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I wonder if this would work with net carbs. I like high fiber and I’m used to subtracting the fiber or erythritol and getting the net carbs
I had a wonderful week in Ebay Previous listings started to pay off. I started slashing the price of old but mundane items mainly clothes or shoes. It worked sales started picking up. For me, 10 in a week is Christmas level. Family concerns this week and last meant I backed off listing much, down to 1 sale of $9 for the last 5 days this week.
Most FUN item-the Swiss jacket. I had my son here for a few days and had him model it. Listed it with one of his pics and it sold for $200 in less than 6 hours. I had marked it higher than any comparable jacket so I’m not second guessing.
Total items in store: 247
Items sold: 10
Total sales: $440
Highest price sold: $200 Vintage Army Jacket from Switzerland
Average price sold: $44
Returns: 0All of a sudden Ebay is clicking for me. Not selling that much, I think it was $165 this week, about $250 last week. But I’ve done a few things right
1 Every week I try to have more listed. Even if it’s only 1 or 2. And I don’t beat up myself if I am lower cuz I had a lot of sales. Currently around 350
2 I found the listing date button. Looked at the oldest items. I have clothing items from 2015! Not cool things, but old Ralph Lauren shirts, Chico’s tank tops, J Jill pants. Every few days I lower the price. And lower it again. And again.
3 It’s starting to walk out the door. Not for a lot, but it’s going. These are the Wouldn’t-Buy-It-Again items, not the cool long tail items. Baseball hat for $9, Tommy Bahama for $17, 3 Chicos pieces for $20
4 I looked at some items in detail and found errors. Had one butter mold with pictures of another. Got it right and sold in 10 days for $75.I may be in. I’m an extremely slow lister. If I list 10 in a week that would be amazing. I guess I don’t prep ahead. So then I have to clean, delint, photo and finally list. Lately I’ve been grabbing a few items from my worst room and listing the basics as a draft. I just took the pictures for 4 of them. Hopefully I can list those today?
I have a basic store. Since I run over my 250 “free” listings, I often will start a listing as an auction. Currently I have 333 items. Back to workYeah, just the one yellow carbon copy receipt. I know that phone collectors can be an intense lot, although I’ve never sold a phone. This is part of a box of mishmash ephemera that I picked up at garage sale. I spotted that they had both touch tone and rotary princess phones as 2 of the options and the light bulb went off.
Busy with family and sales reflect that. One amazing but not expensive sale
Total Items in our Stores: 321
Items Sold: 5
Cost of Items Sold: $11.50
Total Sales: $87
Average Price Sold: $17
Most Fun Item: Customer receipt for an old ATT phone. Listed all the color and style options-$13
Highest Item: SAS Shoes $30• Total Items in Store: 323
• Items Sold: 4
• International 1
• Total Sales $113
• Highest Price $54 Sakura Cherry tree bark vintage boxes
Lowest Price $11 Ann Taylor shirt No more unless it’s new or group of items
• Average Price Sold: $28
• Returns: 0
• Cost of items purchased this week $0 Listing the death roomsLove the building. Ryanne/Jay, please take pics and videos as you organize it? I would be intimidated by that much room
Slow week BUT I just had a $150 sale for full price with a BO. Looking upTSatt, thanks for the ideas. I sell clothing, shoes, vintage eyeglasses, fabric, ephemera, leather goods, books, Le Creuset pans, hats, costumes…. I have about 15% in auctions. Those I would switch around the picture and relist while I was away. My way of keeping a few listings new almost every day. Hey I just sold some water shoes!
Items In Store: 325
Items Sold: 1
Cost of Items Sold: $7.50(around)
Total Sales: $55HIghest Price Sold: $55 (Allen Edmond Shoes) Also lowest price!!!
Poor week from post-vacation fallout. Does anyone else have this? I was gone for 16 days and I put my store on a long handling time, gradually reducing the handling time. Did pretty well, selling 10 items while I was gone.
Once I got back I started listing within 24 hours to get some fresh items. And the store collapses-literally one sale. The weird thing is this is a pattern the last 3 times I travelled. Sell well while gone. When home immediately list, list every day, trim a few prices, run a sale and the store stalls. Any ideas why?Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $ 0I think summer has hit. Maybe it’s just 4th of July. No sales for 6 days. Ouch. Problems with my phone have me tightening up my listings instead of adding new.
Total items in store: 283
Items sold: 2
Cost of items sold: $10
Total sales: $88
Highest price sold: $68 for a very large pair of exc men’s SAS shoes
Lowest price: Of course has to be the only other item. Used American Eagle jeansMoney spent on new inventory this week: $0 Doing a moratorium on buying for as long as I can.
I was out of state for a few weeks seeing my son graduate, travelling, and taking care of my mom.
It is so incredibly fun to continue to hear the Cha-ching even when I had 15 day shipping. My best sale over vacation was a Granny Square Afghan for $60Items Sold: 6
Total Sales: $127
Highest Price Sold: $37 NAOT Sandals
Lowest Price Sold: $5.99 BIKE brand rain jacket that I originally started at 39.99 years ago. The buyer first messaged me offering(it wasn’t on BO) $4. I ignored or declined and she bought it anyway
Average Price Sold: $21Sell what you want. And some of the boring stuff. Boring stuff makes some $, but the fun stuff lets you frustrate all your kids with your bragging. Best sale in weeks for pure fun? A whopping $18 sale that I am so excited about because it was it was everyone else’s junk. I bought a box of not real exciting ephemera for $1. I haven’t listed most of it yet but I thought I would give a try with a single piece of paper. Kind of pretend I’m Ryanne. So I listed a 50s/60s family’s Polio vaccination record. Complete with the written in dates. Somebody in England is buying it and paying double shipping. So excited. If that can sell, anything can sell.
T-Satt I really appreciate the pictures. Gives me a few ideas. Also like the SKU idea. Seller here with lots of imagination, no analytics. Thanks
Marie“I am so much happier since I have reorganized all of my listed inventory into totes with labels and SKU’s on the listings. I can also function more efficiently when I take the time to properly put unlisted inventory in totes and organize it.” Retro and T-Satt any pictures possible? This sounds intriguing, and I am visual.
Lot’s of family things=slow sales again this week. I won’t complain because I am thoroughly enjoying having my son here before he permanently moves out next week.
Homeschooling is definitely a job, with some great benefits. The kid that’s leaving next week? Pulled him out of school after a 5th grade where they kept the adhd kid in from recess 90% of the time. I had him move, squirm, and pay attention at the same time. Was it a success? He’s officially graduated, walks this month and he’s been accepted into grad school for fall.
Sold: 3 items
High: Orvis women’s 2 pc shorts/top $28
Low: Felt Cowboy hat. Thought it was adult when bought it, but it’s a kid’s hat $9I’m just coming back from 4-5 days travelling out of state. Had one good sale, but oh so few.
Items In Store: 284
Items Sold: 2
Avg Selling Price: $45.50
Cost of Goods Sold: $7
Total Sales: $10
1
Returns/Refunds: 0
Unpaid Items: $0.00
Highest Price: $89.99 Allen Edmonds Wingtips
Lowest Price: $11 BO for Atlanta Olympics hatNo middle price cuz just two sales. We got back from the airport at 2 am. Shaking the zzzzz out of my eyes and listing more. Thought of Steve as we enjoyed spring in Iowa/Mn/SD.
