If you are looking to sell wine online then you have many choices... it can be confusing! Mostly, your option will be either selling directly to a wine merchant / re-seller or you need to place your wine(s) within an active auction (online / live).
When selling your wines, you will be hit by fees either a discounted value given from the wine merchant / re-seller (they need to make money on your wine so it is understandable of course) or you will pay a listing fee / sales fee via an auction - Both chew into the amount of money that you will get for your wine.
Is there a place you can sell wine for free? Yes, the good news if you are selling Champagne is that there is a website that allows you to register for free, sell for free and it is also free for buyers to purchase - If you are looking to sell Champagne online then we recommend www.ChampagneCollectors.com
The world is full of wine both what is being produced annually to the aging bottles in cellars of wineries, the stocks of hospitality venues, the bottles in retail shops (on the high street and online), the wines which form part of collector / investors collections and those wines that are in millions upon millions of households globally. There is no shortage of wine!
Even though there is plenty of wine about, the global consumption is huge. You can more or less gaurantee that if you have come past some old wine at your home, have been left some as part of a will, discovered some via a house clearance or have a wonderfully romantic story that you found a hidden wine cellar in the house you bought in France, it will hold some value.
The value of wine is determined by what the label is, the age, the provenance and storage history. Once the identity of the wine is known, the most important part of valuing will be discovering the likey quality of the wine inside the bottle, this will all be down to how the wine was stored (and what proof there is) and depending on rarity of the wine(s) an inspection of some kind will be required. An inspection could simply be you sharing photos with the buyer or that a buyer will need to take a sample.
