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It is a scorcher of a heat wave here in the Philly area, just too hot! I would think this might be good for people buying, but who knows. Send out those offers anyway.
I’ve gotten into some nice routines lately with eBay and that feels great. Most important has been listing consistently. I’ve created between 24 and 31 new listings every week for the last seven, so really got myself back on track after a rough start to May. It feels good to hit those benchmarks and if you stay consistent long enough, you start to see the progress which is exciting.
I’m going to try and photograph a few more random items over the next few days. It’s one of those tasks which I put off and put off and put off. But it only takes me an extra 5-10 minutes to take some photos, and then I’m done. Identifying these areas I procrastinate on, and figuring out a way to incorporate them into my routine a few times a week instead of a few times a month, can be such a game-changer. Anyone else struggle with this?
6/15/2025 to 6/21/2025
Total listings: 308
New listings this week: 28
Items sold: 18 — 7 via best offer, 7 via seller initiated offer, 1 via advertising (hmmm…only 1? might be time to do end and sell similar)
Gross sales: $693.60
Net sales: $456.49
Average sales price: $38.53
High sale of the week: $69.27 net, about $40 profit after COGS Dawn Staley (women’s basketball coach for South Carolina) 2000 Skybox WNBA authenticated autograph
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just catching up on the forum and threads. I didn’t realize this website was on the verge of being closed. I just posted on the scavenge of the week, although had to add to an older thread. Only a few sales this particular week.
Interestingly, I had my Away notification turned on for 11 days while in a work/vacation trip and sold a bunch of stuff?! 11 items during that time frame which for me is quite a bit. weird.
6/15/2025 to 6/21/2025
Total listings: 482
New listings this week: 12
Items sold: 3
Gross sales: $46.00
Net sales: $43.00 (aasume this is selling price minus cost of the item?)
Average sales price: $15.33
High sale of the week: $20.00 a Kawasaki repair manual https://www.ebay.com/itm/195975334049
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@Craig, I do ok with photos. I fall down on sitting down more often to create listings.
Total items: 1145
New listings this week: 16
Items sold: 18
Gross sales: $756
Net sales: $485
Average sales price: $42
High sale of the week: https://www.ebay.com/itm/335841063597 Went at the end of day 1 to an estate sale in a super packed house and found these under things. Paid like $2 maybe.
I’m approaching 5000 items and 2000 feedback on Ebay. Crazy numbers for how part time I have been. Our taxes were on extension and we just went in to sign. Despite having a medical emergency / injury for 3 months last year, my business profit was about double, in part due to the pop up markets. Still not impressive by any means, but not too shabby. I wish I could just consistently kick it into gear with the listing.
Honestly did way to much sourcing last year but it’s hard not to get out after working a desk job for many years. My kids are home for the summer too – one perhaps back home in the fall tbd -but we aren’t traveling much so I hope to giddy up. I’m keeping away from estate sales and garage sales to work on the piles but letting myself out to the flea market and once in a while while passing through to the Goodwill, which is on my way to everywhere. I’m also passing on things I would have bought before. Part of the journey but still similar challenges to my early Ebay selling. The pop ups and Facebook Marketplace have provided some balance but still need to list online more often.
I’ve also started to reach out to the most reasonable and better located antique mall here, which is very hard to get into. The local joke is someone has to die before you get in. I could probably get a spot in nearby downtown Ventura where the rent would be about the same as that one but I really don’t want to add that kind of driving into the mix with my current smallish vehicle. It would be great to get a fixed space if the rent is $300 or so (unlike others here at @600+). I have been accepted to the better pop ups here in town now and have one about every three weeks through October (or November), when I will probably break from live selling.
Thanks to R&J for keeping the forums alive for now! Sending virtual hugs.
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@craig-rex – Doing anything for eBay these days is rough for me, but, yes, whether it is taking photos or writing listings, I need to push myself to start and then to stay focused.
On Etsy, a person messaged that one of my blue glass trays was probably uranium glass. Lo and behold, it fluoresces green under a black light. I need to take a new photo and then make it active again. In my numbers, I have a 32* for Etsy listings; once I relist the tray, it will go back to 33.
Week of June 15 – 21
Total Items in Store: 1327 eBay, 32* Etsy
Items Sold: 5 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $0 + $4 Commission
Total Sales: $148.06 eBay, $0 Etsy
Highest Price Sold: $60 for2 Rorstrand Kadett Cup Saucer Sets Red Stripehttps://www.ebay.com/itm/186557566206
Average price: $29.61
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 5
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