02-29-2020 01:31 PM - edited 02-29-2020 01:32 PM
Every time my nephew sees me packing ebay orders, he never fails to ask me "where is that going?". Something i don't even think about. I dont even look. I don't care. I'm like a machine when i'm packing/shipping ebay orders.
Is there some kind of ebay report/graph/pie chart that shows me sales by state/country?
02-29-2020 02:58 PM - edited 02-29-2020 02:58 PM
I dunno about ebay reports... I stopped relying on them for data awhile back.
You can get state/country data from Paypal reports. At the very least it'll be easy to figure out a numeric percentage with that spreadsheet info.
If you know some excel skills you should be able to generate a pretty quick pie chart or something.
02-29-2020 03:37 PM
What purpose would that information serve?
02-29-2020 03:43 PM
@upgradedendmills wrote:What purpose would that information serve?
None whatsoever.
My nephew has a young, curious mind. 😃
02-29-2020 04:47 PM
Something i don't even think about. I dont even look. I don't care. I'm like a machine when i'm packing/shipping ebay orders.
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So why do you want to know?
02-29-2020 04:49 PM - edited 02-29-2020 04:49 PM
there used to be an app.......that put dots in a map of the world that would be put on your listing......
Why not get him an old fashioned globe....write the town/country names down and let him poke flags/pins into the globe. Great way for him to learn geography.........
you can probably get a virtual globe on line.......but some how spinning that globe and looking at the countries was just "different".........and fun when I was a kid.........
02-29-2020 04:56 PM
Why not get him an old fashioned globe....write the town/country names down and let him poke flags/pins into the globe. Great way for him to learn geography.........
Wholeheartedly agree.
I used to collect stamps when I was a kid. I learned more about geography, history, famous people, etc than I ever learned in school. And it was a lot more fun than listening to some school ma'rm droning on. Do him a favor. Make him work for it.
02-29-2020 04:57 PM
@inhawaii wrote:
@upgradedendmills wrote:What purpose would that information serve?
None whatsoever.
My nephew has a young, curious mind. 😃
It's good to feed that hungry mind. I get my destinations from my tax software.
So far this year top states are New York (43 sales), California (38) and Texas (24). And in 2019 I had 4 sales to Wyoming.
02-29-2020 05:58 PM - edited 02-29-2020 06:00 PM
@inhawaii wrote:Is there some kind of ebay report/graph/pie chart that shows me sales by state/country?
If you use PayPal, "State/Province" is one of the fields you can select under "Shipping Details" to be included in an activity export.
It would be a bit of work, but sorting and totaling on that field would give you those numbers.
02-29-2020 08:22 PM
@dhbookds wrote:there used to be an app.......that put dots in a map of the world that would be put on your listing......
Why not get him an old fashioned globe....write the town/country names down and let him poke flags/pins into the globe. Great way for him to learn geography.........
you can probably get a virtual globe on line.......but some how spinning that globe and looking at the countries was just "different".........and fun when I was a kid.........
What if his nephew is 30+ years old? I doubt it’ll work then. He’ll be all like yea whatever’s man, just text me the results when you have them.
02-29-2020 09:58 PM
@upgradedendmills wrote:What purpose would that information serve?
I know this wasn't the intent of the post, but if a seller gets big enough they will need to track it. I forget what my accountant said, but after a certain dollar amount some states require you to register for a tax id number in said state. It was a pretty high dollar amount though.
I manually track all the sales I do including city and state on my spreadsheet. I should try to remember how to make graphs and see what things look like.
02-29-2020 11:23 PM
I said this in another thread, but I am also just curious about where my items go, and I keep track of the states I ship to and how many I send to each one. I have about 8 years worth of stats, and most years I send the most to California, then Florida, New York, and Texas. Those are always the top four, but the order can vary. I reached the point where California would have wanted me to register there just before eBay took over collecting. I send at least one package to every state & Washington DC each year.
I tried to use that app that shows where packages have been sent but it messed up my listings and triggered eBay to get upset about links and content, so I took it out.
03-01-2020 12:48 AM
I feel a pie chart coming on.
03-01-2020 03:36 AM
@dhbookds wrote:there used to be an app.......that put dots in a map of the world that would be put on your listing......
Why not get him an old fashioned globe....write the town/country names down and let him poke flags/pins into the globe. Great way for him to learn geography.........
you can probably get a virtual globe on line.......but some how spinning that globe and looking at the countries was just "different".........and fun when I was a kid.........
A good virtual option is My Maps by Google Maps ... it's free.
I use it for creating trip planning for sourcing ... I add all of the addresses that I find for yard and estate sales and throw in the thrifts in those areas ... and lunch 🙂 I can create and access the custom map on any of my devices.
Create a Google account that both you and your nephew (and his parents of course) can access.
https://www.google.com/maps/about/mymaps/