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April 9, 2019 by Brian Leave a Comment

What Sold On eBay: April 8, 2019

What Sold On eBay

On Monday, April 8, 2019, I sold FIVE items on eBay. You read that right, five items sold. For a Monday that is back into normal sales quantity territory, which hasn’t happened very often in 2019.

Churchill Downs 2000 Kentucky Derby Alumni Weekend Coffee Mug

1. I sold a Churchill Downs 2000 Kentucky Derby Alumni Weekend Coffee Mug via a 30% off sale and a 1% Promoted Listing.

I picked up multiples of these at a thrift store last year and have been selling them on eBay and in our antique mall showcase. This is actually the last one that I have right now, but I’ll store the listing for when I come across more.

Being 90 minutes away from Louisville I run across Kentucky Derby items almost as frequently as I do Indy 500 & Brickyard 400 items. The standard glasses don’t sell as well as the mugs do, which would be a simple matter of supply and demand.

VERDICT: Buy! They might not sell right away, but they will sell. While the race is less than a month away, these have sold all year long.

97th Indianapolis Indy 500 Hat

2. I sold a 97th Indianapolis Indy 500 Hat via a 50% off sale and a 1% Promoted Listing.

This was picked up at either a garage sale or thrift store and was listed in September 2018. While I do sell some Indy 500 items all year long, it picks up closer to May.

In one of my other lives, I cover the races in a media capacity and will pick up anything Indy 500 related that I see. If it doesn’t sell I’ll enjoy it myself. Nothing beats The Month of May in Indy!

VERDICT: Buy, but plan on it selling around race time.

Vintage Boy Scouts of America Hat

3. I sold a Vintage Boy Scouts of America Hat via a 50% off sale.

This was picked up at a thrift store and listed in March 2019. A hat that sells in under a month is a good hat to pick up any time you see one.

VERDICT: Buy!

St. John’s Bay Blue Jean Denim Shorts

4. I sold a St. John’s Bay Blue Jean Denim Shorts via a 10% off sale, which is on top of the 50% price drop I made last week.

I made a mistake with shipping on this one and if I’m lucky I might break even. I need to write a blog post about this.

This was picked up at a thrift store and listed in January 2018. This was back when I was just starting to get an idea of clothing brands and I now know that this is a bad one to resell.

You should be aware that St John’s Bay is a JCPenney brand. Not to be confused with St John which is a higher end brand of designer clothing.

VERDICT: DO NOT BUY THIS!

Bimini Bay Button Down Fishing Shirt

5. I sold a Bimini Bay Button Down Fishing Shirt via a 10% off sale, which is also on top of the 50% price drop I made last week.

Again, another small sale, but it’s gone and I probably made a few dollars profit on it.

This was picked up at a thrift store and listed in October 2017. 18-months for a few dollars isn’t worth it. Ever.

I see a trend of not selling things with “Bay” in the brand name on eBay.

VERDICT: DO NOT BUY THIS!

Weekly Listing Progress for 2019 Q2 W2

I moved 12 new with tags clothing items from eBay to our website and cross-posted them to Poshmark yesterday.

I listed 10 unique items on eBay, 12 in total quantity, which was recapped in yesterday’s listing post.

Platform	Listed	Goal	To List
Fazoom.com	12	50	38
eBay	10	50	40
Poshmark	12	50	38
TOTAL	34	150	116

Stay tuned to the What I Listed category to see the progress.

What’s Selling?

What did you sell yesterday and on what platforms? How are your sales going?

April 8, 2019 by Brian Leave a Comment

What Sold On eBay: April 7, 2019

What Sold On eBay

On Sunday, April 7, 2019, I sold one item on eBay.

1. I sold an Undated 2012 Christkindlmarket Chicago Boot Mug via a 30% off sale and a 1% Promoted Listing.

These are something that I find regularly at our local thrift stores so I keep the photos on hand for easy relisting. Two of these were listed in January 2019. Selling Christmas items all year long is a consistent thing around eBay.

Specific to this mug, they started releasing updated versions so you could start a collection and not have to worry about the previous years. Thus it does take some research to pin down which year the undated mugs are from.

2019 Q2W1 (Week 14) Sales Recap

When it rains it pours.

We only sold 13 items last week on eBay out of 1,213 unique listings and with 2,182 total items available.

That sell-through rate on the week is horrific. Based on everything you’re told, we should be selling 12-21 items per day (depending on which inventory number you choose to use) on eBay, i.e. 1% of our inventory.

For us, a one-third of a percent (1/3 %) sell-through rate has typically been the average day, which for what we sell on eBay I don’t have an issue with. In the past, 7-8 items per day have been a good day for us.

As a reference point, we averaged 3 sales per day in January. That is actually good for us in January as that’s usually one of our slowest months of the year. But then we hit February (1.64) and March (1.52), typically excellent months, and everything just took an unexplainable nosedive.

What’s The Plan (This Week), Stan?

At this point, I’m taking it a day at a time to see what headway I can make.

First, I’m going to move some of our new clothing items over to Fazoom.com and cross-post them to Poshmark. I’ve talked about clothing numerous times and my take is that if it’s going to be long tail, it can sit on platforms that don’t cost me anything to list on. I tried Poshmark a few years ago and didn’t have any luck, but I’m willing to give it another try. It can’t be any slower than what we’re seeing right now. Right?

Second, I’m going to list a minimum of 10 items on eBay each day this week. Most of this will be hard goods, but I am going to throw some more used clothing into the mix as I’ve not listed any used clothing on eBay since October and I have a lot of it just sitting here.

Third, I’m going to list a minimum of 10 items on Fazoom.com each day. This ties into the first goal of moving new clothing over.

Bottom line, the goal is to list 50 new items on eBay, list 50 items on Fazoom.com & cross-post 50 items to Poshmark. Stay tuned to the What I Listed category to see the progress.

What’s Selling?

What did you sell yesterday and on what platforms? How are your sales going?

April 7, 2019 by Brian Leave a Comment

What Sold On eBay: April 6, 2019

What Sold On eBay

On Saturday, April 6, 2019, I sold two items on eBay.

1. I sold Mizuno Prospect Series MPR 1152 11.5″ Baseball Glove via Best Offer.

This was listed in March 2018 and I believe picked up at a thrift store. I’m not sure why this one took so long to sell. But that’s just par for eBay for me lately. When I list something in a crowded space it just seems to take longer to sell.

2. I sold a 3″ Hand Carved Wood African Elephant Figurine via Best Offer and Promoted Listings.

This was picked up at an auction 3 weeks ago and listed right away. These are among the kinds of things that I like to sell. Collectibles with little competition and an active market.

What’s Selling?

What did you sell yesterday and on what platforms? How are your sales going?

April 6, 2019 by Brian Leave a Comment

What Sold On eBay: April 5, 2019

What Sold On eBay

On Friday, April 5, 2019, I sold one item on eBay.

1. I sold a Disney Store Mickey Mouse V Neck Graphic T-Shirt at the full asking price.

This was picked up at a thrift store last year and listed in June 2018. Ten months to sell a t-shirt isn’t ideal, but that’s often par for the course. Had this been a larger size (2X or above) it would have sold quicker though, so never assume clothing isn’t selling due to a lack of demand. It could very well be the size, in this case, a large. What you want are items where there’s a smaller supply.

What’s Selling?

What did you sell yesterday and on what platforms? How are your sales going?

April 5, 2019 by Brian Leave a Comment

What Sold On eBay: April 4, 2019

What Sold On eBay

On Thursday, April 4, 2019, I sold two items on eBay.

1. I sold a BOOMco. HALO Covenant Darts & Targets Pack via Best Offer and Promoted Listings at 1%.

These were picked up at a thrift store and listed in late January. So they took around 2-months to sell. I had the lowest price on eBay the way it was, but I placed Best Offer on them anyway.

I have a theory that polished pictures don’t always translate to more sales on eBay so I just threw these on the floor and snapped some photos with my phone. My theory is that people want to envision the product in a real-world situation, not in a portrait studio. At least not on eBay. Because all of those coveted white background photos I’ve taken of things don’t seem to sell any better than something I use a background on.