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I keep hitting zeros for the past few weeks. I’ve had a few vacations, and my career job is busier than ever.
It’s been more than slow for me, but I haven’t been listing. I figured that was the issue, but maybe that is only one part of it.
On the other hand, I did sell a print on Etsy this past week for $1750. It’s a commission for my parents, but it’s still good!
Yeh, I think I’ll be posting zeros for the next few weeks.
@VT – So sorry to hear about your husband’s health issues. Sending healing thoughts. Between Vintage Lacy on the West Coast and me on the East Coast, you are getting healing thought beams from both directions!
I was on vacation last week! We rented an AirBnB in Saugerties, NY and spent the week hiking, going to museums, and checking out different towns.
Needless to say, zero.
My sales continue to be weak, and I am still not listing. I’m pasting in my numbers just because.
This current week is horrible, so you won’t be hearing from me next week!!
Week of July 27 – Aug 2
Total Items in Store: 1304 eBay, 31 Etsy
Items Sold: 7 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $5 + $30 Commission
Total Sales: $165.57 eBay, $0 Etsy
Highest Price Sold: $52 for Gorham Sterling Salt Shaker & Pepper Grinder
Average price: $23.65
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0I’m also at zero for the week, and I’ve got too much going on to expect anything more for this week. I do have a bunch of drafts.
@VT – sending healthy wishes to both your husband and your cat.
I started doing my numbers, but I was light in both sales and values, so I decided not to bother.
I am doing better so far this week, but the price point is still low.
@Craig-Rex – I was in Philly on Sunday to see the Savannah Bananas at Citizens Bank Park. They are similar to the Harlem Globetrotters but for baseball. There was lots of merchandise, but mostly shirts and caps. Looks like they do sell baseball cards. I expect that they won’t be worth all that much unless you hold onto them for a long time.I listed one item.
I finally started on a bag of DP. I’m creating listings, and I should have more than one for next week.
My numbers were a bit better this week than other recent weeks. I didn’t list much, so I believe it is just coincidence.
Week of July 13 – 19
Total Items in Store: 1323 eBay, 33 Etsy
Items Sold: 8 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $5 + $39 Commission
Total Sales: $225.42 eBay, $0 Etsy
Highest Price Sold: $80 for Lower Rack Bosch Dishwasher
Average price: $28
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 1I haven’t been posting my solds recently because I’m not listing much, so I’m not selling much. However, I had a few good sales this week, so here goes.
When we bought our current home, the dishwasher was only a couple years old. It has had a few repairs over the years, but it came to a point where it had multiple issues, and it’s now over 20 years old. This was the bottom rack. All these parts won’t pay for the new one (another Bosch), but it will reduce the hurt starting with this one for $80.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/187115369354
I love getting old, quirky software and listing it as untested without any codes. There are people out there who love to play with old computers, and they can figure out the how to get the permissions they need. This one is a commission sale for me and sold for $51.
I listed one item.
I do have the another one ready to go. I just need to fix some wording and then press the button, but much of my free time has been consumed by vacation planning. It’s not a bad place to be, so I’ll take it.
@Vintage-Lacy – I will save that video to watch later. I know I enjoyed one you posted previously.
@Amatino – I know you’re swamped, but we are in the second half of the year. Did you want to create a Thread #2?Nothing. I’ve got two drafts that are very close to being posted, but I did not work on them.
Apart from my career job getting busier by the day, it is summer, and there is too much going on. Lots of vacation planning as well.
I haven’t been thrifting at all the last few months, so I guess that’s good.
Just checked my sales numbers, and I sold one item on eBay and another on Etsy. Neither were high value. The Etsy item is going to Switzerland, so that is cool. However, I don’t feel like posting numbers for such a slow week!
@Craig-Rex – Glad to see that your numbers are good even during the summer!I do my COGS every week when I calculate my numbers. I put them into the accounting system I use, Seller Ledger. At the end of the year, it automatically rolls in those expenses against my taxable profit.
For the past five or more years, I’ve taken all the COGS for a purchase from the first several items that sell. Anything after that is $0 COGS. I’m consistent about it, so I’m pretty sure it is copasetic by the IRS.
When I tried to divide the COGS among the items, I would have an issue when I decided something wasn’t worth selling, and I got rid of it. The COGS for the items I donated didn’t necessarily get accounted for.
Point is I probably wouldn’t use the feature at this time unless I changed my methods.
