Time Away - To allow sales, or not? | Selling

sin-n-dex · 2026-06-22T00:38:49.607371Z

I have a business trip coming up in November, and I'm going to be away for 9 days (from Saturday until the following Sunday, probably doing time away a few days before the trip to get everything shipped).The question is, should I allow sales to happen and keep up on that? Or just hide listings and get away from it for the week?I've heard some people say that having items up that are being sold and not being shipped is kind of a "you can't have it yet, nyah nyah nyah" to the buyer, but I've also heard other people go on total vacations for two weeks and check their email every day to let buyers know they are away.On my last trip I was open for just under a week but not able to ship, I messaged buyers to let them know and got a general "enjoy your trip response". No one messaged back to complain they needed it right away, or please cancel, or anything to suggest the delay was a problem. They see something when they check out (I've bought from sellers who are away to see what my buyers see).The nature of my business trip is casual enough that checking my phone frequently and messaging buyers as if I'm sitting at home will be accepted by the others on my trip. And I should be able to respond pretty quickly most of the time. I've had situations where internet access is infrequent due to travelling (like being offline for stretches between airports or hotels with wifi, etc). No one has gotten impatient at the delay, but I normally have an away message set up if I can't respond within a few hours.C.

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