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One Month of Ebay

January 27th, 2008 at 11:42 pm

It has been one month since I started selling on ebay again. I listed my first items on December 27 when they had a listing fee sale and my most recent auctions ended a short time ago. I figured that was a good time to tally up how I'm doing so far.

Just to review, I've been a collectibles dealer since 1986 and sold actively on ebay from 1997 until a few years ago. I even sold full-time back in 2000 when I was between jobs for a while. Then I got away from it but still have a basement full of stock to sell. So one goal for 2008 was to start selling again, mainly to get rid of stuff and free up space. Any money made will just be a bonus in the process.

So after one month, I have had 17 items sell and 6 items not sell. My sales have totaled $131.88. I haven't totaled up the net profit yet, but as I said, the main thing is that there are now 17 fewer items taking up space around here. I'd say that was a good month.

I normally do my listings on Sunday night, but I'm going to skip listing today because I don't want things ending next Sunday when everyone is tied up watching the Superbowl. I may list tomorrow night instead.

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5 Responses to “One Month of Ebay”

  1. compulsive debtor Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 12:17 am 1201479434
    1201479434

    Ohhh.... good tip on not listing tonight, DisneySteve. I was just thinking about adding more items myself. Since you inspired me to try eBay earlier this month, I've sold 31 items and I've had 5 not sell. Without taking out fees and such, I've brought in $261.76. My husband even had a dream last night about scouring the house for more items for me to sell. I told him they have medication that can help him with that......

  2. disneysteve Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 12:25 am 1201479908
    1201479908

    Keep him away from those meds - LOL. Let him find more things to sell.

    You're doing great, 31 or 36 items sold! Good luck to you.

  3. Nic Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 12:48 am 1201481322
    1201481322

    Steve,what type of collectibles do you deal in?

  4. disneysteve Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 02:10 am 1201486252
    1201486252

    Nic, I started back in the 80s strictly with Disney, since that's what I collect. Once ebay came along, I gradually expanded to a little bit of everything. I've been doing flea markets, yard sales, auctions, antique shops and shows since I was a kid and I've got a pretty broad database in my brain of what is valuable and what isn't. I've sold everything from Lenox to vintage sheet music to antique medical equipment to 1950's cookbooks to decorative liquor decanters to pretty much any other category of smaller collectibles that you can think of. Artwork and furniture are probably among the few categories that I haven't been involved with.

  5. boomeyers Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 04:22 am 1201494143
    1201494143

    I've been selling stuff from around the house, but I have'nt peeked at my monthly total yet. I know it will be high, because I sold a couple of gift cards.

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