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I thought this got shut down a while back? So they decided to go through with it anyways?
I shared above that I’ve seen a drop in impressions and clicks on Private listings in September compared to June-August. Can a few more people check their numbers and see if there is a drop?
Interesting. I wish he would have shared some screenshots or something of what he is talking about.
I did check my metrics for promoted listings. There is a definite drop in impressions and clicks in September – about 30% compared with June-August. I just added like 100 listings to promoted listings and didn’t get much of a bump.
I always leave original price tags on vintage items. I always remove thrift store tags.
Any idiot who complains about the price on a vintage tag was never going to buy your item anyway, so don’t sweat it.
Once upon a time I used my employers UPS account to ship some items I sold (not through ebay but through a hobby forum). The discount was awesome (and yes I had permission). I just paid the secretary cash for however much the label cost.
The issue came when I had a shipping damage claim. The shipping refund check was issued to my company – not to me. The company accountant had to issue me a check and he was really pissy about it. It wasn’t worth the hassle from that point on if I had to deal with that guy possibly in the future.
I subconsciously recognized that something was off with the website version of offers without knowing exactly what the problem was. Thinking back, I’ve purposely been leaving the website and going to my phone to deal with offers. I’ve seen the bug of the offer appearing to be gone as well as the buttons seeming to be in the wrong place.
I recommend that you spend some time feeling and inspecting bags (and leather coats). Once you run your hands across enough leather and learn the qualities and various types of leather you will develop a keen sense of quality and value.
You can do the same thing with clothes and shoes. Sometimes I just walk down a clothing rack I’m not particularly interested in and run my hand along the clothes while glancing. I can find the high quality materials this way like wool, pima cotton, etc.
Items in Store 1204
Items Sold 15
Total Sales $465.00
COGS $50.50
Total Profit $414.50
Average profit $27.63
Average sales price $31.00
New Listings 58The week was TERRIBLE. Going into Friday I only had 7 sales for like $125! I recovered well over the weekend, but dang that sucked.
My daughter had something she wanted to buy so she has been pressing to get into doing ebay work with me. She is doing an excellent job taking photos. She did 25 items this week for me. I pay her 50 cents an item. I wish she did her chores and homewrok with as much enthusiasm, effort, and attention to detail. Lol!
The bright side of the week is that I got alot of listings up. I want to push and do 100 listings this week.
I came across an interesting pair of jeans pulling from my death pile this weekend. It was a pair of Polo Ralph Lauren mens Jeans. I always get these as they are usually a quick $30. I noticed a model name on the inside of the pocket. The value was higher for this model, yay! Then I noticed one of the higher priced listings mentioned the jeans had selvedge seams. What? I checked in the cuff and sure enough these are Selvedge made jeans. How cool! I’ll get around $100 for them. I had no idea Ralph Lauren had done a Selvedge run of jeans.
On the weekends there is a massive line outside just to get in. They only let a certain amount of people in at a time. People show up the night before to wait in line!
I’m also inclined to occasionally accept what would be considered a lowball offer. It just varies from item to item, my current mood, how my sales are doing, and how old the item is.
It’s not personal. You gotta just let it roll off of you.
If you are already significantly the low price and you know it, you should consider turning off best offer.
You can also set a minimum offer on your listings so you never even see this offers – they’ll be autodeclined until they exceed the low limit.As a buyer I have no problem making a lowball offer on an item I don’t truly need or if there are numerous sellers. I want to find the seller willing to cut a deal.
Now as a seller I have no set policy when I get a lowball offer. Sometimes I’ll decline their first offer. Sometimes I’ll counter with a few bucks off. Sometimes if the item is older I’ll come down significantly. What I will do is if they counter back with the same offer just a dollar higher I will decline and add the following message:
“Thank you for your offer, but we are not in the same ballpark. If you wish to submit a more reasonable offer I will consider it. Thanks.”Here is the local place’s facebook page for your entertainment:
https://www.facebook.com/Treasure-Hunt-South-Charleston-WV-246990559546833/There is a place like that here called Treasure Hunt.
It has become the “redneck mecca” of my area. They post videos on their facebook page of the insanity every week. It’s not something I’m inclined to go to.It is a brilliant business plan though!
I sent a message to a very high volume book seller on ebay about a book that appeared to be a price mistake. They responded telling me there was some issue that prevented them from fixing the price on ebay, but I could visit their website to buy the book at the correct price. Then they gave me their website link…in the ebay message! I ended up buying over 30 books direct from their website.
There must be different rules for super high volume sellers.
I was also looking at the hilton honors card. We like staying at Embassy suites whenever possible when traveling. The breakfast alone there saves me a crap ton of money considering I travel with 3 adults and 5 kids when my MIL comes with us.
With their yearly fee card you get a free night every year. Combine that with the points I earn and the 125k bonus points at signup, I’d get multiple nights the first year and 2-3 nights every year after that.
