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What Sold November 22- 30

Let's see what sold this week. On Depop:   The Law of Loving Others, Skipping Christmas, Rules of Summer  Paid a total of $13.98. The depop fee was $1.40. The PayPal fee was  -$0.71.  Shipping cost was $3.86. My profit was $8.01. The Davinci Code, City Girls, The Gaurdian,  Pigs in Heaven Sold for $10.28. Depop fee was $1.03. PayPal fee was  -$0.60  . Shipping was $3.86. My profit was $4.79.  Set of 2 books  Sold for $5 plus $4 shipping. Depop fee was 60 cents.  PayPal fee was  -$0.56   My profit was $4.51. Against All Odds  Sold on Mercari for $13. The fees were $1.30 and .68 cents.  Shipping costs $3.33. My profit was $7.69. Haunted Highways This was from the Estate Sale where I've already made my money back. Sold on Mercari for $16 shipped. the fees were $1.60 and .76 cents. Shipping costs $3.33.  my profit was $10.31. vintage book Children of the Desert Sold on Mercari for $13 sh

Work with Me: Late Night Shift

 It's imperative I make as much as I can in November and December. I'm using Depop, Mercari, Instagram, and Facebook groups. I should use Etsy but I find the fees too much and I'd like to keep my prices affordable. It is 10:19 PM as of writing this, and I'm updating all my listings to included #saletime. My strategy is to bump my listings until a sale occurs. The best hours are after 5pm to midnight. I haven't listed anything new this week. I'll be choosing 5 books I think will sell quickly. (5 instead of 10 b/c my hand feels bruised) i'm very tired. it was a bad thanksgiving start, one for the books. i'm glad I can end it on a good note.  I went ahead and listed books I got for free with the intention that they would sell quick and cheap. I like to offer customers a wide range of budget options. Then I posted what I call a "teaser post". The above books I'll post tomorow. I also did not intentionly pick the books out for the color. I chose

LIbrary Sale Day

I have 59 more books to my inventory  Today was very hectic.  1. How to Make Pop Ups, Joan Irvine 2. Messener Holiday Library Easter Fun, Judith Hoffmon Corwin 3. The Family Butterfly Book 4. Things to Make and Do for Christmas, Ellen Weiss 5. The A-Z no cook cookbook 6. Deneki, An Alaskan Moose, William d. Berry 7. Hispanic Americans, Milton Meltzer 8. The Brooklyn Bridge, They Said it couldn't be built 9. Too Many Books!, Carkine Feller Bauer 10. The First Book of Plants 11. The Aircraft Encyclopedia 12. Botany 49 More Science Fair Projects 3x 13. America the Beautiful, stories of patriotic songs 14. Eli Whitney Great Inventor  15. Classic Childrens Games, ViciennenSeraque 16. Born to Trot, Marguerite Henry 17. Frogs and the Ballet 18. The Squirrel, margaret lane 19. The giant panda, Jim duqu 20. Hoppy the Toad, jane burton 21. The facts on file, biology Handbook  22. All About Ponds 23. Christmas in America  24. Cooking rocks! Rachael ray 30 minute meals 25. Rocks and minerals 2

what sold November 15 -21 (A New Record!)

I really need a job in order to keep my funds saved up for a vehicle. I'm praying for the job down the road at the cleaners, he already told me he thought he'd have me in the front.  Heres what sold this week: Disney Nursery Rhyme Book Sent offers for $11 on Mercari. It's a big book. The fees were $1.10 and .62. Shipping was $3.86. (This book was 3 pounds 😭) I made $5.42 profit.  Frog and Toad all Year One of the fastest flips! Sold for $14 plus $2.90 shipping.  Depop fee was $1.69. The PayPal fee was .79 cents.  Shipping was $2.80. My profit was $11.62.  The Last Lecture She made an offer on Mercari for $6 and I countered at $7. The shipping was $2.80. The Mercari fee was .70 and .50 cents. My profit was $3. Charlie Brown Vintage books Sent offers and sold for $9. Shipping was $3.33. Mercari fee was .90 and .56 cents. My profit was $4.21.   Squirrels Thanksgiving Surprise, Uncommon Type I'm starting to send offers to peo

Work with Me: Tornado Listing

  The holiday season is ripe with buyers shopping for their loved ones. My goal is to list 20 books on every platform today - not stopping until I make some sales.  1.  noah's ark illustrated by nonny hogrogian $5 2 . Eating the Plates $10 3.  the best children's book in the world book byron preiss $15 4. Grimm's Fairy Tales illustrated by don daily $15  5. The Rooster Grows a book of American Rhymes and Jingles $20 6. WHAAM! the art and Life of Roy Lictenstien $10  7. A Year of Japanese Festivals, India Celebrates, Holidays in Scandinavia - set of 3 for $14 8. The Month - Brothers a slavic tale $10 9. The Polar Express $10 10. mikhail baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood $20  10:02 PM I posted these this morning along with a few other ones. I was finished around 12 and picked up a second batch of books around 2. I chose more fairytale books: Firebird and other Russian Fairytales, Mother Goose Picture Word Rhymes. I fell asleep. I made a theme divider and

Another huge vintage book haul!

I source every week for my used bookstore Hyla Brook Books. Regardless of feeling like I've already taken enough, I went and got more books because winter is coming. I dont have a car. I dont have a job. I'm not on government assistance. I only have what Ibe made from my shop all year, which is only enough for another month. The money I was saving for a car.  Praying. That's why I feel like it's okay to take all the books I can carry back and forth. There was still rows of books. 1. The Mouse of Amherst 2. Justice SAndra Day O Conner by Judith Bentley 3. Radical Red by James Duffy 4. The Silver Donkey  5. Unicorns Secret series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 6. 3 Charming Ponies books 7. Bambis Children 8. 1001 Christmas, Facts and Fancies 9. Easter Chimes 10.  Heigh Ho for Halloween  11. John Marshall by alfred steinberg 12. Queen of Scots 13. Tad Lincoln 14. Liliuokalani 15. On the Run: Franco Harris  16. Milton Hershey Chocolate King 17. George Lucas  18. Life is No Yu

Work with Me : all I do is list list list

5:30 p.m.  Something I'm going to try is push myself even farther. I aimed to list on all my platforms today: Depop, Instagram, Mercari, Facebook groups and Etsy.  On Depop, I listed 8 books and a promo post.  I posted 9 times within 24 hours on Instagram, HBB vault.  I shared 2 posts in Wonderlust: Frog and Toad and a vintage book called Beloved Tales.  And on Mercari I've listed 6 books today, November 16.  9 p.m. I discovered a new trending hashtag on Depop= #saletime  I've already started seeing a small increase in traffic via likes.  I havent updated all my listings on Depop yet. I posted more books on Mercari.  9:18 PM I made a sale!! I knew this book would sell fast. Funny thing I had it priced at $12 then increased it to $14 when i noticed some Ebay sellers selling it for alot of money. Super happy with this quick flip!!

Mid Month Review: November 2020

In the middle of each month I like to evaluate how I'm aligning with my goals. There's still time left this month to make my November stats. Here is my November Plan with Me post - I did not get the librarian assistant job, but I did apply for the Dry Cleaners down the road. At this time, I am out of stimulus money and reaching into my car savings. I am wondering how to double my profits.  How much money have I made so far? The first week I made $35 and last week I made $93.45. That's a total of $128.45. My goal is to make more than $360.  What Sold - November 1-7 What Sold - November 8-14 I am pushing myself to post videos on Youtube - they are 1 to 2 minute snippits of vlog time since I don't have a SIM card. I have a whopping 29 followers on my youtube. Watch my Latest Youtube video here One of my goals for a few months is to have 300 items on Depop, Mercari, and Etsy. I haven't listed on Etsy because it costs twenty cents to list, plus the fees are

What Sold November 8- 14

Here's what sold this week! This week was so special because it was my birthday.   Eat, Pray, Love First time doing free shipping on all books as a special sale. Sold for $4.95 shipped. Depop fee was .50 cents. The PayPal fee was 44 cents. Shipping was $2.80. My profit merely $1.21. This book has been in my shop almost all year. Gulliver's Travels, A Fine Balance, What Religions Believe  Sold to a repeat buyer. She spent $24 on Depop. The Depop fee was $2.40. The PayPal fee was $1. The shipping was $3.86. My profit was $16.74. Lady Almina and the Real Downtown abbey  Listed this the other day so happy it sold quickly on Depop. She paid $4.95. The Depop fee was 50 cents. The PayPal fee was .44 cents. Shipping was $2.80. my profit was $1.21. for the first time ever, I put FREE SHIPPING on all my books. one reason is because I need more room. second reason is my competition prices low. third reason is because i wanted to see if FREE SHIPPING would actually work to gene