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Thanks Jay! I’ll take some better photos and list it eventually, or maybe try selling it at a local consignment shop…but will probably avoid the machine made rugs in the future, unless the design and condition are really exceptional.
Hi Jay, Yes, I think the back indicates machine made. There’s no label, just the “ghost” of where a label was. That’s one reason I hesitated…the fact that I thought it was machine made. But I thought the design was unusual enough to give it a try. Fabric feels like wool to me, but I’m no expert.
So, if it’s machine made, you usually wouldn’t bother buying it?
By the way, if you do run a markdown sale, create a Sale Event in Promotions Manager to go along with it. That will give you better exposure, including the possibility of exposure on the ebay Mobile app (Markdown Manager apparently doesn’t work standing alone on the App).
The only way I know is to move up to a Premium Store…then you can put up to 2500 in a sale.
Ooh, thanks…not sure I don’t have one of those somewhere!!! If only I knew where!
Zach, Wow…what trucker hat was worth $250??? (if you don’t mind telling) I’ve done OK with trucker hats, but never had anything I thought was in that price range.
Is it actually burlap? Or something a little more refined? If it is more like linen, I’d think it could be fabric for a childs room. Try a Google image search for something like “vintage Nursery rhyme fabric”…you’ve got Simple Simon, Tom Tom the Piper’s Son, and Old King Cole, the merry old soul up there in the castle. Neat item. Maybe Eve will be along to help…
A correction, again: ebay’s policy rules are a little unclear, but what is required for the 90% (soon to be 95%) rule is: tracking number uploaded in a timely fashion and at least one scan anywhere along the route to confirm the number is real….that’s true whether one day or same day shipping is involved.
Here’s the notice:
Dear Seller,
We are making three important changes for sellers who sell Media products on the Amazon Marketplace on Amazon.com:
1. Sellers will be able to offer free shipping and set their own shipping prices on Books, Music, Video, and DVD products.
Effective March 1, 2017, you will be able to set your own shipping prices for Standard delivery and set different shipping prices by region for Expedited, Two-Day, or International delivery. Your current shipping settings and shipping prices will be retained when the new capability launches on March 1. Beginning on that date, you can adjust your shipping prices for Books, Music, Video, and DVD products using Shipping Settings.
2. Sellers will be able to compete for the Buy Box for Books in new condition.
Starting in late Q1 2017, eligible sellers will be able to compete for the Buy Box for Books in new condition. The Buy Box is the display on the product detail page with the Add to Cart button that customers can use to add items to their shopping carts. When one of your listed items appears as the default on the product detail page, you win the Buy Box, which can increase your chances of selling that item. To compete for the Buy Box, both your selling account and your listed item must be eligible. Becoming eligible to compete for the Buy Box doesn’t guarantee that you will win it (https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/200418100). You can increase your chances by pricing your items competitively, offering Prime and free shipping, providing great customer service, and keeping stock available (https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/201687550).
3. Changes to Selling on Amazon fees.
We will be making two changes to how Selling on Amazon fees are charged for Media products (including Books, Music, Video, DVD, Software, and Video Games). These fee changes will not take effect until March 1, 2017, to give you time to plan accordingly.
1) Variable Closing Fees (VCF): The VCF charge in Media product categories (Books, Music, Video, DVD, Software, and Video Games) will increase to $1.80 from $1.35 per item. This charge will appear as a Closing Fee (CF) instead of as a VCF to avoid confusion, as it will be a fixed fee rate and not variable.2) Referral fees: Currently, the referral fee for Media products is an applicable percentage of an item’s sales price (excluding any shipping or gift wrap charges). Effective March 1, 2017, the referral fee will instead be calculated on the total sales price (the total amount paid by the customer, including the item price and any shipping or gift wrap charges), as follows:
Current Fees
Books, Music, Video, DVD, Software, Video Games (non-console): VCF – $1.35 per item; referral fee – 15% of the item price
Video Game Consoles: VCF – $1.35 per item; referral fee – 8% of the item priceNew Fees
Books, Music, Video, DVD, Software, Video Games (non-console): CF – $1.80 per item; referral fee – 15% of the total sales price
Video Game Consoles: CF – $1.80 per item; referral fee – 8% of the total sales priceOh, I should add…my example is for one day shipping. Same day shipping does require a scan, as well as the uploaded tracking.
The TRS SHIPPING requirement (which is not changing) is effectively 97% must be scanned or delivered on time. If you are meeting that requirement, you should have no trouble meeting the new TRACKING requirement.
If you go to the ebay Home Page, and click on “Today” at the upper left, it will take you to Collections. This used to feature collections by their paid blogger types, but what I’ve been seeing the last few weeks is Collections from average ebay sellers, apparently “personalized” for me (I say this because my partner’s “Today” page shows different Collections.)
I have posted a couple in the past, but am thinking of creating more because they are so easy to do. Unfortunately, I don’t think there is any way to track their performance. If I could see the amount of traffic generated, that would be helpful.
