ebay Sales Dropped, How Am I Using This Down Time

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This crazy Covid1-19 virus impacted almost all businesses. Sales are down the hill. Hopefully, sales will soar up once people get money from second stimulus check.

I am using this downtime to clean up and re-organize my storage. So far my new set up looks great. Going to buy bin separator very soon. How are you using this down time in favor of your business? Lets share how we all store inventory and learn from each other.

[chapeau-noir]

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@sin-n-dex wrote:

My Stamp Inventory

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Those are really cool and colourful bins!

My inventory is just a bunch of boring old Z-racks and some plastic bins - kinda nothing to see here.  I sold out about half of my inventory (maybe more) through this lock-down, so about 300 items (over two websites), which surprised me because I sell clothing which hasn't been in real high demand, and ran out of inventory two months ago and have just been coasting along. Kind of at the end of the road for that now, though, and sales have died because I simply don't have much left save fall/winter (the bulk of the items I have left) and a few odds and sods.  I've finally been able to get inventory again, but pickens are slim (I think people are just selling their own stuff in the lockdown rather than consigning it - I live in the Silicon Swamp and everyone seems to be online all the time).  I've been cleaning out the house and selling stuff, but I think I'll probably just close it down instead, or maybe just run things on a very, very part-time basis and do something else with my time.  I don't think people are going to be breaking down my door for clothing if they have nowhere to wear it, and I don't blame them.  I have other projects to work on, anyway.

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

What a beautiful organizing job! You realize you are making me look bad!

 

[lovefindingtreasures2]

Ooooh, that would be fun, everyone post their inventory room(s)! That would be very entertaining, from the super organized to the "where is my camera in this glorious pile of treasures?' pics!

Also now suffering from loss of buyers syndrome after a pretty roaring couple of months on all platforms. 

[lovefindingtreasures2]

@dhbookds 

Congratulations on your first tomato, I just picked and ate my first ripe one too! It's the little things right now that keep us going 🙂 Kudos.

[drinkwine1204]

You asked for it. If anyone isn't busy . . 

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

Did we ask for that????? Oh my looks like you been doing a little to much of your ebay ID?

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

I do appreciate the knotty pine action going on...makes me miss my log cabin in Northern Michigan that I can't get to because of Covid!!!!! Help!!!! 112* all next week!

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

Ahhh where's your pics? I sent one side of my "she shed" I'll send the other side..but I'm embarrassed..OPs looks so nice

[drinkwine1204]

lovefindingtreasures2 asked everyone to post their storage room pics. drinkwine is my last name, cut that out a while back. My diabetes is tooo high to mess around anymore. But I like your excuse for the room. Sounds way more fun that the yardwork and cleaning out my shed I have been doing for the past 3 days. But hey, sold $300 worth of stuff from the shed so it's all good.

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

That is awesome!!!! Garage sale? OP was asking about other venues so I guess that would be one also! Been watching some fellow ebayers dumpster dive on YouTube and wishing I could do that but I would end up in ER with 3rd degree burns out here. Yes that wine would shoot up your glucose levels ten fold..but can you enjoy a light beer?

[drinkwine1204]

had one bud light today, a reward for spending 3 whole days outside and in the shed. It is 95-98 here, not counting the heat index. Very humid in the south. But am blessed to be here and not in Texas, praying for those people. 

Need to spend some serious time in that back room, but I work all week and just took on more work for someone who has a family emergency. Hopefully sales pick up. When more goes out than comes in, organizing gets easier.

Best of luck to all this week. 

[drinkwine1204]

Now I want to see some more storage pics. So far, mine is the worst, so nothing to be embarrassed about.

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

Ok...do I have too???? Ok here goes..the other side of my she shed..

 

 

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Looks good.

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Its not that bad, you can make it lot better.  Mine was lot worse when I started selling in eBay. It took years to make this organized. Trying to improve as I go. Now its in better shape.