Skip to main content

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.




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 higher. I haven't been keen on listing on Mercari due to all the low ballers and unpleasant customers I've had in just the short time I've used it. (Should I do a post on this?)  I got my first 4 star rating EVER on Mercari the week my cat died. I'm starting to relate to Honey Rags (a reseller on youtube) who quit Mercari because it brought down her shop's vibe. 

I know now to use Mercari as Hyla Brook Book's outlit - books that have been sitting a long time, or that were free, or from hauls where I've already made my money back. My motto lately has been: some money is better than no money.

Tomorrow, I might go back to Rusk County Library and see if i can find more vintage children's books. I have a huge advantage in that I live walking distance and I don't work. At 8:30 on Monday most people can't shop the library sale because they have a job to go to.

Except I've taken more than 200 books, I feel greedy. Even if it is my only source of income and it's a blessing straight from God, I don't want to be the one taking all the books. I still think about other readers who are not trying to resell - readers like me 5 years ago just hoping to find some magic.

  while organizing my inventory i realized I didn't pick up any dinosaur books. And I thought about donating my poetry wall art since I have no money to donate. 

For the last few weeks, whenever I have downtime, I'll read articles about other booksellers. A Parisian bookstore with no books called Les Puf. A thriving bookstore in Tennesse called McKay's Used Books, Music, Movies, Games. And the Raven Bookstore in Lawrence, Kansas, with bookstore cats and  author events. 

 

I would love to add more author events, remember the monthly bookclub I tried to start when I first began my VIP group? There's a lot of good reasons on why I should start a bookclub. Also live chats and write ins with author friends. 

Friday was my 28th birthday. This could be the start of a new beginning. 


Current # of Listings

Depop = 238
Mercari =208
Etsy = 21
















 Real talk: I've been having so much trouble participating in life. Not paying attention to my messenger. Sleeping most days. My arm has been hurting since last Wednesday,  I think from hauling hundreds of books. 




Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

End of Month Reseller Report - July 2021

 How much did I make in July? It's August 2nd and I'm taking a look back at my accomplishments.  What Sold July 1-7 What Sold July 8-14 What Sold July 15-21 What Sold July 22-31 I made $235.54 selling books. I did my first ever listing challenge and I want to do another one - stricker dead line.  List 100 Items in 13 Days. That's half the time it took to do the original challenge. 13 is also the date I was born. A Baker's Dozen. Perfect! When I told Joe at the Post Office I wanted to make $1k or $800 a month he blew a tire and looked skeptical, and he kinda laughed. We both did. Is it such a crazy idea that I deserve this? That at the end of everything, I'll be the owner of a secondhand bookshop. Some cool things I added to my shop: Magic The Gathering Cards, skirts, I opened my Ebay store and added items but haven't completed the set up.  Also, my new goal is to make $100 each week by pursuing sales. Offering to likers on Depop which i never do - posting more i...
Post a Comment
Read more

What Sold July 1-7

 These weekly What Sold posts kept me organized, so I'm bringing them back. I review what items sold on each platform, how much it sold, the fees, and what my profit was. Every month I have the same goal to make $350, but my dream goal is to make $800 per month just by selling books. I currently sell on Depop, Mercari, Instagram, Etsy, and various Facebook groups. Depop has been incredibly slow - I have not made any July sales yet. In June I had 4 orders, in May I had 3, in April I had 6 orders, 7 orders in March, 9 in February, and 7 in January. That gives you an idea how many orders come through Depop and why it's important to cross list. I think I have more sales on Mercari. The Summer Slowdown is here! I haven't made any sales yet on Mercari in July. Mercari makes it a little harder to view your sales history in chronological order, but here is how many orders went through each month this year 2021 on Mercari: January - | | | | | | February - March - | | | | | | | | Ap...
Post a Comment
Read more

Selling on Ebay for Beginners - Pt. 1

 I am brand new to selling on Ebay, I avoided it because I personally felt that the interface felt outdated, I never buy anything on Ebay, and Ebay seems intimidating . On the other platforms I sell on, it is so easy and fast to list. When I listed my first item, it felt like I was filing out paperwork at a doctor's office. It's going to take some time to get used to Ebay's layout, a newcomer can't navigate the Seller's Hub so quickly. It's free to register. Ebay will send an amount to your bank you have to confirm to receive payments. When you first start out, you can only list 10 items per month, this renews every 90. You have to build up your "feedback" - so I'll have to make a purchase or two through Ebay. (Going to see if I can find a Samsung Technologies Q2U microphone to upgrade my Podcast!) This link below is essential reading for new Ebay sellers: https://export.ebay.com/en/listings/limits/selling-limits/ The website says 10, but I was onl...
Post a Comment
Read more