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* Total Items in Store: 420
* Items Sold: 10
* Cost of Items Sold: $25 used + $42 new RA + 24.24 free shipping offered
* Total Sales: $262
* Highest Price Sold: $46 1950s Waverly kitchen fabric
* Average Price Sold: $26
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
* Number of items listed this week: 22Felt like a slow week but just low dollar items going out. I might try free returns at some point on smaller items only because I don’t sell clothing and have only ever had two returns. I will probably see how prominently the filter is presented first. My instinct is that free shipping might have helped my sales a bit, even though they are not stellar. I’m hoping for algorithm favoritism rather than buyer behavior. I had a couple of old items sell after making the switch, but really it’s just a hunch. So far promotions I think helped less for me personally.
I need to read the forum thread re the 10konthebay video. He seems to think you have to pay now to run sales and that sales items are not presented well with the buyer only seeing a discounted price in the cart stage with a generalized sale banner in the corner. I have my weekly 15% sale priced into everything so it matters to me.
When I was young and crying about something apparently not significant. My dad (who is actually really awesome) used to say “stop crying or I will give you something to cry about”. I feel like the last few years life has been throwing up curveballs worth crying about at times. I’m a worrier by nature, but now I find it hard now to sweat the smaller stuff. I want to do a good job on Ebay, but be practical, efficient and certainly not get worked up about hiccups. I’ve eaten a couple of broken claims, provided a partial refund once. Well worth keeping the good feedback score and the peace of mind. That being said, I do get a bit frustrated that things don’t seem to be well thought out or operational before they are launched. I expect that occasionally customers will be unreasonable but I don’t expect that from a giant high tech company.
Wondering if anyone else experienced this benefit and for how long. Ebay is giving me a credit for my insertion fees over the store subscription limit (basic, 250). So last month there was a $50 credit against insertion fees on the extra 150 items in my 400 item store. They just sent me a promotion to upgrade my store to premium, but the discount to $30 was only for one month, not for the year like last time. I think the offer was artfully crafted to make it seem like the ongoing monthly fee would be $30, but scavengers the promo period was only 1 month if you read the fine print. I’m wondering if Ebay will continue to waive my insertion fees or if this is just temporary. Guess I will keep an eye on my invoices and upgrade once I see it go up or on the next promotion.
Thank you SL for mentioning vintage office supplies. These go in an old machine. Paid $2 http://www.ebay.com/itm/232487550738
This is a fun item and sold quickly. Paid $2. I feel like good keywords helped because someone was selling four of these for less than I sold this one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/232480881537
I’ve got a bunch of these in the garage. Sold quickly and I find them pretty often. Paid $3, went to NYC. http://www.ebay.com/itm/332362257137
Keep an eye out for vintage Gurley holiday candles because you often see a bunch together. This one took a while to sell at this price. The Christmas gnomes do well. Paid practically nothing for this at an estate sale with others. http://www.ebay.com/itm/231963434690
Paid up $8 at an estate sale. Sold overnight $40 best offer. http://www.ebay.com/itm/332380831693
I don’t know but they have created a count for Invalid / missing product identifiers in the listing improvements page, which I notice says beta now. Right now my count is zero. Last time this happened and their UPC catalog was wholly insufficient, they backed off. We’ll see. The rest of the email suggested four different places you could go out hunting for a GTIN or I can just “contact my supplier / wholesaler.” LOL. This is unrealistic for your average small seller so I’m hoping they end up folding again on this issue for certain categories and let you continue to put N/A and rollover the listings. The reason I’m selling on Ebay is because I can sell everything – new and used – conveniently in one place and because I can charge a premium for relatively hard to find items. Hopefully, this will continue to be the case.
Right now I’m totally putting N/A, but my understanding is that last time they were threatening to end your GTC listings for doing so in certain categories. The Fall Update says “Listings that do not have valid product identifiers may not submit successfully.”
But I also got an email recently, saying in part “We’re writing again to inform you that some of your listings are still missing a valid product identifier. eBay now requires all new and manufacturer refurbished item listings in most categories to include a valid brand, manufacturer part number (MPN), and global trade item number (GTIN). Starting this week, you will no longer be able to relist non-Good ‘Til Cancelled items without including valid product identifiers. And, starting the week of September 18, 2017, your Good ‘Till Cancelled listings won’t automatically renew until valid product identifiers are provided….Update your listings now to avoid any interruption to selling.”
I’m not excited about their renewed threat to require the product identifier for more listings. In the past I would try to enter the upc appearing on the price tag of a new item and it would not be in the database. Apparently, upcs that are particular to retailers are not included. Also had trouble with NOS items. The only items it found was some of my kids’ dvds I was selling and legos. Also, they just use this information to show cheaper products from other sellers and also to hound me to offer free shipping and lower my price, even if the comparables they show don’t justify that. I don’t like them showing similar items because I try to bring in traffic from outside Ebay through Pinterest with what I hope are superior photos. I also try to get people to buy multiple items from my Ebay store.
Total Items in Store: 396
Items Sold: 11
Cost of Items Sold: $25 used + $24 new
Total Sales: $302
Highest Price Sold: $76 (One used rare Anthropologie dessert plate; thrifted GW for $1.99, sold in 1 day)
Average Price Sold: $27
Number of items listed this week: 35!I caught a welcome break from my contract work last week and listed some vintage and used piles, thus the lower average price and COGS. Hopefully today I will cross the 400 mark for the first time. I’m getting less picky about my photography and trying to gain listing speed. I still feel like I’m slowish on the spectrum. I’m a bit annoyed because I have to remove the internal custom Ebay store link insert that I’ve been using in my description because it is now outlawed like external links. Already having to clean out my listing recommendations daily.
Ah, stress. I know it all to well, but I think it also makes me a great Ebay seller. Having a let down like that is really good for you and you are free to do it after the reno is complete. You didn’t have much of a breath before this big trip and fortunate that you didn’t start the trip with the video work. I hope you are enjoying reflecting on your amazing recent accomplishments while you are vacationing. I just started a small adult singing class last week and even thought I am outgoing one on one, I have an extreme fear of public speaking and singing. I originally felt like it was time to push myself out of the comfort zone but then I was like why the *&@! am I doing this to myself??? LOL
Maybe the Equifax hack is just making me paranoid but just got like three of these in a row today. I made two of them repurchase, the third was a low priced item. The last one emailed outside of Ebay, so we’ll see if they repurchase.
In my description, I encourage buyers to use the shopping cart and visit my store. I originally thought that the link I created internally in Ebay as a custom insert is requiring the mobile friendly checker / fixer. However, now I realize that I have also inadvertently copied in links while preparing my listings using outside sources for research. They have just started flagging the latter and putting in my Hub with a request to “remove contact info”. I’m thinking I’ll probably have to run the checker on all of my listings. There’s one benefit of having a small store I suppose.
Super slow here and I’m shaking the trees and listing. Kate I just found some hard placemats by Lynn Chase this week. I can’t believe the prices for the china but they it looks well made and beautifully designed. Will look for Juliska, thanks.
I’m in the minority here loving Goodwill. The Indys are my favorites but our GW is the only one in town and conveniently located so they get donations from all over. It is heavily picked, they run frequent sales, and they move things to regional stores, so things really move in and out of there giving you lots of chances to catch things they missed. My favorite overlooked items are art (priced lower than Indys), kitchenware, studio art pottery no one cares about, Target stuff (for us – there is no Target here in town), large Pottery Barn frames and under bed baskets (also for us). They also open right when I’m headed to work.
I noticed one of our regular pickers got a job there. He’s no dummy. Luckily, he’s a shoes guy, not my kind of stuff. The bummer is when you get an employee pricing or picking (like this original post). Another Indy has a pricer who likes EXACTLY the same things I do. That store used to be awesome. They also started selling on Ebay for the charity. Plenty of stuff abounds though. Way too much to process actually.
Congrats Tam and good luck with the death piles! I’m still nibbling at the edges of mine but making some progress.
Total Items in Store: 360
Items Sold: 7
Cost of Items Sold: $122 new + $15
Total Sales: $339
Highest Price Sold: $76 (New Platter – paid $36 spring clearance)
Average Price Sold: $48
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $18
Number of items listed this week: 33Had some time off my contract job and finally got some listing done. I’ve added more free shipping to first class items. Though my store is small, I’ve noticed it has helped move some RA new items that have been sitting. I’ve also tried promotions but have only sold a couple of those items. It looks on my bill that Ebay is only giving a partial refund for the promotion fees. I’m not sure how they calculate the rebate. I hope to list a few of our Halloween items and my kids’ old costumes that I’m ready to part with this week. I’m annoyed with the listing improvements functionality, but not going to rant about that again. I try to clean it out every day.
As far as vacations go, we definitely have been in the cocktail poolside group though we hate to dress up (from Cali) and don’t go to very expensive restaurants. Now that the kids are older and we like more space (to keep the peace) we do AirBnB and I cook a lot of our own food. We are also wanting to show them new cities before they start applying to colleges. Enjoy your down time R & J.
Paid 5.99 at Goodwill. Even after reading this https://www.dogmt.com/FAQs.html couldn’t tell if what type of print it was so I didn’t say (art amateur). Happy to get this price anyway and I think it was not a woodblock. http://www.ebay.com/itm/332165752027
Thrilled to sell this older item. I feel compelled to save these project linus quilts they make for hospital premies. I need to get over that affliction. http://www.ebay.com/itm/331870838680
Fun midcentury. Still sold even with a repair. Paid $3 each at indy thrift and the chip free one hasn’t sold. http://www.ebay.com/itm/331921826697
I should have gone all in on these at the storage clean out place. $1 each. Sold pretty quickly and some other picker had taken them all when I went in for more. http://www.ebay.com/itm/332234879051 He still has a lot of stickers and buttons from the 1980s metal era, but I have so much stuff to list.
Thanks for sharing sales Steve – that clock is so amazing and I’m still hunting for one to keep. There is not much on Youtube that I learn from and some of my old favorites have become inactive (Mad Maine, The Paper Castle, Sheldon). If anyone has other favorites for vintage sales reports, let me know in reply. Shout out to Karen Laebo – great keywords just roll over her tongue and she’s pretty active and located here in So Cal. Also like Terminal 99 and his pricing estimates and weird stuff.
Total Items in Store: 325
Items Sold: 6
Cost of Items Sold: $16 new + $14 used
Total Sales: $403
Highest Price Sold: $297 (Stephen Huneck Framed Dog Print – paid $5.99 at Goodwill 🙂 )
Average Price Sold: $67
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 8Slow this week and no burst of sales after the day I listed, but I’m very happy with my art sale. We are having record heat out here in So Cal. San Francisco was like 106 degrees earlier this weekend. It really zaps your energy. Not much buying either for me, either RA or thrifts. Hoping to put Ebay back on the front burner again soon. Love the pics of your new place. Travel safely.
