I’ve been
following the big Ebay sellers blogs and they all complain about the slow
season. Now I can’t compare because it’s since early August I started listing
like crazy and it paid off, multiplying my usual peanuts revenue by five. September
started off more or less the same, until a few days ago things seemed to have
come to a halt. Then I had technical problems with Etsy, not being able to list
anything…
I had
started to write off my frustration here when emails and bids started to come
in again and I sold two pairs of shoes and my xxxth set of chairs. I got so
busy I had to leave the blog.
The morning
after I dragged these in I regretted my enthusiasm a bit seeing the pretty bad
state they were in. On top of the worn out upholstery one was a bit wobbly too.
But the woodwork was still so lovely I hoped to find a new owner anyway, albeit
at any price. Oh, hadn’t I promised myself not to bring in any more chairs? To
my surprise they went after only five weeks.
Also to my
surprise it was a to lady who said she loves DIY and things that look old and she
bid three times the minimum I had in mind. With that I’ve come to a daily average that’s even
a bit above the one of August. It’s far from an income, but it does give hope.
And Etsy was fine again this morning.
Talking
chairs again I found an old one that didn’t make it to the blog yet. The fold
up sort of fisherman’s stool was delivered to me by my trash picking neighbor.
I listed it first in Fall 2012, my first active selling year but it had to wait
till May 2013 to find a buyer. I had to look that up but I do remember it was a
design student who bought the funny thing to study its construction.
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