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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