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Are most of your sales still from the old newspaper and magazine lot? Just amazing how many you sell.
Yeah, when we applied for that SBA loan/grant, I knew immediately it’d be a non-starter because it was so easy. Only way it works is if they just start sending out cash to pump money into the economy. Honestly it’d be better than giving tens of millions to big corporations. At least small businesses would spread it out locally.
Glad to see CA has done a great job keeping the virus at bay. Gov Newsome was smart to lock down early and completely.
You’ve been very committed to Mercari over the year. Does it feel like the platform has staying power?
Awesome. Phil and Jill are good people. We love his roasting profiles.
Yeah! Thanks Eve. Good to see you again.
I’m surprised USPS is so political. We need a working national system of moving mail around.
Just wait till everyone has send a letter only using commercial UPS or FedEx.What does the error say exactly?
Amazing you have a source for Herman Miller shells. How much do they sell for?
Welcome Josh. That’s insanely smart to dumpster dive by the university, especially if you time it around when students go on vacation and go home. Do you sell the furniture on Facebook?
04/11/2020 at 8:25 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 457: Is it a good week or a bad week? #76102Thanks for posting that episode. Slides do sell but it all depends on the content. IS it slides of people/cars from the 1970s (valuable). Or is it just vacation photos where you see shots of trees and mountains (much less valuable).
04/11/2020 at 8:23 am in reply to: Hello, it’s me, Yorkographic from North Carolina (also shipping label question) #76101Understood. You could be correct that an eBay store has power as an identity. Guess it depends on how you use it.
Most eBay stores are like ours. Just list anything and everything. No identity. Its just a vehicle to qualify for lower listings fees.
But I can see that if you are very niche, certain collectors would come to your store to just buy that one niche item. Like vintage camera equipment.
I can see being active on social media to advertise your niche eBay store that just has one kind of item.
That being said, you say you currently mix clothes, books, and camera equipment and you do well. Buyers dont seem put off that your store has multiple categories. Do you have evidence that people are shopping your particular store vs just buying from a search?
Its all good either way. You’d just need to do then math on how much extra you pay each month in fees running two different eBay stores.
04/10/2020 at 4:35 pm in reply to: Hello, it’s me, Yorkographic from North Carolina (also shipping label question) #76087Someone else can better explain your printing quandary. I’m more interested in this:
I had been advised to open a second ebay account “just in case”.
–Who advised this?
–Whats the reasoning?I’m assuming you read some paranoid person warning you about eBay randomly shutting down your account. Then you’ll have a second account as a safety.
Here’s the problem. If eBay were to shut down your account, they’d likely block your entire IP so any account associated with it will be banned. We’ve sold full-time on eBay and never had an unfair suspension. As long as you’re not selling fake items and treating customers right, eBay has no incentive to shut sellers down. If you make money, they make money. People angry at eBay usually have a story they dont want to share where they were consistently lazy to ship on time or tried to sell counterfeit items too often.
There’s also an argument to made that its nice having a separate store for each category of item you sell. The shoe store. The camera store. The sports store. But then you end up paying multiple subscription fees on each store. eBay customers come to your item from a search term. I know I never shop a “store”. I just type in “soccer shoe size 10” and choose the best item from a list of different shoes from different sellers. So having multiple stores is super inefficient. You can always categorize items in your single store by type of item.
Multiple stores just means more busy work and more fee costs. No benefit IMHO.
Lots of opinions on the web: https://community.etsy.com/t5/All-Things-Finance/Which-is-better-for-pricing-Ending-in-95-99-or-00/td-p/18485797
I dont think it really matters as long as the price is good.
Jim, good start. Congrats on your current sales.
Couple quick notes:
–Your photos look “amateur”. Not bad, but could use some improvement if you want to get higher sales.
–Currently you have photos of clothes hanging from tree limbs, clothes laid on carpet and tile. Its kind of all over the place.
–If you have the space, create a photo nook. Take photos on a clean white background, or a clean wooden floor.
–This is probably the best look you have: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Aqua-Teal-Tan-Swirl-Vase-10-Inches-Tall-Glass/193351459183?hash=item2d04a5216f:g:b~8AAOSwStheTd~HSince you deliver papers every morning at 3:30am (!!!!), would your wife want to help take photos?
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To save people time, here is Jim’s eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/sch/willow.circle.ventures/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
Good suggestion. Local farms who used to sell to restaurants are hungry for customers:
If you’re in MA, there are so many little farms that would probably deliver or offer a pickup. Facebook shows local people who raise eggs and are trying to sell.
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