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<p>[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 9723766, member: 10944"]I personally like to have a mix of lower end, middle range, and higher end stuff. I buy plenty of stuff for resale in the $50-$1,000 range but I like to buy lots where I’m getting $1 items that I’m pricing at $10 (if they are super easy to ship) to $30 range or so. I do well selling lower end stuff. People don’t mind making an impulse buy under $100 for some, and under $50 for others. Over $100 and they have to think about it a bit more. Lower end vintage jewelry sells pretty quickly for me typically. As long as it’s nice, it can’t be total shit. The cheap stuff is kind of the bread and butter for me. If I can sell a 3-5 cheaper pieces a day at least, and then 2-3 middle and higher end pieces I can keep myself going. If the better stuff doesn’t sell at least the cheap stuff covers my fuel, take out, and bakery bill for the day.</p><p><br /></p><p>It does take an awful long time to list things these day with all the specs eBay wants us to fill in. A good trick is to list like objects. List ten vintage costume bracelets in a row and you can piggy back off your initial listing and only have to change a few details for each one. Rather than listing a bracelet, then ring, then book, then statue, then record, then….. If you’re selling as a hobby or part time you may as well stick to better higher dollar items. If you’re doing it full time you’ve gotta be moving things every day and imo it’s good to have lower priced impulse type buys that you’re making good margins on. I just try to make sure the cheap stuff doesn’t require much research and is small and easy to ship.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 9723766, member: 10944"]I personally like to have a mix of lower end, middle range, and higher end stuff. I buy plenty of stuff for resale in the $50-$1,000 range but I like to buy lots where I’m getting $1 items that I’m pricing at $10 (if they are super easy to ship) to $30 range or so. I do well selling lower end stuff. People don’t mind making an impulse buy under $100 for some, and under $50 for others. Over $100 and they have to think about it a bit more. Lower end vintage jewelry sells pretty quickly for me typically. As long as it’s nice, it can’t be total shit. The cheap stuff is kind of the bread and butter for me. If I can sell a 3-5 cheaper pieces a day at least, and then 2-3 middle and higher end pieces I can keep myself going. If the better stuff doesn’t sell at least the cheap stuff covers my fuel, take out, and bakery bill for the day. It does take an awful long time to list things these day with all the specs eBay wants us to fill in. A good trick is to list like objects. List ten vintage costume bracelets in a row and you can piggy back off your initial listing and only have to change a few details for each one. Rather than listing a bracelet, then ring, then book, then statue, then record, then….. If you’re selling as a hobby or part time you may as well stick to better higher dollar items. If you’re doing it full time you’ve gotta be moving things every day and imo it’s good to have lower priced impulse type buys that you’re making good margins on. I just try to make sure the cheap stuff doesn’t require much research and is small and easy to ship.[/QUOTE]
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