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Yeh, ugh. You must have opted in by accident. Not a good service for one-off type stores. I suppose you could call or email eBay customer service and complain that you never opted in.
Maybe look for “Offsite Ads”?
https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/growth/promoted-listings/offsite-ads
Jay – In Seller Hub, check the different menu items under “Marketing”; in particular, Advertising. Check Promotions as well.
Of my over 1600 item store and millions of eBay users, only three people wanted my items last week. The current week is just as slow (possibly slower). The plus is that I am focusing on getting my recent auction buys listed as fast as I can. This is a good thing since I’m running low on room. I did de-list some books I have had for years. Everything I don’t want to sell will go to freecycling over the next few weeks.
I also reached 2500 in feedback.
Week of May Jun 23 – 29
Total Items in Store: 1635 eBay, 32 Etsy
Items Sold: 3 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $0 + $39 Commission
Total Sales: $112.56 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $69.66 for Braided Byzantine Chain Necklace 925 Sterling
Average price: $37.50
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $84.67
Number of items listed this week: 7Seven listings for me. Two were scheduled from the previous week, and five were large items that were part of my listing goal.
I still have two large items I brought up to list (plus many more in my basement), but I’ve been sourcing due to some great deals on MaxSold auctions. I won a large lot of books, and I needed to get them out of the way quickly. I have 50 drafts (about 80% books) that were created while I did the research. Hopefully, most will get listed or scheduled over the next two weeks. I’m hoping I can also list a large item or two while I’m at it.
My career job is slow, and eBay is slow, so hopefully I can use the extra time to my benefit.
I’d be one of those vendors cancelling. I don’t like early mornings! LOL
Good Luck and enjoy!
Jay – I believe I’ve seen other similar appliances sell in your store before. I recall similar stove/oven combos when I was growing up in that turquoise color. My parents remodeled the kitchen around the time I was in high school or college.
Another slow week, but much higher ASP. In addition to my highest sale (on commission), I sold a Lenox coffee pot for $50 (not on commission). Much of the rest was in the $20 to $30 range.
My one Etsy sale was a vintage PAN AM Victorinox Pocket Knife for $29 – $4.36 shipping. I had this in a pile of stuff I thought was low value but I wanted to combine stuff to list. Either I made a mistake or the value increased over the time while it sat.
Week of May Jun 16 – 22
Total Items in Store: 1644 eBay, 32 Etsy
Items Sold: 7 eBay, 1 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $3 + $34 Commission
Total Sales: $218.12 eBay, $24.64 Etsy
Highest Price Sold: eBay $67 for Gorham Sterling Salt Pepper Shakers Beehive Shape
Average price: $30
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $101
Number of items listed this week: 16I listed 16 items last week. All but one were relisted Ruby Lane inventory. I’m about done with that.
My challenge this month is to list some larger death pile items. I have about five ready to go and one that needs to be created. After that, I have to organize my auction buys from this past weekend because I do not have room in the unlisted inventory area.
One thing about the hot summer months is that the prices are better. However, I am still way behind in listing my death piles, so should I back off from spending or add to unlisted inventory? Apparently, the answer is spend anyways because that is what I did last week. I spent $95 on an auction that did not have lots of bidders, and I had to pickup on Saturday afternoon during the heat of the 95F day. Thankfully, the house had decent air conditioning, and I waited until the evening before I unpacked the car.
As an example, this lot has a tea set in a rare pattern Royal Doulton Honesty that I should get $70 or more for plus I haven’t priced out the other English china that it came with. With premium, the whole lot came to $11.80.
https://maxsold.com/auction/91355/bidgallery/item/6212956
Then this book lot has lots of uncommon books, and I’ve only priced one out at $13-ish. Not huge, but it would pay for the full cost of the lot at $3.54. There are about 50 books, and it will take some time for me to figure out the value.
https://maxsold.com/auction/91355/bidgallery/item/6213039
I don’t have lots of room, so I’m having to list these right away. Have I learned my lesson? Well, I’ve got two tabs open for other auctions ending this Thurs with pickups on Sunday. So, no. My reasoning is that I won’t find good value September through the beginning of next year.
I don’t know if anyone remembers the Flippertools website. At some point, I had joined their Facebook group. It went stagnant for a while, but someone has taken over (bought?) the site from the original owner. It appears to be in an update.
Anyway, on the Facebook group, the new admin mentioned that he is developing an AI tool to write listing titles using your photos. He is offering free use of the beta version for anyone who is part of his Facebook group. He says “For free access, visit https://allbutnew.com/ and use the invite code <span class=”html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs”><b>FLIPPERTOOLS</b></span> when you sign up.”.
Now the “fine print”: I have not tried the service, and I am not currently planning to. I don’t think that writing the listing title is the slow point for me, and I don’t want to eventually have to pay for the service.
However, if someone wants to check it out and relay their experience, I’m all ears!
I think it is part of the HTML code, and you might not realize it’s there if you copy and paste. You need to paste as plain text. Ctrl-shift-V usually works for me.
@debitendcredits – It is very well written, quite professional, and makes complete sense. I would not bother and block him.
@AF – Totally unprofessional and nasty. Best response ever!!
@Ryanne – You have to go to eBay’s advance search and scroll down to seller. Hopefully, this link works:
https://www.ebay.com/str/palmettoexchange?_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211
Just eBay and Etsy. If the Ruby Lane store had taken off, I was thinking about closing Etsy, but now it is here to stay.
I spoke to the lady who owned the Persian rug. I’m going to list it on Etsy without the word Persian or Iran and see where it goes. In the meantime, I’ll look to other avenues.
I thought I might miss your post again this week, but here I am; probably first to respond!
I had another slow week that was helped a little bit by one decent sale. The set of 8 plates had been listed on my old Ruby Lane store. I have just about all that inventory relisted, but about half a dozen are still scheduled. I’ve also decided to take some gold jewelry in for an appraisal before I relist.
Week of May Jun 9 – 15
Total Items in Store: 1634 eBay, 33 Etsy
Items Sold: 6 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $10 + $5.50 Commission
Total Sales: $137.57 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $75 for Set 8 Valley Forge Dinner Plates
Average price: $22.92
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 22
