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Hi Jay,
Getting back to this. I do believe the list and forget works with eBay. I have some limitations with storage, and with a full time job find it difficult to really hunker down and get 1,000 or more items listed. I also have success with consignment in my area so that is also factor. I just can’t forget somebody else’s stuff, no matter how chill they are! So I have never tried for myself. I do however have this gut feeling that Etsy may be harder to pull off with the List and Forget. It would be cool to hear from someone making a living on Etsy that way!
I do want to thank you and Ryanne however as I have applied the Principals of List and Forget to some degree. I have priced items up, use make an offer much more, and let items sit much longer. My listings have double because of this and I enjoy a pipeline of sorts.
I have found some Ferrari key chains for example. If this were a couple of years ago, I would have listed them for $20.00 each, and been happy to get that. I went crazy, listed each at $300 make an offer and got $200 for one, $100 for another.
Would not have happened pre Scavenger Life immersing.CtLady,
Nice to hear from other bad buyers.
And you captured the spirit of the post! Give the buyer the benefit of the doubt, spread the goodness, stay chilled. Sometimes we must fight yes, but not always.
In your story, That was the BEST SELLER ever! Tough selling act to follow, and frankly, I wouldn’t follow that act!
Maybe I’ll seek out this Ambien to prepare for a future post:
‘I’m a bad buyer, bought a Jag by accident’.Hi Jay,
Great job here!
A friend of mine saw what I was selling at the Market.
He invited himself to my house and ordered, “Bring me your ten best items”. He took them outside on my deck, took pictures of them, gave me the disk, and said “You do the rest”. It was 2001 and I did not even own a computer. It took forever to finally get those items up. I remember my first, and at the time, only item listed was a pack of old plastic toy soldiers. I couldn’t figure out how to upload the photos. I listed at auction without photos and sold for 10X more than my flea market price. All with a feedback rating of 0. That’s when desire kicked in and I figured this thing out.Hi again,
I had that happen too, the blame the kid one. No doubt and no worries!Hi Ryanne,
First time for almost anything I suppose. It was scary in that I did it and I don’t remember. Just that fuzzy recollection of pawing around my iPad. I won’t fall asleep with my iPad that way again. It’s not like falling asleep with a book. And, no drugs and no alcohol and I’m not that freakin old or stressed out or exhausted!
It was an old high security IRS palock and key that ‘I bought’ by the way. Nothing pretty, just rare.
ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzRyan, parellel universe? It freaked me out. I remember tapping the screen in a weird dream state. Very strange.
I usually find an old tin mailbox novelty or a vintage toy mail truck and put a $20.00 bill inside of it. Last year I gave $30.00 with an antique mail box bank that was worth some dough alone. This year I’m giving her $50.00 with a teeny tiny (1/4″) plastic mail drop box tied to it like a charm. Over the summer I gave her a card with $30.00 and let her know how much appreciated her helping me out, acknowledging that my pickup can be a big pain in the butt!
Etsy is a different sort of animal for sure.
I only Cross list on Etsy if I have multiples of something, and then that something has to ‘fit’ Esty, not just vintage, but like cool or funky dumb.
I find that Etsy is a good choice for an item that is saturated on Ebay.
I agree, sales can take more time, though you tend to get a better price, fees for sure are lower.Etsy Story:
I like vintage keys, the sturdy flat ornate type, not the skeleton, most come in brass.
I even collected keys for a while, without buy & sell in mind, but actually collected them. Imagine, collecting and even with the disease.
Finally the buy & sell bug hit and infected the precious corner of my tidy little key collecting mind.
Idea! List on Etsy at a high price nobody will pay and enjoy your keys in that cool Etsy format online, as well as enjoy them in your hand! Yes, be a curator of old keys sir! Point being, no guilt, they are listed for sale with built in out of range pricing!
Problem is they sell! So now I find myself sourcing Ebay for large lots of keys, selling individually on Etsy by the piece or in very small lots!
Its a perpetual collection since I tend to find most of the rare keys eventually after I sell them. Some I don’t find again, but I’m not loosing any sleep because I have bills to pay!Etsy is always $there$ for me when Ebay sales are slow.
I always have 300+ items on Etsy, and don’t mind making occasional sales of even $6.oo! The buyer is appreciative, no drama ever, hopefully never, and it’s fun. I even include a Thank you card with my Etsy items sold.
Etsy has become the hobby that makes me some real money. Ebay is becoming the beast I think about leaving work for.
As for list it and forget it, well, I don’t even do that on Ebay. I like to see my items every 30 days, maybe relist as sell similar, or change something up to keep pace with prices and trends. Same for Etsy, only its every 3 months (or is it 4?)
My meanderings without apology. After all, I’m an Etsy seller,
TomI don’t use it. Only for an expensive item. For me, that would be a gold charm bracelet $650.00 sold a few months ago. That was the last time. Every now and then and rarely, I’ll slap some insurance on if my gut urges me for a fragile or more pricey item. More than a few thousands of packages over 13 years, all over the globe, one offs, glass, plastic models, figurines, you name it, and no claims. I tend to use heavier card stock boxes and wrap really well but I don’t go overboard. I don’t care for poly mailers, use rarely. Maybe something to that?
This is just an area where I seem to do OK and luck is a big part of that. If I ever do get a claim, I’ll come crying here for help, because I haven’t a clue what the best practice would be in dealing!
Take care,
Tom
