Well, another week has gone by with no postings. I hope to do better this week, but no promises. Last week I did no thrift shopping and barely any listings. However, it ended up being a decent sales week. I had $250 in sales, which is a great week for me. Already this week has started off good (we'll see if it continues) and I've made half of that in 2 sales.
Last week I had someone comment on what my profit is on my sales. I've started working on updating my spreadsheet so that I can give some examples of what I usually clear after cost and fees. Because I shop at the Goodwill Outlet for most of my inventory, my initial cost are usually pretty cheap. I now offer free shipping on everything, so if you add that to the crazy Ebay and Paypal fees, I still give a good chunk away. If any of you have any other questions or suggestions for post, I would love to hear them. I had one person ask me about calculating my shipping cost, which I plan to finish up that post soon. I would not call myself an expert on Ebay, but I love sharing what I've learned and know because so many other people have extended the same courtesy to me.
I'm also feeling out the idea of having a co-blogger or reoccuring guest on this blog. If you have any interest in this, please feel free to drop me an email, which can be found in the upper right hand corner.
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Hi, I've been following your blog regularly-I've been on the fence about opening my own store, but lately I've been just taking advantage of all the Free/1cent listing days instead--and then I list all the items over 9.99 so I save on fees. I also shop at the Seattle GW Outlet; it's a great place for inventory, but I've stretched out some, going to 50% sale days at GW/VV, GW Monday 1.29 days, Library book sales, & Rummage sales--I need to go to more yard sales, but haven't yet made that jump! I tried the Free Shipping, but I didn't see any jump in sales, and felt like I was getting screwed in shipping costs--my friend's advice to me was that if someone really wants something, they know they need to pay shipping fees--one way or another. I've really found that to be true. Beyond clothing items, I've lately spread into Ladies' shoes and now some toys, along with clothing. I'm not yet tracking my profits well either (my goal for the month), but I just broke $500 for November, which is a record!
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