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It’s a glitch I don’t mind having! 😀
I’m an anchor store now! Woot woot! I’ll just enjoy the fantasy for a bit… 😀 😀 😀 😀
Well done, ChristineR! You’re back in the lead, bc I listed zero this week. Yup – zilch! The only “listings” I did were the relists on my 30-day items.
To answer your question on a different thread, ChristineR, I list within eBay. Currently sitting around the 520 listings mark. I tend to relist daily anything that ended the previous day on 30-day, and deliberately end any GTC item on the day it shows it’s “ending” and then list it the next day with the 30-day ends from the day before. Monday listings are always a big jump, bc I don’t tend to list on weekends. I’ve started reading up on and investigating WonderLister and may make the move. Still thinking about it. With only 500-odd items, it’s not such a time sink for me to list daily within eBay at the moment. I bulk list 50 at a time, and it takes me maybe 10 minutes.
I’m swamped with off-eBay stuff until June 2nd, whereupon everything kinda slows down to a casual stroll! Phew! I feel like I’m running alongside a speeding train because my jacket is caught in the door. I’ll be glad when we pull into the station on June 2nd, that door opens, and I can give my tattered soles a rest! LOL.
Return policies are being amended by eBay starting May, but the Free Returns requirement is only required from June 1st.
https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/seller-updates/2018-spring/simplified-returns.html
Just so you know you have a little more time to get there. It’s possible that part of the May restructuring will introduce a new returns option, per their list of five. I’m waiting to see if it does before I make my changes.
3 minutes to take one photo of the jeans, but it sure does make the jeans look good! I was interested to note the guy’s comment that it “makes the legs look slimmer.” I can see the value in that. I’m not sure I’d spend 3 minutes, but I am wondering if I should experiment with a quick and dirty hack to see how it makes a difference in my photos. Just for the jeans.
Thanks for posting fireguy21
Unfortunately, my listings this month have dropped through the floor, when I was hoping to keep them stable for the period of a similar experiment I’ve been running. I’ve been moving all my listings from GTC to 30 days and, when I was listing regularly, I saw a significant spike in sales. Due to medical and non-eBay work, my listing numbers have tanked, which has slowed my sales, but I definitely noticed an improvement.
Even better, those annoying “improvement” emails have been going away! I still have some as my GTC is being converted to 30-day only as they “end”, but I don’t seem to have any improvement suggestions for items in the 30-day camp.
Despite the inconvenience of relisting constantly, I’m sold on the 30-day method and will probably stay here, except for items that are multiple quantity and seasonal.
Hi VintageTreasures, we would LOVE to have you join us! Please post your numbers since April 1st, I’ll put you into the system and pair you up with your best match.
We have fun getting all our listings up and the challenge is to LIST! in the hopes that you clear DPs and don’t create new ones.
Welcome aboard!
Sorry about the late update, it’s been one crazy week!
Marjean, all listings count. I’ll add your numbers for last week into this week’s round.
Well, I did get back to work, but didn’t manage much. Only 4 items listed! So not a blistering return to the fray. 🙂
However, I too was working on my storage stuff. We have a street sale coming up in a month and I’m sorting items to add to the sale. I’m choosing stuff that is not so high value that it’s worth paying fees on it – if I can get $10 after fees on eBay or $10 in person at the street sale, why bother listing and packing? – as well as items that I would prefer not to have to pack for shipping (large light fitting) and items that I might have returns on (printers that I can’t test bc I don’t have cables.) Also, low dollar items ($10 or less) that I can offload to get space. No clothes or shoes, they’re sold at garage sale prices at the street sale.
The MIL was visiting last week, so we went to a garage sale on the weekend and I got two large boxes, about 30″ square, for $15. One box was DIY items like light fittings, a shower head, etc., the other was all Christmas stuff, including about 3 dozen Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments in boxes. Not new, but still in the original boxes. None of it is high-value, unfortunately, but I can sell similar to list them very fast. Some of the DIY stuff may end up in my house; we are planning a bathroom redo, so I’m eyeing those items with a view to scavenged renovations. There’s an incredible amount of stuff in our house that is scavenged! The trick is to mix expensive new stuff with scavenged old stuff! We gutted our kitchen, for example. The backsplash tiles are new stone, the pressed tin ceiling and ceiling fans were bought especially, but all the woodwork, light fittings, curtain rails, furniture and most of the appliances were scavenged. Total cost for the whole thing was about $6,000. We have granite counters, wood floors, stone backsplash, tin ceilings. It looks like it cost tens of thousands! Trash elf for the win! 😀
I absolutely LOATHE the Underperforming tab and those dreadful emails. Totally my flip-out-and-rage-and-slaver loathe the things!
Sigilini, yes, it’s sandwiched. And antarestar is correct, you wouldn’t use “sandwich” as a keyword.
That quilt is beautiful! Lots of work.
Welcome back, Katie!
Well, you guys sure do give me homework! I’ve had to reshuffle folks to match up their listing numbers better so that nobody gets discouraged. I try hard to ensure that folks are matched as closely as possible so that it really is a challenge and inspiration.
VintageLacy, post your photos to Imgur.com, create an album, then select the photos to include in the album. Copy the album link that Imgur gives you and post it here. We’d LOVE to see them!
For anyone looking to identify hand quilting vs machine, the easiest way is to look at the spacing of the stitches. If you look at the green flower close up, you can see that the stitches are not evenly spaced. The gaps between them are uneven and the stitch lengths are uneven. Machine quilts are perfectly even.
Also, the term “quilting” is often misunderstood. Quilting is the act of sewing a “sandwich” together, the backing, batting, and top. Most folks associate the patchwork/pieced tops with quilting, but there are many items that are just a plain white length of fabric with intricate designs quilted onto them. They’re often referred to as wholecloth quilts and can be breathtakingly beautiful. Have a look at this one: https://amishspirit.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Heirloom.jpg
The intricately pieced designs, such as the one in your photos, is a pieced or patchwork top. If the pieced item is not quilted, or sewn into a sandwich with backing and batting, as in a tablecloth, it is called patchwork. Patchwork can be lined, or sewn with a backing, but if it isn’t sewn through all the layers, it’s not quilted.
Hope this helps! 🙂
Just waiting for Marjean’s numbers and I’ll post the YTDs. Will check again tonight.
Have you considered Dropbox? You can save from your phone into Dropbox and access it from your computer. I save over 300 photos at a time on the free account with absolutely no problems. Once a month I transfer my photos out of Dropbox into an external drive. I know you don’t keep your photos, so you could just delete them when you’re done.
Sorry about the plagiarism, Jay. That is rather low, considering she charges a premium for her courses!
