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@Retro something magical about a fountain for kids. We never put one in, that or a clubhouse due to having to remodel our house expensively.
Ps. I’m noticing much slower sales on most stitchery kits than pre-pandemic.
Total
Itemslistings in Ebay Store: 932
Items Sold: 16
Gross Sales: $1,214 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $803 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $228
Highest Price Sold: $236 (new duvet and shams set, paid about $110)
Average Price Sold: $76Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $100 +/-
Number of items listed this week: 2Facebook Marketplace: 1 sale of wooden cabinet $60 sourced for free on Nextdoor
District: Niknax / VAMP: 0 sales, 0 new items listed, about 30 BIN listings
I’ve been sick basically since the toddler visit last week but rallied last Saturday for a school rummage sale and a neighborhood sale, which was really fun. I’m really backed up now on listing and getting ready for my June live selling as I am hit with a rebound round of different symptoms. Luckily tested negative again for Covid. Really hoping to get back in the action again soon. I’ve been in bed a lot. I found a new scrappy youtuber to watch during my misery. Tuitionaintcheap I wouln’t pick up some of the things she does but still interesting. Her favorite pick up is perfume and cosmetics. If used, she puts it on Mercari.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334913104189
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335236717916
Oops sorry about the bad links.
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I think they changed the rules not long ago so I’m sure there are a lot of people are still selling open perfumes. Here is the official rule:
“What is the policy?- Listings for used cosmetics, sponges, or applicators are not allowed. This includes products such as skin moisturizers, sunscreens, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail polishes, eye and facial makeup preparations, shampoos, permanent waves, hair colors, toothpastes, and deodorants
- Cosmetics, colognes, perfumes, and lotions must come in the original container…”
Apparently open box is ok. That is probably what I have, though the bottle is white and not clear, so hard to prove. I can tell by shaking it that it’s almost full and made a video of that. Hopefully Google will pick it up on Mercari.
Thanks Jay. I did the same thing for 24 years so I love continuing to learn about vintage and running a small business. It also is less time sitting at a desk, which is good for me in my 50s. We have a lot of family ups and downs going on, otherwise I might do an antique booth. The rents here are like $500! a month for a single space so you need to be really on top of it to do that. A pop up seems just right for me, though I’m not really sure they are doing a great job advertising to locals. I hope to turn a profit there, at least in the summer. Fingers crossed. The flea market would not be worth it unless I just wanted to unload some things – plus I could just do a yard sale to get my money back on mistakes.
I’m also networking with locals and some of the pop up sellers on Instagram, which is fun. As my daughter points out, I’m not that skilled at social media posting yet but I’m just doing my thing and learning that too.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335380562680 Always great to find a good selling item again when you’ve already sold it. Bought three pieces from this Crate & Barrel line.
I went to my first real neighborhood sale and got a lot of really random things, some just to keep. No real home runs but it was super fun to cruise the neighborhood and find so many sales. I walked parts of it. Prices were really good.
This was an exciting sale because I found a whole bunch of these for a dollar. Two were caught up in the ebay glitch photo deletion and I never bothered to fix them, just marked them down. On one of the recent days I did the daily sell similar, I fixed, upped the price a bit and sold. MOVE IT OUT good riddance.
Sold these curtain panels we discussed a while back for $67. Paid pennies at a rummage sale.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335364515753 Find of the week and sale of the week at $150. I found another that is unwrapped but seems full, so I listed that on Mercari. Can we still list open perfumes as collectibles on Ebay? I forget. Paid $18 each. The old ladies had these tucked in their mother’s day display full of a bunch of other junk such as faux flowers and cheap ceramics.
Great job everyone on the DPs.
I got sick after our toddler family visit was over mid-week (wife was sick after flight + Disney with a virus). Fortunately my family did not get sick and I tested negative for Covid. Plus, I dragged myself to an outdoor rummage sale and neighborhood sale. Did not go nuts but not helping my DPs.
Listed 2 items yesterday and have a few more that need photos. I’m not live selling until May, so hoping to keep sales coming in April with some good listing. My sales are up since tax day. Woo hoo.
I found a new YouTuber who sells on Chairish. They also recently increased their fees. The prices are amazing (higher than EBay) and listing is free but the fee is 40 or 30% depending on whether you have at least 10 listings. It goes down to 20% with a $49 subscription fee. I’ve got a lot going on right now but I’m thinking about trying it later.
Happy for you @Retro getting back to the outdoor sales.
Not really anything too excited that I can post a link to this week. I see these Mola crafted items pretty frequently here. A lot of times they are just panels and the thrifts price them up. But, at my favorite thrift the linens lady is awesome and prices things to move so this was just $3 and they seem to go for $35 and up on Ebay solds. https://www.ebay.com/itm/335362770863
That same linen lady will go in the back and check for you and unlike the others is pretty quick to restock her area during the store hours. She got in a whole rack of Indian hand stitched linens, which I know nothing about. I bought one for $20 that was larger and in really good condition. It’s about the size of this one, not big enough for a bedspread. https://www.ebay.com/itm/145746484953?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=jfPNeRSOSjW&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=myJLfI4aREG&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Here is more information in case anyone is also interested in learning about this textile work. https://hindikrafts.com/banjara-embroidery/
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235262212849 Sold a Youtube famous Fire & Light item. It took a while to sell. I have this and another that were in my death piles. I had no idea what they were when I purchased them. Paid $4-5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335361720540 This bowl sold lightning fast. I am kicking myself for not picking up a dinner plate also because it was a single. Paid 4.99 GW
I think this was an old find of the week. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235406901333 I’m doing well with specialty barware as I have mentioned recently.
Looking through the remaining sales I am happy to see some DP, chipped, and no name items going out the door. It was a good week on Ebay.
11 listings for me. I love love rummage sales. The best picking! Organized and serious volume plus good prices. Sign me up. I have a small school one this weekend.
VL live selling prep is a lot of work. I’ve been hanging and washing. Will start sorting and tagging tomorrow. The toddlers pulled out today. They did me a favor as now I will sort everything in the garage. We had to remove a ton of stuff from the house, including my recent unlisted Ebay purchases.
