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Week of March 6 – 12, 2022
Total Items in Store: 249
Items sold: 8
Gross Sales: $ 288.44 (including eBay fees and shipping)
Net Sales: $ 147.94 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and COGS)
Cost of Items Sold: $ 44.50
Highest Price Sold: $ 40 – booklet on state hospitals
Average Price Sold (Gross) – $ 36.06
Average Price Sold (Net) – $ 18.49
Returns: 0
Money spent on new inventory this week: $ 9.00
Number of items listed this week: 50This was the week I reached my first goal of having 250 listings–the threshold at which I said I would open an official eBay store, and open it I did! It’s been great to do some branding and check out some of the features available to me now. I’m excited to list more things and keep those numbers going up up up.
Speaking of listing, I pushed myself little too hard last weekend and definitely got burned out. Will need to learn better pacing so I don’t have too many days where I list zero things. One strategy I’m trying is keeping some drafts ready to go for days when I’m not up to listing anything–so far so good.
Week of February 20 – 26, 2022
Total Items on eBay: 193
Items Sold: 6
Gross Sales: $ 170.29 (including eBay fees and shipping)
Net Sales: $ 108.04 (minus eBay fees and shipping)
Cost of Items Sold: $ 2.98
Highest Price(s) Sold: $ 38 – pair of vintage needlepoints
Average Price Sold: $ 28.38 – Gross
Average Price Sold: $ 18.01 – Net
Returns: 0
Money spent on new inventory this week: $ 99.10
Number of items listed this week: 43Feeling good that my average profits were twice what they were last week. Also got a fair amount of listing done, but I kind of burned myself out by the end of the week. Need to learn better pacing, especially now that sourcing is going to start picking up again (bring on the yard sales!).
Got a lot of low-ball offers this week. Only turned two into sales: one item I was willing to let go for a very low price because I had had it listed for over a year and there were a ton of identical listings on eBay. Wasn’t expecting to get much for it. The other I managed to negotiate a counteroffer I could live with.
@lukastreasuretrove thanks! It’s already been very enlightening. I look forward to seeing how things change over time (for the better!).
Week of February 13 – 19, 2022
Total Items on eBay: 175
Items Sold: 9
Gross Sales: $ 189.58 (including eBay fees and shipping)
Net Sales: $ 86.80 (minus eBay fees and shipping)
Cost of Items Sold: $ 11.94
Highest Price(s) Sold: $ 17.50 – set of 4 Nestle globe etched glass tumblers
Average Price Sold: $ 21.06 – Gross
Average Price Sold: $ 9.64 – Net
Returns: 0
Money spent on new inventory this week: $53.64
Number of items listed this week: 39Hey, folks! This is my first time posting one of these. It was kind of a slow week with my only sales being pretty low-priced items. Hoping for higher numbers as I get more inventory listed, which is my goal right now. Planning to open a store once I hit 250 listings (goal is by the end of the month—might be a stretch, we’ll see!).
