How Long Do Clothes Take To Sell On eBay?

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[@alannahaney9377]

Great video, I so appreciate how you show the reality of some sales. People always think I'm making so much on all of my sales but that isn't always the case. I've had the $2 loss sales to and it gets it gone fir more. Is what it is. Thank you for your videos I enjoy them.

[@TaylorExchange]

Thank you for that!

[@Bryan-lu4du]

Enjoyed walking us through the process and the sales and your reasoning etc

[@TaylorExchange]

You're welcome Bryan

[@donnagoodman5778]

Enjoyed the video lots of input appreciate the work you do on the videos keep up the good work ❤

[@TaylorExchange]

Thank you Donna

[@flipitgood6744]

Great video! Thanks. Hope you are having a great week.

[@TaylorExchange]

I appreciate it! Same to you.

[@jerebearize]

thank you. makes me less anxious. im starting out so i buy used clothes and goodwill. getting better at listings and prices every week. thanks =)

[@TaylorExchange]

That’s great! Love to hear it.

[@iarekujo]

great! was just thinking about this topic earlier this week

[@TaylorExchange]

Thanks, it was either you or another person mentioned the topic.

[@pkzenk2158]

GM bro! Have a great day!!

[@TaylorExchange]

Same to you Zenk!

[@mrslehman3]

Just ordered from jiaro pack! Picked the Eagles Green color to bring green cash to my store$$

[@TaylorExchange]

Awesome! I hope it works!!

[@_Self_Checkout]

Chicago in da house..... ❤😂 Are you in Chicago? I am & I'm looking to follow more resellers in my area so I can be more realistic about what I can expect to find. I like your breakdown. Thanks

[@TaylorExchange]

No I’m in Texas, my dad cursed me with Chicago fandom!

[@Runningyahu]

Awesome video! Do you manually end and relist your listings daily, or do you use a service? Thanks!!

[@TaylorExchange]

I manually do it.

[@flipyeah696]

What size boxes do you use for storage? Enjoying your videos!

[@TaylorExchange]

8x8x30 from Uline

[@sgtrock754]

Over in Western Australia and just found your flog and am enjoying it, great job. One question, why consolidate why not just reuse old SKU numbers. So keep a list and reuse them once an items sells.

[@TaylorExchange]

Hello and welcome! I suppose that would work but I have a 5,000 item store. that list would be long and then have to transfer it to my employee. I think it would be a hassle to deal with.

[@enqshow1]

Man you have to make a video on how you don't use promoted listings and still get those sales. Very interesting topic right now and that video could get you some serious traffic.

[@TaylorExchange]

I’ll look into making that video. I feel like I express most everything in my business but maybe I can make it more digestible. Pricing is the biggest reason people have trouble moving items.

[@rick9705]

Have you made or could you make a video explaining why you end and sell similar then bulk edit reduce pricing vs just running markdown sales as inventory ages? I’ve heard their AI detects ending and sell similar so you don’t get the impressions bump anymore.

[@TaylorExchange]

I won’t make a dedicated video to it. I feel it’s a more controlled way to discount items rather than running the markdown sales. Anyone you heard talk about eBays A.I. or algorithm likely has no clue what they are saying and is just guessing.

[@pdixson1031]

Luv the videos! ? You accept offers. Do you post best offer on listing. I see some list then after a week put best offer? Thx!

[@TaylorExchange]

Thanks! Yes, absolutely!

[@jaykrehbiel9896]

Really good video. Can tel you spent a lot of editing time. Offers make the bank!

[@TaylorExchange]

Thanks! And you are right about offers.

[@rick9705]

This is actually a well timed video with all the talk going on lately of the Cassini algorithm weighting sell through rate #1 metric. I’ve been considering myself instead of being willing to wait six months for an item to sell start discounting maybe within even two weeks to 30 days of listing trying to have everything gone as fast as possible. Like 60-70% off already at or even before 90 days. Thoughts?

[@TaylorExchange]

60-70% is very aggressive. A lot of it for me is how replaceable the item is. If it’s something I find every week I’ll good accepting or sending a low offer if I’ll still profit $5-$7. Rare items I’d rather wait the 6 months for max money or 10% off.

[@johndough23]

marking stuff down is pointless. It sounds logical but rarely moves the needle on items without any demand. If the listing is solid and lacks views then remove the item from your inventory. Nothing weights down the STR of your store more than piles of boat anchors. Another alternative is to make lots of slow movers. There is a market for lots on eBay.

[@TaylorExchange]

@@johndough23 That’s one way to do it.

[@rick9705]

@@johndough23 actually listed and sold my first lot last week. $3 for 3 shorts sold for $29 shipped in a flat rate envelope will definitely keep looking for opportunities to lot similar items.

[@pierrejulienregnard1892]

I resold one of your shirt for profit on Ebay! lloll

[@TaylorExchange]

Nice! Haha 😂

[@grantsoleau2441]

Could you possibly give out more tips targeted towards beginners? When starting out waiting months for small profit just isn’t realistic. And I don’t want to put a lot of money into picking up items at the thrift when I’m not sure if im going to make a return for months. Not to mention as a beginner it can be difficult to find what’s profitable at the stores. Love your vids and all the tips you’ve already given.

[@grantsoleau2441]

Or should I just slowly add up listings until profit starts to come in?

[@TaylorExchange]

Great comment. Off the rip, I do not like or enjoy selling low profit items. If I had a choice I’d prefer high dollar fast selling items. The reselling game has gone from simple to extremely difficult. One reason is a lot of people over the last 4 years have gotten really good at finding to high dollar items. The reason it’s difficult to find items is because seasoned resellers are going to your thrift stores every week or day and grab the great items within seconds of hitting the sales floor. I’ll think about a video to explain some things that could help but just being straight with you, this side hustle is not as easy as it once was.

[@PatriotGirl1776]

Sean is making far more than that. His average profit is higher than just a few items he states. Have to take the overall profits to get the real picture.

[@TaylorExchange]

True, this was just one day.

[@FredsRandomFinds]

Had the same thing last year with those old items popping back up. Yet another thing They seem to have never fixed. Do you use the end listing sell similar after a certain time? A few of the UK eBay KZbinrs recently went to a "eBay Live" event and were seemingly told that after around 90 days if your item hasn't sold they get buried by the algorithm?

[@TaylorExchange]

Maybe so

[@manzoora8101]

Nice work! So for returns, who pays the shipping cost?

[@TaylorExchange]

I do but depending on the issue with the return sometimes I do not refund the $8.99 shipping.

[@pdixson1031]

? Could you do future how and when you discount. Thx!

[@TaylorExchange]

Naw, I won’t be making that one.

[@VersatileRaps]

When you price down do you end listing and then reslist or sell similar or something else ?

[@TaylorExchange]

Ya pretty much

[@dorareynero468]

How do you ship your items, shipping charges always gets me. Do you give a track# to your customers?

[@TaylorExchange]

I do a flat rate $8.99 on all items. I make sure to weigh each item and use usps through eBay to buy my labels.

[@vrrll]

on low to no profit things, why didn't you just donate it and get the writeoff for FULL value? That makes more business sense...just saying. I would have a floor and at that price I know I can write it off for more than what I would get...that is what happens. I will write off full resale value and document it. but that is me. EDIT - I also would have tried FB marketplace to see if I can get it sold without fees.

[@TaylorExchange]

Not a bad idea

[@_kodyparker]

You could toss the first letter of the month at the end of the sku random idea.

[@TaylorExchange]

Ya that could work.

[@_kodyparker]

@@TaylorExchange Could get a little jammbily with some of the months having the same first letter but just popped in my head as I was watching. Big fan of your content , really great info and outlook. Thank you !

[@TaylorExchange]

@@_kodyparker Good point, thanks!

[@tamarkohnmarks5394]

How do you get to eBay calculator? Where do you put your cost so it pops out on the calculator?

[@TaylorExchange]

It’s a website. I think googling eBay calculator will take you to it.

[@deborahhalcomb4562]

So when you say you relist to discount do you mean end and sell similar?

[@TaylorExchange]

Yes

[@MarisaElena843]

Do we get more details on the cart?? I’m curious

[@TaylorExchange]

I can show more of it. Basically a box on wheels with an open front that I built with some scraps.

[@cryptohashman1495]

Where did you get the boxes?

[@TaylorExchange]

I order them from Uline. 30x8x8

[@gracecawrse6826]

What is your promotional rate and your return policy?

[@TaylorExchange]

0 promotions. 60 day free returns

[@user-nn5gb3ex8n]

Hello, I tried to find your eBay store to get an idea of how you have it set up, but no luck. Is your eBay store named something different?Can you provide your eBay store name, url I would love to check it out.

[@TaylorExchange]

Sorry, I tried to make it harder to find. The larger amount of people viewing the store and not purchasing was hurting my sales metrics.

[@user-nn5gb3ex8n]

OK. So you no longer run an eBay store? No worries thanks for your time. The wife and I really want to get into selling on eBay, and there are so many fake gurus out there. Thanks again. have a great day @@TaylorExchange

[@flipflopsallday72]

How many returns do you get a month?

[@TaylorExchange]

15 maybe, last year was 9000ish transactions and maybe 150 returns

[@MamaBearsStuff]

How much are your discounts per month?

[@TaylorExchange]

I knock off 5%

[@rosep5502]

How long did it take you to get to this point?

[@TaylorExchange]

I started selling on eBay in Sept 2019

[@rosep5502]

@@TaylorExchange Cool that's great. I started selling in June 2020 and niched down to jewellery which hasn't helped my growth. Started changing over to clothing this month so fingers crossed I can get to a good point 🤞 do you find vintage does well for you? Appreciate the reply btw :)

[@TaylorExchange]

@@rosep5502 Some vintage does but I don’t find it very often.

[@brockwilson5485]

How many items do you sell each day for an average sale of $500/ per day? How much profit is that per day? Can you make decent money? Seems like you’re doing a lot of work for minimal profit. How can you afford to hire help with those tight profit margins? One item you made $.39 and several others you made less than $10. I don’t mean to sound so negative… I think you’re a super nice guy. I’ve even bought from you… a denim Polo long sleeve shirt. I just don’t see how you can work so hard and make such little money. Who can live off $6-700 a week?

[@brockwilson5485]

And the shirt was great btw… I wanted to see your process. You’ve definitely got a streamline process down to a science.

[@TaylorExchange]

I make around 5-6k a month on eBay and have some content related incomes that will total around 8k this year and are continuing to increase. I also live in a smallish Texas town and bought my house in 2016. I list 30-35 per day. Sales day range. 200k in sales this year to profit 60-65k. Employee is part time and does prep and photos. Avg is $24 avg cogs is $4 Its a bit of work, but beats working for someone else.

[@TaylorExchange]

@@brockwilson5485 Thanks for shopping my store.

[@TaylorExchange]

I’ll also make about $3k from credit card points and sign up bonuses this year. And running taxes as a S-corp helps me save.

[@hypnotizefinds4333]

If he was to charge the accurate shipping per each item that sold his profit would be way less. There’s no way I charge $8.99 to ship a shirt, priority is not that much. If he was to charge what he should it would between $4-6 depending on the location and weight.

[@marcopujo1981]

Good video, do you promote your items .

[@TaylorExchange]

Thanks, and no.

[@Bratttssales]

do u promote items

[@TaylorExchange]

No

[@normav2226]

How much do you charge for each additional item to ship?

[@TaylorExchange]

I have a reduced shipping discount. First item ordered is $8.99 shipping. Any additional item is $2.99 shipping.