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What Sold November 1-7

Determined as always to do better than I did the month before. One of my weekly goals is to list 10 books a day on Depop and list more vintage books on Etsy. 

The Sugar Camp Quilt
Sold on Mercari for $9 The fees were  .90 cents. Shipping cost $2.80. My profit was $5.30.
Sherpa Vest
I sent an offer for $25 shipped on Mercari. The Mercari fee was $2.50. The shipping label cost me $5.65 on PirateShip. I believe this cost me $2.99 at the Hospice. My profit was $13. 86. 
I listed items Sunday and Saturday but not Monday. My heart was in mourning. 


Walk Two Moons
Sold on Depop for $4.95 plus $2.80 shipping. The Depop fee was .78 cents. The PayPal fee was .52 cents. My profit was $3.65. 
The Help, Glass Castle
Two really good books sold on Depop. Total was $13.95. Depop fee was $1.55. The PayPal fee was 75 cents. Shipping cost $3.33. My profit was $8.32.
 Letters of Yellowstone 
Sold on Mercari for $8 shipped. Fees were 80 cents and 53 cents. Shipping was $2.80. My profit was $3.87. 

so far  I made $35! I had 5 orders and sold 4 books and a vest. 

 I'll go ahead and publish this post. I want to start adding how many items I listed that week as well. One of my goals for months now is to have 300 listings and I'm almost there on Depop. 

Items listed on Depop: 43
Listings on Mercari : 19
Listings on Instagram : 7
Listings on Etsy : 0

Net profit: $35
Total # of orders this week: 5
Total # of books sold: 5
Other: Sherpa vest

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