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Interesting, my friends and I made a pact to not drink alcohol on those days. We will be dry for February 29, 30, and 31. Who will join us?
I don’t use listing software, but, from what I’ve read here and what Retro asked about, there can be an issue if the same item sells on both platforms within minutes of each other.
Let’s say someone is looking for two of an item and sees one on Facebook and another on eBay. So, in the middle of the night when they can’t get to sleep, they go buy one and then the other not realizing that they are both the same thing. Now you have to cancel one. Most likely, you should cancel the one sold on Facebook because they probably won’t ding you, but eBay will.
Some listing software has a built in function that will cancel the listing on one platform when it sells elsewhere. You should look into whether List Perfectly has it, and, if not, just have a process for the rare time when it occurs.
I get emails from eBay where the title starts “Your eBay item sold!”. After all the item information and shipping details, the last section is called “Listing Offers You Can’t Miss”. All the item count information on Seller Hub is repeated there (although it might be different depending on timing as items keep ending and restarting throughout the day).
This information started showing up on the emails over a year ago, maybe two. It wasn’t always there. I have no idea why you might not have it or why I do have it.
I was just thinking: you could find the last eBay sold email from January (PST), and that would give you a better idea of your item count. In fact, you could go through the past few months and see find your count to see how you average.
For my numbers, this is the first week in 2021 where I’ve been below $600, so a slow week for sure. I sold mostly low dollar items. However, I’ve already sold a few items for higher amounts this week, so maybe I’ll be up there again.
Week of Feb 14 – 20
Total Items in Store: 1394 eBay, 26 Etsy
Items Sold: 23 eBay, 1 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $13.18 + $42.50 Commission
Total Sales: $339.96 eBay, $28 Etsy
Highest Price Sold: $40 Vintage book 1898 copyright
Average price: $15.30
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 6I’ve been listing linens, which just take much longer. I’ll be finishing those up this week, and then I’m just selecting something fast to list because I’m going crazy over here. Linens are definitely decent sellers, but not my favorite to list.
Here’s a shot of what I see, first shot from Seller Hub, second from my last eBay email.
Jay & Ryanne:
You can see how many of your Anchor store listings are being used. One way is to go to Seller Hub, scroll down all the way to the bottom, and, on the left hand side, there is a section Promotional Offers. For me, it says “Premium Store Subscription – 1000 Fixed Price Listings”, and it will give me a tally for how many used and how many left. You will need to wait until the last day of the month to get a more exact count. This information is also provided at any of the eBay emails you get when something is sold.
It is in the third week of February at this moment, so, if you’ve already hit 1000 or more in your anchor store, then you will need to calculate how many extra listings you would need before you go over the anchor store subscription. Then wait until the end of the month to get a better count.
Of course, this information has been there for a year or more, but who really looks at that stuff?
And we all thought that 2021 would be a better year.
I listed just six.
Linens take so long to photograph & list, but they do generate more interest and faster sales. I washed some over the weekend, and then I will be done once I list those. I want to list something easy and fast after I’m done, just because.
Amatino –
I was so thinking about you, and I’m so glad you are OK. For my part time job, I had a telecon today to discuss some questions with a vendor. Ends up that the vendor is in Texas, and the lead engineer still did not have power at his home, so wasn’t able to join the call. The sales guy said that he would have to reschedule for next week.
He said that the lines to get in the grocery store could be up to 2 hours of waiting, and then you were only allowed to buy one bag of stuff. The shelves were nearly empty.
I recall that our grocery store lost power, so had to close, when Superstorm Sandy hit here in NJ several years ago.
You are definitely more resilient in the country. I’m glad to hear that you had a wood burning stove. The temperatures were around 55F when Sandy hit, so we were cold, but not frozen.
I had a guy on the West Coast ask me if a heavy lava lamp was going to the moon and back for the cost of shipping. I said, why yes, it will.
These comments, though, often get me to change the main shipping method to FedEx.
But like Jay says, we get those eBayers offering good advice. Recently, someone informed me that a handmade wood rasp I have is not a carpenter’s tool, but an automotive restoration tool. When I changed the title, eBay told me I had it priced a few dollars too low, so I adjusted that as well. And, of course, thanked the messenger.
Now, there’s another case where I offered my advice, and it was rejected! My husband and I signed up for a Mikasa pattern called Firesong for our wedding. Occasionally, I buy replacement pieces on eBay. Strange, though, is the fact that Mikasa has two patterns called Firesong. One seller had a whole spiel on his listing about the designer and the pattern being active until 1989. We got married in 1999, so I’m pretty sure his information is about the other pattern, so I explained that to him. He told me that he found that information on the internet, and maybe we signed up for leftover inventory. I don’t think Macy’s carries 10 year old, inactive patterns. But, if it says so on the internet, it has to be true, right???
I normally wait in line and get my boxes scanned, but I wasn’t able to get to the post office today during operating hours. You can use the kiosk to have the boxes scanned. Select “other services”, and it is one of the options. Thankfully, the drop boxes were not full. I did get one box stuck (which they will see in the morning), and I had some difficulty using their larger drop box for a bigger box I had. It all worked out in the end.
I sold smaller items Tues/Wed/today. Because it was snowing all day and I had to attend to my part time job, I didn’t make it to the post office. But, this evening it stopped snowing, we shoveled the driveway, and I went and used the kiosk for the first time!
I had something I sold on Tuesday evening that I couldn’t get out Wednesday, and I have two day handling. I saw a note on Facebook that eBay would be lenient because of the weather conditions, but I’m glad I shipped it out.
So, yeh, thanks!
Here’s an unopened container of a discontinued Kiss My Face brand moisturizer I bought in an online auction lot of a bathroom closet contents. At this point, I’ve sold so much from that auction that I’m almost through claiming COGS. Sold for $39.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184565029721
I’ve had this vintage book on copyright law for a few years. It was free from an office that was being cleaned out. My friend was helping out to prevent stuff from just being thrown away, so she was offering free office cabinets, chairs, and so on to anyone willing to cart them out. Sold for $36.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183985268512
This Christofle silver plated set was from an auction lot (live, pre-pandemic), where I’ve already sold some stuff for pretty high prices. I didn’t know that they were a set, but I figured it out from my research. Paid a dollar or two. Sold for $71.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183797805421
From the photos of the online auction, I could see this red and white blanket; however, I didn’t know that it had cross-stick from 1923, it was made of wool, or that it was double length meant to be folded in half for more warmth. Some MaxSold auctions are well photographed and explained in detail, and then there are the ones that I like. I think I paid $4 for the whole lot and have already sold some items from it. The blanket sold for $69.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184658033569
This newer, but vintage wool blanket from the same lot, sold for for $25.
I do believe that scammers target new eBay accounts. Sorry to hear about your issues, both your old and new accounts.
I did hear this somewhere. I am not sure if it was here or at the post office. However, my PO package drop thingy (I think that IS the technical term for it) can only fit smaller packages. I’m pretty sure the 12x12x8 won’t fit. In addition, many times in the past it was full or close to it, which is part of the reason I decided to wait in line to get them scanned. Of course, the main reason was to make sure my metrics were good on eBay.
Since I usually have at least one package that is pretty large, I haven’t tried it. However, I should keep it in mind. While the day after day pandemic long line at the post office has died down, it would be nice to skip waiting when I have smaller packages.
