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If you read our blog comments (or could see the emails we get each week), then you know that there are sellers who are sincerely worried about their slow summer sales. Especially if someone is new to eBay, a quiet week can be scary. People have bills to pay, a spouse who’s hassling them for wasting their time or a dream of quitting their job to spend more time at home with the kids. Slow sales make it all seem impossible. We hear this.
But it’s always slow around summer time. It’s not slow; it’s normal. Next summer, sales will also be slow. And the summer after that. Even though sales are fewer, people are still buying from us. We’re making money. Not as much as holiday season, but our bills are paid.
And this is not to brag or say we’re Special Awesome Cool. We’ve just developed a year-round store with a variety of items to choose from. Our secret is to simply work hard. When there’s a day when one thing sells, we make sure we add 40 new items to our inventory. Maybe we only made $20 yesterday. That’s fine. We’re listing winter coats because winter is right around the corner. Tomorrow could be a $500 day. That’s how it’s worked for us the past six years. Put in the hours. Slow times are when a large inventory pays off.
UPDATE: I remembered that we did almost the exact some episode last year. We were using the same exact strategies then as now.
In this episode, we mention the following links:
- Alibaba’s 11 Main, was sold off for failing to attract enough buyers and sellers. Another potential eBay competitor bites the dust.
- eBay’s Seller Performance page shows up blank for us. Does it look blank to you? Maybe a new performance standard is coming?
- Dan is holding the first ever Scavenger meetup in Seattle on July 15. Contact him directly for details. We have nothing to do with this event, but it sounds fun. Dan Mattson WoodenBoatdan@gmail.com 425 319-7800
- If you want to do some hiking in the mountains, rent our Vacation Farmhouse. Meeting us is optional!
Little visitor in our yard this week. |
The Weekly Scavenger Numbers
Our Store Week June 28-July 4 2015
- Store #1
- Total Items in Store: 3963
- Items Sold: 25
- Cost of Items Sold: $62
- Total Sales: $1,272.71
- Highest Price Sold: $299 (vintage converse shoes)
- Average Price Sold: $50.80
- International Sales: 5 (4 GSP)
- Returns: 0
- Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $75
- Number of items listed this week: 25
- Store #2
- Total Items in Store: 386
- Items Sold: 8
- Cost of Items Sold: $15
- Total Sales: $322.94
- Highest Price Sold: $59 (collectible golf markers)
- Average Price Sold: $40.25
- International Sales: 1 (1 GSP)
- Returns: 0
- Number of items listed this week: 75
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