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It was the week from hell, involving, among other things, an emergency trip in an ambulance to the ER for a loved one from a drug overdose, a stolen car which was totaled (not mine) and even more than that.
Everyone is okay physically, but not emotionally, as to be expected.
We’re in crisis survival mode in these here parts.
So I listed 23 items, which is pretty decent, all things considered.
Here’s hoping for a much much better week ahead, listing and otherwise.
I listed 35 items for the week. My weekly goal last year was 50 listings, and while I only hit the goal part of the time it kept me motivated towards my big goal of 1500. My weekly goal this year is 60, since I’ll have weeks where I’m travelling or doing my shows and will have a smaller number. Amatino, you are right…it’s only around 40 a week to hit 2020 listings so I’m hoping my larger weeks average out the smaller weeks. I came up short this week but plan to make up for it next week. 🙂
Hope everyone has a great week!
UtahBill, whatever you get listed tomorrow-Sunday should be included in the total you post on Monday. 🙂
Thanks Amatino…..looking forward to bringing my A game this year! 🙂
I listed just under a thousand listings in 2018 so my goal in 2019 was 1500 listings and I was able to hit that number. It was very motivating. I really love the idea of 2020 listings in 2020. Count me in!
Zero for me for the week…..congrats Vintage Treasures on winning the week with 6 listings! Ha! That’s hilarious, if not unexpected. Ladies I am setting lofty goals for next year….maybe 2 thousand 20 listings? I love the idea of a 2020 challenge. Let’s have more fun next year….and I hope everyone has a great New Years.
Warm regards to everyone.
Wow…congrats Sharyn and VT. I got exactly zero listings done last week. I’m impressed that y’all got so much done! I might get a few done this coming weekend…but we’ll see.
Happy Chanukah and Merry Christmas to everyone too!
Thanks ladies for being such a bright and warm spot in my life this year.
This weekend is always the busiest sales weekend of the year for me but I did manage to have a lovely girlfriend Christmas dinner for three dear friends and my mom. Little dinner parties are so much more manageable than big Christmas open houses and I love decorating for Christmas…makes it much nicer to look at all the lights and pretties while I am hyper mailing. As of 9pm last night, I had 5 Etsy orders, 11 Ebay orders and 160 Amazon orders, for the weekend.
You are right Sharyn that some of the orders are fabric and patterns and those are quick and easy to ship, unless I need to cut the fabric. I don’t sell clothing. On Ebay I sell a mix of vintage, home decor and gift items. On Amazon I sell home decor and gift items. The way I keep up on shipping that much is to streamline the process and many of my Amazon sales are duplicate items that can quickly slip into a padded envelope, and I also invested in a label printer. I’ve streamlined it so I can ship 18-20 items an hour, but even going so quickly I still spend many hours shipping. Tis the season. Last night I stayed up to 2am and then got back up at 6am, in order to make sure I got my orders done. It’s craziness, but it only lasts a couple of weeks so I can handle it. And one upside to selling on Amazon is that you do have TWO business days to ship, if needed.
I did manage to get 19 items listed, which I wasn’t expecting to do.
Sorry you haven’t been feeling well Sharyn…sure hope you feel all better quickly.
Happy Birthday Vintage Treasure! Wishing you a wonderful year ahead!
Two little listings for me last week. Slammed with orders, which is a good thing. Woke up this morning to 137 orders to ship out today. Gulp. And more coming in, as I write this.
Have a great week everyone.
Wow…way to go Christine! I sure thought I would ace everyone with my 60 listings, but it wasn’t meant to be. Ha! Not sure what I’ll get accomplished this week, as the mass mailing has begun. I had over 60 orders to ship out this morning and the orders keep coming in. God bless cyber Monday!
Here’s hoping that everyone has great sales this week….Happy December!
Ack! I forgot to post yesterday and I had 36 listings! Such is life, so congrats VT on the win. 🙂
My brother is visiting from Colorado so I took him to the bins yesterday since he has never been. He sells primarily books and media on Ebay so I thought he would enjoy it and he did…finding a book that lists for $75 and another for $45. That guy has always been lucky. The scavenging gene runs strong in our family!
I also spent about 5 hours listing yesterday in the calm before the storm so I WILL be putting up a big number for this week-ha! Look out ladies!!!! I had a GREAT show Friday and Saturday and sold tons of vintage Christmas. I spent a lot of time in my garage Sunday…Amatino you have inspired me to do some purging as well. I used to do a lot of collage art but haven’t for years and I got rid of at least 20 boxes of art materials…some went to be donated and some landed in my recycle bin. Man, that felt good.
Sharyn and Amatino your dream of keeping your personal space separate from your work space sounds delightful and makes me wistful. I too have that dream, but it isn’t practical in this house, although there’s things I can and will do to make it better. Y’all are so inspiring.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving, full of laughter and love.
I am back to feeling a-ok and last week was catch up time. Trying to not burn the candle at both ends AGAIN but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. 70 listings for me last week. It will be less for me this week as I have the Plucky Maiden show on Friday and Saturday. I’ll be happy to get 25-30 done.
Hope everyone has a great week…can you believe November is half over already? Eeeeek!
I ended up in urgent care last week after getting sicker instead of better. Antibiotics are now coursing through my veins and I am doing MUCH better. However, I lost two weeks in the process and that’s a hard realization this time of year. SO so much to do, and the clock is ticking. I did manage to get 21 listings done and plan to power through a whole bunch this week. I have a big show coming up in two weeks–the Plucky Maiden Holiday Fest and she gave us the PRIME space at the front of the show so we have to bring our A game and do a fantastic over the top display. No pressure there! Ha! So some of my time has to be devoted to getting ready for the show too. We flourish under this kind of pressure, right?
I did promise a recap of my fall show so here goes….it was fantastic. Many new customers, lots of raves on our displays and it was one the best shows in years. Farmhouse is still HUGE and we sold a TON of vintage Christmas, which we featured up at the front. I had a new artist up on the stage–Ramona Owen Designs. She does painted furniture and handpainted handsewn pillows and she was phenomenal. She’s been a Brookhaven customer for many years and has always loved the show so it was a great fit for both of us. Check her out on Instagram if you get a chance. I’ll post a few pictures of the show soon…in the meantime you can always see my live feed video on Facebook. Just look for Brookhaven Vintage Marketplace. I’m already starting to plan the spring show next April.
I hope everyone has a great week ahead…and stays healthy!!
Amatino and Vintage Treasures, thank so much for your well wishes. I especially loved being called your little chicken…made my heart swell. I am still recovering…at about 90% well now. Yesterday was the first day I felt really human. Hoping to finally sleep in my bed tonight, after almost two weeks of having to sleep in my chair.
I’ll talk about my show next week, I promise. I managed 15 listings last week but hope to have a gangbuster week this week. I looked at last years figures and noted that the most I listed in a week in the weeks from the end of my show to the end of the year was 19 items. I aim to do much better this year. I have so much vintage Christmas to list!
I am digging the November challenge and already have listed 9 Christmas items, out of the 15 last week.
Hope everyone has a great week!
