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I have really enjoyed the weekly podcasts and I think I have listened to all of them. Pretty sure my ebay success over the years can be directly connected to the great discussions and content from both the podcast and this blog. Congrats on a great run and best wishes for continued success in your future endeavors. Thanks for always keeping it real!
A visit to a Luray VA coffee shop is on my travel list.
I am sorry it is actually a file exchange orders report that will give you the emails. And I think the file exchange reports are going away soon.
You can get it by going to the Seller Hub Report page and downloading your orders.
Yes that is good analysis NC. I really don’t see how taking on that much debt would improve my life or help my business.
@Jay, pretty sure there must be some strings attached. I believe there is a way to have the loan forgiven but not sure all that is involved there either.Hi Jay,
The rates are pretty good and similar to a house mortgage, 30 years 3.7%. I could certainly do a lot of things with $96k – expand my business/buy a ton of inventory, new car, boat. It is the paying back part that would be annoying. One family member advised me to take the entire amount and invest in the stock market. I welcome advice from other scavengers on this dilemma.
6-13-21 to 6-19-21
Total Items in Store: 1901
Items Sold: 12
Gross Sales: $436.90
Net Sales: – $334.41
Cost of Items Sold: $33.90
Highest Price Sold: $69 – air fryerHi everyone, I have been following along but have not posted for a couple years or more. Really enjoy both the podcast and this blog. Similar to others here, and after a great year last year, my sales have really slowed down the last few weeks. Not sure if anyone else applied for covid disaster assistance but I did apply last summer and have recently been informed by the sba that I have been approved for a $96k low interest loan. This was kind of a surprise to me and really not sure I even want to accept it since I have been debt free for quite a few years now. I would be interested to hear if any others here have applied and/or received assistance. Hope everyone is staying healthy and has gotten their vaccinations. Happy scavenging and enjoy the summer!
Dec 9-15
Total Items in Store: 1540
Items Sold: 51
Cost of Items Sold: $232
Total Sales: $1499
Highest Price Sold: $140(set of 8 mikasa plates)
Average Price Sold: $29
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $96
Number of items listed this week: 37I have not posted for a while but have been following along. Thanks Jay and Ryanne for the great podcasts and blog information – some really useful content. My 4th qtr sales have been very strong. I am averaging about $1100 a week since late Sept., and wondering how long the good times will continue.
Anyway just wanted to check in again and wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy holiday season.
Brian,
The Chinese characters on that silk print just refer to the peach & man’s search for immortality. It is an old Chinese folklore story and the male character is actually not Confucius but instead is Dongfang Shuo – a guy not nearly as well known as Confucius but quite a story nevertheless. Very nice find as are your other estate items.I have been doing promoted listings at the lowest 1% rate since Oct. 1 for my entire store(around 1500 items).
Total sales 242
Promoted sales 84
Fees on the 84: $26.70About 1 in 3 of my sales are from promoted listings. I am averaging around 24k impressions and 200 clicks per day. I am up 26% sales from a year ago.
FWIW, October was my first month of putting my entire store on 1% promoted listings, and my numbers for the month were 149 sold total – 47 thru promoted listings and my ad fees totaled $21.06. Year to year it was 21 more sales so probably the promoted listings did drive more sales but it is impossible to really know, but for $20 a month I am probably going to keep with the program – for now.
Yes I sometimes check the traffic stats and sales made with promoted listings now show up on the orders page. I do track my sales and I have been doing this 1% thing all month so it will be interesting to see exactly how many Oct. sales were made with promoted listings vs not.
Week October 21-27, 2018
Total Items in Store: 1538
Items Sold: 40
Cost of Items Sold: $159.65
Total Sales: $1176.47
Highest Price Sold: $93(leather biker jacket)
Average Price Sold: $29.41
Returns: 2 pending
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $231.80
Number of items listed this week: 81Haven’t posted for a few weeks and am getting caught up on the podcasts/forum after some vacation time earlier in the month. October has been a good month for me as my numbers last week show. A couple random comments: I have put my entire store on promoted listings at the lowest 1% rate. Not sure if it helps but I don’t mind paying 25 or 50 cents commission on an item vs the ridiculous rates they recommend. I believe others here have done the same thing. And a past post that I had to laugh a little was the one on shipping dinnerware sets & how anyone would be crazy to do that. I sold a complete 36 pc set of Japanese stoneware for $400 just a few days before that posting. Anyway I packed it super careful – two large boxes and over 40 lbs total – and then held my breath that it made it safely to the buyer. Unfortunately one plate did arrive broken so I had to compensate for that but overall the buyer was very happy and I would try it again, but only for a very high value sale.
I hope everyone has a good 4th qtr and enjoys their week.
Sept 9-15
Total Items in Store: 1551
Items Sold: 38
Cost of Items Sold: $195.09
Total Sales: $1052.64
Highest Price Sold: $110(Beauties of the Red Mansion plates)
Average Price Sold: $27.70
Returns: 1 shirt did not fit
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $161
Number of items listed this week: 28Great podcast and info – keep them coming. I had a good week and will be taking next week off w/o internet access so will probably not be able to follow along here.
Sept 2-8
Items Sold: 31
Cost of Items Sold: $143.32
Total Sales: $784.97
Highest Price Sold: $49(Orvis 2 pc suit)
Average Price Sold: $25.32
Returns: 2 returns – boots, shirt
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $145
Number of items listed this week: 28Decent week for me with a lot of $15-25 sales. This week has started off very slow which is okay with me as I am frankly a little ebay fatigued at the moment. Enjoyed the podcast and blog posts/comments – as always. Will be watching this storm track closely and hope everyone has a good week. Where did the summer go.
8/26-9/1
Total Items in Store: 1671
Items Sold: 19
Cost of Items Sold: $57.53
Total Sales: $453.20
Highest Price Sold: $45(Dan Post cowboy boots)
Average Price Sold: $23.85
Returns: 2 returns – flannel sheets, shirt
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $145
Number of items listed this week: 32A little late to the show this week but enjoyed the podcast and glad you are feeling better Ryanne. Below average week for me thanks partly to a couple high value returns($230 ttl) – both of which I felt the buyer was a little ridiculous and possibly taking advantage of free returns. I have offered 30 day returns for any reason for a long time now and I did reluctantly opt in to the free returns when that was rolled out as well. My sales overall are up significantly compared to last summer but I don’t think it is because of the free returns. One thing I notice on my returns is that the buyer will often email me before starting a return to justify why they are returning the item. Sometimes this is warranted and I appreciate it but a lot of times they will make stuff up and then make a INAD claim – all this after I have told them that my policy is 30 days for any reason. I suspect buyer’s remorse and maybe some kind of need to place the blame on ebay & seller could be in play here. Who knows.
Happy sales and scavenging everyone. 4th qtr is about here.
