Daily Sales

Hi guys! Sorry for the break, it was a long hard emotional weekend and I needed a little time to reflect. Friday night we went to a beautiful wedding then Saturday we attended a funeral for my 27 year old mentor who passed away two weeks ago. I threw my back out on Monday and overall just had a rough couple days. Anyways, back to the numbers. 

Yesterday I sold 13 items for $175. I had a pretty bad few days before that, but a lack of listing always does that to me. My week is still over $1100 so I'm happy. 

I didn't sell anything over $20 yesterday so I'll skip on mentioning those items but I did have a great sale during my absence. This Via Spigia faux suede plus size coat sold in less than 24 hours for $60. I found it at the bins, someone had thrown it back I'm guess because it was so heavy! Even if I paid $5 for it, a fast $60 return is amazing! 

I went to the bins on Tuesday and walked out with 99 pounds of merchandise! I'm sorting it tonight, it's the most I've ever gotten and pulling out my debt card was hard to do! I know it will be $99 well spent though.

3 overflowing tubs & an ikea bag full of shoes! Ack! 

Daily Sales

I sold 6 items for a total of $153 yesterday! The best part is that all of the items where decently priced, I love when my average is right around $20. Remeber that shoe bin I was able to score from a couple days ago? Two pair of the boots sold in less than a day! Here they are: 

My highest price sold item was actually a piece from my closet. The ModCloth skirt never fit me right, so I'm happy it found a new home! 

My numbers are rising! $1300 in 7 days, I can't believe it! 

I've been listing like crazy today. I've got 20 new listings up, I took pictures of 25 more and will have them up before midnight when a promo I want to take advantage of ends. Crossing my fingers it brings in a lot of sales tomorrow. 

How I shop Women's Clothing

95% of my merchandise comes from the Goodwill Outlet, AKA the Bins. A quick overview, the bins are the last chance store for items donated to Goodwill. If it doesn't sell at a main Goodwill store or they don't put it on the shelves (for whatever reason) it comes to the bins. It's called the bins because it's literally huge (10 foot by 4 foot?) bins full of unorganized items that you dig through. There's a whole process to it, but that's for another day. We're hear to talk about how I pick my clothes. 

First I go through every single item, I start at one end and work my way down. I look at every single tag. Sometimes I know just by the look of the item and sometimes I'm thrilled I looked at the tag. That ratty sweater might be Free People or Dior. Anything that looks interesting goes in my cart, I spent 3 seconds max on each item. Once my cart is full and I'm ready to leave I go through each piece one by one looking for flaws or looking up brands. Once I was in a rush and didn't do this last step, it was costly! Once I'm home I separate the items by category and then start listing.

Brands I found on my last trip-

I pulled this Tricotto tunic having no idea what it was, I knew it had a unique look, good fabric and was made in the USA. These are all things I like! I was happy I did, here's some sold listings...

I bought this Hanro night dress because it was made in Portugal for a Switzerland brand, I buy ANYTHING made there. It's always high quality.

Sold listings prove me right.

Let's talk about bras for a second, recently I was digging in a bin and a lady rushed me to grab a bra. Then I remembered selling some of my Victoria's Secret bras for high prices. This last trip I was grabbing any bra I could. I only lucked out on one. This new with tags Bravado nursing bra.

I knew this brand from having children of my own, they are pricey and the best! 

Next up is this very unique jacket. I picked it up because it was heavy soft fabric and so cool looking. 

A lot of people don't buy jackets at the bins because they are heavy, big mistake!

They sell for a lot and move fast, this time of year especially. Here are some sold listings for this brand.

Another great seller for me is swimsuits, I shipped two off today. This one is new without tags but still has the liner. 

The brand does really well, I'm super glad I picked it up! I'll buy just about any brand of swimsuits aside from target or Walmart stuff. 

Another great find is anything Anthropologie, you can tell by the RN number (66170) that it's either Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie or Free People. They are all owned by the same company, they go in that order from lowest to highest price. Here are some pieces I found...

Their tags are usually fabric and sometimes just have a picture, use google to help you ID things. These pieces usually sell around $30 but sometimes up to $100. 

Lastly I found this Babette shirt. It was unique so I grabbed it.

Turns out this was a great find! 

Now for everything great thing I find I also get 5-10 basic "bread and butter" pieces. These are the Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Coldwater Creek, Columbia, Nike, Polo, and so on that everyone knows about. I buy these because they are great fillers. They sell for around $15-$20 and keep my numbers high. eBay likes an active store! 

I list everything with free shipping and best offer. This also helps with my search rankings and I don't have to worry about shipping feedback. Everyone has their own thoughts about this, it's just what works for me. 

Thanks for reading, please let me know if it was helpful or you have questions! On Fridays I'll start doing a Q&A every week, so start asking anything!

Daily Sales

Yesterday was another solid day, 14 items sold for $290! 

My numbers are so strong, I've been putting in a lot of work and it shows. I wanted to add that I screen shot these numbers right before I write the blog post, so they are current not from the day before. My highest sale of the day was the Nike Super Bowl jacket I mentioned a week ago, I got it at the bins and excepted an offer last night (right as I was getting into bed) for $60! 

Another fun sale was this Jazz themed Hawaiian shirt, it sold in less than 2 days. 

I went on my sons first field trip today, I'm so thankful that eBay is allowing me to stay home with my kids! Thinking of missing these milestones breaks my heart. I'm getting started on my what to look for post now, so be on the look out for that later this evening! 

Daily Sales

Hey friends! I'm disappointing myself and not writing the big post I had planned, such a bummer. I had major dental work done today and holy smokes it hurts!! I've been moping around on the couch watching Addams Family movies for the last few hours, it will come tomorrow. Promise! 

Daily sales from yesterday where still strong. I sold 10 items for $150. 

My highest sold was a plus size Lands End cashmere cardigan. I usually never buy Lands End but this has two things going for it, cashmere & plus size. I'll buy almost anything stylish no matter the brand in either of those catigories. 

I had a couple customer issues that I wanted to share. First someone messaged me that an item I sold as EUC was not on excellent condition in her eyes. It was $12, I immediately gave her a refund and she immediately gave me positive feedback. If I ever have a customer who's upset with an item under $20 I generally just refund them and move on. Maybe I'm getting scammed but that's on them, my job is to give good customer service. I buy my items for so little money that I don't mind doing this. 

Secondly, I had a global shipping sale last night. I woke up to an email asking me to combine shipping with another item that I had excepted an offer on from her (still unpaid) she wanted me to combine shipping before she pays. Turns out eBay doesn't allow this. I could cancel both sales and make an entire new listing but honestly I'm not comfortable doing that. Again, this is a situation that everyone has to handle differently. I'll let you know how it turns out!

I hope you all had a better day than me, I'll be on my couch complaining to my husband if you need me!

Best Daily Sales Ever!! + A Trip to the Bins

Yesterday was AMAZING!! It's always a good day when I wake up with a sale on my phone (you know it's the first thing we all reach for in the morning) I had two sales to start my day with and it only kept getting busier from there. I had my best day of sales ever!!!! 14 items sold for a total of $276! 

I also passed the $1100 for the week mark, now to keep it climbing. My top selling item was a vintage Columbia women's fleece, it sold within hours of listing! 

Next up was an Eileen Fisher open front sweater, this was actually purchased at Goodwill's retail store for $9.99. 

I was also able to get through my bin of pants yesterday, I photographed them all and started listing. I have a few left to put up tonight but am happy with my progress. 

Now for today, I spent just a couple hours at the Goodwill Outlet (AKA the bins) but I was able to find 78 pieces for $54. The best part, they brought out a shoe bin right when I was leaving!

I wish I could have gotten more but it's fierce competition when the shoes come out, it's rare and a big money maker. Those brown boots up front, UGGS, after a quick clean will fetch me $60. The gray ones are by FitFlop, the recently solds on these ones give me hope to fetch a pretty penny.

These all all used, I'll put mine at $99 and take $70. My clothes haul was also decent, tomorrow I'm planning on doing a long post about how I look for clothing at the bins. Any questions you guys would like answered? Anything else you'd want to read about? I appreciate all the love I've been receiving, you guys are after all my new co-workers. We're all in this together!

Daily sales

It's going to be a short post tonight friends. Yesterday's sales where the worst I've had in a long time. I sold 4 things for a total of $57! Ouch! 

I'm not going to do a highest price item sold because as you can see all 4 are pretty lackluster. Still, I'm happy to sell anything. My weekly numbers dropped like crazy! 

I did however list for a couple hours solid, I put about 30 new items up yesterday and it really shows on today sales. I won't spoil tomorrow for you though! I hope you all had a great Sunday. Remember there is no mail tomorrow! 

Daily Sales + Neutral Feedback

Yesterday was AMAZING! I sold 13 items for a total of $215. Now if we can just keep riding this wave of glory I'd be a happy camper. 

My highest sale of the day was a Penske Racing Marlboro jacket. It sold for a best offer of $45. The buyer did ask a lot of questions and I did anwser them to the best of my ability but it does always worry me. He even gave me packing & shipping instructions after he purchased, which I responded with a polite but frim response that I would ship my normal way (flat rate in a recycled bag) and we could cancel now if that wasn't good enough. 

I've listed 24 items today, I just hit 295 items in my store with the hopes that I'll finish listing 15 more before I go to sleep tonight. My biggest list today was a vintage Oscar De La Renta coat from Saks Fifth Ave. I got it from the bins a couple weeks ago and have been sitting on it. After a little research and help from my favorite Facebook group I put it up for $300 with best offer. 

I'm ending tonight on a lower note, I recieved my first netural feedback today. I have over 1,100 100% positive feedbacks so it was bound to come soon. The person who left it was difficult to work with. I accepted her best offer and it took her over two weeks to pay. Then she said she didn't receive it when tracking showed that it was left on her door. I responded to all her questions within a few minutes and did everything I could to help. She wanted me to call her post office and that's where I drew the line. The item shipped 45 days ago and today the feedback was left that I was not helpful and the jacket had flaws she didn't know about. I'll call eBay, because I call eBay about every defect, but I think I'm stuck with this one. I've also emailed her politely asking if there is anything I can do to make it right. 

At the end of the day though, I love selling on eBay. There is always going to be bumps in the road but I plan to speed through them! This last picture is of earlier today at the Pumpkin Patch with one of the reasons I make eBay work for me! 

Daily Sales

You guys! I did it! I finally crossed over the $1,000 in 7 day mark. It feels great to meet my goal, now to push hard and keep it growing. 

Yesterday I sold 9 items for a total of $200. My highest sale was a pair of toddler Ugg boots, these where my daughters but I did buy them used last year. They sold for $60, any Ugg boots are great sellers this time of year. I'll take the money and invest it right back into her wardrobe. 

I also wanted to mention this Nike jacket, anything 90s Nike sells well. I'm kicking myself for not listing this higher. It sold for $30 within a couple hours. I did buy it at the bins for about 50 cents so I'm not to upset! 

Another item that sold within a couple hours was a "We the Fleet" shirt. I didn't realize when I pulled it out that it was actually made by Free People, it had the golden RN 66170 number so I assumed it was an Anthropologie piece. I put it at $20 and it was gone fast. I pulled another one of these pieces yesterday that actually is new with tags so I'll price that higher. 

Aside from my great sales I was able to get about 27 items listed. I spent most of today enjoying my family but it's back to the grind tonight! 

I'm so happy I left my job to focus on eBay, spending the day with these babies of mine is priceless!