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I only listed 12. Have a bunch of photos to take this morning after shipping.
@Ebaymom that came up in a sell similar listing another seller wrote. I thought it was genius but use it sparingly.
@Craig I wish you were closer because our comic book shop owner just passed away. I have a feeling they will be holding a liquidation sale soon.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235305794431 I was neglecting my favorite thrift store for a while due to the line to get in. Went a couple of times lately and scored this lovely lady for $14. This was purchased two weeks ago but listed last week.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335126962696 Also thought the glass technique on this vase was really nice. Paid $14. They seem to price at this price point if they know it’s nice, but unlike the college kid thrift I think they only look up certain things online.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335029373208
Kind of bread and buttery this week but I sold this kids’ quilt from Pottery Barn. It had quite a bit of wash wear but was in good shape. $5 at the flea market. Happy to get it out of storage.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335047384999 Sold this very cool tiki shirt that I grabbed right as it came out of the back at Goodwill for $12. Too hip for my hubby.
I sold a couple of really old items.
@Retro so happy for you! Are you discovering any mistakes as you are listing more? I have forgotten to fix the title at least once and the description also. I feel like when I hit it I’m a little bit in a hurry, so need to be more careful. No INADs have resulted but someone did Email me and ask for clarification.
Total Items in Store: 1,141
Items Sold: 19
Gross Sales: $860.55 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $563.71 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $79
Highest Price Sold: $79 Needlepoint kit
Average Price Sold: $45.29
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $15
Number of items listed this week: 6I wasn’t able to get to Ebay much last week. It was a week of highs and lows outside Ebay. We had a nice holiday with family and I hope you all did as well. Went to the funeral for a teen girl last weekend in the Bay Area.
I’m looking at my sold list and it’s a variety of stuff – one really stale death pile 2014 purchase I got listed with my daughter last summer, things I got at estate and school rummage sales super cheap, and my Target RA. So my store is going well on most fronts.
My garage is looking a little hoarderish. I decided to start running another sale today. After the holiday listing push I will do some reorganzing and need to cut back on buying. I also want to reevaluate my prices and move toward a faster nickel approach on some of the merch I’m less enthused about. I still have death piles to get to but I learned some more about which type of items are moving and I’m steadily losing my taste for large breakables. So just doing lot of thinking about where I’m going with Ebay and how I’m getting close to the storage I want to devote to my business. I expect that it may be challenging for sales next year, so hopefully I can pivot in a way that eeks out the most possible sales and move some more of what I have.
Sales are just ok. In the past this weekend has not been good for me on EBay but my store is three times the size now.
Retail arbitrage wise I find the best online deals are usually the day after Christmas (and in store this day), late January / February, and mid-to-late summer. I bought my Christmas RA before Halloween so I’m not sourcing this week. I am seeing pretty good deals on electronics.
I’m grateful to say there is not a lot my family needs. My husband and I are splurging on Eagles concert tickets for the family as our gift. We passed on so many great concerts this year but are really into music. I also am due to upgrade my phone, which has been overheating lately. Verizon is running a deal and our contract is up.
Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. I hope to hit listing very hard this coming week when my daughter is back at school.
I agree. I was happy to hear that Justin Resells had the same listing process as I do. It made me feel like I’m being efficient as possible unless and until they improve the app or simplify the process.
I am not worried about sourcing. However, my friend does sell shoes and he seemed a bit bummed. He haunts Goodwill because it turns over incredibly fast and is centrally located so it’s his favorite. I have the advantage of leaning toward breakables and other things fewer new sellers are interested in. However as my store grows I may be looking for more of a balance for packing time and storage space reasons.
I’m so impressed with your consistency. I am not a goal oriented person but I should really get on a better track next year. Kudos!
Total Items in Store: 1134
Items Sold: 16
Gross Sales: $798.18 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $427.27 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $145
Highest Price Sold: $168 (Signed art print, paid $12 or $14)
Average Price Sold: $49.89
Returns: 1 but not shipped.
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $80 thrift xmas boutique + 10 thrifted + 25 Target RA
Number of items listed this week: 24I’m happy for all of you having good sales. My sales were just ok, but I fell down on the listings again this week. My daughter is off school and we are out of town for a memorial this weekend, so this week will not be good either.
@Jay so wonderful to hear about your shop and I’m thrilled it feels the way you imagined. Fall might be even better than Christmastime in a coffee shop where you live… You’ll have to share your playlist sometime. Hope all is going well with the cafe.My daughter made a comment about the inventory growing and I’m thinking a lot about my store growth and direction. I’m also thinking of moving more toward the fast nickel from my very slow dime position.
Been listening to some podcasts and thinking about my model. This techie friendly guy https://www.youtube.com/@justinresells is very concise and is building a new app for Ebay resellers. I might be interested for inventory management and COGS recordings. He is taking requests for beta testers. I heard elsewhere this week that there is three years of Terapeak data available now. In local news, one of my picker buddies is seeing a lot of new resellers. I’m really glad I’m not hunting for clothes. He said there is a new guy always at Goodwill too looking everything up on his phone. Makes me happy I started earlier, found my niche and know some things by now. Perhaps I will get cornered into selling mostly linens that nobody seems to care about…
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235220034492 I sold this find of the week from a few months back.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235092507949 My highest sale was this signed art, paid $12 I think.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235284865089 My favorite sale though was this cup that I bought at an estate sale for pennies. I was bummed when I went to list it and found it had a chip. Listed it anyway and here is the feedback: “Arrived safely. Will repair cup The Japanese way! Skip Lyman’s work is magical for me. Martha. ” How great is that?
The Pure Hustle podcast guys were skeptical but promised to check it out and report back soon. I haven’t tried it as I heard about it after I had that terrible week of sales and my sales have been pretty decent since I’ve known.
I went to the Christmas sale at my favorite thrift and it was actually kind of disappointing. Their prices were higher and getting out of comfortable reach for resale. They for the first time decided to limit the amount of people to go in and I just missed that first big group by a few. I did buy some Pottery Barn Christmas and non-Christmas linens, which as usual were being ignored by the first group of shoppers.
Last weekend my daughter and I stopped by the Goodwill bins (on our way back from going out of town) for only my second time. This time it was WAY more crowded. We got to see the bins coming out process and everyone attack them. LOL. It was actually pretty civilized but a little bit of personal space issues. I went through the hard good bins that had already been attacked and found the following items that had been passed over:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235303336537
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335127010099
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335127032018
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235305820510
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235305826615
There was at least one or two other women looking for vintage linens in the soft goods – pulling out afghans and such. I didn’t find anything good and complete despite sticking around and getting into the melee for a bit. People seemed to be respecting the carts along the edges of the room but I did see some men keeping guard there too. There were a couple groups of Gen Z boys digging into the clothes. The whole scene was facinating and it was pretty fun. It would be interesting to go during the week and see what it’s like.
