We had our best week in six months that was helped by a huge sale. A set designer purchased $1300 worth of vintage markers (the kind used in elementary schools). We mentioned that we purchased three shopping carts of these four years ago and they keep selling. Definitely long tail.

Otherwise, I wonder if eBay sales will keep picking up for the holidays since we keep hearing news of shipping delays of stuff from China. Will buyers look to US sellers on eBay for their xmas presents?

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Our Store Week October 31-November 6, 2021

Total Items in Store: 7666
Items Sold: 44
Gross Sales: $2,589.33 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $2,000.88 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $77
Cost of helpers: $80
Highest Price Sold: $1300 (lot of vintage markers)
Average Price Sold: $45.47
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $10
Number of items listed this week: 20
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

Probably one of our best weeks since the summer because of five sales over $100. We’re slowly selling off used cafe equipment we purchased for our coffee shop before we knew what we were doing. Nothing ever goes to waste in a Scavenger household.

We appreciate everyone who is still buying coffee from us. We now roast twice a week. It feels like a job now but hope it becomes a good business 🙂 Our wholesale sales have taken off which is what we hoped.

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Our Store Week October 24-30, 2021

Total Items in Store: 7657
Items Sold: 35
Gross Sales: $2,022.40 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,568.87 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $166
Cost of helpers: $0
Highest Price Sold: $250 (antique player piano rolls)
Average Price Sold: $44.82
Returns: 0
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)

We had almost the exact same numbers of sales and profit as last week. eBay is sometimes weirdly consistent even with our extremely random store. We’ll take it.

Our best sale was a box of antique player piano rolls that we found in the garbage. They sat in our death pile for a year before we finally listed them…and then sold within a week. Always be listing.

We’re really enjoying everyone’s stories of their week. Ryanne says she doesn’t know if she needs to fix our categories. She’s too busy roasting coffee!

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Our Store Week October 17-23, 2021

Total Items in Store: 7626
Items Sold: 28
Gross Sales: $1,525.01 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,180.27 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $76
Cost of helpers: $120
Highest Price Sold: $250 (antique player piano rolls)
Average Price Sold: $42.15
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 40
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

Our sales haven’t gotten back to where they were at the start of pandemic, but they’ve recovered. Guess people still want our weird, decorative items. Had a handful of $100 sales which is always nice. Our helper is now coming twice a week to take photos which helps us keep the pipeline filled. We’re really enjoying the conversations in the forum. Glad yo see everyone taking care of business!

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Our Store Week October 10-16, 2021

Total Items in Store: 7591
Items Sold: 29
Gross Sales: $1,554.35 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,087.68 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $83
Cost of helpers: $120
Highest Price Sold: $160 (commercial coffee dispenser)
Average Price Sold: $37.50
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 40
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

We’ve been selling a lot of the weird, vintage stuff that we love finding. Old dishes, pocket knives, artwork, cigar boxes, skater shirts. Some of these items have taken more than a couple years to sell. Not for the weak spirited 🙂

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Our Store Week October 3-9, 2021

Total Items in Store: 7570
Items Sold: 20
Gross Sales: $1,095.42 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $855.91 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $66
Cost of helpers: $80
Highest Price Sold: $160 (set of vintage dinner plates)
Average Price Sold: $42.80
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 40
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

Another solid week. Not too cold, not too hot. Lots of random items selling as always. It never ceases to amaze me. How was your week?

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Our Store Week September 26-October 2, 2021

Total Items in Store: 7533
Items Sold: 24
Gross Sales: $1,238.44 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $881.46 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $47
Cost of helpers: $80
Highest Price Sold: $110 (Garden statue)
Average Price Sold: $36.72
Returns: 0
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)

Sales slowed this week. Never know if its because of the overall dreary economic news or not. We keep listing.

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Our Store Week September 19-25, 2021

Total Items in Store: 7508
Items Sold: 20
Gross Sales: $935.25 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $678.87 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $77
Cost of helpers: $80
Highest Price Sold: $200 (lot of drawer handles)
Average Price Sold: $34.64
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 sales have steadied this month which feels good. Our helper takes photos once or twice a week which helps us list more. Several of the items sold this week were items we just listed. Our pipeline keeps flowing.

Our Store Week September 12-18, 2021

Total Items in Store: 7522
Items Sold: 25
Gross Sales: $1,455.66 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,086.75 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $67
Cost of helpers: $40
Highest Price Sold: $275 (vintage mirror)
Average Price Sold: $43.47
Returns: 0
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)

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Our Store Week September 5-11, 2021

Total Items in Store: 7484
Items Sold: 36
Gross Sales: $1,972.50 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,469.52 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $58
Cost of helpers: $40
Highest Price Sold: $160 (vintage liquor bottle)
Average Price Sold: $40.82
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 20
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

Another good week of sales for us after a slow summer. Would be very nice if this continued through the holidays.

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Our Store Week August 29-September 4, 2021

Total Items in Store: 7503
Items Sold: 33
Gross Sales: $1,717.62 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,235.46 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $82
Cost of helpers: $77
Highest Price Sold: $150 (vintage duffel bag)
Average Price Sold: $52.04
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $20
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 our best week on eBay since early summer. Have people come back from summer vacation and are buying more? Is it just because we’re listing more? Who cares. This is the way.