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As a person who has the listing foot on and totally off the gas for weeks with a basic store, I can just share that I definitely get some sales right after I have a listing day. My personal experience over the last couple of years with this pattern has led me to believe that there definitely is some relationship. Items do sell when I’m not listing, but it’s way more sporadic. See Ann Save on Youtube has mentioned the rumor that putting your store in vacation mode might relieve the “no listing penalty”. I have only taken a couple of vacations with my store open, so it’s hard to have an opinion about that one. Finally, I noticed when a rare auction successfully ends in a sale, I get a little boost. It would be an interesting experiment to save up scheduled listings, and then dribble them in daily. Personally, I don’t have time to end and sell similar regularly.
TFS. I really want to learn more about Pottery. Sue’s first one I probably have seen. If I had a dollar for every brown pottery piece I have seen… The other two I think I would have picked up since they appear more refined to me.
I’ve been very good but there is one of the big three rummage sales this weekend in my area. If my husband is working, then I’ll be kind of relieved. Even if I go, I know I will be a lot more selective than in the past.
Total Items in Store: 353
Items Sold: 8
Cost of Items Sold: $90 (new RA) + $18 (used – a rare antique mall purchase)
Total Sales: $252
Highest Price Sold: $60 (2 Anthropologie Euro Shams)
Average Price Sold: $32
Returns: 0; Int’l Sales: 1 GSP to Japan last week ($72 Anthro measuring cups & spoons likely via Pinterest/Google)
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0! Week 5 of the No Scavenge Challenge
Number of items listed this week: 0 VacationCongratulations on the good sales to R&J. Fingers crossed for continued good cash flow while you complete reno. I was on vacation and sold items every day without listing. I did have two buyers cancel and one was a great sale. I had some sticker shock on shipping this morning and one item that was pretty off on the weight. I feel like my backlog just lost more value because of the higher shipping prices. Some of the things I would no longer buy may not make much sense for Ebay and I’ll definitely be looking to squeeze boxes into PFR envelopes. I never use non-padded flat rate envelopes and I wonder “Is this a great thing I’ve been missing out on?” I sell a lot of fragile items 1-2 pounds.
I went to one Goodwill in Honolulu and it was quite disappointing because I don’t sell clothes. But, that’s good because I’m on the no scavenge challenge. This week I’ll be working on listing more backlog – some more of the larger items like train cases and desk lamps is my plan. Have a great week everyone!
retro – I’m on vacation but I wanted to pop in and say I am rooting for you. My dad has had great success with weight watchers in the past and Oprah has a new cookbook. WW is a budgeting system that allows you from feeling totally deprived, and you could probably find used cheap point guide. I’m thinking of trying the cookbook because I figure with her resources she probably has some tricks in there to keep things tasty and healthy.
I think I can only give out a free pass like once a week. LOL. Keep reducing the piles no piling the piles. I love that someone tagged this hoarding. Very motivating! 🙂
I keep it out of the living space in the garage but have bought nice looking storage boxes – when I clear some piles, I’m definitely doing that. My husband parks in the garage so he’s not keen.
Good job. It does feel nice to start getting some breathing room. I’m making slow progress with the piles myself. Working on more kitchen stuff – the better stuff not death. I put up a beautiful midcentury Arabia geometric platter this weekend for $100 that came out of someone’s storage unit. I look forward to sending it to someone who will have it out and use it. 🙂
I have some trouble with this if I bought it to resell. I feel in a weird way that I need to punish myself by listing my early picks but I’m sure I’ll have some cutoff if I get into items in the $10-15 range unless lots make sense. It’ll be a lesson learned I suppose. I have discovered that since I’m only very part-time, I want to list things I am personally interested in to my taste, unless I know for sure it’s very highly collectable to others and will move.
On the other hand, we are doing a great job clearing out our own family cast offs. The school library takes all the books, we have friends who use the kids’ clothes, a teacher friend is taking some toys. I don’t have any problem letting go of the stuff we used and most of it I have no interest in listing.
Total Items in Store: 352
Items Sold: 12
Cost of Items Sold: $27 used + $111 new
Total Sales: $463
Highest Price Sold: $98 Two discontinued Anthropologie chicken art plates (paid $12 Spring clearance)
Average Price Sold: $39
Returns, Int’l Sales: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0! – Week 3 of the No Scavenge Challenge. Went into thrift but bought nothing.
Number of items listed this week: +/-10Great week for me. The two chicken plates I was considering having my kids use at breakfast so I put them aside and was pleasantly surprised when I finally listed them that someone had a search out. I had another buyer who purchased multiples of two different items in my store. Love that. Sold a bulky afghan recently listed from the death piles. Love that. Once I started listing again in my store, sold other things right away. In fact most of these sales are from yesterday and the other day I listed this week. Funny how that works. My kids are out of school today and I’m hoping to slip in some more listings here and there.
I’m with you Paul on the time management challenges, pickier buying (though I’m on a break now) and medical distractions. Also I LOVE your store logo. If anyone can recommend a source please I need a new graphic and cannot figure out how to load a banner photo of the right size. I learned on the very first pcs (ms dos) and a gigantic mainframe in the late 1980s – it wasn’t pretty and I’m still scarred from that black screen with constant error messages. Now I resist learning anything techwise I don’t absolutely need to know. But, I would like a prettier store. Have a great week.
1. Big issue for me – fix the UPC database to include new in package exclusive retailer items with fewer digits or discontinue the good ’til cancelled culling of these listings. The database seems to be very limited and has only worked for me on Lego sets and media items.
2. I would like to see Ebay improve the automation / rules you can set up for combined shipping in the shopping cart. The options are limited and, for example, it doesn’t seem to be able to make the jump if a buyer has multiple first class items in the cart and it goes over a pound.
3. I agree with #1 above, more levels of stores and graduated monthly rates would be best.
4. Traffic reports – I want to know specifically what outside sources my hits and sales are coming from. The top 10 isn’t cutting it because it’s 9 different internal sites usually. I want to know how social media is working for me but cannot tell.
Those being said, I’m very happy with the recent listing improvements – the photos upload much faster and are easier to edit. I also love the newer template feature.
Well Short that looks pretty nice to me. “) At least everything is in bins, and you didn’t overflow them. Except for my Pyrex in a kitchen cabinet – excuse: making sets? – mine is all out of the living space, which looks much different than the crazy garage photos. It is fun to rediscover the backlog. Right now I’m working on some cool retro kitchen items. Selling a few of our things on Craigslist. Things are slow for me on Ebay even though I’m trickling in listings.
Taking pictures of this was a great idea for me. The next time I want to go shopping I’m pulling out this board and steering for home.
Welcome back on the wagon Linda. I’m thinking of posting photos of my piles here. We have a University sale here too. I didn’t buy much last year and I’m mot sure I can clear out by then, but it would make a good milestone. It might be good to report what we wouldn’t buy again.
