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I made 39 new listings.
I am steadily approaching 1000 so I’m going to need to start thinking about some low dollar stuff that I’d like to purge and not pay 25 cents on to carry. I copied or moved a little bit of that and all of my Mercari vintage over to Niknax but haven’t sold anything on there last week. I’m not alone in slow sales on that smaller platform but I keep posting the chat and Crazy Lamp lady picked some more of my items to feature last week.
@craig thanks! I’m definitely considering some of these. Sales are super slow for me.
I’m really torn between getting up new listings vs going back and revising things (spending time). Also a bit torn on lowering prices and allowing lower offers and counters. I don’t get offended but I do kind of get annoyed. Right now everything is either auto accepted or rejected. If my phone makes a noise it’s a sale. But, I’ve been listening to others on podcasts say it’s kind of a time where you need to take deeper discounts. I tend to go with a one size fits all approach to things and forget it but since I carry both new and used, I should probably allow lower offers on the used items. I have gotten a boost in markdown sales and I’m due for that and sell similar.
Nice sales @Sharyn. I love the soap sale. 99% of resellers would have passed on that. I’ve sold Crabtree & Evelyn before for that money. My husband is like “who is buying this???” He jokes about me ripping people off.
I would do something like:
Vintage Studio Art Pottery Coffee Mug Cup Men Businessmen Networking Faces Office City
As to style I’m not really sure what you call this. Maybe Ryanne will chime in.
@Craig I’ve sold similar items by the artist before and they are easy to spot
Games more slowly for me, which is probably due to big retailers offering free shipping. I should probably reduce prices but I try to think of good keywords.
The retailers put their outlets in the middle of nowhere towns or list deep discounts online at 5 am so their usual shoppers won’t see lower prices. The people who get to shop that get incredible deals on discontinued merch and then post online. They can afford to take less than full retail and probably want to recoup their outlay. I am willing to wait for a close to full retail price on EBay. I try to cherry pick the best designs that stand out online.
I did run into a problem of one of the outlet sellers being out of stock ( probably cross posted) and another sending the wrong item. Their listings aren’t great but perhaps they’re organization is not great either.
@soozies not sure about your returns issue but wanted to share this video about slow sales. It echos some of the advice above. https://youtu.be/l3LT9mwwAyg?si=tAHAsCa43xx6VCyA
I found Mercari buyers to be extremely cheap so even though it’s pretty fast to cross post, you might want to focus on one platform and being very consistent there, or just cross post to posh.
I don’t sell clothes but February is always my worst month for sakes.
@Steven lovely footage of you and the pup at the end. So pretty there.
Speaking of coupons, every time on the app this lady’s coupon is taking up a lot of real estate on my phone. Is anyone in here using this type of coupon?
I’ve only made it to the bins twice but it was pretty civilized. Someone even offered us a cart. There were Gen Z kids in the clothes and then I suspect a lot of people looking for nice, newer stuff to flip at flea markets. I only saw one other one of our interest, picking vintage crochet afghans. In the picked over bins I found vintage.
I looked at GW yesterday and the shoes were priced high $30 for the nice ones behind the counter. They are on to some brands there – lulu would be like $19.99 per item for example. The local chain would be a bit less. I know some other quality brands but just don’t have a lot of enthusiasm for picking this stuff up. Howe er on my busy shopping days packing breakables does get annoying. So if my business grows I may get more attracted to clothes.
Great advice, thanks! Kids’ soccer is huge here. I’ll start keeping an eye out. I sometimes find Patagonia trunks and sold some I thrifted and my boys rejected. Patagonia is huge here and their headquarters are a half hour away.
I see cowboy boots on occasion but I don’t think I want to get into storing that right now when I’ve still got a lot of piles. I know some can bring good money. When I saw my friends’ teens shopping for graphic tees in Hollywood at the flea, I thought I could easily find that random stuff but I’m sure the market has been flooded. Also there are a lot of young clothing sellers now picking here, so that would be more of a garage sale thing.
One of our big 3 annual rummage sales is this weekend. Woo hoo! Better get to listing…
Lacy have fun! It’s good the closest bins are 35 minutes from me. I kind of have been craving a trip and did well with my picks from last time.
@Retro challenge accepted. Your point about storage is a good one though. Also I believe the shoes in good shape are pretty pricey at our thrifts. Do you sell kids’ shoes?
I can’t throw a stone without hitting tons of men’s swim / surf trunks, which wouldn’t require measurements and would pack super small. Finally, I was also considering flexible sun hats but never checked the ROI. A ton of those and they would stack.
People are on the belts and leather big time. Never ever find good belts. I’ve been looking for me.
Afraid to edit again, but I have heard a lot of clothing sellers prefer to sell mens clothing only. @Retro you can have all the shoes. 🙂
Total Items in Store: 1194
Items Sold: 10
Gross Sales: $534.36 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $317.14 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $86
Highest Price Sold: $96 (One art pottery tile, paid $2.99 at GW)
Average Price Sold: $53
Returns: 1 (Another claim of incomplete kit)
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $80
Number of items listed this week: 59It felt dead all week and I remembered to run a sale on the weekend so yesterday (Sunday) was good. Not much sourcing last week with all the rain, but I did a little bit of online sourcing. Working my way through some piles. Hope sales pick up soon!
Had another claim and photo of a used item I sold as new. The person had already left good feedback and seemed more legit than the last one, though the photos I put in the listing make it look sealed. Now I’m starting to show the top and bottom of these kits with extra photos. I just refunded the $20, blocked the person, and chalked it up to doing business. Hope that’s the last one I get for a while. I also never called Ebay about my buyer with the negative feedback…
Hope all is well with the restaurant. I kind of got a little burned out on some of the harder to pack larger breakables and considered doing a little clothing, especially if it has the tag. It is really nice and easy to ship. Smaller size or new linens are so great.
