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I love that! Thank you for posting. Yes, SO many things possible in today's world no matter where you live. And once you clear out your local thrift every 2-3 days, maybe make one extended drive to a slightly-larger venue weekly to multiply your sourcing even more. But as someone who lived in the middle of nowhere from 2000 to about 2017, even we had yard sales all around us in the summer that could have supplied a year's worth of great reselling items had we not had several consignment clients who were keeping us listing. (Which is an extra tip, be sure to tell everybody you know in your town that you resell, especially the elderly who almost always want to downsize some and they usually have nice things. They appreciate the extra money and you get great items to list.) ~Greg

@@UltraAdvancedOnBay actually got about $30 of stuff today at the thrift I am hoping to turn to $200 but very new to this-I have not had much luck on auctions so far. Is there a benefit to auctioning? Also I am doing a RUclips channel for this as well if you have any editing or video tips. Thank your for your response!

@@flytying2873 Absolutely NO benefit for auctions with nothing but low prices ahead if you stick with them for most of the things you find at thrifts. ONLY do fixed-price listings for almost everything as I explain here: ruclips.net/video/kYyFvFXg9ac/видео.htmlsi=Kc8brRdeXKPYWcXi

@@UltraAdvancedOnBay thank you!

Thanks, that's always the goal. Thank you for watching.~G

What can I say? I must speak truth!

@@UltraAdvancedOnBay mais bien sûr monsieur! 🤩🤣

@@ianian2502 What??? How dare you. I am outraged. ... ... ... 😁

Shannon, I did a QUICK look at the past 3 years on Terapeak (now called eBay Product Research), and I sure didn't find a lot of sales for fluid art. I very well could have not used proper keywords as I know nothing about fluid art. My GUESS is it does not sell well on eBay. eBay is keyword driven, which means anything that has a brand, well-known artist, sports figure, team name, book/music/movie titles, things like that sell easily. The search engine rightly gives these keywords top importance in search results because most people are looking for these most of the time. Not having a name brand of any kind makes everything more difficult to be ranked high in eBay's search engine. The exceptions are lead crystal items and Depression Glass that often have no brand, but even those sell far less well than branded similar items. Bottom line - I'm ignorant of liquid art. But my knowledge of eBay makes me GUESS that a relatively unknown artist's work in fluid art would be a challenge to sell there. It SEEMS to be more of an Etsy sort of product. I wish I had better news! ~Greg

Then you're in luck because that is answered clearly in this video! Take notes, lots of reselling advice is here! Thanks for watching.~Greg

Today? Wow. Was that good timing on both our parts or what? I like the colors. 34-incher, huh? Glad you aren't fearful of shipping that. Fear of shipping keeps lots of resellers from making lots of money. But that fear allows the rest of us to have more sellers, so great.

That is funny! Well, I hope you fill your notebook with profit-making notes! ~G

This must be the first of my videos you've seen. If you think I was serious, then I have a bridge you may want to invest in.~Greg

@@UltraAdvancedOnBay it is the first

Sadly, I've left "promo" money on the table in the past.

@@jmwise7761 Consider that just the cost of tuition to learn not to do it again! That's okay, it's what you do from ow forward that counts! Thanks for watching and thanks for your comment.~G

Wow, thanks once again Ian. YES, even cassettes are making a big comeback! (I think in part due to the wonderful little movie called Perfect Days.) Given what you said, you and I do the same thing when seeing a table of DVDs at boot sales: VERY quickly scan for unopened Blue ray as well as the horror/martial/wrestling categories, and then move on if nothing catches our eyes.~G

You aren't wrong! I love good 'ol eBay, but it's the only platform on earth where inventory is tied up while a buyer who hasn't paid can take days to decide to pay... or not pay.

#winners!

Haha, now THAT is funny! But I'm thrilled it arrived also.~Greg

Also, like you said. They were willing to wait 3 business days until I researched what's going on :)

Now THAT is appreciated! Just always make sure the channel deserves it. I sure plan to make sure it does! ~Greg

Also, I realize over in the UK, things will differ. So so sorry Ian that I can't do this for your country, but it's difficult being a master at multiple locations around the globe as much as I want to. ~Greg

Hmmmm.... Hope that all works for you. Seems like a lot of trouble, but you might have good experience with this sort of thing.

​@@UltraAdvancedOnBay I was using it as an example of what many Ebay sellers do. Some of your offers are from other sellers trying to find your bottom line. This is what retailers like Walmart and Target do to their competition off of Ebay, but instead they send secret shoppers into the actual competitions stores. There's no objective morals when it come to making a living. We are resellers, but we are not business partners. If you don't like my comment you can block me just like sellers can block buyers who send lowball offers. The block feature is there for a reason. If you block people on RUclips then why wouldn't it be smart to block people on Ebay? Both are revenue producers.

Hello, Can you expound on what you mean? Why would sellers be encouraged to list new items as used? Thanks!~Greg

@@UltraAdvancedOnBay 1) Seller: item is New in Package. Buyer: Seller claimed item was New and item was used(negative feedback). Buyer easy win! 2)Seller item is used with flaws: Item was bought from retail store sealed in package as seen in pictures and video above Item has shelfwear. Buyer: Item was used (i want a return and left negative feedback. Seller: item was sold as used with flaws (I have 60 days return policy, please return item for a full refund. Item was sold as used in sealed package). Seller better chance of negative feedback getting removed. Safety First, but lower sells. More free time to list and less negative feelings towards a positive future of reselling.

Understood and I truly appreciate your comments! The point of the video is "Handling Time" that eBay makes one of the Number One priorities of all sellers. Not delivery time or postal shipment time. Those are both issues important to discuss, but not at all a point of this video or most of the teaching in this group and on this channel. If a seller misses his or her stated handling time very often, eBay will not only remove Top-Rated Seller status IF they had that, but eventually move that seller down the Below Standard seller level where their search engine placement degrades considerably AND eBay imposes a financial penalty on all sales of that seller until he can go an extended time without missing the stated handling time. Since eBay makes a seller's promised handling time SO critical, therefore, anyone who wants to have great sales must also make their handling time one of the most critical pieces of their business. This means GETTING YOUR PACKAGES TO THE POST OFFICE ON TIME WITH TRACKING PROOF OF POSTAL ACCEPTANCE each and every time. Your three-day handling time is great for your business, works for you for 25 years, super! For most sellers who want to maximize their sales and minimize their selling fees, they must honor a 1-day or same-day handling time. This is the only way to eventually get Ultra-Advanced eBay sales. Plus, the 10% discount on seller fees is an instant profit AND the higher search engine rank that eBay affords Top-Rated Sellers adds to our sales. This means that for most sellers, if they want to maximize their income they not only promise a 1-day or same-day handling time AND THEY DO NOT MISS THIS EVER. This video here describes the last point of no return that many sellers should know about in their areas that, if you miss getting your packages to the post office on your stated handling time deadline, there is ONE MORE POSSIBLE POSTAL LOCATION to get your packages accepted on time before your metrics are harmed with a late handling time mark. AND if you sell a lot of packages daily, that handling time metric MULTIPLIES by the number of packages you miss getting mailed on your promised date. So, fortunately, eBay is far less concerned how fast the post office gets them out than eBay is concerned that their sellers do what we promise. That is, not missing our promised handling time. Finally, good news!!! It turns out that Same Day and 1-Day Handling times are not NEARLY as bad as many sellers assume they are in spite of all I said above. LITERALLY a same-day handling time sometimes has UP TO 4 DAYS TO GET A PACKAGE TO THE POST OFFICE as I show here: ruclips.net/video/Ti3Izxl3INM/видео.htmlsi=4I8gVgoCo1pjT60h

Absolutely Ian. Here in the states, if a silver-colored coin is 1964 or earlier, it has enough silver content to take to a gold and silver shop (or shoppe in the UK) ( :) ) and sell it for the silver content, although of course it won't be worth a trip for just a single coin. But find out what the year is there for UK coins and and silver-colored coin you get on or before that cut-off year, put aside if it has no collectible value as a coin. The silver value will make it worth keeping to sell to a shop when you get enough. I considered talking about this, but the video was already getting long so I kept it at common collectible coins only. I would hope there is a similar website in the UK for your common old coins. Doing comps on eBay for each and every coin you have to sell can get extremely tedious. A coin site such as the one I showed makes it far faster to determine collectible value for coins.

Hello Ian, Glad to see you again here. As to capital letters at the start of each eBay title word, not only do *I* suggest it, but EBAY WANTS US TO TO IT. (Although UNLIKE what I just did, eBay doesn't want all caps.) And to the white background, I understand and I often like the look of some sort of background in good taste that compliments the item. BUT your and my preferences aren't what determine these things. What determines them is what marketing and consumer behavior studies show and that is that white backgrounds get more clicks than any other. This is why eBay STILL prefers them, still makes the white BG tool available, and that Google Shopping still gives white BGs preferential treatment. The white BGs do NOT results in extra purchases by themselves, but they do without question get more click throughs so the listing themselves can then work to sell the item or not. In spite of the hassle, in spite of my preference for non-white, I will continue to go to the trouble to white BG every "hero picture" (eBay's term for the first picture in every eBay listing) because eBay wants it and also my marketing background confirms the reason eBay wants us to do it. Have a great rest of your week and weekend! ~Greg

So glad to have been a reminder!

I'm so sorry you are having this problem Scott. I just did a combined order yesterday, but certainly eBay has glitches. Keep in mind though that you first must select BOTH orders you want to combine. You will not yet see a Combine option. You must then, with both orders selected, click the Shipping button at the top-right of your orders (on a computers, I'm unsure if this is available on a phone app). That click of the Shipping button dops down options and you want to select Get Shipping Label with two orders still selected below. The Bulk Label shipping screen will then open. You will see the Combine button there. Select both orders again by clicking next to each, the Combine button will go active above, and you can click it to calculate and print a combined label after you adjust the box dimensions and weight. ~Greg

@@UltraAdvancedOnBay There is no shipping button above only on right side "get shipping label" tab I'm on a PC not phone

@@scottneville76 Good on a PC web browser. Try this link, it is the link that shows all awaiting unshipped paid orders: www.ebay.com/sh/ord/?filter=status:AWAITING_SHIPMENT Above that will be a Shipping button.

At this link is a screen shot. That Shipping button goes active the moment you click to select multiple items to combine. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r5kcqotz00llf4nn9731t/Combined.png?rlkey=hkg2we3o2j8vrhzbzo1w7egyc&dl=0

I am a member of a closed paid group with about 2,000 members making money all from used clothing. No doubt though, it is much harder than ever. But that also can create opportunity since most sellers won't go the extra mile to find special sourcing deals on higher priced items. I don't want to see you give up.

Oh, I'm so sorry things are tough there like that. Sourcing in such a market is extra hard I am sure.

Good question, in the Description. RARELY I will qualify the Item Specific measurements. (Here's an example: I'm selling a WagnerWare dutch oven pot. It has fixed handles on each side. In that Item Specific for Width I might put: "14 in (handle-to-handle), 12.5 in (inner-edge-to-edge)" I don't like to pollute Item Specifics too much. They need to be easy and quick to read and access because buyers click fast on those. But yes, even when I use exact measurements in the Item Specifics, I will often repeat them in the Description if there's any possible chance they will matter with the "approximate" wording where I repeat the measurements. ~G

Correct, John. It is such a shame. It's difficult to discuss International issues on any channel due to the great differences between jurisdictions that enable or disable companies such as eBay from being consistent. I do know that for years, eBay reps have hinted that Canada will be the first to adopt ALL the same International features that eBay/USA has, but after many years, nothing has come of it. In eBay's defense, countries are extremely fierce in protecting their postal monopoly and any free market idea that comes up is often shot down. It makes no sense, right, but there it is. I'm fairly certain that eBay is constantly trying to work with eBay/Canada and the Canadian postal system to bridge some sort of gap and help Canadian sellers TRY to transact business and support their families. Everyone hopes that happens sooner than later. Thanks so much for your comment. ~Greg

Yes!!! And YOU just encouraged ME with your kind words. Thanks so much for watching and letting me know this. ~Greg

Nice! As long as buyers can hover over the picture in the listing and see a larger version, I'd be fine with it too. #winning

I will look. Keep in mind, a full refund does NOT seem to be exactly what they are saying. I *think* eBay has made it clear that IF the buyer opens a return case, returns it, and you offer the full refund, then the negative feedback will be removed. Members of our Facebook group have experienced exactly that the past few months and mentioned it from time to time. If you have a neg and refunded it all BUT the buyer did not return it, I am unsure that will count. IT SHOULD COUNT, but I am unsure it will.

@@UltraAdvancedOnBay It was an international order that arrived completely destroyed. Ebay told me to do nothing and they would handle it.

@@bobbycoghill3713 YOU DO NOT NEED THE RETURN THINGY WITH INTERNATIONAL. If you shipped it to the eBay International station and they sent it from there, you ABSOLUTELY are supposed to be protected. You need nothing other than to follow up with Support.

'natch!

It is MY pleasure, thanks so much!

You and me!!! 😜

Absolutely. And stay tuned, there is a LOT more great info planned for production in the next two weeks!

Well thank you so much for the feedback! I appreciate that and I appreciate that you watched. ~Greg

Tru' 'dat!!!

And YOU are amazingly kind. Thank you so very much.~Greg

The answer is definitely: YES! ...One needs both to make quick work of each pack-and-ship session.

Oh my YES, that could have been good for you. BUT if you missed something good, it's not a loss... That miss-out and this video are the two tuition payments you made so the NEXT time you see trains, you will know to focus in on them.

Will be keeping a keen eye out at future sales... thanks!

But are you prepared for the onslaught of money rolling in over the next 5-6 months???

Not yet... but I will order a new, extra-large safe! lol

I'm a massive fan of eBay, but they have always been last to the table for providing good past seller data for some odd reason. Thanks for watching though. I appreciate you.~Greg

Ian, YES, the very same thing is happening to stamp collectors. I am thrilled you mentioned that. (Well, I am saddened by it, but I'm thrilled you mentioned it for others to learn from.) I actually find that stamp values are falling tremendously quickly, noticeably faster than coins or trains. From an economic supply standpoint, that makes NO sense because the old out-of-print stamps aren't getting MORE plentiful, quite the opposite. Obviously, the reason is the demand is dying out quickly. I was in my local gold and silver shop the other day selling jewelry items for their gold and silver content as that is often easier and sometimes as profitable as selling the pieces as collectibles on eBay. I have a ton of stamps from a stamp collection one of my neighbors... 85 years old! ... asked me to sell for him on eBay. I'm finding it just not worth my time to mess with. I asked the shop which has a large assortment of vintage rare coins for sale if they bought stamp collections, and he sadly shook his head and said, "In my lifetime I have seen the bottom fall out of the stamp collecting market because so few people these days have any interest in it." So sad. One learns a lot of history and geography when one learns more about old stamps.

@@UltraAdvancedOnBay Absolutely! As a child/adolescent/teenager... i prided myself on my knowledge of history and geography. So much of it was through collecting stamps. Magyar Posta was Hungary...Ceylon would become Sri Lanka... and faces that adorned stamps... such as Franco , Spain... the Shah of Iran... etc... gave me a sort of fundamental picture of modern history. And so i share your pain that there is not just a reduced interest/monetary value in such collections these days... but a diminishing appreciation for stamp collecting, which has an intrinsic value to our history, and still holds such fond memories to my childhood/youth.

@@ianian2502 I love hearing about that. You would not trade those memories for anything.

Very sad!