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@Vintagelacy thanks again! Postcards is a great idea vs. business cards. I like that.
Hi Craig. So I had a strong reaction to the pulley because of the paint. I didn’t find another quite like it in solds, but used Terapeak to set a price based on the highest brown pulleys sold. I feel like if I have a strong reaction, someone else will love it as much as I do. I also don’t mind keeping certain cool items around to put in my featured item bar in my Ebay store.
@Lacy thanks! Great I will check out your video! We have wine crates easily available here I was thinking to stack as part of the display but they don’t store flat. Looking at other options for height. The $80 show I think will not be as well attended as your Portland show but in the summer will get good traffic I think. It’s not just the $80 it’s all the items I need to set up and the square, etc. I either need to get in or not… I’m an all in kind of person and picky about things. It’s also the time away from listing but I’m really, really intrigued and think I would make a good addition as it is mostly clothing so far. Plus I have a ton of unlisted stuff to bring potentially. I have to admit I picked up a couple of inexpensive display things yesterday at the thrift store so I am leaning this way! I thought I could stain all of them to match after gathering.
One more question – how do you display your art work? I have a lot of unlisted art work, some small and some large.
I have a large and very cool vintage trunk that was my grandparents’. Has all of the European travel stickers. My kids love it. I could use that for some books – good advice.
I hear current podcasters still talking about you legends! I think we even got some of our lingo from you guys. I miss hearing your perspective but love your current endeavors.
@Sharon that’s a really fun vintage tee! I love retro stripes
@vintagelacy I kind of am getting the bug for in person pop up selling. The best one is pretty expensive for a 10×10 spot at $80 but would get a lot of tourist traffic. The flea market is better priced @$35 with a large space, but I’d get fewer shoppers and they would be willing to pay less. Most of the downtown one is clothing and jewelry. There is a budding college area one that is very cheap but almost all clothing.
What thoughts do you have and what hard goods sell best for you in your booths at the fairs? I watched a couple of videos and I’d need to collect or thrift and buy quite a few things equipment-wise so I guess I either need to commit or decide to wait maybe until next peak tourist season. One south of us is super full with a huge waiting list though and I think the one here might take off like that.
Good for you @Craig skipping sales and digging in.
My favorite find this week was at a local vintage pop up sale. This guy makes awesome wood and salvage projects https://www.ericsvintagewoods.net/things-i-j-u-s-t-finished I bought this from him for $35, which I’m flipping https://www.ebay.com/itm/235468273665 Since I love it I put a high price on it. I’m always looking for these since I’m coastal but never seem to find any.
@Craig – that’s an amazing STR for your store. You know how to work it.
@retro I marked these down and voila they sold asap for $60. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235250173224
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235455311969 Glassybaby I posted about recently sold.
Couple more items out of my usual wheelhouse sold. Solid sales. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235164561103 and https://www.ebay.com/itm/235397396251
I listed 26 items. These were a combo from an estate sale I went to a couple of weekends ago, some recent thrift purchases and my Macys RA. All that stuff was around my desk. I still have a few more recent purchases to go, but luckily the rummage sale was somewhat of a bust so I didn’t add much there. Unfortunately, I need to work on our tax stuff and my COGS bookkeeping so this week will probably not be stellar and I won’t get to the DP.
@antiquefrog yes, and super heavy. I was thinking about shipping the painting and selling the frame locally. I think the painting would look better in a less ornate frame.
https://imgur.com/gallery/D55Lc4t
whoops i just lost my post. Rummage sale was 80-85% clothing, and much smaller. About 75 people paid the entry fee and they had a higher price list at the pre-sale to boot. I got a whole trash bag of pottery barn curtains for $15 and made it to the art first. Bought two paintings. The above is quite large with a heavy frame. Not sure what I was thinking but I just go with my gut on art.
Way more fun then going to the movies. But yeah, it’s usually a ton of stuff. This one is the junior league, so they have wealthy connections and better clothing. I’m hoping they don’t allow the workers to pick.
Total Items in Store: 1237
Items Sold: 14
Gross Sales: $620 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes); Net sales $364 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $52
Highest Price Sold: $75 (vintage cocktail glass set)
Average Price Sold: $44
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $120 +/- Macys RA + thrifting + flea
Number of items listed this week: 5 new listingsNiknax update: one featured item sale, no new listings. Something that sat a long time on Ebay.
I’m glad to hear the restaurant is doing well!
Just a lot of non-Ebay distraction last week. I have some family stuff going on that is taking me away but I also could have managed my time better and had a virus for a couple of days. The time just went poof! Started out the year strong but now it feels like time is passing quickly and I’m getting a bit off track with Ebay. We have a lot of expenses this year creeping up and some smaller trips to pay for. I hope to get it into gear again. I have a fun rummage sale on Friday to go to. Next week unfortunately I will have to take a break and do COGS taxes work for our appointment.
My daughter helped me create a new business instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/retro_decor_and_more/ She made the first couple of posts from some recent listings and solds. Niknax has a thing called Magic Comments where people can somehow purchase. Apparently you can also sell through Instagram. Need to discover more about this. It might be good for selling some larger art locally that I don’t want to ship. I found out while picking accounts to follow about some college kids having a flea market in the college park this weekend. My daughter is going to go check it out.
PS. One of the big three annual charity rummage pre-sales is this Friday. They are testing a $30 entry fee which I hope most people won’t pay. I can’t wait. We get 3 hours Friday night.
Hi Retro. It is exceptionally good here I think. It’s a decent size city with a lot of older people, with more old transplants moving in and young professionals moving out. We also have some 1 percenters (Harry and Meghan’s neighborhood +1 more). We have no Walmart and didn’t have Target or Home Goods, etc. until just a few years ago so the made in China stuff is not as prevalent. The older guys picking a few years ahead of me really, really had it good for a while until Youtube came along. Would have been like shooting fish in a barrel. There are also three colleges in our area, and they are now showing up regularly.
I’m grateful for the free education on SL, Youtube. Google Lens also has been a huge help more recently. Always learning… Currently, I am thrifting more often after I drop my kid off on weekdays but remind myself to “hit it and move on”. I have a bad habit of getting into browser mode. I don’t go out on the weekends too often when I’m spending time with the fam. Most of the time I am paying between $3-6 for things like that bowl. At the flea market it varies wildly from a $1 to $10. It’s rare that I will pay over $10 for anything unless it’s very special or a Patagonia jacket or something we will use.
