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[annaesthetic23]

Thanks! I am glad to be here 🙂

I actually just finished writing a short book about the whole journey because starting this eBay store was the beginning of a new life for me! But the extreme-nutshell version is that I started listing almost exactly 3 years ago and steadily built my store up (miscellaneous inventory!) to the point of quitting my full time job (which entailed closing my private therapy practice) in September 2019 to go full time on eBay for income and spend the rest of my time on creative projects (writing/recording music, plays, mental health related work, cohosting/producing my podcast, etc). My eBay store is the backbone of it all; I’ll take “off” a month here and there, which really just means extending my handling time a bit and only shipping things twice a week and not processing any new inventory.I focus full-time hours on my other projects for bursts of time that way, but don’t lost any income. It’s awesome. Anyway, I’m shooting for 5000 listings as my next goal.

I source all kinds of places! In the last couple of months, mostly on eBay. I have a few favorite thrift stores scattered around North GA, and I love yard sales and occasionally pick up a haul at a MaxSold auction. Sometimes friends or family give me things for free if they’re cleaning out, but I’d say the vast majority comes from online sourcing and local hole-in-the-wall thrift stores. I really miss shopping them at the moment since we are still more or less on lockdown.

I store it all in my 2-car garage in a fairly organized like-item fashion. I wouldn’t call it a system, and I fear that as I grow my store even more I’m going to have to eventually create a formal system like you and Ryanne did. I’m still actively avoiding it haha.

I work alone at least 95% of the time. I recently hired a helper to take batches of photos sporadically, and my husband will sometimes help me source or build new shelves for inventory storage etc.

[annaesthetic23]

Hey everybody! First time poster, long time listener. I’m a little late to the party, but I’m so pumped to share my numbers on the forum for the first time! Woo hoo!

May 10-16
Total Items In Store: 4521
Items Sold: 39
Gross Sales (including shipping): $1044.32
Cost of Items Sold: $33.29
Highest Price Sold: $201.40 (Vintage Italian Wooden Valet)
Average Price Sold: $26.77
Returns: 0
Sourcing Cost: $12

This is a pretty dang good week for me; I’ve got the anything-goes good fortune working in tandem with building my inventory pretty intensively this month. I’ll do my best to post weekly. I love watching everyone’s progress; it’s high time I joined in!

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