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Steve – I have two vintage EveryReady batteries for sale, but they’ve sat there for years and not for much money. I guess they were a more common type, and I’m sure I wouldn’t list them today.
This is a sink that a neighbor put out on the street. I know that they are renovating a new home, so I guess they decided that they didn’t like it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186270619956
There was a box where I was just holding stuff that I felt couldn’t be listed individually. I finally decided I needed room on that counter, so I listed this little gag thing, and it sold for $15 within a few days.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186368710029
This was in the same box, sold for $18.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186368702028
This was not in the box, but it had been lying around for a long time. Sold for $24.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186315843713
This was given to me by one of my parents’ friends. It is a set of phone adapters for different countries. I was wondering if it would ever sell since it is pretty obsolete at this point, but I got $49 for it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185639037390
Another item in the box, but also from the same person as the phone adapters. This programmable lock sold for $40.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186368719254
On commission, this is a commemorative T-shirt for the 2015 Haskell horse races & Bob Baffert. His horse, American Pharoah, won the race, and it was the seventh he had won as the trainer. He has now won nine.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186304686858
Another commission, this is a vintage three piece suit that would probably be for a teenage or a small woman. It still has tags, and is probably from the 70s or 80s. It had been popular listing, but I didn’t get an offer until about a month ago. I had accepted $65 because I was tired of seeing it, but they never paid. I’m glad they didn’t because this time the buyer paid full price $120.
I listed 16 items last week. All are from the jewelry that I’ve been working on for March & April.
I am coming to the end of that DP, and then I will only have the items in a jewelry box I bought in an online auction last summer. That might be my May challenge.
Seems like I occasionally miss the weekly number post when I’m busy at my “career” job. I recently got a new boss, and it sounds like I might get more hours in the future. The pay is better, but eBay is more flexible. So, I’ll continue to trudge along as best I can.
I don’t know exactly when digital cameras became widely available, but I was a bit late to the game (probably because of the cost). All my kids’ baby photos are from a 35mm (born 2001 & 2003).
Somewhere along the line, I did get a digital camera (maybe around the 2008 timeframe +/-), but I think I lost some photos along the way due to a computer crash. If I still was using 35mm, I would still have them, so which is better? Today, all my photos are automatically saved with my dad’s Amazon Prime account, so I won’t lose them if my computer goes again.
Week of Apr 7 – 13
Total Items in Store: 1630 eBay, 28 Etsy, 50 Ruby Lane
Items Sold: 11 eBay, 0 Etsy, 0 Ruby Lane
Cost of Items Sold: $0 + $56 Commission
Total Sales: $330.85 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $75 for 14k Yellow Gold Bracelet
Average price: $30
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $13
Number of items listed this week: 6@Amatino – I’m not a quilter, but I can see that would be lots of fun!
@Amatino – What were you looking for and what did you buy?
I listed 6 items this past week. I have photos and listings ready for items that I did not have enough time to get live, so I am set to have at least the same number for next week.
I was on my way to Trader Joe’s this Saturday when I saw a sign for an estate sale. It had not been advertised online, which is the best type. There were lots of interesting things, but most were too large for me to store. On my way out, I found some cabbage pieces from Bordallo Pinheiro, one of my favorites. I bought a platter and bowl set plus a pitcher for $13. I will probably sell the bowl and platter separately. I found the platter on Replacements (link below), but they do not have any in stock. Someone has one on Mecari for $75. I will most likely list the items on Ruby Lane.
I was thinking about what Jay suggested as well. What I was thinking was to have a trusted friend open up an account in their name/address, and then use VPN to hide your IP address. I don’t think it would be illegal, but I’m sure it is against eBay policy, so take that into consideration.
I’m not even sure it would work, but I believe any store you open with your information or where they can detect it is from your location will be considered under your account.
Week of Mar 31 – Apr 6
Total Items in Store: 1631 eBay, 28 Etsy, 47 Ruby Lane
Items Sold: 10 eBay, 0 Etsy, 0 Ruby Lane
Cost of Items Sold: $1 + $24 Commission
Total Sales: $187.80 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $28 for Aquaterior Round Bathroom Sink Tempered Glass Imperfect
Average price: $18.78
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 2I’m playing catch up with eBay as my career job gets back to normal. I spent last week going through boxes of jewelry, and a large portion of it was donated. I’ve started to take photos, so I will definitely have more listings this week. I’m sure my low listing numbers have something to do with my lower sales.
I was in the process of listing a pearl necklace on Ruby Lane when I got a notice saying that certain pearls had to have an appraisal. I took them into a jeweler, who at least confirmed that they were real, but the appraisal was going to be expensive. I sent an email to RL asking about their policy, and it ends up that it is for natural pearls only, which are mostly antique and very rare. I have cultured pearls, which are more common.
I find that their policies aren’t always very clear, and when you combine that with software that isn’t very developed, listing can get to be a headache. There’s also this glitch where a relatively newer listing will randomly move to the “backroom” (where buyers can’t see it), and I have to undo it. I emailed them about it, but the customer rep didn’t know of any issues.
There’s nothing wrong about the site. The customer reps know more and are reasonable to deal with, but the website can be annoying when you are used to eBay.
I only listed two items.
However, I did go through all the jewelry from my neighbor/commission. I donated a large number of items that were not damaged, but I did not want to bother selling. This took quite some time because I had to match up earrings and check each item to make sure it wasn’t gold or silver.
I now have a box of items good enough to sell, and I will work on those throughout this month. I also have a bag of damaged items, and I’ll probably lot that up as an arts & crafts bag.
I still have a box of costume jewelry left from an auction lot that I bought in July of last year. That might be for next month unless I can really hustle it up.
Oh, my. I had put together my numbers and just had to calculate COGS, and I totally forgot about it. I’ve been listing lots of jewelry lately, so my average is up for this week.
One of the items was a sterling necklace I had bought as a young adult but no longer wanted. I recalled what I paid for it, so that increased my COGS higher than normal.
Week of Mar 24 – 30
Total Items in Store: 1643 eBay, 28 Etsy, 45 Ruby Lane
Items Sold: 10 eBay, 0 Etsy, 1 Ruby Lane
Cost of Items Sold: $103 + $65 Commission
Total Sales: $413.25 eBay; $125 Ruby Lane
Highest Price Sold: Tie-ish eBay $130 for 14K Yellow Gold Serpentine Chain Clear Gems Built-in Pendant; $125 Ruby Lane for 14k Yellow Gold Snake Chain Necklace 20″
Average price: $48.93
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 13I listed 13 items. Not bad for me.
My goal for April is the rest of the jewelry that I wasn’t able to get to in March.
Actually, eBay for Business got back to me real quick!!! Click on “my eBay”, and scroll down to the bottom. There is a section “Promotional Offers” that gives you the same information as the mobile app. Now you have to set an alarm for April 30 to check your numbers!
I have another idea to help you figure it out:
To check the number of items you have in the collectable category, go to “Manage Active Listings”, select “eBay categories” first and “collectables” second, and then click on search. Under “results”, it will show you how many items are there. I have 563.
To get a full count, select all the categories I pasted above and then click search. Note that some of these in the list are subcategories, but aren’t really listed as such. For example, in the books & magazines category, you should only select the books subcategory. I got 654, which matches what I saw on the mobile app yesterday.
That should give you an idea of how many of your items are counted towards your 1000.
Whenever you have an item that could be in a couple of different categories, chose collectables if it applies. I have almost 1650 items in my store, but yet it said I had over 90 remaining at the end of the month.
I’m going to ask eBay for Business on how to find that information. I looked in all sorts of pages online, but couldn’t find it.
If you have a basic store, then you actually have more than 1000 listings. Here is what the selling limit page says:
Basic Store package Up to 1,000 fixed price + up to 250 auction-style
+ an additional 10,000 fixed pricing listings in select categories (see below)I’ve cut and pasted the select categories are below. I think you have quite a number of listings in the collectables group. These do NOT count towards your 1000 limit.
If you want to find how many listings you have left towards your 1000, the best time is to look at the last day of the month (today!!). Go to the mobile app, click on selling on the bottom right, and then scroll down to the bottom. I’ve pasted in my screen from today at the bottom of this post. It shows I have 97 remaining on the last day of the month. Tomorrow, it will go back to 1000 and start counting down. I do not know where to find this information on the website.
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