A while back, I had blogged about my ebay sales and goal for 2009 and someone suggested I post it as a challenge to encourage others to do the same.
Here's the deal. Set a personal goal for how much you'd like to generate each month in ebay sales. I would also include half.com and craigslist in the challenge. Where ever and how ever you want to sell your stuff is fine. You can even throw in your yard sales if you'd like.
My goal for 2009 is sales of $100/month average for the year. I've already had one half.com sale this week ($18.99). I haven't listed anything on ebay yet. I plan to start tonight.
Let's hear everyone else's goals and keep updating us regularly on your progress.
ETA: I remember on another site, what we used to do was put "Proud member of ..." at the end of our listings. Then we could look up each other's auctions. If you'd like to do that, just add, "Proud member of SavingAdvice.com" to the end of your listings.
Join the 2009 Ebay Challenge!
January 7th, 2009 at 04:58 pm
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Great idea!
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Thinking I could talk you into this, I listed a couple of things (about a dozen!) on half and Amazon this morning. My first book just sold for $7.89 and my second for 12.99. I'm $20.08 into this!
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trips long ago. No one in our town would convert old Dutch money or Barbadian dollars, but they went fast on ebay. Seriously, I found an old pair of my mom's glasses from the 1960s, and they sold for $50. Someone loved the frames.
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thanks for the motivation.
January 26th, 2009 at 01:32 am 1232933522
thanks!
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thanks!
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Robin
April 14th, 2009 at 02:37 pm 1239719855
Main idea is to get this STUFF which are mainly large items out of our house so we can have more room.
May 11th, 2009 at 02:24 am 1242008640
We are going for $50 a month so that brings us to a total of $217. year to date. We are under $33. for this month.
This certainly is an incentive to get rid of items that are in our way that someone else can use.
Thank you Disney Steve for your encouragement.
May 21st, 2009 at 12:49 am 1242866970
Sold a used Rosetta Stone software package for $75 on craigslist in Feb.
Sold a pair of stools last month on craigslist for $40 in under 4 hours.
Sold a bookcase on craigslist today for $200 (sold in under 48 hours for asking price)
Have a nice mountain bike listed on Ebay currently. 5 bids so far and up to $300. Still 4 days left and 25 people are watching the auction. My original Buy It Nor price was only $400 and I expect it will close higher than that
2009 Total: $755+
Monthly average: $150+
May 21st, 2009 at 12:50 am 1242867012
Sold a used Rosetta Stone software package for $75 on craigslist in Feb.
Sold a pair of stools last month on craigslist for $40 in under 4 hours.
Sold a bookcase on craigslist today for $200 (sold in under 48 hours for asking price)
Have a nice mountain bike listed on Ebay currently. 5 bids so far and up to $300. Still 4 days left and 25 people are watching the auction. My original Buy It Nor price was only $400 and I expect it will close higher than that
2009 Total: $755+
Monthly average: $150+
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