Sold a Few Things

I was happy to sell a few things yesterday! The other day I listed several vintage table runners with beautiful embroidery on them. I listed them for $5.00 each. Is that reasonable or too cheap? I sold 3 to the same person which is what I'm hoping for...to sell more than one to the same person. Anyway, spent the morning getting these ready for the post office. Gotta get busy painting now or the slave driver  my daughter will have a fit! :) Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

 

p.s. I only listed 3 more pair of my husbands work pants on eBay starting at $29.95 so I added that to my ticker...today is the 10th and I'm not even a third of the way on my goal! Yikes! 

 

130 Vintage Postage Stamps

Paid 25 cents - Sold for $6.25 - Profit $5.48

3 Embroidered Table Runners

Paid $1.50 - Sold for $15.00 - Profit $13.11

2 Vintage Metal Ice Cube Trays

Gift from my sister Naomi - Sold for $15.95 including shipping - Profit $5.49

Vintage Ginger & Pickles Book

Gift from my oldest daughter Autumn - Sold for $15.50 - (gotta wait for echeck)

Wire Heart Shape Basket

Gift from my sister Naomi - Sold for $12.00 - Profit $9.42

 

Work Pants

My husband worked at a steel mill for 34 years. Every year he would get an allotment of green flame resistant pants and navy blue shirts. A few months ago he received his last allotment before they forced him to take early retirement. So we had quite a few new pants and shirts hanging around. He is going to use the shirts but who wants to wear green pants if you don't have to? :) So, he was going to give them away or take them to Goodwill. I got to thinking 'why not try to sell them?' so I looked them up online and in stores they can go for as high as $60 each! Ebay didn't have a whole lot listed so I wasn't sure what would happen. I just figured if I could make a little on them it would be better than nothing! I listed 3 pair starting at $29.95. I had 2 watchers and just 1 bidder so they sold yesterday for the $29.95 plus shipping. I made $25.44 profit after fees and shipping! Glad we didn't get rid of those! I have 2 more listed right now that are different size and then I still have 5 more pair to list. I hope I can do as well on them and soon! 

 

Paid - nothing - Sold for $29.95 - Profit $25.44

 

Yesterday was a busy day...as are most days around here! I took one of my daughters to work and then of course I had to stop at Goodwill. I found a gray leather jacket from Midnight Velvet for half price so it was $2.69. I couldn't look it up on my phone while there because it wouldn't connect to the internet so I took a chance. I figure a leather coat will surely sell, won't it? I looked it up when I got home and I would think I could get at least $25 for it. I need to get it listed today. My daughter and I worked on the kitchen cabinets. I think it will take us forever! I also didn't get any before pictures because she got the cabinets doors taken off before I even thought of it and the insides of the cupboards aren't a pretty site! I just organized them a couple of weeks ago but apparently no one knows how to put things away neatly around here! We are painting the bottom cupboards red...bubble gum red. I liked it when we painted one door to check out the color. I'm not so sure I'm going to like all of them painted red! To me the gallon that we bought looks way darker than the little sample paint that we got. Looking at both paints in their can even looks different. So, I'm wondering if someone in the paint department doesn't know what they're doing! I guess it's still hard to tell if I'm going to like it or not when the cupboard fronts are off and then we don't have the top ones done yet. We are painting them an off-white. I wanted black knobs but it would get way too expensive to buy new so my daughter bought glossy black and spray painted one handle to see if we'd like it. I was thinking I wanted a flat black but I did like the glossy look on the cupboard door. But, I got to thinking about it and thought that maybe with all the cupboards we have that it would be too much to have that many glossy black handles so I bought a can of flat black spray paint and I really like that a lot better. Hopefully we can get done in the few days and I can at least share finished pictures!

 

Yesterday I fell way short on my goal of listing $100/day. I only listed 3 vintage table runners in my Etsy shop for a whopping total of $15.00! Probably won't get a whole lot listed today either.

 

Well, I'm off! Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

11 Items

I listed 11 items later in the day today totaling $107.95. No sales.

My daughter and I went to Menards today to pick out paint for the kitchen cupboards. I think we are going with "Red Gumball" for the bottom cupboards and then a soft shade of white for the top cupboards. Kinda going for this look: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/333407178635853225/ I will try to remember to take before and after pictures to show you. We have some extra little things that we are going to try and we're thinking it's going to look pretty good when we're done! Well, it's late again and I need to get up early so thanks for stopping by!

I Need to Pick Up the Pace!

Dr. Al Sears Pace Express Workout 6 Week DVD

Bought this a couple of years ago for myself so not counting it as paid for to sell

Sold for $52.50 including shipping - Profit after fees & shipping - $40.60

 

I only listed 2 sets of jars in my vintage shop today. Total listed was $57.50. Hoping I can do better tomorrow. I had 3 orders to get out today...2 of which were jar orders, which take longer. By the time I did that and everything else I didn't have time to take some pictures in good lighting so tomorrow I need to make sure to get pictures taken earlier in the day! Once I get some pictures taken then I can list here and there throughout the day. Like I said in my title....I need to pick up the pace or I'm going to really fall behind even my new goal of listing $100/day!

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

A Little Experiment

My Etsy shops haven't been getting the views the past few months like they used to do. I know the main reason is that I started selling more on eBay so I don't have time to list as much in my Etsy shops. I've been trying to do better about that and it's picking up a little. Last Monday I thought I would write down my stats for both shops and then try to list more and see what the stats would be for today. Here's the scoop:

DownVintageLane:
Last Monday:                                Today:
248 views                                      410 views
26 favorites                                   42 favorites
1 order                                           2 orders
views from the day before - 29     views from the day before - 76

ButtonCrazy
Last Monday:                                Today:
80 views                                        127 views
5 favorites                                      2 favorites
1 order                                           0 orders
views from the day before - 14     views from the day before - 18

So, my stats did go up in most cases which just goes to prove that listing more will eventually increase my sales if I have more people coming to my shop. Of course I knew why things had gone downhill but I just wanted to see what would happen if I picked things up again! I used to have at least around 100 views in my vintage shop everyday. I would like to get it back up there in the next couple of weeks. I don't know about my button shop. I think Etsy is saturated with button shops and sometimes when I list buttons they don't get any views for days but I've got so many buttons I will just keep listing!

I will probably post late tonight about any sales I've gotten today.

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

Change of Goals

Okay, I decided there's no way I'm going to be able to list $200 worth of stuff everyday! I probably don't have that much stuff! I have a lot of stuff but I have more low price stuff than high price stuff! Today I put up 10 listings....5 sets of buttons, 1 set of jars and then 4 things on eBay. The total worth was $106.85.  I didn't sell anything today. It's really frustrating when I list and list and nothing happens! Hopefully tomorrow I can get more listed and hopefully sell more stuff!

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

Tomorrow, Tomorrow....

4 Blue Ball Quart Jars

Paid $4.00 - Sold for $17.50 - Profit $10.19

 

I sold these jars for less than I usually do as a couple of them had a small chip on the rim. I need to get them boxed up yet and shipping figured before I know what the actual profit will be.

 

I didn't get much listed today. Too much going on! I did re-list a few things but I'm not counting that towards my goal of $200/day. I want to list new stuff! Anyway, I thought I listed a set of buttons but I just checked and I must have gotten sidetracked and actually didn't finish the listing! Oh well, tomorrow is another day, right? :)

 

We are in for some really, really cold temperatures this next week so I think I will hibernate here at home and maybe I can catch up on what I didn't get listed today. I think I will put a ticker up on my sidebar to help me keep track of how much I've listed this month. I actually listed more than $200 the first 2 days so that will help a little. Maybe if I have a ticker I will feel more accountable!

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam