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Zero listings for me last week. Just WAY too many other things going on. I have my eye on 3 death pile boxes for this week. Fingers crossed!
Coming back up for air after a wild month or two! I finally get to report that I listed items again, 10, to be exact. Considering the weeks of zero listings, it feels good to put some up again.
I had my show again, after a two year hiatus! The good news is that people were thrilled that we were back open, showed up by the hundreds and hundreds, and came to spend, baby spend! It was WONDERFUL.
However, this show was much more challenging than usual too. One of my main workers came down with Covid two days before we started set up. She and her husband fortunately had mild symptoms (probably because they were vaccinated) but we dodged an enormous bullet. Had she come to set up and exposed all of us, there would have been no show, as we’d all had to be quarantined for two weeks. So feeling pretty lucky about that, even though we were short handed. One of our two registers decided not to work preview night, we had problems with our Square reader, and a blustery storm came through on one of our busiest days, Saturday, and knocked out our power for more than an hour, so we had to hand write out sales, by flashlight. Whew. We were tested, but we came through. You should have seen customers shopping by the flashlights on their phones! They were determined too! 🙂
I’m going to try to get through some death pile boxes this month. I’m ashamed to say how long some of them have been around! My goal is 8, this month, 2 a week. I guess I better get going on it then…..but I have a fundraiser Holiday Faire I am head volunteer for this coming weekend, so we’ll see what happens!
Thank you VT! It was the perfect day….in fact it was perfect double weekends…filled with laughter and love.
Five listings for me last week, which was a miracle. I achieved one whole listing the week before that, but forgot to post. We fill two 26-ft trucks with Brookhaven show items today and unload them at the Grange, and so it begins for the next two weeks for me. Our first show in 2 years! Exciting and nerve-making at the same time.
Hope everyone has a great week ahead.
Zero for me this past week, but that’s to be expected since I was at the beach for most of the week. The next four weeks are super crazy for me, even more than usual so my expectations are low, although my hope is to at least list a couple of things here and there.
Thanks JR for your good wishes….it was a perfect day!
Amatino, a clawfoot tub? Lucky you! How fabulous! I didn’t marry a Minister of anything…but I call him MacGyver since he can pretty much fix anything…quite the handyman extraordinaire!
Hope everyone has a great last week of September!
2 items for me this week and we leave tomorrow to get married at the beach so this week will most definitely be a listing zero.
I have this thing about listing in fives. And I list by category, so five books, five pieces of fabric, and so forth. As others have noted, some things list much quicker than others, but my average is about 5 items an hour. I count listing time as everything that’s involved, from research to photos to descriptions and posting.
10 listings for me last week. All counted towards the monthly challenge.
Sorry for the late response. The craziness around here went up to a whole other level.
That’s very inspiring! I keep hovering around 700 and can’t seem to get much past that. I’d love to hit 1000……I’d love to even reach 800. Maybe I need to rethink my listing strategy.
Congrats on a job well done!
20 listings for me this week and 10 met the September challenge. The wedding is three weeks away and my show is not much further than that, so other things are taking priority now.
I vote to include clothing…makes it more fair since some of us list quite a bit of fabric!
I closed my Brick & mortar shop in 2017 and moved my focus to selling online full-time, as well as giving myself more time for other projects. I truly understand the challenge of being pulled in too many directions, so while I am very sad about your decision I whole-heartedly support it. You’ve created a wonderful community here and I have made beautiful friendships with people I wouldn’t have met any other way. Selling online is a very lonely thing at times and it has been wonderful to have such a great support system. I truly hope if there’s any way to keep this forum going you will do so. I’d be willing to pitch in cash to make it happen and I bet others would be willing to do so also. I’d just hate to lose this connection…that would be a double blow.
I’d also like to say that one of the best things about listening to your podcast was to hear how you interact with each other. Always with humor and respect. The love is always plain to hear, and it’s a lovely thing.
I’ve learned so much over the years and it’s been a great ride. Thank you for the gifts you have given us.
9 listings for this week. It seems to be my current trend. Way to go Julie…you are certainly back on track! Hope this week is much better for you Amatino, and that everyone has a good week ahead.
Such wonderful costumes Amatino! I’m in awe of everything you do.
I’ve been a bit in the glumps this past week since I had to cancel our much-anticipated trip. We were planning to go to a vintage show in Eastern Washington, which has a low vaccinated rate and at that moment no mask mandate. It just wasn’t worth the risk, with my mom’s lung issues.
9 listings for the week. Hope to get back on track this week.
Dang, Amatino. Ouch! That looks so painful. The lengths you go to get out of listing! I mean, really.
I have a less colorful excuse for zero listings last week. My fund-raising event was crazy good and we raised over 8 grand….even in very hot weather. I am still dog tired but hope to get a few listings up this week before I go on a road trip for 3 days……
So many of us with zero listings….it’s that time of year!
2 listings for me. I am the head volunteer for a massive charity fund-raising project, and it has taken over my life. The event is this coming weekend, so I sincerely doubt I will get much listing done this week as well. Next week I am going out of town for a long weekend….
oh, and we are looking at 110 degree weather again. UGH.
Hope you have a great time in my part of the world VT. The Oregon coast is spectacular!
I’d loan you my Hermione watch, Amatino, but I need it this week. 🙂
