Scavenger Life

Our best sale this week was the door of a clothes washer for $150. We purchased this used washer off craigslist and it turned out to be a dud. Ryanne parted the machine out so we’ll actually make money off the purchase. Nothing goes to waste!

Otherwise, things are selling and we’re having fun.

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Our Store Week November 24-30, 2024

Total Items in Store: 9580
Items Sold: 35
Gross Sales: $1,521.33 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,118.18 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $74
Cost of helpers: $40
Highest Price Sold: $150 (door of a clothes washer)
Average Price Sold: $31.94
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

We had a pretty good week of sales on eBay. We noticed that people are buying mismatched silverware, likely for their upcoming Thanksgiving dinners 🙂 Otherwise, all kins of random stuff keeps selling. Our highest sale was an old whisky bottle that people collect.

Our coffee business continues to grow. As we get more wholesale customers for our beans, we keep needing help. We just hired another full-time roaster which is super exciting. This is much different than running our eBay store, but working with others brings its own challenges and fun.

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Our Store Week November 17-23, 2024

Total Items in Store: 9597
Items Sold: 28
Gross Sales: $1,190.44 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $860.05 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $112
Cost of helpers: $40
Highest Price Sold: $95 (vintage whiskey bottle)
Average Price Sold: $30.71
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

It’s difficult for us to know what a “normal eBay week” means for us these days as we’ve transitioned to focusing on other parts of our lives. We still find ways to scavenge pretty interesting items for cheap that we list. We have a store, it’s full of stuff, it’s all for sale, and we sell stuff each week. That’s what we know. It works!

After you’ve been selling on eBay for a long time, sometimes muscle memory is important. We’ve seen how it’s so easy to lose interest in selling online…and then how difficult it is to get back into it. What’s important to us is the pipeline stays open and loaded. Our large inventory carries us through busy times in our lives.

Our special holiday coffee blend is out for a limited time if you’re looking for presents. Matching Pajamas! Hope you guys are doing well!

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Our Store Week November 3-9, 2024

Total Items in Store: 9622
Items Sold: 23
Gross Sales: $883.79 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $639.15 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $65
Cost of helpers: $40
Highest Price Sold: $90 (silver ring)
Average Price Sold: $27.78
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 10
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

We actually had a much better week than expected while we were on vacation. Usually we expect sales to drop when on “time away” but sales were steady.

Our best sale was a hanging light we found in the trash. Sold for $300! So satisfying.

We just put out our popular holiday coffee blend, Matching Pajamas, if you enjoy a good cup or need a special gift! we ship anywhere 🙂

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Our Store Week October 27 – November 2, 2024

Total Items in Store: 9650
Items Sold: 30
Gross Sales: $1,478.44 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,098.89 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $44
Cost of helpers: $40
Highest Price Sold: $300 (vintage hanging light)
Average Price Sold: $36.62
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $50
Number of items listed this week: 100
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

Slow week but we’ve also on vacation. So we’ll take these sales while our store is on autopilot. We’re having a lot of fun scavenging in a new town. We’ll know who the next President of the United States next week. Oh boy.

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Our Store Week October 20-26, 2024

Total Items in Store: 9629
Items Sold: 20
Gross Sales: $877.47 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $634.70 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $44
Cost of helpers: $40
Highest Price Sold: $100 (vintage playing cards)
Average Price Sold: $37.21
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $18
Number of items listed this week: 30
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

We had a good week of sales but this current week has dropped off a cliff since we put our store in “time away” mode since we’re traveling. The algorithm really doesn’t seem to like sellers to be away.

Our coffee business is hot and heavy with two cafes in full bloom. We’re roasting more than ever with its own full time roasting crew. Exciting times.

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Our Store Week October 13-19, 2024

Total Items in Store: 9615
Items Sold: 29
Gross Sales: $2,047.49 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,523.01 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $108
Cost of helpers: $40
Highest Price Sold: $225 (blender)
Average Price Sold: $52.51
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 30
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

As some others shared, it was a slow week on the eBay front. Lots of items under $25. Good news is that we’ve already sold as much in three days as all last week. It’s a marathon and not a sprint.

With the Fall season here, our cafes and coffee roastery has been gang busters. The weekend had people spilling out the door to grab coffee/food on their way to go hiking. We’re here for it.

Hope you’re having a good season!

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Our Store Week October 6-12, 2024

Total Items in Store: 9584
Items Sold: 24
Gross Sales: $826.23 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $580.14 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $65
Cost of helpers: $40
Highest Price Sold: $150 (set of vintage plates)
Average Price Sold: $24.17
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 10
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

Our eBay store feels like its fully back in business with consistent daily sales of all the weird stuff we find. Since we’ve been listing on eBay since 2008, there are actually items that may have taken ten years to sell. Kind of nuts to think about it, but the work was done a long time ago, the item doesn’t take up much room, and listing fees are almost nothing. Thank you past selves for making us money today.

Christine posted about how younger sellers are focused on sell through rates and only selling items that sell quickly. This is a wonderful way to sell but I assume they spend a lot of time choosing and resarching items to sell. And then spend a lot of time optimizing their listings to sell quicker. And then managing the listings that don’t sell quick so they don’t sit unsold. One way or another, it’s all work. No shortcuts.

Fall is here. Cold weather is coming.

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Our Store Week September 29-Oct 5, 2024

Total Items in Store: 9604
Items Sold: 32
Gross Sales: $1,615.92 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,116.76 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $117
Cost of helpers: $40
Highest Price Sold: $75 (vintage menorah)
Average Price Sold: $34.89
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $50
Number of items listed this week: 10
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

We missed a week posting our numbers. Life has been busy because we lost one of production coffee roasters. If you know of anyone who wants to roast coffee full-time in Luray VA, email us here info@broadporchcoffee.com 🙂

Otherwise eBay sales continue to crank away. It’s crazy what people buy. We’re grateful for it all.

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Our Store Week September 22-28, 2024

Total Items in Store: 9609
Items Sold: 36
Gross Sales: $1,314.56 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $946.22 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $65
Cost of helpers: $40
Highest Price Sold: $75 (vintage menorah)
Average Price Sold: $26.28
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

Another good week for us. Always feels good when we sell a handful of items each day. Our best sale was an old Swatch watch from the 1980’s that we sold for $300. We bought a jumbled box of them from a guy at a flea market last year for cheap. These were trendy watches popular when I was a kid.

We read this fun article about the largest trading card collection ever found. It’s in a small town just a couple hours where we live. I’m curious to hear what Craig, our resident trading card expert, thinks of this haul. Wonder how much the guy paid for all of it.

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Our Store Week September 8-14, 2024

Total Items in Store: 9641
Items Sold: 33
Gross Sales: $1,870.07 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,251.10 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $101
Cost of helpers: $40
Highest Price Sold: $300 (vintage Swatch watch)
Average Price Sold: $37.91
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)