Over the past few months Olivia11dancer has been sending me links to listings that are on her "wish list" I was cleaning out my inbox and realized that there are quite a few of them so I decided to recreate the list on the blog for all the hunters out there. You can find the link at the top of the blog, or you can click the link below.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The easiest cheapest way to ship clothing items through the mail.
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The easiest way & cheapest way to ship clothing such as shirts, pants, jackets & coats in the mail.
How not to ship clothing.
I use to ship my clothing in boxes. However, after a few months of I realized quickly that shipping clothing in boxes through the postal service is not the way to do it.I spoke with a fellow seller and had mentioned I was starting to sell quite a few pieces of clothing. She said the easiest & cheapest way to ship clothing through the mail is to use poly pro mailers. Man was she RIGHT.
As you can see, I use these shipping bags myself because they are very cost effective. If you are shipping clothing, using these bags is probably the best way to go. They will save you a lot of money in shipping costs. They are easy to store and don't take a lot of room, compared to storing boxes. They can also help protect your shipments from water damage, because they are water-proof. I use these all the time and I would recommend everyone to start using these!
There are multiple sizes available, but I currently use the 15 x 19 inch bags
for smaller shirts and I use my new favorite,19 x 24 inch bags for larger articles of clothing. These larger shipping bags
make it easy to fit a fit full length coat and even fairly large boxes. If, for some reason, you end up "butchering" a box while trying to pack/ship it you can use these poly shipping bags to strengthen and enhance the appearance of the packageBefore you ship, you have to determine what size shipping bag you are going to need. In the example pictures shown, I am using the 15 x 19 inch bags Fold up the article of clothing, so it will fit inside the bag. As you can see, the 15 x 19 inch bags are just the right fit for these kinds of shirts. Once the clothing is in the bag, seal the bag up, add an address label and then you're ready to ship! It's as simple as that!Personally, I like to tape up the edges to make sure that nothing gets hooked while its traveling through the mail system. If you are shipping overseas, I would recommend using two poly bags for extra protection.
When it is all said and done my package weight went from 15.8 oz to 1.09 lbs. Which means there is only a difference of about one ounce, where some boxes can be 16 oz alone.
Well that's all for now, I hope you enjoyed the post!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Summer sales
Now that we are getting into the summer season I have noticed an interesting change in my biggest day for sales. For the past 8 months my biggest sale days were on Sundays but for the past month or so I seem to be selling much more on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I am going to have to assume that it is because more people are getting out and enjoying the weekends. I expected May to be a slow month and it turned out $3888 in sales. June is turning out to be a bit slower, but the sales are still coming in.
Today alone I sold...
Siamese cat gravel art Paid $0.95 Sold: $39.99 I really need to start buying more cat items, I have sold every piece I have ever found and for a nice profit to boot.
Hollywood Regency faux bamboo Trivet Paid $2.00 Sold: $20.00 Nothing too spectacular, I am just glad it sold lol.
Crombie style skinhead coat Paid:$12.99 Sold: $89.99 I sold this jacket to a gentleman in the UK. I knew there was something up with this coat when it said crombie on the inside. I did some research which lead me to the keywords I used to list this coat. I originally listed the coat much much higher to see if I could get a bite, but ended up bringing it down after a couple months and got the offer of $89.99 which I happily took. Its a cool coat so I hope he enjoys it.
Lucite space age lamp Paid $3.00 Sold:$18.00 I had this lamp listed for much higher, but ended up breaking down and taking the $18.00 offer. I am not going to lie, sometimes it just makes me feel good to sell something, even if its not that much profit.
Hollywood Regency Faux bamboo tissue set Paid $6.00 Sold: $79.99 This set took a little while to sell, and I had a couple of lower offers which I almost took, but I am glad I didn't. I really liked the detail on the faux bamboo which is what made me price this set at $79.99
Broken Xbox lot Paid $30 Sold: $95.00 - shipping. This is a success and failure at the same time. I figured out that broken video game systems have been selling pretty well. Why are they selling you ask? I am going to assume they are fixing them to resell. I made the mistake of listing them with free shipping. ( 30lbs ) Of course someone bought them in FLORIDA. I still made about $20.00 in profit but that is below my 100% profit rule! On the other hand this is a big success because I have been purchasing these system piece by piece whenever I come across them and so far I have found 4 full up working systems and the 3 broken ones which will sell for much more.
Well folks that's all I am going to talk about for now. I am currently generating a list of items that have the following details.
#1 Items that I am always looking for.
#2 Where to find these items.
#2 How much I am willing to pay for these items.
#3 Quality control checks for these items.
#4 Keywords to use for these items.
#5 Websites for research
#6 How to price the items.
I am considering selling this list on ebay for a couple bucks, but I need a few people to review the list and give me an idea about how much they would be willing to pay for such a list. If you are interested let me know.
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