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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RachelW, post: 10157080, member: 15376&quot;]<p style="text-align: center">I&#039;m a little at my wits end with Eboo (yes I use it but it still sucks), and want to get a really grasp on things for 2025, so I could really use some experienced expert advice. I&#039;m not sure if this is allowed since its technically about sales.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I like being transparent, so I will be as much as possible. For a very side hobby I&#039;ve done really well this year. Vide greniers have kept my profits insanely high, and I&#039;ve been lucky to find roughly 1.5oz of gold for under 5 euros at various places which I&#039;ve sold.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I have nearly 60 reviews all 100% positive. I offer 14 day returns, and national postage for me is 6.50, I actually pay 4.95 and then the rest is packaging because I package well. I also offer international shipping and have done that several times with good feedback. I usually have 12 listings up at any given time, all described as accurately as possible in french and english.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">But month to month has been difficult. I&#039;m getting maybe 4 views on most of my listings, 10 or 11 is high, and 2-3 watchers that never bid is how most listings go. The african trade beads usually do well for me, but right now I&#039;ve got 4 and none are selling, even as a lot. I suppose christmas has something to do with it, but its been like this all year. I will have one buyer come in and sweep 4 or 5 listings and then its dead quiet for a few weeks. A couple months back, I tried investing in better quality pieces but so far thats been semi wasted money. Already tried the promotion avenue, but that gets me 1 view instead of 0. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /> Also tried the 99 cent start bid route for a couple of pieces, no takers there either. I&#039;ve watched Youtube tutorials but mostly its basic &#039;make sure you&#039;re pricing competitively&#039; or not advice that is useful for antique jewelry. Right now you guys are the most appropriate voice to listen to.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Granted, this season&#039;s vide greniers were hard work to pull anything from. Everything was tosh and the stuff that wasn&#039;t was expensive.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I&#039;ve got nice things. There&#039;s a nice miniature painting c1800 thats at a competitive price. I&#039;ve got several old silver bits, the aforementioned trade bead necklaces, a mid victorian agate brooch, a 19th century glass cairgorm brooch etc etc. I&#039;ve done well with the mid century couture costume when I can find it, but I prefer 1920 or older to sell.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I used my trip to england to buy some really gorgeous pieces that I thought would sell, but so far nada. No one seems interested, even though the same sort of thing is selling for other people at similar prices. They&#039;ll pay 100 for someone else&#039;s, but not 60 for mine. I&#039;m confused at this point.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I&#039;ve been spending more time on ebay looking at jewelry and watching what it sells for. The pieces that do REALLY well I can&#039;t get my hands on around here, which brings me to my next point.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I would be very grateful for any tips on where to actually get pieces, especially those who deal in France. Apart from going to the paris flea markets, I can&#039;t figure out where to go. I&#039;ve looked up auction houses, no one seems to do online unless they&#039;re sothebys nor do they have what I&#039;m looking for. Estate sales aren&#039;t a thing here. I have no antique shops near by. Online is great but there are zero profit margins, I can get the garnet necklace for 120 but it&#039;ll make 140 tops. Same with english listings, everyone who bids is ready to pay &#039;retail&#039;, and the 18-30e it would cost to ship it makes it out of bounds for me.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">My next idea is to take what I have and start doing small lots. They&#039;re the only thing that actually gets traction in my shop.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Sorry for the longggg post, but I just don&#039;t know what to do. Its fun for me and keeps me buying jewelry, but as its listed as part of my business I&#039;d like to be able to make it work for me, and looking at 1 view on a listing thats a week old is depressing. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">TYVM IA! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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