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A $250 sale is not ‘enough’ of a homerun? What is WRONG with me!!!
I know we’ve sold things in the past too low. Usually its been categories that were new to us and we ere just excited to sell it. But then we realize what we had and the next items we find are priced higher.
Art is definitely a category we now understand and sell for higher. In our early days, we sold good art too cheap!
I guess anytime a seller relists an item, then eBay makes you add more info if required.
This is the correct answer. Our items had been up for so long that eBay had added required specifics when we relisted them. Maybe eBay has a filter for items that arent up their current standards.
I think this was the post that finally made us try it: https://www.scavengerlife.com/forums/topic/the-numbers-week-of-october-1-7-2023/#post-101356
Yeah, we put scavenged wood in several of our early properties (including out home). Its not easy to find old wood these days because other people found out the worth. Scavenging is always a moving target.
Sorry about that post disappearing. This forum is held together with ductape and glue so its sometimes also a mystery to us how it works.
I use a Hilton Rewards AMEX
This was the best advice we got last year from you. We probably got 10 nights of free hotels by charging house renovation costs (plus shipping). We paid off bill at the end of each month so no interest. Plus that card gives you access to some airport lounges.
Well, since we trust Craig’s opinion, he really laid out his rational and unhyped take on the subject. Since we’ve had a handful of slower than normal weeks, why not try it?
We “ended and relisted” about 1000 on morning. It sucked because we had a lot of listing that required updated info so we there was a lot of data entry. I guess that’s one reason to relist items because eBay is always requiring new info. We then kept updating our store that week.
We sold about five items that afternoon. All were definitely old items that we had relisted. It was real. After having a couple days selling only one item, it was a nice boost.
But is it more psychological than practical? Sure. I think it’s just one tool in the tool box to manage a store, especially during slower times.
Yeah, I think we now put about 5% hope that “relisting as new” is effective. Definitely wouldn’t make it our sole strategy.
Selling clothes is a tough competition these days. So many huge clothing sellers, plus clothing brands are really pumping out the fashion these days.
Sometimes slow weeks are just slow weeks. But I also think it’s always good to think about the relationship to our store and the process we have running it. We definitely change and updates things as we go.
Lucas, we’re on the same page as far as selling all kinds of different items. Keeps it interesting. Always learning new things. Congrats on that sale!
Craig, totally agree that returns are what they are. Over the decade + of selling online, I don’t think we ever ever had a scammer. But we do get returns that seem petty or from people who shouldn’t have purchased n the first lace.
Glad to see the trading card world is so low return!
Yikes. We’ve had those weeks of low sales and more returns than we like. They often seem to happen at the same time, or we’re just more sensitive to them.
Thanks for filling on the posts I deleted!
