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It is possible to get this information after it has been removed from online tracking. You have to fill out a freedom of information act request. It is a pain, but it can be done.
I’m at 0 as well, but I knew that. Too much outside of eBay going on.
My total for the April challenge is 5.
Week of April 25 – May 1
Total Items in Store: 1323 eBay, 44 Etsy
Items Sold: 5 eBay
Cost of Items Sold: $2 + $8 Commission
Total Sales: $56.89
Highest Price Sold: $20 for Set 2 flower paintings
Average price: $11.38
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0Yeh, really slow week, but also I had guests over then a weekend trip and no new listings.
Steve – I assume those are not your cats, or did you add to your household?
From my art haul from a month or two ago, I sold a painting with a fancy, but damaged, frame for $46 by calling it Shabby Chic.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184742340341
I still have a few items from a table of radios and related items that I purchased in an auction in 2019. This book has pamphlets with technical information for various radios and TVs from the early 1950s. Sold for $33.
I wouldn’t have noticed except that I have a really slow computer. When I click into this thread from my email, the site initially opens at the top and then scrolls down to the post in question. Since it takes so long for my computer to do its thing, I happened to notice the writing at the top about it being for the 1st quarter.
Anyway, my time on eBay listing is less than it has been. My part time job is taking more and more of my time. I looked at the spreadsheet, and I can’t figure out what I set as my listing goal. I’m thinking that maybe 8 is good.
So excited to hear that your coffee shop has opened! I hope to visit sometime this summer.
Not so excited about the past week’s sales, but my parents are visiting and there will be a family event next weekend. I’m glad for the reduced amount of work.
Week of April 18 – 24
Total Items in Store: 1327 eBay, 44 Etsy
Items Sold: 7 eBay
Cost of Items Sold: $4 + $0 Commission
Total Sales: $165.64
Highest Price Sold: $46.71 for 1953 Howard Sams TV & Radio manuals
Average price: $23.66
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 6I had six listings this week. Three met the challenge, for a total of five.
My parents are in town, and there will be a family event next weekend, so I expect zero listings next week.
Amatino – This thread was for the first quarter, which ended at the beginning of the month. Did you want to start a new thread?
Steve – Thanks for doing these videos week after week. It’s a slow time right now in eBay world, and I appreciate that you are still posting them.
I didn’t have many exciting sales last week, but I wanted to mention one. It’s a signed print of a blue heron from my art haul of a month or more ago. It sold for $18. Nothing really interesting here except this is the second time since starting to sell on eBay five years ago that I have used the long, thin version of the USPS large flat rate box. The shipping distance to Minnesota was long enough that the cost was actually $1 less than FedEx, and the box was exactly the right size.
Find that little microphone symbol, at least if you have an iPhone. I assume the Android has one two. Voice recognition is much better than what it used to be. I use it all the time with addresses on Google maps, texts, and posting on Facebook.
I listed four. I’m down to the art pieces that require repair or need to be take apart for the frame. Much slower going now.
I have some in drafts now that I’ll complete today or tomorrow, but I’m going to be pretty busy with family stuff for about two weeks.
I did list another framed print with a silver frame, so I’m up to two for the challenge.
I hope everyone (other than me) has great listing numbers this week!
I don’t have an answer for you, but just wanted to say that I’ve done that drive before by way of Las Vegas almost 30 years ago! Enjoy!
Jay, Ryanne,
Once a sale is complete, you can exchange personal information. You could have asked your buyer for their PayPal email address and then invoiced them.
A few months ago, a buyer in Colorado bought something large from me not understanding that it was local pickup. I didn’t want to lose the sale, I was able to figure out how to box it, and he was willing to pay shipping. I asked for his PayPal email address and then invoiced him from there. I imagine that as long as the sale isn’t more than three months old (when they get dropped from your Orders page), you should be able to exchange contact information.
Week of April 11 – 17
Total Items in Store: 1327 eBay, 44 Etsy
Items Sold: 19 eBay
Cost of Items Sold: $12.90 + $6 Commission
Total Sales: $289.63
Highest Price Sold: $35.66 framed painting
Average price: $15.24
Returns: 0 ($20 refund for part of a lamp damaged in shipping)
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 4Sales were slow, but I’m busy outside of eBay. I actually sold a reasonably good number of items, but they were all smaller value.
Our freecycle event is this coming weekend, so I ended a number of breakable items that I’ve had for a while, and I’ll give them away for free. In general, my inventory is getting smaller since I now have that part time job, and I don’t have as much time for listing. I also don’t have as much time for the extra effort to pack low value breakable items (typed as I am in process of packing a $10 porcelain cup and saucer).
This is somewhat normal for this time of year. We didn’t see this slowdown last year because of the pandemic. People moved to the internet in droves because they couldn’t go shopping and do much of their normal activities. This year, we are headed to normality, and people are more worried about getting a vaccination and planning for a vacation.
I recently sold three spoons with a shovel shaped bowl. I guessed at sugar or dessert. I didn’t find many spoons like them online.
Steve – Funny how cats like to be in enclosed spaces. It can be a problem in a reseller’s home because something needs to be packed, but the cat decided he/she wanted to be in the box instead!
I didn’t have any really good sales last week, but I’ll talk to two with stories.
I purchased a large quantity of a dish set by Mikasa a few years ago. I’ve sold piece by piece and have made good money on it. I decided to get rid of the rest during my town’s freecycle event at the end of this month, so I marked those listings (plus others). I’ve sold a few in the following weeks including this set of four cups and saucers for $16. I hope she doesn’t want any more because the rest has been delisted!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184688335330
I purchased a large lot of art over a month ago, and I’ve been listing them little by little. This damaged reproduction oil transfer painting sold for $40 and costed $47 to ship. It does have a really nice frame, but I guess the painting would look nice in the right decor.
