?

Marketplace deducts a fee each time you make a sale. The selling fee is 5% per shipment, or a flat fee of $0.40 for shipments of $8.00 or less.

02

Do I need a business license to sell on Facebook?

Do I need a business license to sell on Facebook?
No, you don’t need a business license to sell on Facebook Marketplace.

03

What is the cheapest way to ship?

Sometimes Facebook Marketplace has the cheapest shipping especially if they are having a promotion but if their price isn’t good then we suggest to use Pirate Ship.

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