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That web interpret app got me too back in the spring. I had just clicked on it for more information and was automatically signed up. I woke up one morning with an extra 15,000 listings before I got it stopped. It took 3,000 of my listings and listed them individually on 5 international sites, so ebay recognized it as me having an additional 15k listings. I immediately revoked permission and sent them one hell of a nasty email. Then I spent about an hour deleting those extra listings from each of the international sites. I had to log into ebay UK and ebay Australia, etc. I had actually made a sale on ebay Australia. I did process that order, but haven’t signed back into ebay OZ since I sent it. For all I know I had a case opened for item not received. It’s a shame that ebay has permitted this app to continue this automatic signup and enrollment.
I haven’t chimed in for awhile, but I’m one of those sellers with a very large inventory. I have 18,500 postcards currently active as of this morning. I’m averaging sales of about $1,000 a week, selling an average of $142 a day which is +/- about 20 postcards. So, I’m a quantity over quality seller. For me the benefits of a huge inventory, which far outweigh the negatives are: my entire active inventory sits on a wire shelving unit right by my desk. I can pull, pack and ship a days worth of orders in about half an hour, and that entire days order can fit in the mail slot at the post office. I don’t get returns for items not as described, that don’t fit, or are broken. Cost of goods sold is less than a $.25 per postcard. Some of the cons: I have 18,500 postcards listed, so that is a lot of inventory to keep track of. My monthly listing fees are $725. About 1 in every 500 postcards are lost in the mail. By this time next year I’m hoping to have about 25,000 active listings as I gear up for retirement from my real job. 25,000 postcards should bring in about $200-$250 gross a day.
If you’re referring to one of the last youtube videos I did. I was showing that you don’t have to spend $300 on a scanner. I showed how I used to do it, which is pretty quick, easy and inexpensive.
I switched to scanning about 18 months ago. I’ll only take pictures of cards that I can’t run through my scanner.
Hi, I’m the postcard guy Jay interviewed a year or so ago. These type of fold out postcards are unique, but as Jay mentioned the value comes more from the depicted town than from the uniqueness of the style of postcard. I had the exact same fold out postcard type with the metal latch for a town in PA about 2 years ago. I couldn’t give that thing away because no one cared about the town it came from. I don’t see a date on yours, but I’m guessing pre 1908 (because of the undivided back and only the address is permitted). But it could also be right at 1908 or even 1909 area. Checking Williamstown, Mass sold listing reveal that the town sells fairly well. Several solds had multiple bids at auction. The PA town I tried selling had no multiple bidder auctions. I see that you have the card listed already starting at $7.99 at auction. I personally would have started this around $15 to $20. If you only get 1 bidder on your auction you’re stuck at $7.99. I always try to pick a starting auction price where I would be very happy getting that amount if I only got the 1 bidder. Aim high. Postcard take up so little room that you could let this sit for awhile. Ohh, now I see the date on the front printed 1905. I think your pictures and listing look good. If you can work in fraternity into it some how might help too. As thick as this postcard is, it might not fit very well in a cardboard photo mailer or envelope. A bubble mailer would be your best bet, so you’ll eat $2.70ish on shipping. Hope that helps. John
Hi, I’m that postcard guy, just seeing this topic now. The card by itself is probably only a $5-$6 card. If I were to list this. I would try an auction and list in both the postcard category and under stamps – US – Postal History category (it’ll cost you a little extra for the 2nd category listing). I would put in the title Ghost Town DPO Cancel. DPO stands for dead post office. I’m not sure how rare Bagdad, CA cancels are, but this is one case where the back of the card could be worth more than the scene on the front of the card. I’d probably start it around $15, just in case you only get the one bidder.
Great week sold over $2,700 worth of postcards. What Sold Video 9/10-9/16/2017 The great sales were helped by a 1,000 auctions listings challenge I did, 1,000 Ebay Auction Listings Challenge. Last 31 days I’ve grossed $6,000 in postcard sales.
I had an excellent week with postcard sales over $2,000. Had several cards sell for over $50 and one go for $100 (all because of some research) Popeye’s Postcards What Sold Week of August 6
I was on vacation last week so my sales were slow with just under $500 in gross sales. Postcards that Sold Week of July 30th The sales for the previous week (which I didn’t get a chance to post) were much better with over $1000 in gross sales Postcards Sold Week of July 23rd
Decent sales this week. Auctions ending on Sunday helped the bottom line. Popeye’s Postcards What Sold Week of 7/16/17
I decided to jump into making what sold videos too, hey why not: Popeye’s Postcards What Sold Week of July 9. I also put up a series of videos outlining my Postcard Selling Process that I talked about in my interview with Jay last year. Scavenger Life Episode 276: How to Buy and Sell Postcards on eBay
Flavio, thank you for your service. I spent 3 years in the Navy and now work with the Feds as a LEO. Ebay will supplement my pension when I retire in about 2 1/2 years. You can ask me anything.
Thanks Kate. When you first mentioned the price, the first cards that came to mind were ones by Alphonse Mucha, and here your cards are by a contemporary of his. Very nice cards. I’ve never even heard of this artist before. I get that tingle too when I find cards that I just know by looking at them they are special. And even if I knew very little about postcards, I would have picked these up.
The auction house’s estimate seems fair looking at current/closed ebay auctions and a worthpoint search. You might do better with them listed individually with high BIN prices on ebay.
@Habnab can you upload pictures/scans of the postcards you sent to the auction house? I’d be interested in seeing what type of cards they are estimating to bring $700-$1000. John
