how is this for long tail?
Listed a qty of 35 of a item on Apr 30, 2011, sold the last 12 of them today.
It only took 13 years, 6 months and 11 days
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Listed a qty of 35 of a item on Apr 30, 2011, sold the last 12 of them today.
It only took 13 years, 6 months and 11 days
bashort
OP1 year agoone thing that happens with long tail is that something that you priced 13 years ago has now been heavily discounted by inflation, its like a automatic mark down manager
I sold a whole bunch of my old stock during the supply chain disruptions caused by covid.
luckythewinner
·1 year agoI Have an item I started selling in 2010.
400 sold, 1100 to go 🙂
bashort
OP1 year agoThat is awesome, I love items like that
luckythewinner
·1 year agoLow demand, but the listing is on auto-pilot and it's still good for a couple sales per month.
dolcetreasures
·1 year agoBetter late than never……
a_c_green
·1 year agoI can't beat that record, but I have had the occasional sale of some obscure item that's been listed for years and years. It always takes me by surprise.
CUSTOMER: "Hi, I'd like to buy this."
ME (suspiciously): Why? 🤔
lakefor94
·1 year agoCongrats on that sale, awesome.
I sell items every month that have been out there 8 years. I expect if I live another 6 years, I might break your record.
hartungcards
·1 year agoLook at it this way: It took you 13 years, 6 months and 10 days to get rid of 2/3 of them. And only one day to get rid of the remaining 1/3.
a-lotta-stuff
·1 year agoYou beat our three best -
200 plus 'the plastic part' of hotel keys from three long gone places here in town - took six years
400+ DAV key chain license plates - from same person - five years.
8000+ radio statin top 40 handout from the 60s - still have a few left seven years later.
Congratulation.
simba6
·1 year agoYes, but the important thing is they are sold. It's not how long it took to reach the summit, it's you did.
Many years ago a dictator send his friends instead of the countries athletes to the Olympic games. Since none of them were athletes, none won any events. However one guy entered a race and did not make it across the finish line until two and a half hours after everyone else. But he finished the race I give him credit for sticking with it.
mr_lincoln
·1 year ago@bashort
That's like Long tail WITH extensions on steroids!!!
I think many Sellers have a few of those "oldies but goodies" ... I've had a few but when sales started to decline in early 2022 I've moved some older items off the site to sell elsewhere. I haven't checked lately but I don't think I have much over 2 years old right now.
adamcartwright
·1 year ago@bashort
That's really nice. You have more storage space than I do.
I need to move inventory more quickly, for lack of space.