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@VL I thought it might be cool to resell fabric and straw shoppers (totes) in the booth. I’ve started picking up a few inexpensive, clean ones.
Sales were really poor for me last week. I haven’t been listing but I also got hit with a “ghost listing” resale of a single quantity item I just sold. I contacted Ebay for Business with the order numbers and the help was super poor. I can’t find the request a call page on the website but will need to call today. I sold the same item three times in December (that one was multi-quantity) and didn’t complain about that because I was super busy. Two legitimate issues and now my rating is way down, which probably has something to do with the poor sales. I’ve heard some tech issues people have been having so I guess they must be doing some work.
Working on my taxes and we will visit Seattle where my daughter will perform at their Symphony Hall. Then I really need to get back to listing and calm down with the sourcing. All of our annual rummage sales came all at once this year it seems.
It was an absolutely terrible week for sales. My fault for not getting my listing photos done. I also had a ghost listing that sold and a couple of other dings have me down to above standard. I need to call Ebay. I neglected to call them about earlier problems and now they are adding up. Not smart on my part. Did sell this cool vase, and took a lower offer to try to get things moving. https://www.ebay.com/itm/335010157637
https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18031765384907541/ The highlight shows my favorite church sale finds. I bought about 33 items for $97. New in package Pottery Barn, modern stuff, several pieces of original art besides the horse in the link, vintage items, etc. I made it first to the art work and linens again. I was junkin’ so hard I scraped my leg and didn’t even notice until afterward. This church sale is my favorite of all. It rained a lot for here, so it seems like they are all cropping up at once. I’m getting overwhelmed with stuff.
The prices were super reasonable, but on my second check out they woman said the blanket (in photo) was Navajo and she wanted $15 apiece for the two she noticed. I bought 5 of them. I thought they are unusually soft for Mexican or South American blankets, but I don’t think I can call them Native American. If anyone has any knowledge about this, please reach out.
I stopped at an estate sale on my way home and bought a full box of bubble wrap and packing paper. Also a few vintage planters and floral supplies for a dollar each. Whew.
Sadly, nothing for me. Working my bookkeeping for the year. How I wish Ebay would add a hidden field for COGS so it would pop up in the spreadsheet. Still, it’s easy work.
All of the local annual rummage sales are pretty much popping up in a row. I went to my favorite church sale and gorged. The garage is looking hoarderish while I work on taxes. Overall, I would say I fell into the too much sourcing trap again in 2023. Pickier sourcing, but not enough listing. Need to right the ship. If selling in person were successful, it would be nice to move a group of things faster.
I’m also distracted with my new business Instagram account and looking at pop up display stuff. Really want to do it this summer but I’m not a half in kind of person…
Did cross-post on two District sites – Niknax and just onboarded to VAMP (Virtual Antique Marketplace). Starting to get a feel for how to play it on Niknax, though it’s flooded and tough to get sales generally. The new one has a much better shopper to seller ratio.
To recap, lots of distractions from Ebay listing and Ebay is punishing me.
@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.
