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What a find! You sound very disciplined in your scavenging since you’re willing to pass up lower profit items. The danger only comes when someone is buying carloads of crap that only takes up space.
I’m not sure if this style has a specific name. I’d use “Wine Bottle Chiller Ice Bucket Server”
So what size store do you have now? How have sales been this summer on eBay? Assume Amazon is gang busters.
“Also, there is an access page that used to let me switch accounts. When I try the link, eBay gives me a “server down” message.”
sounds like a temporary glitch. I’d look at it again tomorrow. If it still doesnt work. I’d call eBay. I know of no announcement they were getting rid of this feature.
I doubt any one thing you’ve done has slowed your sales. I know it can feel that way.
Sounds like you and your wife have built an eBay machine that cranks. Who would have thought that after a career in Silicon Valley, you’d be selling hats online and having fun 🙂
I’m okay with how things are as long as eBay handles paying all the necessary taxes.
Remember when Congress was debating the online sales tax law and sellers were freaking out about having to collect and remit to hundreds and hundreds of localities? It was the end of online selling!
eBay has done a good job keeping things smooth sailing on the tax route. We havent noticed a blip. So I see this as a little charge for that service.
eBay is super slow for us. The last 90 days we have only grossed $10k, which was about an average month for the previous year. There has been a lot more people at our beach and state parks here–we frequent the parks often and it is unbearable on the weekends. I am confident this is just a natural backswing after everyone was cooped up.
Yeah, This is my guess. Everyone (including us) are taking trips instead of sitting at home buying stuff. I have to remember we had a GREAT summer of sales in 2020 because people were sitting at home.
We focused so much on the local sales rather than eBay in 2021 and we FINALLY got the occupancy permit Monday! We are opening Thursday for 10 days straight before settling into Fri-Sun 10-4 as our regular hours. I’m nervous and excited.
We have found that just having consistent hours is really the key. Sounds like you have a ton of stuff so that is really all people want to see.
Do you have any hypothesis as to why things are slow? Just summer and people getting out after the pandemic?
Yeah, as far as we can tell, you need to sign up for a service like Inkfrog that will import your entire eBay store including listings, photos, etc. On eBay only, I think you can get a CSV download of your listings, but it doesnt include photos.
Sounds like a fun trip to be away for so long!
