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Your listings and his are so polished compared to mine. Wow. I do use templates for items I sell again and again, though. Thank you.
@ Retro Treasures WV – thank you for the mention re: suits… getting closer to listing a bunch and this was helpful. – Marty
Slow and Steady!
Total Items For Sale: 74
Items Sold: 3
Items Listed: 2 (Goal Achieved!)
Average Profit Per Item: $37.42
Highest Profit: $58.70 (Ralph Lauren Vintage Mini Hand Bag)
Goal This Week: 3
Last week I achieved the most items ever on eBay at one time – 73. This week I beat that with 75.
Total items For Sale: 75
Items Sold: 2
Items Listed: 4 (Goal Achieved!)
Average Profit: $29.47
Highest Profit: $42.96 (Hermes Silk Pocket Square w/ a small stain)
Goal This Week: 2
YAY!!! YOU DID IT!!! Congrats, Jay & Ryanne!
For me…
Total Items For Sale: 73
Items Sold: 1
Items Listed: 4 (Goal Achieved!)
Profit: $61.44 (Chanel Women’s Sunglasses, Vintage, Used)
Goal This Week: 4
Total Items For Sale: 70
Items Sold: 2 (1 eBay + 1 The Real Real)
Items Listed: 3 (Goal Achieved!)
Average Profit: $298.96
Highest Profit: $585 Commission (Tom Ford Purse NWOT – The Real Real)
Goal This Week: 4
Craig Rex, thanks for your time on this feedback. However, I feel I am optimized as much as I want to be right now. And I am very happy with the growth. I’ve purposefully re-directed my eBay efforts these past few weeks but I feel it is all justified. I’m a part-timer.
As far as times per listing, I was trying to communicate that I have actually lowered my perfectionism considerably. My 20-30 minutes a listing used to be about an hour a listing (including packaging) as recently as 2019. These times consist of things you may not recommend but it works for me.
1. I pre-package all my items at the time of listing. This tells my family that item inside is listed and is no longer fair game to household consumption.
2. Part of my photo set-up has to be set up each time. It does add some time to each listing but that is why I batch items for photography.
3. Finally, I record stats as I list and sell. At one point it was taking 5-10 minutes per item (maybe more). I now have that down to about 3 minutes. Again, my preference. It helps me ask the question, “Was that item worth my time?”
So, although I have optimized, I’m sure I’m not competing with your times. It just feels right for my situation.
I hope this gives some perspective. Thank you.
Thanks for your support, Retro treasures WV. I am not sure how I can use that exactly. What I was doing at a certain point in time was one listing from start to finish and I think that caused my OCD and perfectionism to really kick in. When I view things in batches, I am less likely to perfect the details and each subsequent item in that batch gets less attention because I group things by similarities, that is shirts or ties or slide carousels. I think the repetition actually has me get more accomplished. Looking over past years of data, I can see my productivity going up. Those Uggs probably took 20 minutes max as I know shoes very well by now. No cleaning needed. Very little research. Easy.
I’ll wait for any further responses to how I might improve this. Thanks, again.
Total Items For Sale: 69
Profit: $17.43 (Used Women’s Uggs Sandals)
Items Sold: 1
Items Listed: 0 (I planned on “0” due to non-eBay projects last week.)
Goal This Week: 3 Listings Promised (Working on 3 small ones and a big long tail listing with a $3-$5K asking price. Might not list the big one till next week.)
Notes: Busy week w/ non-eBay projects. Exceeded Q1 goals by 15%.
Total Items For Sale: 69
Profit: $29.49
Items Sold: 2
Items Listed: 3 (Goal Exceeded!)
Average Profit: $14.75
Highest Profit: $16.64 (Vacuum Brush Attachments)
Goal This Week: 0 Promised (Going for 6. I have 6 listings mid-process.)
Thanks, Retro Treasures WV (I have family in Ranson, btw). Nice job on your sales!
My listings range. I could give two answers: 30 minutes or 52 minutes
I batch things together much better now, following Anna’s model in her book. So, if I averaged all the main tasks, I’m spending between 20-30 minutes a listing. However, I track all my hours on eBay pretty much down to the minute. This year so far I have averaged 52 minutes worked for ever listing I have produced. That includes record keeping, organization, pulling out items I started to photograph because I see a stain or rip that I missed (not bought, just given to me by my family), and drive time, etc. And I am still in the stage of boxing EVERYTHING before I list it. It creates less stress when I get 2-4 sales within a few days and I’m juggling kids and work.
Total Items For Sale: 68 eBay (+1 on The Real Real)
Profit: $54.59
Items Sold: 3
Items Listed: 8 (Goal Achieved!)
Average Profit: $18.20
Highest Profit: $22.29 (Minnie Mouse Baby Fork)
Goal This Week: 1 Listing (Probably will get more but I need to handle a few things.)
I hear you. I spent 45 minutes today carefully steam cleaning five fine silk pocket squares with a cotton cloth as a barrier of protection. They had a lot of wrinkles and dry-cleaning seemed to be a waste of money so I spent some time on it instead to give it a better presentation. Two of them comp at around $100 on the higher end so it seemed to be the right choice.
Carving out time for listing is my main dilemma, also.
My uncle in Baltimore (retired engineer) was doing pipe restoration as a part-time job. I think bringing a hobby into the eBay pipeline can take up a lot of time but could really pay off because of the expertise and enthusiasm you bring. I’m doing that with comics (slow burn). Good luck!
