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Jay,
“That’s a good idea.” – Thanks Jay for the validation. It sounds like a good idea, but I am on the fence. But you think it is a good idea too, so maybe I am on to something. It will be an investment of some time and money, but it may well be worth it.
Mark
Inglewood,
I also have a photography area set up. I have a nice setup for small items and a setup for large – very large items. The problem is hours in a day. If I can contract this $15/hour work out, I can concentrate on the good stuff like sourcing, etc. I don’t mind taking pictures that much, but if I need up to 100 items done a week, doing that myself and listing them and managing the whole business is a bit much.
Mark
Jay,
“I personally dont think you need to hire a “photographer”. We just found a couple people who were good people. Taking photos for eBay is really simple. They use our equipment (an old iPhone) … The biggest skill is basically showing up and being able to be self-motivated.”
I agree Jay, I don’t need a “Photographer”. The problem is that when I had a person who took photos, they were not very good. They key is getting someone who can take photos and is good and self-motivated is the key. Good luck now trying to find them at a price you want to pay. I will have to spend a lot of time.
I had an idea. I am thinking of taking an introductory digital photography class at a local community college. I can learn some things, but also get to know the other students. I could then find out who would be good for my business and offer them a job. Not sure it would work out, but I am thinking about it. I think my chances of getting someone good for a little amount of invested time would be good.
Mark
T-Satt,
Are you kidding me. $2/item for a professional photographer and he steams the clothes?
I called a professional photographer I found on the web that was in my area and explained that I needed photos for items I was selling on ebay. He said that he couldn’t give me a exact price without seeing the items, but it would be in the $20-$25 per item range! I said right there, “That’s not going to work. Some of the items I sell only go for $20-$25”. He seemed unfazed and just kept on going with his speech.
How did you find this guy for $2/item?
Mark
My actual December sales for 2018 are on par to my December sales for 2017. However, I have 25% more items in my store this December 2018 and most are on a promoted listing.
I looked at my sales in December from 2017 and this coming week was by far the best week of the month. Let’s hope for a good next week.
Mark
2018-25-18 – 2018-12-01
Total Items In Store: 2609
Items Sold: 23
Cost of Items Sold: $70
Total Sales: $ 712.68
Highest Price Sold: $ 49.99
Average Price Sold: $ 30.99
$ Listed $ 2549.95
# Items Listed: 59
Money Spent on New Inventory:Gut Sales Report for the week: It doesn’t feel like the busy season at all. This was just a slightly higher than average week for me. Yes, there were some great spikes in sales, but then there were also stretches of nothing. Very eratic sales.
Challenge of the week: List as much as I can to get the sales up as much as I can.
Scavenge of the week: This was a couple of weeks ago: I bought some vintage wood working bar clamps because they looked cool. I have sold 2 sets within 2 days of listing them for good money. This will be a new bolo for me. However, I don’t think I have ever come across these before. I have seen a lot of clamps before, but not bar clamps.
Mark S
antarestar.
Thanks for the video, I watched most of it.
Those were some good ideas on hiring a photographer. I think I just need to tweak it for me.
I don’t think I could handle getting 200 resumes. However, I do have quite a bit of experience in interviewing people and I do know what to look for. I will have to come up with my own strategy when I am ready. Thanks again for the video.
Mark
List like a madman My goal is a lofty one and is on the verge of out of reach. I want to hit 4000 listings by the end of 2019.
Complete the new area in my Basement I need to take some personal containers to the storage unit and buy some more clothes racks. This should be very doable. This will create room for over 1000 more items in storage.
Hire someone This has proven to be difficult. With sales down since October, it has not be feasible to hire someone. Also, finding a good person at a reasonable rate will be time consuming.
My idea is to create some sort training videos on various topics. Then interview 3 people and have them watch the training videos and then put it into practice during the interview. I will pay them for this exercise, but then only select those who can follow directions and produce great results.’
Get all my vintage listings on Etsy This should be doable, I just have to allocate the time.
Buy great items I will do my best to get the highest end items that make sense. I really want to raise my average selling price and raise the level of quality of my items.
Mark S
ebay Christmas tissue paperOk, I just realized that I don’t really like this new ebay Christmas tissue paper. The blue and purple shades are ok, but that green is gross! I wish they would go back to all red like they had last year.
Any thoughts from others out there on this topic?
Mark S
Retro,
It was not a Postal employee that said that about Carter, it was a customer. Still, not a good thing to say.
Mark
That is George H W Bush.
Mark
Just heard at my Post Office a few minutes ago that the Post Office will be closed tomorrow on Wednesday 12/5/18 for a National Day of Mourning for George W. Bush. The Post Office lady said they always get the day off when a former President passes away. Someone at the Post Office then said, “Isn’t Carter like close to 95 also? Maybe he will die soon.”
Mark
T-Satt\Mike,
Thanks for those answers Troy.
I have about 700 vintage listings in ebay, so that may be worth it.
What do you put for the “Tags” manual entry in Etsy?
Mark
Mike,
Yes, those are questions I also need answered. If there is too much manual work, it may not be worth it for me. I can handle some manual work, but if it starts to suck a lot of time, then it defeats the purpose.
Troy: Looking forward to your answers to these questions. Hopefully, you have the answers.
Mark
Mike,
Now I am thinking of keeping Wonderlister and adding Sixbit, but I didn’t know the high cost of Sixbit. However, if I can gross in the $750 range per month as you are doing on Etsy, it may be worth it.
I will have to consider this move. Please let me know how much effort is involved with syncing your ebay store with your Etsy store using Sixbit. Does Sixbit take care of the Etsy tags that everyone talks about?
Mark
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