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I very much enjoyed shopping the community sale in my own neighborhood instead of hosting like I did the last two years. I went to about 30 sales. It was a good exercise in quality not quantity. I sourced maybe about $300-400 of inventory but also bought a pair of supposedly real ruby earrings for $5 for my daughter. She sold me a suede Coach wristlet for $5. It’s funny because I drove by that one at first due to their limited inventory, but stopped on my second pass. I also found this for $3 at the old lady thrift (not my listing). https://www.ebay.com/itm/203698453013?itmmeta=01HYE85Z74EV8H7S0J9MAXVJSB&hash=item2f6d5fba15:g:becAAOSwgXhhkf9-&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0LAQTUq%2Bn1zjLar2ovjiQE8NKowMmQCXkla3HhGzrE1dS2%2B8K4TpsmBgNIZbtmoqpmCRszp%2BzZawHDJJKyw6rjQy3mklPXgPut9KG7YYSXw%2FCBBnUrRtOT3WP8glo44IGJ7MWuwGkD%2B4Lxnr%2FMCnkhHO2rt8ms2lC8bjpQXxUu8FEtC1KRp4b9%2BiFJvPiwCYfL%2FkJPb9Jyt6Q%2FAC%2FT6%2BJlbQGyid6bYR%2BwDfEq2ebJkBZe54URVyDNo4NmhRFwYPitnT2PihMYBqd418J1P%2F1u4%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9Tzl8jzYw There are no solds, so hard to price but it’s beautifully made and soft.
Just 1 new listing for me and 1 day’s worth of sell similar on ending. Still recovering from being sick and slept a lot.
Anthropologie ran a lot of sales last year. I think they are struggling a bit more than before. Certainly is a lot available on the second hand market. Still have some great items to cherry pick once and a while but like an employee told me a while back when I missed out on something – they are always putting out similar lines.
Yes, when I first started I could ship a mug from California across country for $6. I bought a lot of coffee mugs at first to build my confidence packing, shipping and selling. Rates have gone up so much since then. A lot of these lower dollar breakables aren’t compelling enough to pay current rates unless close to seller.
Agree. Re patches I am seeing on Instagram the hippie ones are going on denim. People are also filling in Levis holes with vintage fabric.
PS. I don’t regret trying out District platforms because it’s nice to escape the Ebay algorithm and competition. However, BIN sales are slow, and it seems to be working out as more of a live platform mostly. It’s not great for sourcing because higher than Mercari prices. The first Youtuber to launch made the mistake of letting way to many types of products and sellers in. I’m on two other platforms with limited sellers and applied to one more.
The nice part is the time is quick to list or cross-post from Ebay and you can switch listings easily to stores inside the District “mall”. Also the later Youtubers and Facebook groups have way better ratios of sellers to buyers and each has a different flavor – kitsch or 70s groovy, Disney, etc. I’m probably going to try some more cross-posting of lower dollar items.
@Sharon I know right? I took a turn for the worse 3-4 days ago so I went to urgent care. Could have been two things. The mom was having flu like symptoms while staying here, which I had in the beginning and then it went up to my head. I did go outdoor sourcing in between and could have caught something I guess. My husband had the flu this Spring and the cough especially lasted a long time. I think some things might be getting more potent. Thankfully, I’m improving now. Just frustrating. Super glad I’m retired from my day job.
Sorry about Ruby Lane, that’s frustrating!
@Julie – bummer!https://www.ebay.com/itm/334905752489 Ps I also have these travel prints listed. I often look for big white envelopes with sets of prints. I feel like these aren’t done justice online and might take them to my vintage market booth if I can find suitable covers.
https://www.ebay.com/b/Matson-Menu/14053/bn_7023279657?_sop=16&mag=1&rt=nc
These are the menus I have for sale. I wonder if there are Carnival collectors. I would think so.
Paper can be so interesting to find. I am terrible about getting it listed for some reason.
https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m11271259587/
Following up on the perfume discussion, both the sealed one on Ebay and the unsealed full one on Mercari sold quickly. It was discontinued but still available in department stores for about $175. Very nice sales, paid $18 apiece. The Ebay buyer is adding it to her “fragrance closet”
Also sold this oddball item. Took a while, listed last Fall https://www.ebay.com/itm/235194331893 There weren’t any really comparable items so I tried higher but very happy with $80. Paid $7.99 GW.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335377656021
No shopping this week but I did scavenge this listing of mine out of the entirely wrong category. It wasn’t in the canning supplies at all for a couple of years. I’m really going to try to check out my ending listings and make fixes and price adjustments.
In case you missed my earlier mention, I watched a lot of this person while sick. https://www.youtube.com/@tuitionaintcheap/videos She picks up a lot of really common things people overlook and her videos are quick and dirty with comps. A new thing I learned is vintage hair accessories – like Goody combs. Definitely a super star trash elf.
Total
ItemsListings in Store: 927
Items Sold: 14
Gross Sales: $747 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $468 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $140
Highest Price Sold: $142 (Two new throw pillows)
Average Price Sold: $53
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0Glad you enjoyed some time away and vacation sourcing R&J. Sounds like you are happy with your life choices and I couldn’t be happier for you.
I was sick all week with a potent but run of the mill virus. Turning the corner now and getting mildly productive. Fingers crossed my family doesn’t get it. Ebay sales continued to be ok. It’s nice that some of my Mercari flips are selling. Overall, I did pretty well on those bundle offers. About half were canceled by the sellers – probably crossposted and sold elsewhere. But the remaining items have done ok and sold for more on Ebay. About half of my sales were new items, which is a little concerning because I have a lot more used items listed and haven’t been doing as much RA in the last year or two.
I’m getting excited about live selling at the pop up market, though the market I think could be publicized better and seems to wane at times with only 6 sellers turning out. Hopefully, my plan of waiting until tourist season will work out ok. The guy who runs the market also set up a new indoor vintage mall. https://www.instagram.com/p/C6bjkU0r9JW/?img_index=1 I’m not sure what they are charging for rent but it will be a good connection made in case I feel like my family life is settled enough to indulge myself in a regular booth.
Hoping it’s a much more productive week this week. Praying my son gets a tech internship. He just got back from Stockholm in time for Mother’s Day.
I’ve been sick and basically in bed all week. Went to the urgent care and it’s nothing notable with no help from antibiotics. Just wait it out. Today is day 11 and I’m improved and able to get a few things done and then rest. I’m excited for tomorrow. I think I may be up for sitting and starting listings a bit today. I’ve been shipping out. Sales are ok.
As far as sellers go, they would need to have a subscription on EBay to see Taraoesk, right? So they will still need to look the old way if casual tats sellers. On the newbie flipper end, true that this might help the competition a bit but I think Google lens already spoiled that. Most new sellers are relatively young and know about Google lens I’d wager.
I’ve been sick but I’m looking forward to trying it. I hope it works quickly.
https://innovation.ebayinc.com/tech/features/ebays-mobile-app-offers-a-goldmine-of-insights-for-sellers/ Another good Ebay improvement!
