How to Sell Hay Online
If you have plenty of hay left on your farm and want to sell it, do not wait for people visiting you at your form to buy it. You can sell it online. In this age of internet, you can buy and sell anything to everything online, you just need to choose a right platform. Even auction sites like eBay offer services of selling hay online. You can select any other site, or even social network, to place an ad. A farmer in need of it can contact you and get hay from you.
Instructions
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If you do not have an account on any site that offers buying and selling services directly to consumer, you can make one. Or else, you can make use of social network to find a horse breeders community or other farmers who might be interested in buying your product.
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Also, make sure you select the safest payment mode. To select a safe online payment mode, whether you are making payment for buying or collecting payment on selling something, having an account with payment sites like PayPal can help prevent online frauds. This can rip you off a considerable amount. So be careful before choosing the method of collecting the payment or else you might end up losing your money.
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You can either place an ad that you are selling so much quantity of hay, priced at a certain rate or else, you can look for advertisements from horse breeders or other farmers, who are looking to buy some hay for their need. Both are the effective ways to find a good buyer for your hay and can help you fetch some good money.
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You can also sell the hay through an agent or person who is acting on behalf of buyers or sellers online. For example, people offer their services to sell products on behalf of their clients on eBay. So you can look for such an agent, who can help you sell the entire stock of hay in one go.
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Make sure you collect the payment into your account on delivery of the product to intending buyer. If there is some delay, you should immediately contact the buyer and ask for payment delay. If not, contact PayPal, they can help you trace the person who is due to make the payment.
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Being on the safest side, do not arrange delivery of hay until you receive the entire payment into your online account. This can prevent you from certain losses. However, if the buyer is your regular client, then you might compromise on some aspect of the payment. For example, receive a certain percentage of payment and the rest later on.
