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I launched about 25 fresh listings and have more pictures to do. I’m letting myself go to the thrifts as the Halloween gets put out (slowly ugh) but I’ve been starting to get into the death piles and I’m caught up with summer purchases except linens. Last week I did not list that many days. I should have a better week this week.
I bought a couple of shelves and this allowed me to put my pop up market stuff away in one space, and then we got my son’s car back in the garage since he moved to Boston.
I’m feeling excited about Fall and totally into the business. I have a really fun farm market coming up in early October with a lot of cleaning, price tag removal, and prep to do.
@VT, I failed at after coffee challenge but I have improved my frequency of sitting down to list. I will keep working on it. I worked about 4/7 days on listing last week, shooting for 5 this week. It sounds like your husband is really going through it and I’m so sorry to hear that. Take good care of yourself as well.
@Ryanne, I really suspect that Ebay turned up the freshness factor in the algorithm in the past couple of years since the podcast ended. I made a post here after Ebay open showing that Ebay tracks your store’s percent 30 (“stagnant”) and 90 (“stale”) day listings. I’m probably going to cave and get Nifty software that will automatically end and sell similar. I will likely set it to 60 days for now. I definitely do feel though that people are cutting back on wants in favor of needs except the very wealthy. I had to do a lot of sales and extra % offers deeper and still didn’t have a very good summer on Ebay.
@Zach thanks! I’m hearing a lot about Nifty and leaning that way. It would be hard to switch.
I listed 24 items last week and created a bunch of drafts that need photos and cleaning. Unfortunately I only listed 3/7 days. I hope to make it at least 4 or 5 this week.
Thanks Lacy. That’s an awesome idea, but hope to avoid selling in that kind of heat again. I’m too old for that! :O
@VL these days I’m just dumping it on a couple of boards so that when I refresh my store and break the links, I know to edit. I could just actually make new boards – I don’t think I have Pinterest followers.
@VT I hope things are getting better. Be sure to take good care of yourself too as the caregiver.
I was able to list 14 items. Tried a new vintage and makers only flea market in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley). I think it’s a good one, though it got to over 100 degrees and I about died of heat stroke packing up. I had to keep getting into my car and running the air to pack after. So I won’t try it again until November. It was nice to be with so many enthusiastic vintage shoppers and I did reasonably well until noon when it got unbearably hot. I got some really nice feedback from shoppers.
I love the Fall season and I’m getting excited to do some Ebay listing. I don’t have another market for about a month. Then I have a big one on a gorgeous farm during the second week of August. @Lacy I will definitely check out your video. I saw your booth on Insta and it looked great.
Someone just told me primelister is only $35 a month, far cheaper. Has anyone tried that one?
https://www.instagram.com/p/DNnwvR_tUty/
Re ebay listings with calculated shipping not showing up on Google.
One guy in the hallway from Ebay stressed not to put in the wrong UPC. He said that like 3 times. I wonder if I shouldn’t be putting in does not apply in the field? Might be better to leave it blank the way he was acting.
https://youtu.be/TqtPofn5ImA?si=HxD5ZBnyUIwYf0J8
another great summary by Justin resells. His channel is not sexy, but he delivers content succinctly and strikes a scavenger life-ish tone on challenging eBay yet appreciating it.. smart tech guy.
https://podcast.app/episode-128-ebay-open-2025-final-debrief-from-las-vegas-e422393466
I met these two in Las Vegas. One of the few good podcasts for advanced sellers. This is another perspective on day 2 of open. Not sure if what I said about photo evidence being required for all INADs or just the ones that were sold for parts / as is. Hm.
Fabric has done well for me but for some reason I don’t like listing it. At least not large chunks.
I didn’t get much listed last week since I was away most of the week. This week has been not great so far. Need to get working. Have a vintage market this Sunday in Los Angeles County this weekend and I also need to prep for that.
