subject: For Sale By Owners can Sell Their Timeshare Fast and Without An Upfront Fee [print this page] For Sale By Owners can Sell Their Timeshare Fast and Without An Upfront Fee
Those upfront fees charged by some services to market your timeshare for you can get rather pricey can't they? I know you'd like to sell your timeshare fast and there are services out there that make ridicules claims that they can find you a buyer almost overnight. Your smart not to fall for it. Most of the companies that charge high fees and make unreasonable promises tend to be scams. Staying away from services like that is a good idea.
There's nothing wrong with paying a listing fee of may be $100 or so but paying $1500 for a promise of hundreds of ready buyers should set off a red light. This just doesn't work to your advantage.
The time tested information below may be able to help you save hundreds of dollars or may be even thousands:
Don't pay fees upfront. Read the fine print in your contract. Ask the agent if there are any additional fees and if they expect you to come up with any money to cover their cost upfront. You need to be sure you know what your getting into before you sign anything.
Many timeshare owners have been able to successfully sell their timeshares on eBay. eBay gets thousand of visitors every day and these sellers are taking advantage of that fact to get their advertisement the best exposure they can find. Auctions also allow you to set a minuim bid price so you will be assured that the price you sell the property for won't be too low. eBay also offers classified ads.
Know how much you plan to sell your timeshare for. This is critical information you need when you decide to sell anything. Try to be realistic. Look at what other owners are getting for their timeshares. Don't just look at the asking price, many people think the property is worth a lot more than what it will actually end up selling for. Try to get a good idea of what they are actually selling for.
Spend a little time preparing online before you start your marketing efforts and you can come up with all the information you need to set a realistic selling price and define a marketing a plan. Look at what others are saying about the resort your timeshare is located in they may have a selling point that really seems to hit home. Search for sites that will accept your ads without charging a fee. It won't cost you anything and could make you thousands of dollars and save precious time finding a buyer.
