General Question, selling across multiple platforms

[aspme]

Not here to Dump on Ebay, they have worked very well for me over the years. and I will continue to sell here. Nor am I looking to discuss any Specific  competitive selling venues.  But I am looking to possibly expand my Horizons, and use a couple different venues.  I know many of you sell on multiple sites.  

the majority of my inventory are single items,  some in small quantities  4-5, very rare I have anything 10 or more. and nothing I have a constant source for restocking. when its gone, it's gone.

Questions, Do you have the same inventory listed on multiple sites, and just cancel the others when the item sells? (Seems risky)    have certain inventory on one site, and different inventory on another?   or things you have in Qty.  list 5 on one site and 5 on the other?

Any Blunders/Mistakes you've made that I can try to avoid?         THX

[millsmk1970]

About cross post from platform to a website 

[reallynicestamps]

Any Blunders/Mistakes you've made that I can try to avoid?

At one point we had items in our shop, our own website, eBay, ZoS (now HIP), Delcompte (Italy), and a couple of other places.

We had a dedicated employee whose last job of her day was to take down all the Sold items from every other site.

We recorded those inventory numbers in the shop daybook, btw. Manually on paper.

The numbers also told us when the item went into stock, which was a bonus.

But if she missed one, or if the online workers missed one, aaaaarghhhh!

So INVENTORY CONTROL INVENTORY CONTROL INVENTORY CONTROL INVENTORY CONTROL 

[reallynicestamps]

Any Blunders/Mistakes you've made that I can try to avoid?

At one point we had items in our shop, our own website, eBay, ZoS (now HIP), Delcompte (Italy), and a couple of other places.

We had a dedicated employee whose last job of her day was to take down all the Sold items from every other site.

We recorded those inventory numbers in the shop daybook, btw. Manually on paper.

The numbers also told us when the item went into stock, which was a bonus.

[gilcouv0]

 Do you have the same inventory listed on multiple sites, and just cancel the others when the item sells? 

A bit late to the party, but I've been using an crosslisting app to list my inventory on multiple sites, even single ones. When it gets sold, I can easily delist the sold item(s) in bulk from other sites in one click, so I don't have to go to each platform to remove the sold item. 

If you're interested, I'm currently using Crosslist for this, and it's been a lifesaver as I save quite a lot of time by handling everything on one app instead of 3-4. 

[liawri-75]

Questions, Do you have the same inventory listed on multiple sites, and just cancel the others when the item sells?

Yes and yes.

Some sellers use Listing tools like List Perfectly to handle multiple sites.

[liawri-75]

I cross list some things, and tailor the other listings to the site I'm listing on (younger demographics and vintage on Posh, general items on eBay, clearance on Mercari and I used to sell on Etsy but no longer - that was vintage, of course).  The cross listed items are the slower sellers.

You have to stay on top of anything you cross list.

^^THIS!

[kh-vince]

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