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I also listed 22 items this week! I would say that most are Ruby Lane re-lists. I decided to push them out over a few weeks, so some are still scheduled and will count for next week.
In the meantime, I’m planning to list larger items in my death piles. I have purchases from the past few months plus other death piles, but I want to get the large items out of the way.
Well, she had a minimum amount of $1000 that she wanted, and so I need to add my profit plus fees onto that. So, yes, I do need to sell it based on it provenance. It is hand knitted, and knowing where it was made helps to validate the quality and justify the price.
I missed this post last week (again), and I already wrote over the previous week’s numbers. I know my numbers were not high. Something like 8 items for about $150. The high sale was a set of speeding reading CDs, new & sealed. I listed 11 items.
I’ve started moving items from the Ruby Lane account I closed over to eBay and Etsy. I don’t know what I’m going to do with the Persian rug that eBay and Etsy won’t allow me to list. I’m thinking to contact my consignor and talk strategy. She hasn’t responded to my emails, so I’m wondering if something is going on. I had another consignor die on me, but I hope this is not the case this time.
I listed 8 new items and 3 relisted from Ruby Lane. Between hand-saving all the photos and write up from RL and then creating new listings on eBay, I hope I can count those as new listings, but I will take Amatino’s ruling on that. I hope to list most of the RL listings this week, so my numbers should be high next week (if they count). A good amount of that work was started before I went on vacation.
@Christine R – I saw the photos from your booth this past weekend. It looks really professional and nicely set up. I’m glad to hear that you did well and looks like you are on your way to another source of business.
@VL – Glad to hear you are better and back on the listing wagon! I hope your mother has recovered.
@VT – Yay for meeting challenges! My friend, who has a trip planned to Iceland at the end of this month, said that her plans are for Sky Lagoon instead of Blue Lagoon, but I’m sure you are aware of the different options.
@Amatino – Your dancing photos are always so fun! What a neat passion to have; everyone seems to be having such a good time!I was on vacation last week, so my numbers are
patheticvery low. The one dress I sold was previously returned for size, and I will not bother relisting it if it gets returned again. The waist is too small for the size, and I hope the buyer read the listing carefully.Week of May 26 – Jun 1
Total Items in Store: 1615 eBay, 29 Etsy
Items Sold: 2 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $2 + $0 Commission
Total Sales: $81.95 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $75 Donna Ricco Dress Full Length
Average price: $41
Returns: 0 (1 item cancelled)
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0Steve – I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your dogs. I know you gave them their best life possible. I will miss them from your videos.
Your post covers a month’s worth of time, and I assume this is because sales on eBay have really dried up. Seems like you had some huge sales that really helped out. I will have more higher priced items once I relist my Ruby Lane inventory over to eBay & Etsy.
Anyway, here’s what was interesting from the past month:
My dad bought a new Lexus, but decided he wanted fabric mats instead of the rubber ones that came with the car. The OEM mats sold for $110.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186421820624
I’ve been on a kick listing lots of Craftsman tools from a death pile, but I found this set of new, never used drill bits in a garage sale for $1. They sold very quickly for $18. Back in the day, Craftsman tools were all manufactured in the US, and they have a big following.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186432987286
And here is a set of sockets from the death pile that sold for $16. This was from a set left at the curb by a neighbor, so my cost was $0.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186437920125
I had intentionally not listed this vintage airline tag years ago because I thought it wasn’t worth much. I decided to list it because I was cleaning up a box of cheap stuff, and I found it was worth more than I thought. It sold pretty quickly for $17.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186368698266
Culver glasses have a following, but I usually find ones with gold color trim. This one was yellow & green. I decided to sell them as a set of seven (rather than list singly or in pairs). The set sold for $53. I paid 50c each at a rummage sale.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186154166689
This bull horn display was sold on commission for my neighbor at $79. He has been involved in Boy Scouts most of his life, and he believes that he received it as a gift or award.
My store was on vacation mode for about half this week, but, still, my numbers are pathetic.
Prior to going on vacation, I closed out my Ruby Lane store and re-activated listings on Etsy. In the next week or so, I will need to create listings for the remaining Ruby Lane listings.
Week of May 19 – 25
Total Items in Store: 1617 eBay, 29 Etsy, 0 Ruby Lane
Items Sold: 2 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $0 + $14 Commission
Total Sales: $33.95 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $20 Vintage 90s USA Olympics T Shirt
Average price: $17
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0Catching up. I just left on vacation when this was posted.
Week of May 12 – 18
Total Items in Store: 1620 eBay, 18 Etsy, 76 Ruby Lane
Items Sold: 13 eBay, 0 Etsy, 0 Ruby Lane
Cost of Items Sold: $8.50 + $49 Commission
Total Sales: $321.38 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $79 for Double Bull Horns Western Wall Decor
Average price: $24.72
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0Zero again, but for good reason.
I just came back from a 10 day trip to Scotland. It was awesome! My daughter spent her last semester at the University of Edinburgh, so we arranged to have a vacation and then come back on the same day. She was on a different flight, so we still have to pickup her up this evening.
I guess it will be back to normal now, but I do have a head start. I have a few drafts ready to go, and then I have to list all my Ruby Lane items on eBay. I’ll have a head start on those because the photos are done, but the listings will require adjustments.
Oh boy, I have a friend with a planned vacation to Iceland at the end of June. Sounds like this will affect some of her plans.
I listed 0.
I actually have about eight listings ready to go, but I decided to hold back. I had more than normal sales last week due to an increase in listings the week before. I realized that I would prefer not to get lots of sales in the next week or two due to family & work stuff, so I am holding off. In a couple of weeks, I’ll be listing quite a bit, and I’ll be at a point where I can handle the shipping a week or so later.
That’s the beauty of eBay.
Empty bottles? Or did they have some perfume? Or maybe it was because of the brand name?
I’ve been very busy backing up my Ruby Lane store so that I can close it. They will have a significant increase in the cost to have a store next month, so I had to “hand” save all the photos to folders and copy and paste all the descriptions and information in a file for listing later. What a pain.
My big sale of the week had been my father’s mats in his new car. He wanted fabric, so he gave me the rubber ones that came standard.
Week of May 5 – 11
Total Items in Store: 1630 eBay, 25 Etsy, 63 Ruby Lane
Items Sold: 11 eBay, 0 Etsy, 0 Ruby Lane
Cost of Items Sold: $8.70 + $19 Commission
Total Sales: $267.64 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $110 for OEM Lexus All Weather Mats Set
Average price: $24.33
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $82.60
Number of items listed this week: 13I listed 13 items. I didn’t get all the items photographed that I wanted to, so I will work on that for this week.
@ChristineR – That really put you out for some time. Colds usually don’t last that long unless you had more than one virus? Glad you are getting better.
