are you sure you lose out on localbitcoins?
right now you can sell to trader in morocco on there for the equivalent of $1277. that's more than you'd get from coinbase.
if you actually sell to other people on there it looks like you can ask over $1400.
the localbitcoins commission is only 1%
i tried to sell to 3 buyers on localbitcoins one of them told me he wasn't in my city and that i should meet him where he wants .. another one kept stalling and i don't know why .. and the last one wanted to buy for a very low price.. to avoid all of this i want to find out if there are other ways that i could sell online that i'm missing ..