Traffic should be picking up as buyers start paying more attention to that "days until Christmas" countdown. How are your sales doing? What are you doing different this year from other years? What are you doing the same?
-Bob.
@cyberontix wrote:Right behind ya. It'll be a bit tough financially, like I'll have to do some p/t stuff and flip antiques on eBay/Etsy, but 9-5 is just no way to live.
@rosachs wrote:
@chapeau-noir wrote:I've gotten to the end of my seasonal inventory, and I'm not obtaining any more. I'm listing everything this month (should be done in two weeks), then shutting down until mid-January. Going to Hawaii and then I'm pretty sure a few days later going to England and will forget about online sales. I'll be home when I get home. Whenever that will be.
That is the type of schedule I am planning of when I finally decide to get off the W2 bandwagon and just live off SSI and investments. Just not having to go to work every day will be so so nice...
-Bob.
My wife and I have decided we're not really going to leave the workforce, we're just going to leave the stress of having to earn enough to survive. Our planner says we're in good shape, which is comforting, but looking at his numbers, we could be doing better. When the planner says you have $1.25 of income for every $1 of expense, that's good. If you can get it to $1.50, that's even better. 🙂
-Bob.
@lakefor94 wrote:
@femmefan1946 wrote:
With less than 100 listings, there is no economic reason to have a Store.
We get 250 Free Listings - free gratis for nothing- without a Store.
So there's a $45 (?) saving right there.
Lifers always have a store.
Not always. I've been selling since '97, had a Store for about 8-9 years when I was consignment selling, then dropped it when the '08 Recession screwed everything up. Today I have three selling IDs and one purchasing ID - gives me all the listings I need, no fees, and I can keep three different product lines separate. What I don't have at the moment is enough free time to really take advantage of this arrangement.
And yes, eBay does allow multiple IDs per person - there are rules and you better follow them or ALL your IDs will be NARU! It's an option for me since SixBit keeps my things organized - it does more of the tedious stuff I don't like so I can do more of the interesting stuff I do.
-Bob.
@lawnmowerpartsstore2 wrote:It does seem like buyers are really going to the local venues instead of the on line ordering where the buyer has to use some form of credit or debit, pay sales tax then wait for the item to show up. With market place you see the item, go check it out, talk to people, get out of the house and pay cash so your not adding more debit to their credit card. Times are shifting again 🤔
Facebook MarketPlace reminds me of an early Craigslist -- no adult supervision, and a completely hands-off attitude from the folks running the site. Just my opinion, mind you, based on what's going on in Memphis. Other cities may be more "friendly" when it comes to in-person transactions.
-Bob.
When I returned to eBay after a 5 yr break to concentrate on my own Brand 2 yrs ago, sales were fantastic. However, this past 3 months it just fell off a cliff. Been slinging action figures since 2010 and I have never ever had a 4 day dry spell on a selling platform. This morning (day before T-Day), my AZ sales are above average from last year and my .www sales are holding steady. But not one sale on eBay since 18 Nov.
