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[Mark S]

Gut Sales Report for the week: Sales were not that great, so not bothering to do those details.

Focus for the week : I am in the process of getting cross listed to other platforms to increase sales for the upcoming busy season. I have decided to go with List Perfectly. So far, I have my etsy store setup
and I am loading my vintage items into LP to cross list to etsy first. That is about 1800 items.

That is good news from lukastreasuretrove about his etsy sales. I am hoping to get 20% – 25% of the sales volume on etsy as I get on ebay.

Next, I am going to cross list to Facebook Marketplace. That will be nearly all my items except about 275 that have been out there for many years.

After that, I plan to cross list my clothing and shoes to Poshmark.

In the end, I hope to at least increase my current sales by 50%. It may go higher than that, but my research shows that 100% improvement is not out of the question. It just depends on exactly what you are selling and how well it will do on these other platforms. I will have to keep you updated.

Please share you experiences on how these other platforms have worked for you. Please give the % of ebay sales that they are generating for you if you know that information.

etsy
Facebook Marketplace
Poshmark
mercari
etc.

Mark  S

[Mark S]

09/25/22 – 10/01/22

Total Items In Store: 4703

Items Sold: 21

Gross Sales: $1,059.30 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $895.54 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Highest Price Sold: $ 150 (Massager)
Average Price Sold: $ 42.64
Money Spent on New Inventory: $ 262.56
Number of items listed: 21

Gut Sales Report for the week: Sales were better than I thought.

Focus for the week : Trying to get my items cross listed to other platforms to increase sales for the upcoming busy season.

Scavenge of the week: Got a 1960’s Pendleton Jacket for $2.50 and will list for $150. I went out on a limb and bought a Vintage 1980’s Murano Tea set made with Gold. I think I can get $2500 or so for it. I am going to get it appraised.

Thoughts for the week: I have changed my mind on the cross-listing path. I have decided to go with List Perfectly because they were the only major player I found that can do batch mass cross-listing. Also, they support all of the channels that I want to list on. I am going to go with the pro plan for $69.99. I have my etsy store setup and I am going to cross list to that store first.

Mark S

[Mark S]

Ok, after a lot of hunting, this page appears to state which channels Sixbit supports:

https://www.sixbitsoftware.com/EN/Site_Differences.htm

Looks like it is 4 – ebay, etsy, amazon, and Shopify.

It doesn’t have these other 3 that I would like:

Mercari
Facebook Marketplace
Poshmark

Mark

[Mark S]

Ok, I see Sixbit states, “Sell on unlimited channels” for $160. However, they don’t list what channels that includes.

Mark

[Mark S]

lukastreasuretrove,

Thanks for the information. That makes Sixbit a lot more expensive that Vendoo.

Which other Market Places does Sixbit allow you to cross-list? Which of the 10 that I listed above?

Your results on etsy are similar to what I am expecting, just a bit lower. 25% of your inventory moving only 40% as fast on etsy gives you your 10% of all your sales from etsy. I was thinking etsy would move items 60% as fast. That could be true for me because I have a wide range of vintage items, but I will not know for sure till I take the plunge.

I am projected to gross $50k on ebay next year. So, if your etsy sell rate of only 40% of ebay holds true for me, that means etsy will account for 17% of all my sales which equates to about $8500 for the year. That is fine with me. That is about $700 a month more to sell on etsy also – I will take that.

Mark

[Mark S]

Sharyn,

I think you are comparing Apples to Oranges.  There are three different things I am describing here:

1. Import all existing vintage items from an existing ebay store into an existing Esty store. As far as I can tell, no one offers this as a full service. I found a company that will give you an assistant that will do all the work with some automated software. That is what costs $399 plus the $100 extra for the functionality I want. Etsy is going to charge me $.20 for each new item regardless of how it gets there. Vendoo told me that they are working on software to do this. But, Vendoo couldn’t tell me exactly what it would do and when it would be available.

2. Going forward after all my vintage items are in esty, I need to be able to cross-list the new items I am listing. Sixbit and Vendoo both do this. Sixbit’s cheapest paln is their Home & Hobby Edition – $24.99/mo. The next level is Small Business Edition – $42.99/mo. It is unclear to me which I need.

Pricing

Vendoo pricing is $19.99\month to  be able to cross list up to 125 new items per month. I believe that is the  plan I need right now. Plus, I need to add the importing (from ebay) option for $4.99\month.  So, that is about $25 total

https://www.vendoo.co/pricing?utm_term=&utm_campaign=Brand/Competitor+Terms+%7C+Search&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=8757080323&hsa_cam=16388667038&hsa_grp=134129589335&hsa_ad=584048115059&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=dsa-1536308248263&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=CjwKCAjwm8WZBhBUEiwA178UnMbA_hnTY4iUp6bYpIuaQH_WItFfmrV2w5hYqLIAnJ4uulvSJVH7ORoCnEQQAvD_BwE

So, the pricing is close, depending on exactly what plan(s) you need.

3. The other feature is to keep track of what sells on each platform, and then delist the item on all other platforms when it sells. It appears that Vendoo and Sixbit both do this.

Now, the question is which market places does Sixbit support? They mention etsy, but they are very vauge about which others they support.

But, Vendoo clearly supports the 10 most popular sites (at least it appears that way to me). They support the following, but I am only interested in the first 5 right now.

1. ebay
2. Etsy
3. Mercari
4. Facebook Marketplace
5. Poshmark

6. Grailed
7. Depop
8. Tradesy
9. Kidizen
10. Shopify

Because, I would like to have my items in all of the first 5 market places above and have software to manage that.

But, Sixbit appears to be one of the industry leaders, so I will check more into them before making a final decision.

Mark

[Mark S]

Oh, forgot that I have to pay $100 extra for that spreadsheet with the ebay title and etsy url in it. That makes it a $900 deal.

Mark

[Mark S]

09/18/22 – 09/24/22

Total Items In Store: 4703

Items Sold: 18

Gross Sales: $774.53 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $601 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Highest Price Sold: $ 70 (Snow Pants)
Average Price Sold: $ 33.39
Money Spent on New Inventory: $ 252.13
Number of items listed: 29

Gut Sales Report for the week: Sales were decent again this week.

Focus for the week : Trying to get my items cross listed to other platforms to increase sales for the upcoming busy season. See – Thoughts for the week below.

Scavenge of the week: I found two pairs of competition Ice skates for cheap. Should sell for a couple hundred each.

Thoughts for the week: I found a company that will do an semi-automated crosslist of all my vintage ebay items to Etsy. There are about 2000 of them. They will charge $399 (so about .20 per listing). This is great for me because that would take a long time for me to do this manually. Then Etsy will charge me .20 for each new listing. So, about a $800 deal. However, that means I will have 42.5% of my ebay listings on etsy. If etsy sells about 60%
(there are about 60% as many etsy users as ebay) as fast as ebay, then on etsy, I should gross about 25% of what I do on ebay. Don’t know if my projections are correct, I guess I will have to wait and see.

Then, after all of my etsy listings are posted, I will have to supply Vendoo the etsy url (which the company doing the automation will provide to me in a spreadsheet) so that Vendo can keep my items in sync.

I am just waiting for my etsy account to be set up to pull the trigger.

Also, my research shows that Mercari now has an import feature from ebay that is in beta testing. You can get it, but you have to sign up for it. See the link below.

https://www.mercari.com/us/help_center/article/499/

Mark S

[Mark S]

09/11/22 – 09/17/22

Total Items In Store: 4693
Items Sold: 18

Gross Sales: $742.97 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $604.24 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Highest Price Sold: $ 100 (Jacket)
Average Price Sold: $ 33.57
Money Spent on New Inventory: $ 158.44
Number of items listed: 62

Gut Sales Report for the week: Sales were decent again this week.

Focus for the week : Trying to get my items cross listed to other platforms to increase sales for the upcoming busy season.

Scavenge of the week: I found two Samsonite Silhouette Train Cases for cheap. Those sell for a good money.

Thoughts for the week: I am trying to find the best path to automate the cross posting of my items to other platforms.  I think I found a solution, but I need to work out the details.

Mark S

[Mark S]

Does anyone have experience with exportyourstore?

They claim to be able to sync your ebay store to 10 other platforms seamlessly. Seems too good to be true. The main con I am seeing is the price. Let me know what your experience was if you have tried this service.

https://www.exportyourstore.com/

Mark

[Mark S]

Retro,

I see you Earn 130,000 Hilton Honors Bonus Points after you spend $3000 in the first 3 months. My question is how much does 130,000 points get you? A $100 hotel night? 2 $100 hotel nights? Where is the information on what you can redeem?

Mark

[Mark S]

Here is some ebay information.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/listing-tips/selling-classified-ads?id=4167

Mark

[Mark S]

That sounds like a good permanent fix!

Mark

[Mark S]

09/04/22 – 09/10/22

Total Items In Store: 4649
Items Sold: 13

Gross Sales: $767.92 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $508.38 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Highest Price Sold: $ 90 (Jacket)
Average Price Sold: $ 39.11
Money Spent on New Inventory: $ 277.34
Number of items listed: 44

Gut Sales Report for the week: Sales were decent.

Focus for the week : Getting as many  items over to my photographer as I can before they leave for vacation. My photographer is taking great pictures and getting more done than I can list.

Scavenge of the week: Found a 1960’s Mod Jacket for cheap that I will list for $300. Found a vintage designer wool coat for cheap that I will list for $200.

I went to an estate sale on Saturday where they were just trying to get rid of everything. At first I didn’t see much, but the longer I looked the more I found. I had to dig quite a bit, but well worth it. I love those kind of sales.

Thoughts for the week: J & R – Sewer issues are never fun. Hope that is all behind you now.

I am trying to reach my goal of 5,000 items listed before the end of the year. I think I can hit that if I can keep focused on listing between now and then.

Mark S

[Mark S]

Brian B,

Yes, last time I went to his garage sale, he had nice Air Jordans, Dr. Martens, etc. If I can get similar shoes to that, I will be all set.

Mark

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