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Thanks Sharon. Yeah, I feel like maybe I’m being a bit too stubborn about it. I don’t have box lots, I purchased it all intentionally (except the items from my dad’s our our house). I decided under $10 or with condition issues and it gets donated. I just didn’t realize back then how long it takes to list and how much better stuff is available. It’s so easy to source around here and for the most part, I really only have time to list what I actually like myself. Just because you can make money on it, doesn’t make it fun to list.
Amatino, I vote for 10 a week too. My goal is to up the times per week I sit down to list.
Thanks Amatino for your work keeping up the challenge! It’s a bit depressing I think to see how little I was able to list over the course of a half year, but on the other hand I have definitely made progress on the piles and cut shopping to a minimum. I’ve been able to consolidate my inventory because I’ve seen room open up! š
Unfortunately, I’m still feeling overwhelmed by stuff right now! Ebay listed and unlisted are all stored in my garage and one closet. Also in the garage is stuff to sell from my dad’s house as he gets ready to make a move plus all of our family photos. Now we are about to remodel our kitchen and have to pack everything in that room up. Ugh! My kids are also at transition ages, I’ve recent changed clothing sizes (unfortunately) and we just really need to keep cleaning out. I’m not at all a person who enjoys clutter.
Good news is that I think I shall be cured from overbuying to resell ever again! I saw a post on Facebook that a lady just up and donated all of her death piles to get a fresh start. I vowed not to do that so I will only buy the things I don’t mind listing that are worthwhile going forward. No pain, no gain! As a reseller, it’s somewhat hard to donate items that I can make $10+ on and yard sales have been hit and miss. I’m really hoping Mercari works out for some of my piles because I can really get a lot listed over there quickly. Happy 4th!
I can’t run a sale on any GTC items either because I just finished a sale end of last week. Bummer because of the holiday. It says the items can’t be found or some such thing. I hope they backtrack on this.
Simon, please let me know how it goes with the Breyer horses. Among the piles are my own from the 70s. I’m not sure how much condition matters but they were played with. My daughter had no interest so they will get listed eventually. Did you find that good site http://www.identifyyourbreyer.com/
Listed 9 items on Ebay. I’m not counting my Mercari experiment as those are our own items not really piles. I did list my afghans per the challenge and decided to donate a couple. Hope they move out soon! Thanks ladies.
Total Items in Store: 400
Items Sold: 10
Cost of Items Sold: $106 + $6 Free shipping
Total Sales: $458
Highest Price Sold: Best offer $140 (Awesome vintage tapestry Paid $40 half price day at estate sale around the corner from my house)
Average Price Sold: $37.21
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed on Ebay this week: 9
Number of items listed on Mercari this week: 15 (no sales yet, just switched to free shipping ā Mercari says you are twice as likely to sell, but this filter is at the bottom)So, good week on Ebay for me. I even had a buyer purchase multiple different items from my store (rare but I put this language in my listing).
I am trying an experiment on Mercari by listing my daughterās clothes, which I got for free as hand me downs. I REALLY, REALLY love how streamlined and transparent Mercari is compared to Ebay and I can list about 3-4 times as fast from the seller app so thatās huge for me. I did this because I heard that Mercari is ācrushing itā on Google Shopping and confirmed this by running some test searches. But Iām a bit cautious about Mercari and will avoid putting higher priced items on it. There are some poor reviews about account closures with $ in them and pretty much you canāt get customer service as a seller without great patience and effort. I also see that the solds are more pop culture, popular clothing brands, video games, etc. Sold item prices seem to run on the lower end. Also, in April they apparently lost their awesome deal with USPS, though they still have a pretty good one for heavier packages with FedEx. Some cool vintage stuff has sold for cheap, so I bet other resellers are hawking it. It is easy to see which of your items are getting views and likes and the views are certainly much lower than Ebay. Stay tuned. š
Iām a perma-sale believer and I am disappointed like the shoe caller. I did notice a boost pattern with running a weekly sale. Perhaps dropping my prices back down 15-20% will result in sales though and I can understand Ebay wanting to make this change and get to the sellerās bottom line. I canāt decide yet if Iāll drop prices down or run a sale every 15 days.
Have a great week!
Total Items in Store: 400
Items Sold: 10
Cost of Items Sold: $106 + $6 Free shipping
Total Sales: $458
Highest Price Sold: Best offer $140 (Awesome folk art tapestry Paid $40 half price day at estate sale around the corner from my house)
Average Price Sold: $37.21
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed on Ebay this week: 9
Number of items listed on Mercari this week: 15 (no sales yet, just switched to free shipping – Mercari says you are twice as likely to sell, but this filter is at the bottom)So, good week on Ebay for me. I even had a buyer purchase multiple different items from my store (rare but I put this language in my listing).
I am trying an experiment on Mercari by listing my daughter’s clothes, which I got for free as hand me downs. I REALLY, REALLY love how streamlined and transparent Mercari is compared to Ebay and I can list about 3-4 times as fast from the seller app so that’s huge for me. I did this because I heard that Mercari is “crushing it” on Google Shopping and confirmed this by running some test searches. But I’m a bit cautious about Mercari and will avoid putting higher priced items on it. There are some poor reviews about account closures with $ in them and pretty much you can’t get customer service as a seller without great patience and effort. I also see that the solds are more pop culture, popular clothing brands, video games, etc. Sold item prices seem to run on the lower end. Also, in April they apparently lost their awesome deal with USPS, though they still have a pretty good one for heavier packages with FedEx. Some cool vintage stuff has sold for cheap, so I bet other resellers are hawking it. It is easy to see which of your items are getting views and likes and the views are certainly much lower than Ebay. Stay tuned. š
I’m a perma-sale believer and I am disappointed like the shoe caller. I did notice a boost pattern with running a weekly sale. Perhaps dropping my prices back down 15-20% will result in sales though and I can understand Ebay wanting to make this change and get to the seller’s bottom line. I can’t decide yet if I’ll drop prices down or run a sale every 15 days.
Have a great week!
Ouch – that’s harsh! I tend to price high, so fingers crossed that I don’t follow you out.
Well, it’s interesting because you have less buyers going directly to the site but if buyers find your listing via Google shopping, you also have less competition / similar items for sale once they are in there. Also it’s less cluttered and they show your other available items right below. I don’t know how to bundle yet, but apparently it’s possible.
I think Mercari is only right for certain items, not everything I would list on Ebay. You can also easily browse what’s recently sold. Looks like a lot of toys, video games, clothing and shoes, Rae Dunn dishes, but some vintage too.
On the downside, I bought something with the welcome coupon they gave me and the seller canceled for out of stock. š I saw photos of people’s toes and household crap in the background. It’s pretty raw. Time is such a big factor for me, so it’s intriguing.
Can he afford storage? From what I’ve seen (just on tv) what they see they can’t part with. If you could honestly tell him you had it safely stored for him, that might bring him peace of mind. Also, I’d ask him what means the most to him if he’s up for that. If he can remember it, it can stay. Good luck! Get some gloves!
Thank you! I just finished listing all but one and the last one is unattractive to me. I really did not enjoy that but I’m happy they are listed! It’s funny how much you can like buying something but then not enjoy listing it. Lesson learned.
Yes, many people on Ebay for Business live update comments were complaining bigtime about this change yesterday. I think most were under the impression that it applied to brand new and sell similar new listings only, not older ones with revisions or ones previously on sale.
Looks like they took the barrage of FB comments down. LOL. Supposedly reps were going to come in to comments and respond since the speaker was using prepared questions, but I think they must have been surprised by the reactions and no one did.
I kind of look at hats but never seem to find cool ones like you do Steve. Sharing a few sales. Noticing a trend that some of my newest listings really move quickly, so I’m sharing some of those.
Vintage Brass Door Knocker sold for full price, paid $6 at now closed down storage locker hoarder thrift shop.
Pottery Barn Kids Panels, sold almost immediately, paid $19.98 at a local thrift.
This also sold immediately Pischke Pocket Needlepoint Kit I wish I had had the tote bag too and not just the pocket – one comp sold for over $100!
This also sold immediately. The rest of our Halloween is in the attic unfortunately. I now wish I would have bought more on clearance! Paid $34 after Christmas sale. New Williams Sonoma Platter Interesting that this went to the UK. Apparently, Halloween is catching on over there.
Hard to get good prices at our local Flea Market, but I know Martha Stewart Craft items can do well. paid $2. Martha Stewart Paper Punch
I love these Blenko Glass Candle Holdersand overpaid a bit maybe at $12 local thrift. It took longer than I thought to sell and sold for less. I can’t recall if this is one of the older listings I tweaked.
Listened to this while picking up the kids and peeked in FB at the comments. Sellers on Facebook are certainly not happy. I thought there was not much substance and he was defensive of Ebay trying to compete in the retail landscape. But, at least he admitted they have too many glitches. Better would be that they are taking concrete steps to improve that by adding staff, improving testing methods, contracting with quality programmers or something… There were a lot of comments from people wanting a break on fees due to the picture glitch.
