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06/21/2018 at 9:31 pm in reply to: Trash Elf Twins Challenge 2018 Thread #2 From Week 19 (May 7-13) #43128
Thank you for the very nice compliment VT. Sales are slow this week for me too.
I’ve been doing some finer organizing of my piles in new boxes and made a list of items by type with some general goals about when they are best to list over the course of the year, eg. ahead of holidays or back to school, etc. One of the bulkiest items I have are afghans and vintage bedspreads. I’d be up for a challenge of listing them. I think I have 7 or so. It’s not my worst listing / packing type, but definitely I’ve been putting it off. What I’m most dreading is super fragile 60s thin glass ceiling light shades and vintage tabletop lamps.
Great story except the kids will be grown. Cats in the Cradle Song Lyrics
RT Oh how I loathe the mysteriously checked boxes glitch! Just sold an item on auction for .99 with free shipping. Honestly can’t say this time that I remembered to look though. You’re welcome!
06/18/2018 at 8:54 pm in reply to: Trash Elf Twins Challenge 2018 Thread #2 From Week 19 (May 7-13) #42776I’m working this afternoon on a whole box of cartoon character coffee mugs from my earliest days on Ebay when I was scared to ship much else. Talk about eating your vegetables! I feel pretty determined to list myself out of this hole I made if it’s $10 or more. The next time I list I will switch it up to something I like better. I did list some patriotic stuff today, including some fabric.
06/18/2018 at 10:36 am in reply to: Buyer undercharged for multi-quantity purchase with Ebay combined shipping #42724Thanks Amatino. I don’t use business policies because I didn’t want to spend the time consolidating the multiples ones I inadvertently generated. Ebay is always off on the combined shipping but it often works out pretty ok or they punt and ask me to send an invoice. This time with the PRFE it was a $7 loss so it caught my attention. Made me wonder if something had changed recently? It sounds like you don’t think so. They told me to send an invoice for the extra shipping or cancel, neither sounded good since it was an old listing.
06/18/2018 at 8:58 am in reply to: Trash Elf Twins Challenge 2018 Thread #2 From Week 19 (May 7-13) #42711You’re welcome VT. I love to buy vintage fabric to sell even though I don’t sew. I’ve been lazy about listing it too so I have three boxes of death pile fabric. Does this category do well in summer? I’ve sold some craft kits lately (my favorite thing to list and ship).
I listed 27 items this week, 16 from death piles. Felt really good to get back to Ebay.
Total Items in Store: 407
Items Sold: 9
Cost of Items Sold: $111 + $33 (free shipping)
Total Sales: $338
Highest Price Sold: $72 Pair of new shams – paid $45 1.5 years ago (RA item, I have dropped prices on solid color leftovers)
Average Price Sold: $38
Returns: 1 – but closed by me after 5 days when not returned.
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: About $10
Number of items listed this week: 27Got back to listing this week as contract day job is slow and it felt really good. I’m really in the mood to dig into the piles. I’ve been tweaking prices on my listings with the most watchers to see if I can generate sales. One sold right after but who knows.
Also went to a church book sale to buy used textbooks for my high schooler. Found a few kids’ book sets that should pay for his remaining books. I bought this Textbook best offer. This item has a catalog page, so I originally found a different seller with a higher price, but down below found this best offer, free shipping listing. As a seller, I don’t like this at all as I’ve said. Very often I’m not the lowest price but I’m doing promoted listings, using better keywords, or getting someone in through Pinterest. I don’t want Ebay showing them others’ better prices! I think we’ve got some annoying times ahead too while Ebay attempts to drape this over inappropriate categories and because their catalog is so incomplete.
Regarding long tail items, I am getting charged .25 a month for my basic store subscription overage items. I get some weird credit too on my bill that kind of offsets the overage, but it still makes me pause. I’m sure I am carrying some items that are not worth it, but it would make more sense to run auctions once we are past the slow summer season.
Happy Birthday Ryanne “) Glad you got away for a bit. Have a great week!
The University (about 25k students) organizes it each year with volunteers at an off campus site and then donates the profits to local charities very nearby. The students were being really wasteful, so prices are good because it’s just meant to keep things out of the landfill but they do have a small boutique area. I think they let the sorters pick it first probably, but there is enough quantity that there are always useful items left.
Free returns is making me nervous this week. I just put it on all first class items and a few higher end items. I got an email from a woman explaining that she is slim with a big rack and would the workout top I’m selling (free shipping & returns) be supportive enough? Another lady says vintage sheets might not fit her deep mattress so she’s making a best offer – but new in packing item requires return in package. I have a business mind for the big picture, but emotionally I don’t feel great about offering free returns.
I’m unhappy that Ebay has not offered a prominent toggle filter for FR like they did for guaranteed delivery. Sellers are really taking more of a risk offering FR, so should be rewarded. Arguably, for most buyers free returns is probably more important than guaranteed delivery. On the other hand, I do like the TRSP ribbon symbol and extra FR notation. I just don’t think it’s enough and who knows what kind of treatment you are getting under the algorithm? It doesn’t seem like all of their best practice stuff necessarily puts you on top.
Incidentally, I added a .75 handling fee with bulk editing to help cover returns but noted that it doesn’t work with free shipping items.
06/14/2018 at 8:34 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Trucker hats, Stereo equipment, Old mechanics creeper, Omemee tea cup, Vintage Canister Set, Water blaster #42455Steve, love the condition on that canister set! Watching your cute dog endings is interesting because it is so seasonal. Our weather is always the same here and it keeps me in touch a bit with what is going on elsewhere. Tfs your great sales.
06/13/2018 at 12:31 pm in reply to: Trash Elf Twins Challenge 2018 Thread #2 From Week 19 (May 7-13) #42388I did some organizing, passed on a church sale so halo for me. My daughter is around more often and sometimes with her friends in the pool, plus I have multiple drop offs so it’s hard making money at my job and on Ebay. We sat and watched a movie together yesterday after work/camp for the first time in a long time. But, 5 times I squeezed in a few listings last week, so I was very happy with that. Having a chopped up schedule really, really goes against my grain, but going to try to keep pecking away at Ebay over the course of the week. Also, it’s been encouraging to see space open up and to need to consolidate. I’m making progress and have cut way, way back on shopping. Good luck to you!
I can’t find it, but Ebay at least briefly sent a short promo video to me saying the average sales bump was over 20%. I’m certain that is unlikely.
This is a good point. It’s a great time to make best offers on Ebay as a buyer.
06/11/2018 at 9:27 am in reply to: Trash Elf Twins Challenge 2018 Thread #2 From Week 19 (May 7-13) #42132Hi, I was happy to finally get back to listing and should get some time this week too. Life is calming down and I had to rewrite my to do list since I got some things done. Listed 17 items, 7 from death piles and I’m clear of newly thrifted items so filling up a box from the piles this week.
Total Items in Store: 381
Items Sold: 8
Cost of Items Sold: $47 + 22 free shipping
Total Sales: $246
Highest Price Sold: $50 Textbook (ours)
Average Price Sold: $30
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $12
Number of items listed this week: 17This week felt very slow, no action on several consecutive days, but numbers are pretty typical actually. Got back to listing as life was calmer even with a graduation. Should be a good week to slip in some listing and I tidied up and consolidated my new and used inventory. Lots of piles left but I definitely have made good progress. 🙂 Happy belated birthday Jay!
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