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Hey folks! You’re all so very productive! And so am I, with a whopping ONE! Yup, one listing, and for once, not my fault.
My eBay account appears to be on hold. I cannot list anything and have worked through mutliple CS Reps to try to resolve this. I do not have any holds or suspensions on my account, I’m in good standing (still TRS) and there are no VEROs or any other reason. It just keeps giving me an error when I try to list something! I’ve cleared my history and cache, and even completely uninstalled and downloaded my browser from scratch. I’ve tried 3 other browsers. I’ve tried 4 different computer and my phone.
It started on Monday. That was my one listing for the day. All the other listings that I created that day have disappeared, never to be seen again. None of my drafts can be edited, saved, or listed. The CS rep’s response was “oh, that’s concerning!” Ya think?
This has been accompanied by no sales. From sales every day to zip, zilch and zero. I was so excited to get two sales through yesterday and logged in today gleefully… to no avail. I still cannot list. We start with Customer Service log #5 today. Sigh….
Guess I should just work on taxes this week. 🙁
Curious Curator, great side hustle! I too considered furniture and even upcycled a couple pieces. I got well paid! However, in my rural area there is too small of a market, so I would either have to pay to have it trucked somewhere, or take a booth in a Mall or something. It’s a fun field, though!
LOL, Jay, I thought about you two and your diversification as I was writing the post! I think that is the key, here. Multiple income streams wherever possible! Then if one fails, you still have another as back up. That being said, how many folks have the time to develop multiple platforms? Or the space for multiple businesses? I have to admit that my current four businesses keeps me super busy! (Okay, one is my husband’s, but I do all the admin and marketing and customer interaction and – well, everything except the actual mechanical work!) I have to consciously and deliberately schedule time for eBay. And housework.
Spreadsheet updated and VL wins, taking us back to a tie. I feel like I’m at Wimbledon! 😀
Pop Up Purse challenge: After spending an entire day rearranging the shed to find my box of purses, because I knew I had one!, I won my own challenge with 5 listed. VT takes 2nd with 2, and Sharyn gets third. No participation points this round. Obviously not a good pop up! I’ll have to come up with something better for the next one.
Don’t forget the MCM Challenge! It’s easier than you think. List anything dated between 1930 and 1970 to get on the board!
Have a great week, y’all!
Welcome back, JR! Glad you made target this week!
JB – awesome haul! But… you know you’re gonna go out again, don’t you? LOL
Thanks for the water wishes, everyone. VL, she wears this…
(You thought you had me, didn’t you! Hahahahahahaha!)
Happy Sunday, y’all! I’m going to be leaving very early tomorrow and out all day, so I’m posting my numbers today in case I don’t make it tomorrow.
Listed 15, deliberately listing my weekly goal. I worked more hours in my store than I have in ages, but didn’t manage to whack the listing numbers. Difficult listings this week!
Of the 15, 4 fell into the MCM challenge, and 5 were in the Pop Up Purse challenge. I actually created 19 bag drafts, but it was a heck of a week and I didn’t manage to list any more.
Still no water. I’m getting very good at being an authentic 1800s rancher wife! LOL
Wishing you all a great week.
This article introduces grandmillenial as a term!
Water – we had a plumber out. He said we need a well specialist, it’s way over the paygrade of a mere plumber. Most well specialists aren’t even taking calls any more, but the one we did get put us on the list. We MIGHT (is there a giant version of MIGHT anywhere?) get our pump and switch replaced by end of March or April, but the tanks etc. will be about six months’ wait. Or so.
COVID – I’m allergic to the flu vaccine and I have anaphylactic reactions so they’ve told me no dice. I have to develop herd immunity the old fashioned way. 😛
Spreadsheet updated. And how! First up: JB takes the win, moving into the lead on points. And secondly; I finally got around to pulling up the spreadsheet via the link instead of on my PC and see what you mean about the headings being smooshed, so I have copied the monthly challenges below the points section so that they’re easy to find and see without having to track down threads here on the forum.
Finally.. dun dun dunnnnnn…. new pop up challenge! PURSES! Bags, handbags, totes, cosmetic bags, wallets, duffle bags, suitcases, briefcases, messenger bags, hobo bags… they all count. But for brevity, I’m gonna stick with Purses! It’s the Pop Up Purses challenge! You have until Sunday to list list list. Final numbers must be posted on Monday with the usual. Winner on Tuesday.
We had a whole set of these when I was a kid. Always used them with cake. The large flat tine at the side acts like a knife to cut the edge of the cake, then you spear the piece like a fork to eat it. It’s actually pretty effective, more so than a standard cake fork.
LOL! Shoppers Anonymous meets on Mondays! 😀 Congratulations, VT. I think most of us are feeling the need for some not-retail therapy!
JB’s post about productivity interested me a lot because I posted a similar question, worded differently, on another group I belong to. I got 10 points from that very busy discussion and, so far, 10 points from JB’s post on this group. If you guys want me to post the points in bullet form, let me know.
I introduce with that information, because I’ve been putting these tips to use, along with my eBay bestie who is the most motivating friend, and it shows in my numbers (and my sales!) Last week I managed to list a whopping (for me) 22 items! Of those, if the criteria is that you list items in the period 1930-1970, an astounding 13 met the MCM challenge. I was lucky, because a lot of them actually had the dates printed on them! Books with publication dates, or pottery where the person was kind enough to put the date on the bottom. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have a clue! LOL
We are still without water, but our neighbor’s house, half a mile away, has limped back into productivity. We’re the unofficial caretakers and they invited us to use their guest cottage for our daily showers. The hubs has been repairing sections of piping there and we were able to go for a shower for the first time three days ago. Bliss! He still has some cracks to repair, but the solution at the moment is turn off the lines to everything but the guest cottage, and then only turn the water on for our shower and off again when we’re done. He’s trying to fit in repairs between our busy work schedules, but as the neighbor’s don’t think they’ll be back until April, we have time. And I’m so grateful for hot showers!
Wishing you all a great week! And say thanks to whatever deity you believe in for indoor plumbing!
My pets did the same thing: in/out/in/out; and I wanted a pet door, but DH wasn’t keen because he was afraid we would have non-pets (e.g. raccoons) using it. Then I suggested we put the pet door in the kitchen leading into the garage. That way we close down the garage door in the evening and nothing can get into the pet door. During the day if we’re away from home, we close the garage to just a few inches above the ground, and the cats can get under it and still have freedom to come and go.
I’ve been working on the same problem. Everything else seems to get in the way of the business. (It doesn’t help I take care of multiple businesses.) I’ve realized I need to pretend this is a job, with a start time and end time. I worked with afternoons in the beginning, but I’m more productive in the mornings, so now I have set 10AM to 2PM as my daily work time. I “go to work” and I operate sort of like an employee. Close doors, make sure the cats are fed, etc. so that when I “commute” it’s a separation of my day from Home to Work. I treat this start time as I would if I were an employee at a job – arrive on time! There have been some false starts and the other businesses sometimes encroach (unavoidable nature of business) but it has been working to some extent. My listing numbers are better.
Hope you find a rhythm that works for you
@sonia I’ve seen the handling fee you can add to the listing. This was a separate section under the Manage Shipping Preferences that seems to be a default to all listings. Unless I’m reading it wrong.
Further to the above – you can build in a hidden handling cost to the buyer. Either I’ve had my head in the sand for a while, or this is new.
Did anyone else notice that eBay is auto-defaulting to Buyer Receives Carrier Discounts in Manage Shipping Preferences? I’ve not seen that option before, but I found out today that eBay has been giving the eBay discounts to my buyers. I’ve been wondering why they’ve been paying the same as or less than me. I use the discount as a buffer for any pricing outages I may have, and I’ve found on several occasions that the buyers have paid less than I’ve been charged. You can change it to “I don’t want to offer any carrier discounts.”
However, with all the changes they’ve been making, will they be like Facebook and do an auto-reset every time there’s an update?
