I decided that for Nanowrimo
(national novel writing month) to write about my eBay Adventures. I perused my
seller dashboard (the first time in at least one month) and saw that I
cumulatively sold $3231. That was astounding given that I had started this
June. I sold 30 items. I was extremely happy at my progress. Now it’s story
time:
Resale is Rough
Selling
on eBay is hard. I had to take September off because I was so drained. Although
you look at the sales numbers thinking that this is good, it is very hard
fighting bad customers, nothing selling and fraudsters. I am happy to have
rebound
Constant Improvement is Key
When
I first started, I did not know what the proper box dimensions were. I shipped
everything in the same box. Now I was wiser, I bought boxes that saved me
money. The white boxes saved me hundreds of dollars in shipping.
Change Your Global Shipping Price to Above $50
I
learned this the hard way. Initially, it was $40 but after a couple of Paris
global USPS priority shipments and I upped that price to $50. $10 was a lot of
money to part with when your global shipping was $45.
No Global Shipping for Lower-priced Items
Anything
under $125 dollars was US only. There was not enough return on investment to
make it globally. I was glad that I established that rule in the beginning else
global shipping would eat all of my profits.
Be a Stickler for Customer Service
I
have always learned from my customers and shipped the same day as payment. I
felt that if they paid for it, why not ship it the same day. Also I expanded to
shipping on Saturday ahead of a holiday because people want their stuff. Doing
this has a wonderful side-benefit: PayPal releases your money faster. I am now
receiving instant PayPal even before I ship the product. PayPal trusts me so
much that I automatic receive my money allowing me to transfer it into my bank
account. It feels good to be rewarded because I have stood on these shipping
the same day at payment receipt. There are some people who make hundreds of
thousands of dollars yet PayPal still holds their money until their customers
received their merchandise. After 4 months, I deserve this.
Visit my eBay store here: http://www.ebay.com/usr/carljenkin_6
