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My challenges started well but have tanked. I didn’t even work eBay this month and have lost my TRS status. It has been chaos here, and I’m just coming to the end of it. Hopefully, September will see a return to form and good sales. My #8 is to clear the 2nd incoming shelf.
Actually, as I’ve been working through these challenges and clearing these shelves, I’ve been rather thrilled at how useful they are. Once they’re cleared, and I used them for their original purpose, they are a perfect landing zone. Items come in and are placed in a position for cleaning, or repair, or in a box for “missing parts” (items where there’s another piece that I know I have, I just haven’t found it yet.) Then there’s a place for stuff ready to list. It means I can actually queue up listings, and my workbench, where I measure, list, and pack, stays clear of clutter. Just need to get back to listing!
What’s your #8 and how did you do last month?
JB got an honorable mention as last year’s winner, so VT took the trophy this week, well done!
Sharyn, firstly, thanks for the compliments. I love what I do with the dancers, it’s definitely “me time” even if there’s a lot of work involved. If there was another teacher in the area, I’d probably join the class and quit teaching! LOL. Maybe. I was in the front row in the first dance and in the back for the 2nd one. As to your questions: yes, I have fewer dancers this year, some folks moved away from the area, my youngest dancer went away to college, and there are a couple that are out with medical or family issues. And yes, kinda, to the 2nd question. I had a couple folks who were unable to attend due to being away at family functions.
Now on to your listing question: when I posed this to the group originally (waaaay back when) I was told that even if I was listing variations, which I considered to be hard work because they all needed their own photos etc., it is still one listing. However, if you click Sell Similar, which is less work than doing a variation IMHO, it counts as an extra listing. I understand the frustration, I felt it as well when I posted my question.
I think the best response is for you to decide what counts as one vs six. Only you are aware of how much extra work you put in to create those variations. Some variations are dead easy, some are harder than creating a separate listing. So for the easy multiples, count it as one. For the ones that are hard work, count each item listed. There’s no Listing Police here, we’re not going to knock down anyone’s door and demand an audit. (Non-members reading this: Obviously, if you’re claiming huge numbers and we happen to find your store and it doesn’t match, someone’s going to notice and call you on it. Don’t join and fudge your numbers!) 🙂
Hope that helps.
Spreadsheet updated. Both JB and VL get honorable mentions again, but UtahBill logged yet another win! Still 19 weeks to go, so anyone could win this year!
JB, what a great haul! Congrats, both on the deal and on getting so much of it listed already! That’s the ticket!
Have a great week, everyone!
No listings for me this week. I’ve been working off-eBay this whole week, going flat out with my husband’s business and the property accounts for which I do accounting. And… I had another Show on. Usually I share photos, but this time, I am going to share one video. Apologies that it’s a bit out of focus sometimes, it was taken and shared by an audience member, but it’s mostly visible. Doesn’t look quite so out of focus on a phone.
@Sharyn, decided to change to thirds instead of quarters. We’re not posting quite as much as we used to, so the threads are shorter. Will move to a new thread next month.And, just for fun, this article on the Dog Days of Summer!
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/why-are-they-called-dog-days-of-summer-21705
ChristineR, sorry you got COVID! Hope it is mild. Checked out your store on mobile and PC and it looks great. Well done!
With you there, JB. I’ve been doing a massive sort of my old stuff. I’ve been moving tons of stuff to the Booth, and seriously considering whether or not I want to bother with listing what’s left. If it’s a pain to list or it needs more work than simple spit and polish, and it’s not a high dollar item, I’m letting it go. I watched a YT vid the other day where a carpenter made a table. When he priced it, he said he was hoping for $150 an hour, but he ended up dropping his price to $50 an hour. When I worked out how much I make for the amount of time I put in, it’s less than minimum wage. I figured I need to start respecting my time more!
Glad you got moved, VT. Give yourself a little time to get organized, moving is a huge stress. You’ll be back in the game soon.
So jealous of your visit, UtahBill. Alaska is on my bucket list!
VL, you’ve just moved too. It’s surprising how long it takes to get settled after a move. You’ll get back into the groove, it just takes a while.
Spreadsheet updated. While both VL and JB got honorable mentions, UtahBill grabbed the win this week.
Wishing you all much fun in these dog days of summer.
I have the Dymo XL Labelwriter. Love it. Plus, I have figured out how to configure it, so I can use it on PayPal shipping labels too.
You’re lucky, Simon. I was opted into it months ago and, despite many, many, many messages to eBay, and lots of “feedback” (which even resulted in a video conference!) I’m stuck with it. eBay is determined to roll out the new system. I think, with the amount of negative input they’ve received, that it’s being touted as “good for sellers” but it’s actually got more to do with the background system. It’s better for eBay and the eBay programmers, so sellers will just have to deal. IMHO, anyway.
Jay, there are some improvements. They have made some items clickable in the fields, for example, but no, it’s definitely more work than the old tool. Even though I’ve worked with it for some months now, aka gotten used to it, if the old tool was an option, I’d revert in a nanosecond!
Hello, lovelies!
Indeed, this year is zooming by! We have already gotten through our first week of August and there are only 19 weeks until Christmas. It’s time to start getting your Halloween stuff together. Would you believe I sold a Halloween projector last week? Yep, some folks sure do start getting ready early! I’m almost out of projectors now, though. That was my 2nd best RA purchase!
VL gets honorary for most listings, but Sharyn takes the win!
Wishing you all a fantastic week!
Thanks! It’s just a photo of my B&M booth. I used it as I take a photo of my booth every time I do a reset, and it was available. I didn’t expect it to work so well! LOL
Yep, that’s pretty much what I found when I googled it, but it doesn’t really tell you how it works, does it? I mean, if you make a clickable banner, and somebody clicks on it and buys the item/s in the banner, does it auto-repopulate? Do I have to remake the banner? Information is pretty scarce. 🙁
Yes, the nagging block said I had to create Featured Categories too, so I did. I chose the categories that, going forward, I would LIKE to keep selling in. I’m learning what I like to sell and what I am not crazy about. To date I’ve been very eclectic, with a thrift-store-esque collection. However, some stuff is a pain to photograph and list, some is a pain to ship, and some items have painful buyers. I’d like to narrow down my fields to stuff that is easy to find, easy to photograph and list, easy to store, and has minimum returns and hassles. If those items could have a huge ROI as well, wouldn’t that be the Holy Grail! 😀
@Sharyn Finally (because the Seller Hub has a new section that *nagged* me, I got a Billboard up on my store front. Now it wants a Marketing Banner! I thought they were the same thing!! My mistake. Do you know the difference? So far my research has led me to how to make one, not what they’re for and best tips for creating one. I’m being lazy and asking, instead of spending more time on research, tbh! 😉
