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P.S. On my app this week, I had a large banner about someone I follow using a coupon. It was very prominent. I’m thinking of trying it while I’m not running a sale, maybe this weekend.
Total Items in Store: 1,237
Items Sold: 42
Gross Sales: $2,205 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,390 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $227 + 2 family items
Highest Price Sold: $212 (Vintage Christmas Stocking Kit, paid $4.99)
Average Price Sold: $53
Returns: 1 – one item broke
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $600+
Number of items listed this week: 51Well I’m certainly glad I decided to leave my store open this year. I didn’t get any desperate messages or complaints or problems printing shipping labels on Ebay. A lot of people were buying ground on Tuesday and Wednesday after the cutoff for priority and I went to the post office 3x one day to try to get it there on time. I felt very productive this week. Running a 30% off Christmas sale since Christmas day. It’s been pretty quiet the last couple of days.
One of my 4 RA sources was in early (panic?) sale mode and I went in deep on the 23rd and online the last few days. I have sold these items from them in the past but they could take a while if people really go into pull back spending mode. I immediately listed most of those items and have a few more coming. Two other retailers don’t really have great prices yet.
I also went in deep on a follow up Target RA for mid-winter / early spring collection lower priced items. I got my share at the suburban Target near my home and someone else cleaned out the larger Target nearby. If these were toys I would feel bad but they are wine drinking middle age moms missing out so I’m good with that. Ha. My Christmas Target experiment was a good success. I have just a few remaining Christmas specific items left. A few more are winter theme left and I’m hoping they will sell off soon.
I ordered a lot of supplies this week. Have a lot of reorganizing and COGS for taxes to do soon. I’m thinking a lot about my business in 2024 and how I want to go forward. I still have a fair amount of piles around to deal with this year but I made very good progress last year until Fall when I started thrifting too much and going to a few estate sales. A correction is needed. Hoping for good sales until about mid-January when it falls off until March typically for me.
I should join you guys. Most of my pikes are sorted by category but I have two boxes of random smalls – those are really deathly because they have a lot of small ransoms and would take a while to list unless lots make sense. I also have probably 8 large bins of random family ceramics, metal items and I forgot what else on my gorilla rack unlisted. I’d be a little torn vs getting my linens up in January for nesting / white sale season though. Since I tire easily of linens, perhaps I’ll go back and forth. It would be awesome to finish the gorilla rack by mid-year.
I listed 51 items. I was thinking I was really progressing on my death piles by summer, then did too much shopping in the Fall. In the new year I need to fix that. On the upside I did finally list my parents’ china set before Thanksgiving in lots and have sold almost all of it. There is more family stuff in the death piles to go.
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@Retro congrats! I’m so impressed that you were able to power through that huge buy out. Plus you had the bravery to pay up. Way to go!
So evidently I successfully ran the beta. I tried to estimate what would be $100 but it ended up ending after spending $50. I had no way to control was was promoted and there seemed to be no rhyme or reason as to the 100 items they chose out of 1200. Vintage, new, all price points, etc. For $50 (credit) I sold 4 items. Definitely not worth it!
Results:
$236 Sold, 4 Sales, $243.72 ROAS 4.95 Sales conversion rate 1.69%, Average CPC $0.21, Ad fees $49.24
Of course half of my orders today were ground across country. If it’s close to what they paid, I’m upgrading to priority, but some are $20 for two pound small packages it looks like…
Total Items in Store: 1147
Items Sold: 40
Gross Sales: $1,138.88 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $634.67 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $160
Highest Price Sold: $140 (8 new Christmas dishtowels)
Average Price Sold: $35.59
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $185 (RA and flea market)
Number of items listed this week: 38Busy week of Ebay hustling, running sales, making offers, shipping. ASP was ok, all things considered. Lower than I’d like. Hoping for a good day – last day for guaranteed priority.
Thinking about my 2024 strategies and will use the slow time to reorganize. If I’m lucky my college son will agree to get rid of some stuff in his closet so I can make a little more storage…
@Thanks. Yes that’s what I’ve been doing as well. Maybe not paying quite enough attention to the actives but I just eyeball it briefly.
@Julie I have usually shut my store down the few days before xmas as well but I decided to leave it open this time and deal with it. A few years ago a buyer was able to purchase things and pick Fed Ex Ebay shipping. Then I couldn’t buy and print the label. I ended up honoring the sale and buying a very expensive label at the counter since it was some poor guy buying his wife a present. I hope I never have that glitch again.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235087419979 This was from the big new in package linen purchase at the high volume regional thrift. I’m into profit on that haul for sure.
My other favorite sale was allegedly to a Lahaina fire victim. I deeply discounted after she reached out. It then shipped to Nevada but I like to think the better of people and wished her well. https://www.ebay.com/itm/335153485346
This week was so fun at the flea market! Everything I bought was $1! I bought some Ikea linens and some clothing from the $1. Plus a pair of decent condition Hoka sneakers for $1. Then he had an atomic Silver Pine Fransican plate – unfortunately only a single – for $1. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235347114731 I’ve sold this before and love this pattern. This is the guy who gets the overpriced stuff and rejected stuff from the college kid thrift by the ton.
Then, there was a surfer guy selling his mom or grandma’s stuff. Got a little bit of vintage Christmas from him. Had a nice chat as my son needs surf lessons and he teaches in Ventura and sells used boards. Another story of someone selling big on Facebook because he had one bad experience on Ebay. He had loads of small Disney, M&M, and Peanuts stuff. I could have made a deal for all of it, but it’s just not my jam and I encouraged him to put it up online himself. I bought some Dept 56. He was sweet and grateful for the advice but reluctant to deal with Ebay. He was hoping to get half the value at the flea.
Finally, there was a cute lady – she calls me and everyone mama with her accent – everything $1. Somehow she ended up with a bunch of Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware returns. I probably should have bought the long tail monogrammed stuff for a buck. Have already sold a few items from her booth. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235344506074 https://www.ebay.com/itm/335165798664
My last find was in our Christmas Wrap box. I paid $1 a couple of years ago. Had a barcode so I looked it up and was shocked at the prices. Unfortunately some of the cards are missing. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235347316635
