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11/19/2017 at 8:24 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 335: Strategizing Out of Our Own Sweatshop #25869
Soap poo 🙂
I don’t offer gift wrapping on ebay but I do on etsy. Etsy just started having a gift wrap option available to buyers so I signed up for it as a seller. You charge what you want (they suggest 4 dollars) and the buyer has the option available at checkout. I have a message in certain listings that are too big or otherwise not good candidates for wrapping that gift wrapping is not available. I don’t think I’m going to get a lot of action so I’m not worried about the extra time. I’m going to do something very simple. Simple paper with some holiday tape and a sticker. Maybe it will bring me an extra sale or two from last minute shoppers who want the gift sent right to the recipient.
Hey Jawa did you get help for your problem?
11/14/2017 at 11:05 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 334: The Holidays Are Just Another Day #25592I’m on a waiting list for Guaranteed Shipping. I hope they roll it out to everyone soon. I think in the holiday season it is going to be a big advantage.
My sales go up quite a bit during the holiday season. I do sell quite a few holiday items…vintage ornaments, holiday decor, holiday craft kits. All of that stuff starts flying out the door.
11/07/2017 at 10:23 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 333: The Illusion of Keeping Up With Everything #25215I’ve had a similar search thing happen as the caller. When doing research on something I’ll enter keywords and have zero or few results. Then below it will say “results matching fewer keywords” but there will be results there that match ALL my keywords. I’ve played around and sometimes it seems to depend on how far apart my keywords are in the other search results. Like they don’t count if they aren’t right together as I typed them. I haven’t tested this out it is just something I’ve noticed.
Wow. It is heavy and tall. I think I can ship for less than that though with FedEx. Thanks for checking Geoff!
Thank you so much!!
Yes I’m having fun ‘grooming’ him while I watch the Jim Carey version of Grinch.
10/30/2017 at 8:48 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 332: Share Your Extreme Scavenging Confession #24596Jay and Ryanne wasn’t there an issue with business practices and bulk editing in the past?
I don’t have any good extreme scavenger stories but I liked hearing yours 🙂
What a great find, The Giant Golden Book of Biology. Where did you find it?
I have sold 21 things so far through promoted listings. It cost me a little over $20 and totaled $316 in sales.
I wish there was more information available on exactly how it works. There is a lot of speculation out there on Youtube.
Just keep listing. Read the Etsy forums especially information about tags and titles and make sure you are following best practices for those. The sales will come.
09/26/2017 at 10:21 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 328: Chaos vs Stress, There is a difference in life and business #23284Jay and Ryanne great podcast.
I believe free returns also means the seller pays return shipping not just no re-stocking fee
Hi Jay,
No I am maintaining about the same ratio of ebay to etsy that I had before. Right now my etsy shop is actually a bit lower than usual.
Just yesterday I looked at my total sales on etsy for the last 12 months and it was about 4500 dollars. Not a huge amount but I feel it’s a good amount for mostly cross posting items I’m also listing on ebay.
I’m excited about some of the changes I’m seeing on etsy and on ebay as well. Hoping for growth on both platforms for all sellers. One thing I’m liking on both platforms is an increase in advertising. Etsy will be advertising a Labor Day sale and promoting sellers who participate in it. I’m curious to see how that affects sales. I’m participating in it and I’ll report back on whether it makes a difference.
Tara do you think it’s just a lot of sour grapes or do the complainers have good reason to complain? I see a lot of complaining in the Etsy forum too. A lot of time it seems like no matter what Etsy does people complain.
I got my first sale from the sale I started yesterday 🙂 I’m excited to see what the future brings on etsy in the next few months.
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