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I get your point, and I agree with it, as I said before.
I’ll give up on my point now since I’m clearly not doing a good job explaining it.no argument here. This is one of MANY things ebay should do better. My question is – do you really think it’s negatively affecting your sales to a significant degree? And if so, why?
Huh. That’s interesting. I haven’t bothered with GD at all (I have a 3-day handling time) and I haven’t noticed any drop in sales that I feel can be attributed to not having GD. If one is selling fairly unique items, do buyers really care? I mean, even on an old pair of, say, LL Bean duck boots (of which there are a lot listed), how often is a buyer going to care how long it takes to get them when it’s a matter of +/- a few days? I think the best example is J&R’s 6-week handling time when they are away from home. They still sell a lot of stuff, with only a handful of cancellations due to length of shipping time, and that’s usually b/c it’s a REALLY long time. So I guess I’m asking, what is it about your items that you think that buyers really want to get them so quickly, so much so that they will filter out non-GD items?
Woohoo!!
02/18/2018 at 10:51 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Pioneer Reel To Reel, trucker hats, vintage game parts, 8mm home movies #33311Wow – those are some awesome sales, KatieScott!
Now I’ve learned 3 more good clothing brands, so thanks for sharing.Welcome!
Yes, i agree that scavenging and then selling on ebay is a perfect way to get that “shopping for treasures” fix without having to keep anything! I strive toward minimalism as well, though I have a way to go.OK – cool. Thanks for the fast and super helpful response!
ThriftShift, I’m glad to hear that the Gucci INAD case worked out (thanks for the update).
Question for you: Had you already spent your own money to create a return shipping label for them at the time that you accepted the return? If so, did ebay refund you this money when they closed the case?how fergalicious!
“We no longer list clothes that don’t have a sought after brand. Period.”
Jay, is this your policy for vintage clothes as well?
also some youtube videos
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+ship+a+hat
yes, NWT.
Here are my thoughts. I’m no expert (yet), so the advice is worth what you paid for it. 🙂 I’m having a super slow period in my store right now myself…
I agree with the comments on your prices being high. For example, David’s Bridal used heels are currently selling for a max of $25, but mostly in the below $20 range, and many below $10. You have them listed at $40. Yes, you have best offer, but some people don’t like to deal with that. If I wanted to get things moving b/c I was hungry for cash, I’d price them for $17 w/o best offer. The “price high and wait” strategy is great once you’ve already created a steady base income and want to grow, but you don’t seem to be there yet.
You may need to up your game into higher end brands to get the prices you want. The wild rose psychedelic heels are really cool, and yes, if you wait a long time, someone will come along who really wants them and will give a decent offer. But in general used wild rose heels are selling in the $10-15 range, so your $60 price is putting a huge premium on the coolness of the pattern. Please keep in mind that although J&R “price high and wait”, there are a lot of items that they sell that didn’t end up selling for high prices, and so they eventually sell them for much lower prices. They’re just not as much fun to talk about.
You have a lot of really cool vintage clothing. This is the type of clothing that are super long-tail for me, and 90% of the time, sell for only a small fraction of how much I think they are worth. But I love to buy them and can’t resist, so they keep piling up in my store. I guess my point here is that, at least for me, cool vintage clothing doesn’t provide a reliable and sizeable income stream. Probably would be more reliable if I priced a lot lower – don’t know.
I was looking at your iris skater dress. Turns out “iris” is an Anthropologie brand, which is a bonus. So put that in the title.
I would also suggest that you more consistently put the Brand name in the title. Although it helps that it’s in item specifics when someone searches for the brand, let’s say that they only search for “skater dress”, and as they are scrolling through the results, it would be useful for them to see Anthropologie in the description, and that may catch their attention.
Ok, so this was just a random collection of my thoughts. I hope you find it helpful.
welcome! Thanks for sharing your story. Good luck with that goal!
and it’s pre-1991 Russian.
РСФСРmeans Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Proabably 1980 since that number is printed there and I just learned online that the letter г after a number can be used to signify “year.”The first line mentions “something” in the name of K. Marx.
So it’s some military division/group named for Karl Marx I guess. -
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