Want to sell things online: need advice

[silverdragon54]

I want to start selling some of my handicrafts online, but I'm not sure how to actually go about it. I'm thinking that private sales are the way to go, through here, or my deviantArt page or something. I don't think an Etsy shop would be worthwhile, and eBay would eat my profits. I'm not trying to make a living or anything. Selling some of the stuff I make would just help me buy materials to make more stuff.

I think I know what I need to do. I think I need to link a bank account to Paypal. I already have a credit card linked to Paypal for buying things online, but I don't know if I can use that to sell too. A bank account that I would use exclusively for receiving money from PayPal seems like it would be easier (and I have an existing one that would work since I hardly ever use it), but I have no idea if it's a good idea or not.

I know lots of you guys sell stuff online. How do you do it?

[moving to TS - kkat]

[mlp4me]

I sell on here, mainly ponies tho. When I have in depth questions I head over to trader/classified support. You can try craigslist for local sales (yay no fees), start a page on facebook... You're on the right track with keeping things separate with paypal. I'm sure others will chime in with other tips and tricks.