Friday, May 1, 2009

Done with Ebay

Well, I am done with Ebay for now. I got home from shopping to find that the removed one of my listings for a "policy violation" which I feel is in error, although upon review, I did screw up in where I placed a word (after the brand name instead of before - it's a long story). So now my status for policy compliance is "very low". Great. Just great. One error and you're in the toilet.....sigh....

I also figured out that I wasn't really making much of a profit on anything, after Ebay and Paypal fees. This was especially true for my Olive Kids listings, since the margin on that is low already. So I decided that I'm just going to keep my listings up and then probably close my store just before the next billing cycle starts.

I have other avenues for these retailers that I'd like to pursue, so I'm not giving up altogether, just taking a break from Ebay for now.

I'll have to update the goals after I get the kids from school.
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Posted by Ingrid at 5/01/2009 01:28:00 PM

2 comments:

  1. Scott CostelloMay 4, 2009 at 9:04 AM

    I'm not to familiar with selling things on ebay like you are doing, but I wouldn't give up. Or at least I'd talk with Dennis over at http://road2freedom08.blogspot.com/. He does really well and might be able to give you some hints.

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  2. IngridMay 5, 2009 at 4:54 PM

    Thanks, Scott! It's ok, I'm not giving up per se, I'm just trying to maximize my time, I guess. I think Ebay was taking time away from REI, so that's a no no. :)

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