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I have about 150 items in inventory ready to ship. So I admit I have not reached that threshold of 200. Most of my inventory is shoes and electronics and shirts. Shirts reside on a hangar with a sticker wrapped around the neck with a location sku on it. When I list the shirt. It goes in a poly mailer and in a grocery bag and then hung back on the same hangar to make it easy to find later. My shoes and electronics are in their shipping boxes and on one of 3 large shelving units. I would say that the average box size is probably about shoe box size. I have a large basement that I use for the business and I am currently only using about 10% of the space available. I can see where 5000 items would become problematic. However, I have a 30% sell through rate over the last few months so I may not need that much inventory if I can keep that up. Thanks so much for your reply. You guys are an inspiration for me and have helped open my eyes to a lot of new opportunities and ideas in this amazing business we are part of.
I’ve been selling for 18 years and within the last 4 months I have just gotten “serious” about making a living from it. I am curious. No one seems to mention keeping listed inventory in a packed and ready to ship state. I have racks with numbered locations. Such as s23. And every box on the shelf has a number s231, s232, s233 etc. I use this number when listing as a SKU to indicate the exact location and box to pick when it sells. The key here is that when I list I have the item in front of me and when I Get to the shipping info, I box it, weigh it, and assign it a shelf and SKU. Then enter that into the custom label field on eBay. When it sells, all I have to do is grab the box off the shelf and slap a label on it. No searching, no packing, no hassle. The only complaint I’ve heard about this method is that items have to be unpacked to answer questions or send more pics, but if it was listed and pictured well in the first place, this should not be an issue. I bett less than 1% of my items have ever had to be unboxed.
