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+1 on this peeve. Especially bc I always include the country in my listings unless I really can’t find out.
I put in the country as I’ve heard it makes a difference to the buyer’s charges for import duty and figured they are being charged enough for international shipping. But that is hearsay, I haven’t got anything official on how it affects charges.
Week 12:
Listed 49
Death Piles 16Great listing week for me, lots cleared out, although mostly new stuff acquired this year. I’ve almost entirely cleared the piles of jeans and pants that were piled in my bedroom. Very excited to see that go! I’d say maybe one or two more good listing days and my bedroom will be a serene oasis of rest and rejuvenation, rather than additional storage area for my shop! 😀
Unfortunately came to a screeching halt on Friday. I smashed my knee in a motorbike accident in 2001, and the long-term consequences are excruciating. I’m undergoing a series of Torturous Treatments at the moment, and while the outcome is great (I had these last year), the experience itself results in a KO that is humiliating. I cry like a two year-old throwing a tantrum! LOL. Anyway, only 3 to 5 weeks of this, depending on how my body reacts, so listing might be a little slow in the weeks ahead.
Did you get feedback? What was it, if you did? Obvs, we’re all very curious! 😉
My bonanza account is the free version, and it has not done much for me by way of sales. When I do sell something on Bonanza, I immediately check to see that it was ended on eBay – just in case. However, considering how few items I sell via Bonanza, I don’t really mind the extra work there, because I only joined Bonanza for the free background burner. I don’t use it too often (it’s very slow), but it has been a huge help when I need it.
SoCal, you can bulk edit your listings in the shipping policies editor when you activate the shipping policies. eBay’s bots sort them all in to (admittedly a LOT of) policies, from where you can bulk edit all the listings within each policy. The time that could be spent editing listings into new categories could be spent editing the new shipping policies. Best of all, once you’ve turned on shipping policies, you can edit your policies over a matter of weeks, or even months, until you have them squared away. There’s no requirement to correct your policies immediately.
Even better, you can edit your default policies only, and then put all your new listings into the correct shipping policy, without impacting what’s left. It looks like a daunting task for those with thousands of listings, because I don’t think folks realize that there’s no deadline for completing the task.
Jay,
This has source code and plug-in information. Thought this might help with the New Posts question that pops up so often.
I’m now reading the posts on my RSS feed, and the problem that I have is that I don’t know where I’m at when I come to the main forum page. What posts have I seen already on the RSS? There’s no quick way to scan if you’ve missed a few days on the forum and only read the firehose. Trust me, if you introduce something like ^ that, you’ll love it!
Incompetent Picker got it right. It’s a steamer, but it’s missing the lid. I stumbled across one last year, and they have as faithful a following the Instant Pot. Folks swear by them.
There’s another name for them too, but I can’t remember it off hand. I’ll try look it up tomorrow on my computer. Mobile not so good for searches!
My daughter used to go to a Kickboxing class who had the motto “Go Hard or Go Home.” I think you should adopt that as yours, Marjean28! LOL
Here are our numbers for Week 11. We’re doing wonderfully!
I don’t know what happened to Punk, it’s really sad to have lost somebody, but I do understand – of mice and men, and all that. ice_queen, if Punk doesn’t return by next week, I’ll move you up to triples with ChristineR and I until you have another challenger.
So, the winner for the 3rd week in a row AND overall YTD is Marjean28. KatieScott, we’re looking to you to bring it and give our Champion a CHALLENGE! 😀
Great week, folks. Keep it going!
I’ve actually received lowballs accompanied by a polite message. Some I accept, others I counter with a more generous discount than I would have without the message. Rarely I explain why such a low offer would not work for me.
There was no message with this offer, and from the size and state of her store, I don’t think she was hurting for money, so I’m not sure how I’d have taken a sob story. Interesting question!
You ladies are all doing great!
My listing for the week totalled only 17 items, all DP.
I started the week out really well, and then tailed off as other things came up. I’m a little over-committed, unfortunately. The hubs is away still working on hurricane damage in Corpus Christi, so I’m taking care of the ranch on my own. I have a Student Showcase coming up, so I’m making bellydance bras for the advanced ladies who don’t sew, and I have a sewing class coming up for which I’m sewing skirts as samples. That one’s the biggie, as I have to sew up the skirts to test the designs, and there’s a fair number that are being unpicked as I go to correct design flaws. Well, as the saying goes: as ye sew, so shall ye rip! LOL. The dreaded taxes are upon us, too, but I don’t think I’m going to make it this year. I might have to request an extension. Plus we’re transferring properties out of an LLC that we’ve decommissioned. I think I need a helper! I’m seriously thinking of hiring a photographer.
On the sales front, I’ve definitely noticed that consistent listing = consistent sales. When I list a flat five a day, I tend to sell a flat two a day, on average. I’ve got to work out how to up my listing numbers to see if it changes proportionately, i.e. list 10 = sell 5. It will be my experiment for next month. Try to list more and report back.
