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Total Items in Store: 1218
Items Sold: 10
Gross Sales: $584 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $367 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $84
Highest Price Sold: $167 (Bundle of three items for LA fire victim)
Average Price Sold: $58
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $30
Number of items listed this week: 23Had one really solid day of sales this Saturday after getting back to listing but it’s been fairly slow otherwise. I’m noting that my sell similar reset did not work as well as when I did it after the election. So I broke the Pinterest links kind of for not a lot of return. I probably will wait longer to do a reset. Also perhaps reset at times of the year when sales are starting to ramp up after a slower period, rather than when fewer people are shopping. I did sell a few older items and some items I had just listed.
This week is a particularly uneventful week in our lives and I hope for a great listing week! The puppy accidentally hurt my finger while we were playing so not a great week for sorting the “money piles”.
@vl good luck with your sales and Niknax lives! Ty I’m thinking of putting art, completed stitchery, and higher dollar decorative table or shelf decor on Etsy. The art on ebay doesn’t move if it’s an unknown artist. The whole free shipping thing is daunting.
Ugh I only listed 6 items last week.
I did also finish putting up some cross posting listings on Mercari that were auto loaded from Ebay. I have had a few Mercari sales of very cheap items I want to get rid of since they changed the fees after the new year. I’m cool with unloading my mistakes over there since I’ve already done the listing work. I earned enough to purchase something on Mercari I’ve been wanting for the house.
Have not been listing on District.net. Thinking about starting a curated Etsy store later in the year.
I have been suffering from RLS at night and insomnia but taking some vitamins that should help. I do feel a little bit of my Ebay mojo has gone. I’ve been listening to some podcasts while walking or driving to try to get motivated but it’s not helped too much. I know how important consistency is, but just feeling low energy. Still some family stuff to take care of too.
On the flip side I’ve been enjoying sorting my unlisted inventory. Lots of great items.
I went to two smaller rummage sales, both supporting youth with good prices. One was a bit disappointing but I did grab these items I listed for $1 or less https://www.ebay.com/itm/335807360727
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335804369159
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335804348150
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235950084508
Also found this at goodwill this week for only $7 https://www.ebay.com/itm/235950096796 plus I got 25% off, along with someone’s rejected Christmas present, priced at $12.99 https://www.ebay.com/itm/335799043079
Too much sourcing, not enough listing! Need to right the ship. I wrote myself a note to only go to the flea next week. Maybe GW on sale day.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235844030103 I found three Glassybaby candle holders in a row at a thrift store. Luckily they are still a thing. Paid $4
Total Items in Store: 1212
Items Sold: 13
Cost of Items Sold: $84
Total Sales: $326 Net $147
Highest Price Sold: $54 (Glassybaby candle holder used)
Average price: $25
Returns: 1 for fit 🙁
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $150?
Number of items listed this week: 6Terrible week of sales for me. I usually don’t do well this time of year so it’s not a surprise. I continue to have some insomnia issues that is really dragging me down. Last night was better and it’s raining again the next couple of days so I plan to hit the listing. Some of my previous RA clearance packages are rolling in. I need to cut back on thrifting and it hasn’t really been that good anyway. Still have a lot of organizing, cleaning and consolidating to do as well. Basically, hope to get my Ebay mojo in gear!
Total Items in Store: 1200ish
Items Sold: 12
Cost of Items Sold: $88
Total Sales: $653 Net $452
Highest Price Sold: 206 (Set of 6 new plates)
Average price: $54
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $125+ (RA, flea and thrift)
Number of items listed this week: 10+Pretty decent week for this time of year. All new items selling mainly. Previous and December/January purchases. Need to get listing this week! Poor weather will help. I was having a lot of insomnia issues last week but seems to be better this week.
I hope R&J you are doing well! Miss hearing updates from you. I even miss the what you are eating segment. LOL
I’m thinking about some future plans. I have a lot of small art listed on Ebay that would have sold live at my booths and is I think being overlooked on Ebay. Most of the art I have sold successfully is a listed artist. I have some other goals right now for the first part of the year but I’m considering just putting the vintage amateur art and completed embroidery on Etsy. I hate that you have to do free shipping but I could start with smalls. I’m also planning to do a bit more styling in my photos on Instagram and some listings. We have a lot of flower growers here so I am lucky to get them very reasonably. I need to go through my piles and pull some trays, books, vases…
Looking forward to this week, I found an amazing antique Chinese dragon embroidery on silk that I need to research for $20.
It’s all new items selling for me lately. I had to be patient but this item sold for a great profit https://www.ebay.com/itm/235819197794 I paid $4 a year or so ago, maybe longer.
I’m loving the magazines, Blenko and the trunk sounds amazing.
I wish I had peaked on Ebay during the podcast days but it is nice to check in with you all.
Last week I bought a few brass items from a flea market guy I hadn’t seen before. Nothing from anyone else and the dollar guy wasn’t there.
I went late on the first day to an estate sale at a beautiful home. I bought some vintage frames and books. The rest was a bit over priced and I intentionally avoided getting there at opening since I have so much stuff on hand. https://www.instagram.com/p/DFlF6zwyx3A/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== This is a video another local posted. The craftsmanship in these homes is incredible.
@VT hope things are improving.
I lost track of last week’s listing total because I tried to do a big sell similar. It got a little mucked up but hopefully I didn’t lose any listings. It looked about the same total items before and after. I think I did at least 10 new listings.
We are finally getting some rain here and I plan on doing some organizing and listing in the next few days. January was a lot of nice family time but I didn’t get a ton of Ebay done, aside from sourcing and listing my RA. I had a couple of good production days on the piles only. Mostly my RA items are selling this time of year. I went in pretty deep on one retailer and passed on one that has been underperforming the last two cycles. A third source I only found a couple of deals low enough to flip. They might do some better clearance closer to Spring or in Summer. I do feel like the RA helps boost my store.
