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Total Items in Store: 540
Items Sold: 9
Gross Sales: $420.75 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $214.28 (minus eBay fees $$$, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $55
Highest Price Sold: $70 (Two new pillow covers, paid $22 on clearance)
Average Price Sold: $46.75
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 27Week turned out ok, but was hoping for better. Looking at the breakdown and my final value fees are over 30%. That does not include promoted fees. Is that normal? I thought it was much lower previously but haven’t been paying attention.
I’m proud to say that I made it to the bottom of my Christmas bin and started listing some ornaments we inherited, with just a few of those left. I also finally located my small Thanksgiving hoard and got that listed just in time. Most was Pottery Barn and Williams Sonoma and sold right away. So, finally almost through the holiday piles. This week should be ok for listing knock wood.
J&R I always have thought maybe you drive into the metro area during the week and do some sourcing, bring it back to your lair in the country with warehouse. You know the quality stuff. You might get some stuff in your mix that is not so long tail.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234796825850 I scavenged these this week from the guest room closet. Happy I remembered before Christmas. They are originally from a relative and I’ve listed about 10/25. The ornament hanger I saw in comps and was super cheap on Amazon so a good tool to have around.
Not a high dollar sale but my favorite because I knew to pick it up for .50 and it’s an overlooked item for sure. Only took a couple of months to sell. https://www.ebay.com/itm/334562633751
Sales pretty weak even before Black Friday. Time to throw some more logs in the fire… wishing for everyone good sales.
Nothing says Christmas like the devil. https://www.ebay.com/itm/334622562343 I made it late to thrift the Christmas throw up but everyone missed this guy. I just found another, larger wooden German Christmas decoration.
Total Items in Store: 513
Items Sold: 12
Gross Sales: $886.18 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $613.08 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $72
Highest Price Sold: $219.00 (Set of 6 new clearance plates, paid $4.99 apiece last winter, sold in one day after listing)
Average Price Sold: $73.85
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 18Good week. I had it on time away and today is annoying shipping. Hope good sales last for a while. Quite a few of the items sold I just listed right before I left. I feel like promoted listings is a part of the equation now and I’m still at 4%. Ebay just sent me some offer about advanced, but I’m only going the minimum that I think I need to do for my listings to get special treatment. Some Youtubers said you don’t want to go all in and then drop back, because it kills your sales. I also feel like the sell similar helped and I got to make offers on my stale stuff, some of which has sold.
We just got back from a 200 strong choir of high school kids from all over Southern California. And I can’t help but think, what a great way to get Covid. Also have two family members flying in. So fingers crossed.
I went thrifting in the town in San Bernardino County. There were many other shoppers and lots of made in China junk. A couple of higher end thrifts with high prices. It made me grateful I live where I do. Always fun to look through all new junk just the same – there were like 7 thrift stores in a 5 mile radius. I just got a couple of items, which is good since I have piles here.
Happy holidays to everyone!
@Julie great job! We also have company coming and I’ve got a bunch of stuff in the living room for priority listing. Keep finding more holiday stuff. I think I only have 5-6 Christmas items left and one thanksgiving in the wash.
23 for me. @VL sorry about the Covid. Glad to hear you are on the mend. I’m going to be out of town half the week but I’m pumped to list for a couple days before I go.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334553824075 Very happy with this sale. Paid $6 for the lot at the favorite indy thrift. Just took a few weeks to sell. Took me a lot longer to get it listed.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334625135845 This coffee mug was hanging out in my office when I worked the day job. I have too many mugs and so listed it. Was very happy to see what they go for. I love, love, love this pattern and occasionally find one or two pieces in the wild.
Total Items in Store: 500
Items Sold: 7
Gross Sales: $374.64 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $229.50 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: only $24 (yeah!)
Highest Price Sold: $75 Used Pottery Barn Christmas serving bowl, paid $5
Average Price Sold: $53.52
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $28
Number of items listed this week: 23It was an ok week. My daughter has honor choir out of town the second part of this week, so I’m really going to try to list as much as possible before then. Buyers seem to be coming active again. Mercari also is giving out a $20 off $50 coupon for listing just 10 items so I got that.
Very happy to hear about the coffee shop sales but not about the viruses. @Retro I hope you and your family continue to heal as quickly as possible. It’s so tough to not feel well when your kids are ill too – and super stressful.
I was listing way ahead of my shopping mainly this year but the week before last I realized I wasn’t keeping caught up. Also we are approaching construction and will need to move everything out of the garage again after Thanksgiving and I would love to see that inventory go down. I joined a Facebook group for people looking to eliminate their death piles. I have some heavy stuff going on with my kid so a little thrifting is kind of a nice and safe dopamine distraction for my brain. Really though, I need to get my inventory down so talking to myself about that lately.
Have a great week of sales everyone.
I was using it but with managed payments I don’t need it any longer. You can download your Ebay numbers for the year now.
