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BTW, I did watch Jay’s interview with Not Your Dad’s CPA. I remember NYDC’s SL interview from years ago (or, maybe I watched it after it was mentioned on the Podcast). Anyway, it’s very neat that he basically made his career focus from that interview!!
I worked on my taxes this weekend. Since I’ve been using Wave this year, I do not have the numbers to subtract out shipping costs and fees. I have a total number from eBay and I have the total that made it to my bank account from Wave. I also don’t have a total from Etsy. I could download the information, add it up, and come up with the same number that Wave tells me I made. Instead, I fudged it. It is a real number; just not calculated the way it should be.
My highest sale this past week was a collectable Jewish prayer book for Passover. The first night is Wednesday, and, while the buyer is relatively close to me, I’m not sure whether he’ll get it in time for his seder. Hopefully, it is just something he wants to display.
I did have a good week. Several higher ticket items sold.
Week of Mar 26 – Apr 1
Total Items in Store: 1748 eBay, 30 Etsy
Items Sold: 14 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $12.75 + $86 Commission
Total Sales: $400.00 eBay, $0 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $90 Arthur Szyk Silver Plate Cover Haggadah (Jewish prayer book for Passover)
Average price: $28.57
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0Am I actually the first to post? It’s been a bit quiet around here lately. Seems to be that way when sales are slow.
I did not list anything this week. Same old excuses with outside stuff.
My daughter wanted to make some money, so she did some photography for me yesterday. This week will be busy as well, but now have no excuse not to list!
His items are mostly not low dollar, and he isn’t pushing me to take stuff that isn’t worth selling. Sure, clothes are for the most part, but that is why I want to bundle them up and sell in an auction.
One of his items that I haven’t wanted to post on eBay is a large keyboard, open box but new and unused. It should do well in an auction.
The one auction I did for a friend made about $6k, and she gave me $2k of it. In this one, we’ll split 50/50. It will probably make less than the $6k, but I may make as much.
Yes, I’m doing this for a friend, but he has been very upfront about wanting me to make money. He’s never pushed me to take the low dollar stuff.
I think it’s all good. I’ll still have stuff to list on eBay.
Retro –
I hear you, but I’ve done a MaxSold auction before. It is doable.
The listings don’t require the attention to photography and wording that is needed for eBay.
The auction runs for about 10 days, and then the winners have to to pickup within a 3 or 4 hour window usually on a Saturday or Sunday. There is NO shipping.
His (now deceased) wife would shop and not return items she decided she didn’t want. I have boxes and bags of NWT or NWOT clothing. I also have boxes of hard goods that I can split up between eBay and the auction. I can create different lots of 4 or more pieces and add in furniture he doesn’t want to move, and I think we’d have a decent auction to run.
I’m getting back into the swing of things, but sales are slow, and I need to do some “sell similar” myself.
I spoke with my neighbor, and I’m going to set up a MaxSold auction to sell off much of his inventory. I just can’t handle it all with my part time job and family in the mix. Given the remodeling work on his new house before he moves in, I think that the auction will be in the June timeframe.
Week of Mar 19 – 25
Total Items in Store: 1764 eBay, 30 Etsy
Items Sold: 10 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $10.58 + $53.90 Commission
Total Sales: $183.92 eBay, $0 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $65 for Set 12 Jean Dubost Laguiole Steak Knives
Average price: $18.39
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 6My sales have not been significant for the past week partly due to my vacation and partly due to selling quite a bit of low value items.
Many of those items I have had in my inventory from when I started in 2016. Here is one. At one time, I thought I might consider fabric remnants as a focus item, but I haven’t found good sources for consistent listing. I bought a bunch of vintage remnants at an estate sale in 2016 paying $2 a piece. This one sold for $13.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185657609243
My highest sale was this set of knives for a best offer of $65. They were found in my neighbor’s china cabinet. Another gift that he and his wife never used.
@Amatino – I feel for you. My aforementioned online auction will have a significant amount of clothing so that I don’t have to list all of them!
I listed six items. Three of them were from my March Madness challenge, so that is a win. I pulled out some electronics that had been stored for YEARS and listed them as for parts/repair. They are in working condition, but, if I wait to fully test them, they’ll sit there again for who knows how long.
I think my numbers will be somewhat low for the next several months. One issue is my job and other family stuff (good stuff). The other is that my neighbor agreed to allow me to setup an online auction after he is moved out but before he sells his house. Work to setup the online auction take time away from eBay, but the one week the auction goes live, my number will be very high!
I was on vacation last week, so I hardly sold anything.
Week of Mar 12 – 18
Total Items in Store: 1770 eBay, 30 Etsy
Items Sold: 3 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $0 + $0 Commission
Total Sales: $44.08 eBay, $26 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $18 for yellow polo shirt
Average price: $14.70
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0I can see why a prop company would spend so much on those sealed cigarettes, but not sure why an individual would. What is that saying? “I am not my target market”, or something like that.
I sold this vintage lightbulb for $17. All I found about it online was a 1980 magazine advertisement. It was advertised as an efficient lightbulb to replace incandescent. I thought it was kind of historical and interesting, but it did take a year or two to sell. I can’t remember where I got it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185399274376
I bought a tote or two of old tools about three years ago. I thought these would sell faster. It is an old handheld drill, and I paired it with three bits. Paid about $1. Sold for $28.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185747816685
I found this old working sun lamp at my neighbor’s house. I’m not sure if this was his wife’s or if she bought it as a collectable. It sold for $62.
@retro-treasures-wv – What is your handling time? Maybe increase it to 2 or 3 days?
0 listings because I was on vacation visiting my parents in Florida.
I don’t like to announce online that I’m going on vacation, so perhaps it sounded like something else was going on. Sorry about that. The week before, I was finishing up our vacay plans as well as having additional work at my part time job. The owners at my company decided to sell to a larger company, and I attended an informational Zoom meeting and had some general adjusting to do. I think it will be a good change, but there was/will be some adjustments.
It’s all good. I hope to get to some listing this week, but I’m not expecting a big number.
Week of Mar 5 – 11
Total Items in Store: 1775 eBay, 30 Etsy
Items Sold: 16 eBay, 1 EtsyCost of Items Sold: $3.00 + $90 Commission
Total Sales: $333.19 eBay, $26 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $62 for Vintage Sperti Sun Lamp
Average price: $21
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0Number of items listed this week: 0
