Sell your bike in style on eBay

This video came to me via Twit­ter. It really shows the value of cre­at­ive and ener­getic mar­ket­ing when selling a product.

The mes­sage is pretty clear and shows how power­ful cre­at­ive mar­ket­ing can be. If you’re selling a bike, wheels or any­thing around the house, this is a great example of how being remark­able pays off — mediocrity doesn’t.

On the topic of remark­able, when it comes to mar­ket­ing, Seth Godin is a must read blog­ger on the topic. He rarely fails to deliver with con­sist­ent thought pro­vok­ing posts, this one related to eBay.

Whats my bike worth?

Go onto eBay and check the com­pleted list­ings. To do this — click on Advanced search, type in what you’re look­ing for and check the com­pleted list­ings box.

Advanced search, name of item, com­pleted list­ings — search.

This will give you a great indic­a­tion of what your bike is worth and what you could expect to get for it.

Other places to sell it.

Craigslist — Free to advert­ise — this link leads to the Mel­bourne version.

Gumtree — Free to advert­ise — again, this link leads to the Mel­bourne version.

BikeEx­change — There is lots of bikes on this Aus­tralian based site. They charge a small fee depend­ing on the value or your bike. They also have some great tips on buy­ing, selling and gen­eral bicyc­ling advice.

Cyc­ling Tips — An awe­some site for cyc­ling related tips and tricks. Wade is a great guy, authen­tic and real. He’s just opened a notice­board that I’m sure will gain trac­tion over time.It’s free and due to an ever increas­ing read­er­ship, you’ll sell your bike in no time.

Aus­tralian Cyc­ling For­ums — Not only a great place to sell your bike, but a chance to inter­act with fel­low cyc­lists. Ask ques­tions — get the heads up.

Good luck