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I think it may be Eastern European? A photo of the sticker might help. I don’t think it’s a bunny, I think it’s a woman wearing a scarf tied at the top. Just my two cents.
I don’t have time at the moment to look at the sites Eve mentioned, but I’m thinking of something in between. Rather than this site hosting our blogs, YouTube videos etc, can’t we provide links to our blogs, etc, through our Profile page here? (and our ebay stores, if we are so inclined). And maybe provide permission for the bloggers to post to the Random Board, not the blog post itself, but a link to any new blog posts as they are posted.
Does that make sense?
And Eve, I’d love to hear the Renninger’s story. Was that the Kutztown Renninger’s?
I’m familiar with “Justus” as a surname…but having trouble with the rest of it….and not sure that is right…
Ryanne, I’ve had this happen a couple times. If I remember correctly, the first “delivered” eventually drops off and the tracking history will look normal. But either way, it shouldn’t be a real problem (except for the concerned buyers initially)
Paul, sounds like quite a haul, even if made under sad circumstances. Hope you get time to share some photos with us!
Linda, Do you have a link to the video you mention, about the ebay Australian employee? I’d be curious to see exactly what he said. I think ebay often says things like “Will raise your visibility” and sellers take that to mean “Will give you a bump in Organic Search ranking”, when it may simply mean that your items will have more visibility because, for example, links on your listing page can drive a buyer to your Promotions page.
J&R, Listening to the podcast…. You mentioned you now have zero defects (I assume you had one before). I believe defects drop off after 12 months. I will know better soon, because I have one “out of stock” defect which I received mid-December of last year. I expect to go down to zero within a few weeks. And you are right, the defect structure was changed radically after Wenig became ebay CEO. The two main concerns today are cases closed without seller resolution, and “out of stock” cancellations.
Ryanne, I definitely agree. Some people much prefer a regular 9 to 5 job. Others might prefer to be entrepreneurs, but ebay and online selling is not the approach they’d take. And many would never view ebay or Amazon as anything more than a part-time, supplemental income. And there are easier ways to make a buck, that’s for sure.
We are not in a Depression, we are in a recovery period since the mess that was 2008. I think it’s important to realize that the economy is actually doing pretty well….room for improvement? Certainly. But, on balance, much better than 8 years ago. I don’t mention this because I want to talk politics. I mention it because I think in this case it is risky, from a business point of view, to blame the economy for uneven or slow sales.
Most of us here sell a large variety of long tail merchandise. Which is why, for most of us, “List it and forget it” works OK. List enough long tail merchandise, and sales will come. They may be uneven, but they will come. It is a numbers game. If we want more consistent sales, it might be worth trying some other things as well. List more, maybe try social networking and marketing, maybe try to add an inventory component of newer, shorter tail merchandise to balance the long tail merchandise…there are things we can try. But shrugging and saying ” There’s nothing I can do, the economy is in the toilet” is unhelpful….and that’s the risk when we start blaming the economy when, in fact, the economy is not all that bad overall.
