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Gross Sales
Mercari
$58.65
Poshmark
$83.00
eBay
$524.63
Total $666.28I took a few days off after the pop up markets and then started listing toward the end of the week. Sales were quite flat until (1) I started listing again; and (2) I started my weekly sale (usually W or Th-Sun pm). That seems to be the formula to kick start my Ebay store into any sales whatsoever. Promoted clicks and sales are still down since whatever changes they made in January to Cassini.
Since October I have sold about $5k on Poshmark, well above the price I paid for the Nifty software. Probably had a few extra Mercari sales as well. I tried a few things on the AI listing tool and again it failed to recognize items appropriately, both a brand new Target item I am flipping as well as vintage sheets. It seems like it’s better for now to start the listing in Ebay with sell similar and use Terapeak to price, then cross posting is very quick in Nifty. Nifty is adding Whatnot, which I don’t sell on. I wish they would have added Etsy instead. I suppose Whatnot could be another Mercari-like place to unload low dollar stuff but I don’t know anything about static listings or how well they move there.
I have also returned to starting to organize my unlisted inventory and will be getting ready for our garage sale in Mid-May. Hope to get rid of a ton of stuff. Will also try to be listing at least a few items each day. Overall I’ve gone from about 1100 items online to more like 800. Time to get stuff posted! It’s generally a quiet time without travel for us.
I’ve started a medicine that helps me sleep better and I realize now that I just spent the last 11 months in a coma practically. Should be able to dedicate much more time to the business now.
Finally, since we are just a small group of friends in here, I’m celebrating that I’ve paid off my business visa and now all sold is profit. I miss sourcing but it’s time to get the inventory locked in tight. I look forward to bringing in better quality stuff when I need to source again.
Wildcard is the pending application to the new vintage store in my downtown. I’d love to just dip my toe in with a small space, or even a case / bookshelf. There isn’t a lot of info yet on what is going on with them.
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@ChristineR Congratulations on paying that off!
I definitely find that listing new stuff on ebay triggers sales better than most anything else I’ve tried. I’m trying to get on some sort of schedule, so I list “x” every day that isn’t an “away” day—away days are days we go sourcing, grocery shopping, etc, and are gone much of the day. In my younger days, I would have said “Well, list wehn you get home!” but I’m at a point when it’s much more likely to be “Take a nap when you get home” LOL
I’m on a CPAP for sleeping, and frankly, would much prefer medicine….what are you taking, if you don’t mind me asking?
I don’t know if anyone here uses Auctiva, but tonight they are hosting a free online webinar with ebay about collectibles. I’m sure it will also be a pitch for Auctiva, and ebay’s definition of collectibles tends to be “trading cards and comics”, but I’m going to give it a try (the webinar, not necessarily Auctiva) Details and sign up here: https://www.auctiva.com/webinar.aspx
And it looks like they are having another one in June all about ebay Lives….
Also, I’ve been attending an ebay “Circle” (they used to call them “Meet Ups”—this one is based in Northern Virginia, but they are virtual as well, so you can be from anywhere to attend the virtual.) I’m finding this to be great fun: informative, great people, and very casual….drop in for a few minutes or stay for a few hours. You can either treat it like a Zoom call, and have your camera and/or mic on, or—like me for now—just type in the chat area. Very welcoming to new folks. Next session is tomorrow 5 to 9PM (ET). You can sign up here: https://sellerevents.ebay.com/events/details/ebay-rva-seller-circle-presents-rva-seller-circle-co-working-session-33/
Any Trash Elves here who might be interested, come check it out…And that includes our original Trash Elves, if you two are still reading this!
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I’m with you on the nap age. I also have a CPAP (got a diagnosis after I left my career job) but recently got hit with RLS – restless legs syndrome. First I had to get my iron up and then I finally went on Gabapentin. I feel like a new person. I don’t think I had much deep sleep in almost a year.
We have no seller circle here in my small city. What are they saying about promoted listings? I don’t see people citing their traffic pages, just an overall complaint that things are slow on ebay. They must have figured out how to have Cassini distinguish actual new listings from recycled ones. The software has been keeping my store fresh but I haven’t been changing those listings when they get redone.
So I still listen to Pure Hustle Podcast. Orlando is a big fan of SL and wanted to try to get Jay and Ryanne on for the PHP 500th episode. I hope he succeeds. 🙂
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Preview: ebay sales are just horrible and I’ve been sending 25% off offers, running a sale, listing a bit. Only sales on Posh today to ship out. Meanwhile, my Ebay pages are just full of advertising promos. They are pushing so hard to get us to spend more but it’s just nuts. They also have the worst deal with USPS on shipping costs of the platforms (unless Ebay is just keeping part of the commercial discount they negotiated.) :/
I hope the big push is because American sellers are pushing back on promoted campaigns. https://www.valueaddedresource.net/ebay-suggested-ad-rates/
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