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Total Items in Store: 1150 +/-
Items Sold: 15
Gross Sales: $996 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $687 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $101
Highest Price Sold: $160 Vintage eagle bookends
Average Price Sold: $66
Returns/Partial: 1 item broke in storage, was fixed, buyer and I agreed to refund half.
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $25 Thrift xmas throw up + $75 RA clearance
Number of items listed on Ebay this week: 18ish (a bit hard to keep track bc a few things sold right away and I did a whole store reset.1 small sale on Mercari, 1 small sale on Niknax.net, 0 Facebook
A good week on Ebay for sales. I was allowed to make a ton of offers after doing a sell similar post-election reset. I am concerned about the potential for poor 2025-26 sales (people feel poor, credit card debt is high, and we will have quick and possibly major changes by Republicans before the Midterms). So for that reason I am running a sale plus making lower offers (especially on seasonal or really stale items). The retailers keep running clearance sales so I am picking up a few new items to flip but being pretty picky. The thrift store Christmas throw up is trickling out from the back rooms and I have been very selective. I have about 25 Christmas theme items left to list, which I hope to finish this week.
I just discounted all of my gravy boats, not wanting to hold on to those for another year. I also have been cross posting a few Christmas items here and there on District.net (in Niknax and VAMP). On Mercari this week I removed everything that is more than $15-20 and will probably keep rolling out drafts on really stale and low dollar items I pulled into drafts there from Ebay. Reviewing these old Ebay items before launching on Mercari, I am kind of wincing and realizing a lot of it I would not buy and list now. Considering a 50% off sale maybe on the 26th.
I’m glad you are able to run on autopilot R&J while you are busy with other things. Everyone in my family has a Kerig machine but I just finally got around to ordering a cup insert to save $ so plan to order some coffee again. Thanks as always for keeping the forum alive.
On a personal note, we lost our doggie this week and had a couple of sad, unproductive evening. She was great company to me working at home and we hope to rescue again soon, maybe around Christmas. Hug your pet kiddos for me. They make life so much better!
Hm, so many things to pick from. Some sourced years ago. When I did my yard sales I went through almost every box but left some $12-15 items, including a lot of breakables. With the current shipping rates, I probably will take some of that to the local flea market when my back is better. I’m marking many of my Starbucks mugs down to $4 on Mercari…
I don’t know if there was a change, but I had cleaned up my business policies to five and slowly new stuff crept back in. I typically use automatic offers when I get the change so probably that is why for me, but the default should not have been changed.
I loved Maggie Smith. Such a talented actress in many beloved roles.
I’ve been having some sleep problems and up in the wee hours of the morning. Got some great RA deals this week at $5-7 on Anthro items at 4:30 eastern (1:30 am my time). Got all of the listed yesterday that’s arrived.
Haven’t been thrifting much and the flea didn’t happen last week so not much else to report. I’m listing Christmas, but it’s all smalls / bread and butter and not impressive.
These had a lot of character – aka pretty rough condition. Good sale over $100 https://www.ebay.com/itm/235819208766 Sold right after my store refresh.
Total Items in Store: about 900 listings, 1100 items
Items Sold: 9
Gross Sales: $400 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $183 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $103
Highest Price Sold: $75 (Just got my money back on some new Lulu joggers I purchased for myself)
Average Price Sold: $44
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $120 (RA) + $40 Xmas thrift
Number of items listed this week: 21
————NOT a great week on Ebay, then totally dead this week before the election. After the election results, I started a sale and did a full store reset with sell similar. I’ve been able to send about 100 offers this week, with some sales of older items since Wednesday. I’m running a 25% discount total. I wasn’t able to list as much as I wanted last week due to some family stuff, but I’m really back in the mood to grind this weekend and week. I have a large box of Christmas left that I’m working on now. The big retailers keep running extra % off sales and I picked up a little more of that this week. Should have that all posted by today. Reselling seems tougher for me but I still love it.
Over on Mercari, had a huge problem with a scammer on a new pair of headphones my daughter didn’t want. Mercari used to be amazing and fast with their CS. Now, it’s a s+8!show. I won’t be listing any high dollar stuff on there, which is too bad. They removed easy fields where you can reach them, have technical problems, and it’s designed to make it harder to get help. Reps not good either. Sadly, I guess this is kind of the swan song which is a bummer since they made it easy to import items recently. Good for Ebay I suppose.
Have cross-posted some Christmas and glassware on District.net. No sales over there recently. I think I have about 80 total. Mid-December or late January I might post some lots for sale on Commons, the District store for selling to lots to other resellers. @Craig they have people selling your kind of stuff in there.
A few things at a time I’m able to lift and organize. When I’m all better I really need to consolidate boxes and do inventory, then take some low dollar to the flea market. While doing sell similar I happened to spot a ghost listing (and item I sold up for sale again.) A lot of my items are so old I forget if they are still around or not.
@Craig I usually have a good first couple of weeks in January (selling new items) but a break in second or third week until the day after Christmas. February is always my worst month. I’m thinking of running a huge sale on my older items.
Well people are pretty upset at least on social media but not shellshocked as I expected. I have been able to send about 60! Offers since refreshing my store but no sales yet. I’m also running a 15% off sale, so it’s 25% total. Fingers crossed things start picking up soon.
@Antiquefrog glad you are thinking of us. 🙂 perhaps we are on the path to coming back together. 🤞
Whew! Sales fell off a cliff since I last wrote. Since the election is now behind us quickly, I’ve done a full store sell similar reset this morning and started a 15% sale. I also upped my promoted listings a little bit to 5%. Hoping to kick start things a bit. Fingers crossed.
On a personal note I’m not as surprised this time as the last time. So hoping people move on to shopping more quickly than 2016. The mood was like after 9/11 last time Trump won around here but I think people will get over it faster. Everyone knew this time Kamala might lose.
Unclear what all of this will do to the general economy in 2025 and beyond, but for the time being we will hopefully have a decent holiday shopping season. For us personally, we took a real beating on our taxes last time with the blue states SALT cap, and I expect we will suffer some more. So time to make some extra $.
I’ve been a little leisurely in rolling out my Mercari cross posts but did sell a couple of old Ebay listings over there during the last week and a half. One was an electronic item and it is probably a scammer who asked me to change the address. Hopefully Mercari will back me up.
eBay
In an email to Chain Store Age, eBay announced its first global brand campaign in nearly a decade: ‘Things.People.Love.’ The campaign is designed to answer the question ‘why eBay?’ and shows how eBay supports buying and selling all kinds of things – from motor parts to vintage luxury to rare collectibles.
Creator and influencer Emma Chamberlain is among the celebrities eBay has recruited to share their personal stories, with a 15-second promotional spot airing from Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 across linear and digital platforms highlighting vintage handbags.
Other influencers who will be featured in eBay holiday promotional spots include designer Nicole McLaughlin and celebrity fashion stylist Maeve Reilly. The campaign, developed in partnership with JOAN, includes dedicated assets across the categories of fashion, motors and collectibles, which appear across out-of-home, TV, digital and social feeds worldwide.
A forthcoming spot that convenes all of these categories will begin running later in November 2024.
“Things.People.Love. is the latest major marker in eBay’s commitment to modernize the brand and engage our customers in a way that truly resonates,” said Emily O’Hara, eBay global head of brand. “With this global brand campaign, we are reigniting the connection with eBay as the home for passions, setting the stage for our continued evolution as a global leader in e-commerce.”
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235813846265
I bought this antique bowl for $6 at the flea market from a guy who had closed a brink and mortar and was over it let me tell you. The rest of his stuff I wasn’t really interested in unfortunately.
Should have got this listed earlier. Paid $4 https://www.ebay.com/itm/235809871165 indy flea. Remember to vote if you haven’t already! 🙂
21 for me. Not exactly death piles but I have gotten a lot of the stuff listing that I sourced before my injury. I also crossposted some more onto District this week.
