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Apeture, yes, I agree with going with what you are familiar with. I am struggling with sticking to PhotoShop and paying up for what I am used to and understand, or going the far less expensive route and learning a new software. I purchased PhotoShop when I was an elementary school teacher, we got a deep discount on it. I used to shoot weddings on the weekends, so it was very worth it. I don’t do either now, and I seldom take photos anymore out of listing on ebay, so I have a tough decision to make. I appreciate everyone’s input!
I made a living sewing and selling “project bags” for knitters. I figured I sew, I love to knit, I love the Day of the Dead, so I would set up booths at places like Yarn Con. My theme was, naturally, Day of the Dead. I made Day of the Dead banners using Day of the Dead fabrics. I made project bags using Day of the Dead fabrics, I sold my leftover Day of the Dead fabrics, etc. at these conventions. Oh my goodness. People were coming by saying things like “Can I just take a photo of this to see if my ___________ (insert family member, friend, coworker here) would like this bag?” or “Would you mind if I took a photo of your booth? It’s great!”
Fast forward. I am watching a knitting podcast. The podcaster holds up a project bag and stated that it was sent to her by “so and so”…”so and so” used my business name with the name of the business jumbled. As an example (I know I did not explain that properly) if the business name is “Landmark Boat Trips” they called their business “Boat Trips Landmark”. Oh my goodness! I could have gone through the computer and screamed. I had to watch that podcast about 5 times. Was I hearing things? It is not fun to have someone copy your “anything”. I get “inspiration”, but to “copy” is another matter.
Jay, glad to hear I’m not the only one who seldom makes a sale on a counter offer!
I had someone offer me $5. for an item I was selling for $25. on OfferUp. Really???? Needless to say, I ignored her. A few weeks later, she came back to me with a better offer, which I considered reasonable, but I will not ship on OfferUp, so there went that sale.Sonia, for Etsy, I used Photoshop to show the bags I made…I would use say 6 different fabrics for 1 design, then I would show all of the options on the cover photo, then the potential buyers can scroll through the photos to see close ups of the available options. For ebay, I like to crop and sharpen my photos in Photoshop because I don’t think ebay’s options for sharpening (and enhancing colors) is powerful enough for how I prefer. I have been using ebay’s options and am not really happy with how my photos are looking.
Jay, no multiple quantities. I don’t even know how to create a listing for multiples, as I typically only have 1 of’s. I also checked to see if I accidentally listed an item 2x, but no.
Amatino, I was told to check listings and manually end sold items as well, but isn’t that part of the beauty of ebay? That they end the listing for you once sold? Also, when I did do that, it did not show up in “solds”. So there’s that. And by “solds”, I mean, when you are trying to see what to price your like item, not when I look in “my ebay”-there it does show up as “sold”. Also, more importantly, in my PayPal account (where-let’s face it-that is where it “really” counts).
Sigilini,
I know exactly what you mean. I am right there with you. However, do be on the lookout (bolo)
for these mugs: Three Dots and a Dash {by} Tiki Farms”. I came across one-to be fair it did not look like a mug at all. It looked like a sea urchin. I thought it was a tealight holder and I picked it up and put it down 2x. Ultimately, I left it. Only to find out I could have sold it for about $80.! However, I did redeem myself when I went the next day to anther thrift store and found a different style of anthropomorphic mug with the image of what I thought was initially John Lennon, but no, it was a popular Chicago based mixologist/bartender by the name of Paul McGee. I listed it the 24th and it sold on the 27th for $150. I almost left it on the shelf and hemmed and hawed about paying the $2. sticker price! Sometimes, you just gotta follow your gut! I’m so sad I left the sea urchin.debitsandcredits, I’m wondering if it would belong to this place? (conjecture on my part) They seem to have gone out of business and I’m wondering if maybe that is why you can’t find anything on them. I clicked on the website and it re-directed me to GoDaddy.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/JCP-Quality-Maintenance-LLC-237350276793965/about/?ref=page_internal
So, I just got off a call to ebay. Interesting. My solds keep showing up in my “active” feed and do not show up in the “sold’ section when I type in my listing. The rep was happy to help, then asked me how old I was. Huh? I told her and she went on about how I sound like a “college kid”. No. No college kid here, but thank you (I guess). Then she noted that I am in Chicago. “Oh! Chicago! I’ve never been to Chicago.” she stated. Then the rep went on a tangent about:
(in no particular order)
Kim Kardashian and how she and Kanye named their child Chicago, and how she could too
president trump
druglords
killings in Phillipines (the rep I spoke with was in the Phillipines-and by the way, it was 7:30 am over there when I spoke with her)
trump memes and our election
she’s 23
and a story about her cousin
….There was more. I just had to cut her off and tell her my dinner was ready and I had to go.I wonder how ebay feels about this.
Sigilini and Vintage Treasures, I feel ya. I have been buying ties and hats after donating a bunch of ties that I could not move. “What” is wrong with me? I am glad to see I am not alone. I also started this mug buying thing. Not sure where that came from! I will say, I did sell one today, so that is a good thing!
Alex’s Lemonade Stand-Childhood Cancer
And here is the link showing Jocelyn thanking everyone for helping Juliette raise the money.
Sonia,
The reason that fish sold for so much is because Joceylyn’s (Crazy Lamp Lady) daughter, who is about 7 years old, wanted to raise money for a lemonade stand for another child (Alex). I’ve been watching her for probably as long as she’s been podcasting, but I don’t remember all the details, but the video is below. Joceleyn’s daughter (her name is Juliette, but she nicknames her Sissy. If you just want to hear about the lemonade stand auction on the fish-it is at about the 45:00 mark.
