I Deleted All of My eBay Listings & Started Over! Inventory Purge in Q4 | Did it Slow My Sales?

[@ConsignmentChats]

Awww Thanks for the Shout Out! Loving this video so much!

[@pinkhatpolish1110]

I absolutely love this video bc I am a newer reseller and did not start out with a system. Doing it now so I know where stuff is!! You are so encouraging and keep such a positive attitude!!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I'm so glad this was helpful! Good luck on your reselling adventure!

[@NinasJewels]

Ugh. We do an annual inventory every January of our over 4,000 items! It’s a beast. But pays off. You’ll be glad you did this. WORTH IT! 🎉🎉🎉

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Oh goodness! yep! THAT'S an undertaking!! Thanks so much for the encouragement and support!! Means so much!

[@The-Lost-Attic]

you're going to have a gazillion comments on here from me I can see it already... this video is so inspiring to me to keep going. I have a disability that really creates a lot of obstacles but I can do it and especially gives me hope with a eBay seeing your video.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I know you can do this! I'm so glad this was helpful! Ask questions anytime! I'm happy to cheer for you to keep going!!

[@marilynwilson2326]

I inventory my store by listing month. My store is still relatively small. I have bins for each month of the year. By the time I get to that month again, the following year, hopefully that bin is almost empty. I just put the month in my sku. So far, so good.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Whoa! That's a great way to do inventory! Never thought of that!

[@saraharms83]

SO GOOD! Appreciate you sharing this when you did as I’m thinking of doing exactly this over Christmas break! I’m outgrowing the storage space in my son’s closet and need to reorganize before I schlup my inventory out to my folks’ basement (so thankful they are generous with their storage space - my house is SO small!). Seemed like a good time to audit my buckets and listings - - so watching this video gave me the confidence to just go for it! 😊

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Hope you're making progress on this! It really does feel so good to get a separate, designated space for your business! I can't wait to hear all about it!

[@Snyder0901]

Oh my poor girl! I think it turned out great for you in the end. Miss you!

[@LindaKayHolevas]

Hi Kari!! xo❤

[@ARuralSquirrel]

KARIIII!! 💖💖💖 Thanks girl!! It's turning back around and I feel so much better about knowing where all my stuff is! LOL! Miss you too!! Can't wait to get out your way again and have some more shenanigans!! 😉

[@ameichholz]

Good for you! Can't wait to see if this pumps up your sales.

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

Wow what a huge undertaking! I really hope it pays off for you.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

It always feels better when things are cleaned up! I already feel like it has paid off!

[@sunflowerstatelifestylellc]

I went through my inventory while watching you, and I made mistakes on some of my shipping as well. Great advise to go through and look, great video ❤

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I'm so glad it helped! I couldn't get over how many things I wanted to change when I updated everything! You too?

[@tbrownell102]

Great attitude! That’s a ton of work. I do agree that it’s great to recheck each item. I end all listings before they automatically relist. I sell similar and review and then repost. I need to do inventory however. I am only at 200 items and should do it now. I Enjoy your posts.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

It really was helpful the time! I think I'll probably do it way more often now!

[@lisasorce2258]

Great video….thanks for sharing your experience with us!

[@susanrodriguez2850]

Hi, like you I’ve been very busy traveling, and doing estate sales for a select few.. my pile has gotten out of control..I took a bite out of elephant today..thank you needed to hear this Sue

[@ARuralSquirrel]

You've got some great stuff in that pile!! Glad you got started! Now you can start getting the MONEY from those fabulous finds!! Good luck! You got this! 🐘

[@susanrodriguez2850]

@@ARuralSquirrel I’ve got a lot done in a few days..How about you?

[@Texanita1980]

At least you'll start new next year! You got this!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thanks Jacky! I really needed to hear that encouragement!! 💖🐿

[@quiltedbrownie]

🤩🙏 this was great - learned some things. Thx for taking us along!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Glad you enjoyed it! This was really a long process - but sooooo worth it!

[@HanginwithKellyDebbie]

LOL I am doing the same thing right now! Be careful my whole storage area is in complete chaos right now.... Great video. New subscriber.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

So glad you're coming by to hang out with me! Appreciate it! Isn't it crazy that we tend to make a bigger mess for a minute, while we spread everything out, to clean it all up better! It's that part that makes me look around and freak out a little - plus major motivation to get it all up and out of the way! Hope to see you over here again soon! 😉 🐿

[@ONEDAYATATIMERESELLER]

Awesome video.. Ive been going through my inventory for the last month. Updating and all. Thanks for sharing

[@ARuralSquirrel]

It feels good to clean things up - doesn't it?

[@pattihuesken9583]

Oh wow Kristen, that was so good that you were able to do this. I’m sure that sales will pick up and it seems they have already. All said and done, that must be a huge weight off your mind. Good for you! Blessings on your continued success! Have an amazing Merry Christmas! 💕♥️💕

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thanks so much for your encouragement and support each week Patti! Really appreciate you!

[@nickythethriftygramma]

I think going through your bins and relisting is a good fresh start. That first initial OMG feeling you had, had to be awful. I have 700+ items in my inventory. At the the end of October I decided to start with bin A and look at each item's listing. I'm on bin P at the moment. So far I have a bin full of items that just aren't listed on ebay any more for some reason. I'm donating 8 items so far that I just don't like that I listed in the beginning. I've relisted a TON of listings with keywords and better titles. I can happily say that some of my oldest items have sold from doing this. Does it suck doing it through Q4, yep...but it will feel good to be fresh and ready for the new year. I love your videos and I enjoy the Let's do lunch podcast.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Girl!! I'm glad that we successfully did this together!! I think I'll do this a tote at a time next time like you! Probably more manageable bites for sure! Appreciate all of your support! Thanks for hanging out with me!

[@amoses73]

Oh honey I feel your pain!!! LOL! I’m new and I waited until I had 200 items to even start keeping inventory!!!! lol. It only took one scare…I’ve misplaced a one dollar vase that had sold for 60. I found it and it was fine, but I decided that I needed to fix that. Took an entire Sunday… exhausted to say the least.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Girl! That is EXACTLY why I ended up with this inventory system in the first place! So glad you found it AND was able to take that situation and learn from it!! Not only that - but take action to improve things!! GREAT JOB!!

[@LeftLaneFinds]

I've been wanting to do something similar. "Housekeeping" is so tedious.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Tedious is right!! But so worth it in the end!!

[@collinsonthemove]

You are amazing🥰. I know you will be getting LOADS of sales because of all of this hard work 😍

[@ARuralSquirrel]

thanks so much Crissy!! 💖💖💖💖🐿🐿🐿🥰🥰

[@judy-thriftingkcstyle]

Love seeing your throwing of your packages, I know that was a good feeling. You are quite brave to end everything and relist. Sounded like alot of work, great video again.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thanks Judy! Hope you're doing super great with your reselling too!! Doing it part time is brave too! Keep going! You got this!

[@theresafrawley9388]

That was quite the task! Good for you for sticking with it and getting it done! Can you please share how you packaged the flat, cardboard holiday decorations?

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thanks so much! Great question too! I use a cardboard box but just leave it flat (like you would when you break down a box for storage)and tape it on the ends for strength.

[@sophiamarthacampos9878]

You don’t know how much you have helped me with this video. Thanks

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Awww!! Yay!! I'm so glad!! That has made everything worth it completely!!

[@Dumpsterjumpingbeeanz]

Great video, sometimes that bulk editing is better than 1 at a time. Thanks for sharing

[@ARuralSquirrel]

For sure! Hopefully, I'll be able to do that going forward now that I've cleaned house. 😉

[@donnahughes8409]

Oh wow this was amazing learning tool thank you for all your hard work you put into your business & show us so it helps others. 🤗

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Donna - you're so sweet! Thanks for the kind words!!

[@TexasMomsCloset]

I don't like bulk edit really either! I am doing the same as you right now - I still need to go through a few totes, I relisted a few things and realized I didn't physically find it! I need to go back and be more regimented like you are! Loved this video - really great idea.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I love it that we were going through this together!! We should have lunch sometime and compare notes!

[@ConsignmentChats]

I have to say, I so want inventory . . . but with 8K items the thought just makes me cringe!! You are one BRAVE Squirrel!!!!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I don't know that I could do it like this with 8K items!! That would take a whole different strategy! Thanks so much for watching! 😉

[@johnbelin4201]

Thanks so much for sharing your experience. I’ve been thinking about doing the same sort of thing for a while. You have given me the motivation I needed.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Yay! You'll be so glad you did!

[@melissakomar5435]

You have some good ideas, thank you!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I'm glad! Thanks for watching!

[@happyandjoyful7916]

I love your upbeat attitude even when you’re frustrated, you’re still so positive! How many days did it take you to go through your whole inventory? This is a great video! Do you have a video on listing step by step on item specifics? Great job on this video and also on the pod cast with Rachel and Angie. Such a terrific trio!👏👏👏👏👏😊

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thanks o much for all your support!! Youre so sweet! Honesty, this took me WAY LONGER than it should've! 😅😂 It took about 3 1/2 weeks while it leisurely worked through it. I didn't want it to stress me out to bad or have me burned out! I don't have a video on time specifics - but I watch "Reseller Workroom" and they live list often and walk through each listing. They ask questions from the chat and just hang out with you while they work. Fun and great to learn from them and the people in the chat.

[@happyandjoyful7916]

@@ARuralSquirrel Thank you! That’s so thoughtful of you to refer me to them. I have such a long way to go to reach my goals and watching wonderful folks like you are so helpful! 😊 Inch by inch it’s a cinch!😁

[@ARuralSquirrel]

@@happyandjoyful7916 Tell Dan and Amy that I said hi when you watch their channel! 😉

[@storagebandits7031]

Thanks for sharing Watching now Kristin. Hope you & you family had a great Thanksgiving my friend 🙂

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Appreciate you so much!! 💖🐿

[@maries1381]

Thank you so much for this video! I soooooooooo needed to watch this as I literally just finished during an 'inventory count' in my currently 'small' ebay store and now will figure out which listings to take out to 'sell similar'. I want to get this done before the end of the year so that I can start the new year listing tons of inventory i have. I definitely need to source other outlets besides listing myself becuase of the abundance I do have and heard you mention at the very beginning of this video 'consignment, wholesale girls' . Who/what are the 'wholesale girls'? I would like to be ready to start sorting and decipher what items to take to buy/sell/trade stores or a company or person that buys/sources from other resellers. Again, thank you so much for sharing this as I will be starting tomorrow with the delisting and selling similar! :)

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Marie! I'm so glad you are tackling this too!! I mentioned the "HaulSale" girls in the beginning of the video. You should check out their website and tell them that I sent you! It's a great concept and useful to a lot of people!

[@janemyers3494]

Listening at work. You make it hard to just listen when you say "look at this" . I quickly need to enlarge the screen so I can look what you are showing. Ha! Still enjoying it. Thanks Kristin!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

LOL!! That's funny! Just trying to keep you engaged! 😂😂

[@carolinaclaus]

WOW - that’s a lot of work. I think it will pay off for you BIG TIME !!!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thanks so much Santa!! Appreciate your support and encouragement so much! I definitely needed to make my list and check it twice here too! 😉 💖🐿

[@pufles65]

Great video Kristen I learned a lot from your experiment. I’m getting ready to open my own store soon and listen to your dilemma encourages me to thinking I can do this 😊💐

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I love it that this can help you - because I KNOW you can do this!

[@anythingvintage]

Great video Kristen ..Wow that was a good idea to redo your inventory need to take a look at mine 💖💖

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thanks my friend!! Definitely worth looking at!! You'll feel so much better when you're done!! I know I do!

[@KristiWilson]

Great video! I started using the Ginger Marvin box system. It is awesome. SO easy to find sold items. And to do inventory, you can just search by sku (Banker Box A, SD1-A, ect) and it will show you everything that’s supposed to be in that box. I do the search term once, and have all the items there on screen at once. Huge time saver there too! I am curious. In the end, how Many items did you have that we’re not showing listed? And how many showed as listed that you didn’t physically have?

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I LOVE the way Chris and Cathy's system works too! It looks so clean and professional too! The next time I do this, (listen to me - like I'm gonna do this again!! 😅)I'm totally going to update to that system! 😅 I'e had a couple of people ask about the number of items that 'fell off' my active listings - never even thought about people caring about that! LOL! I'll update that in Sunday's video

[@TheMerchants]

Lol I’m assessing my inventory as well and all of your remarks have been exactly what’s going through my head 😂 I’m with you sister! You’ve got this! Perseverance wins the race! 💪🏼💕

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thanks so much Mary! I appreciate the encouragement! In the end, I really feel like it's worth it!! Hard work - but itsn't hard work always worth it??

[@TheMerchants]

@@ARuralSquirrel always!

[@karencurry6777]

Bravo! Quite the undertaking. Looks like it was a very successful process for you. I have my stuff stored in boxes like you. Been thinking about the Ginger Marvin awesome system. The initial process makes my head swim but how nice is that end result!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Karen! I'm glad there are so many of us with this inventory system! I was going to change it - but it seemed like too much at the same time! 😅 Definitely worth it in the end!

[@Jenny-of3vb]

I just bought a basket from you over at your eBay store. 1 less thing for you to track & relist. Merry Christmas 🎄

[@ARuralSquirrel]

OH MY GOSH!! Thanks so much Jenny!! I wish I would have read this before I mailed it out!! Appreciate you in so many ways!! 💕 💖🐿

[@elizabethjohnson6638]

If you think yours is messy, no I live with my daughter and I have to work from my bedroom. I have a trail through it, but I'm loving what I do.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Messy is just part of the territory I think! But trying to keep some sense of organization makes me have less anxiety about all of it! I love doing it too!!

[@MAXEMUSCO]

When I see the title of the video I automatically assumed you’d made the decision to do this 🙈 I can only imagine how you felt when realising what had happened. They say everything happens for a reason but either way your finding the good in what could be and would be seen as a bad situation by most if not all!. Stay blessed. Looking forward to seeing the outcome but for now I need to pause you! ; )x

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thanks Max!! Appreciate you checking in!! Have a fabulous holiday!!

[@MAXEMUSCO]

@@ARuralSquirrel you too. Merry Xmas x

[@mamawithacameralori]

You are a very brave woman!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

LOL! Or crazy!! 😉 Thanks so much for watching Lori! Really appreciate you!!

[@katiewolf4451]

oh man. I need to do inventory and I am dreading it. i have about 300 items in my store. i just thought i would count how many items have 0 views and maybe just dump them, but when i counted it was 90 items! Thats a lot of dead weight! after watching you - i might look at my keywords first. then have a sale. then dump. it will be a good experiment. maybe i will even make pretty graphs haha. thanks again!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

That sounds like you've got a better plan for this now! Hope the keywords change really helps! You've already done the work! See what you can do to make it work for you!

[@KisnCozns51]

Great to see you back, Kristin! I was wondering where you were! LOL And OH MY! So sorry for all the troubles you've gone through to get things back in order. I know it was a lot of work, but I agree with you on putting your hands on each item and double checking each listing for accuracy. Seems like a good idea for each of us to something similar (on a smaller scale of course!) such as picking a box or two per week to go through. BTW, what collabs have you done? Last week I saw suggested video where you were on a panel with 3 other people, but didn't click on it right away and have been unable to find it since. Do you have a link to all the videos that you've appeared on with other channels? Thanks so much! ~Wendy

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Hey Wendy! Thanks so much for checking on me! Really appreciate you! I actually do have a list of the collars and shows that I've done on other people's channels! I made a "play list" on my channel with all of the chat shows I've been on. So many cool people that I've had the PRIVILEGE of being invited on their channels!! Thanks for asking!

[@justjordanthings]

I just did a great purge too!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

WTG!! We made it, didn't we!! Hope it paid off for you as well!

[@BillStoner]

I am always finding inventory that has some how been delisted. Once in awhile I find sold items relisted or double listed that I did not list. I ended and relisted over 1200 items with sell similar took me two days to get through them all. Started having a lot more sales.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Those weird ones that 'fall off' are such a mystery! Thanks for the encouragement on the sales!! Glad to know others have gone through it too!

[@rebeccawebster3556]

This was such a great video-thanks for sharing your experience with us!! I feel like you kind of left us hanging though on the numbers. How many weren’t actually listed? How many did you donate? What was your new total of listings at the end? I see others wondering about this too, so I hope you’ll do a followup video with that info! Thanks again for the really informative video!!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Great questions - I'll talk about it in Sunday's video.

[@debstietz5134]

You a helper to pull items.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

No helpers - it's just me

[@pishposhreselling]

Interesting!! My inventory system is just like yours!, 😂

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I'm so glad that there are so many of us that use this system! 😉

[@Jelly_donut]

Your shop just needed some TLC your reward and patience at the end.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thanks Jelly!! I really needed to hear that encouragement!!

[@Lizbestdeals]

Thank you for your videos. They have a sense of reality that we, the people who are struggling to keep going, need. I am in a difficult situation, I have been listing, watching different youtubers and taking advice. I am mom of a 10 year old and I have been struggling with my store. I love the time I spend with my family, the long breakfasts with my husband who has his law practice and sometimes leaves to work at 10 or 11 am. Taking my son to the park to meet with friends after school or his music classes, I haven't been able to follow an schedule but I don't want to give up my family-time because that is the first reason I want to work at home.. but I do want to build my business and make it work. I haven't list consistently in almost a month and my store is frozen. Just a question: How many items should I list every day to get sales but without geting too much inventory? since I don't have the space. I need to sell quick or at least in less that three months every item I list. In 8 days I will be traveling abroad for 17 days but I am organizing my inventory, my home, my workplace to start working hard next year with a serious schedule because otherwise I will have to get a job. Anyway, again thank you for these nice and real videos showing us that it is not easy but you seem to enjoy it as well and it makes me breath and keep going and I am sure I am not the only one.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I'm so glad that this has been helpful for you! It's so wonderful that you are able to spend the time with family! Especially if this reselling gig can give you that time with them! I do think it's important for you to carve out a daily schedule for your reselling for a few reasons. 1) So that your selling platform stays moving and active. It helps the algorithm. Even if it's only 1-2 listings per day. 2) It shows to your family that you are committed to your business and that you are treating it like the real job that it is! 3) It's a teachable moment for your son to see what hard work and commitment is and that mom's have an important roll outside of the home as well. That there is a healthy balance And 4) You deserve that time to build something for yourself! I wish you the most success in finding that balance and that you create that fun in your family life AS WELL AS your reselling!

[@Lizbestdeals]

@@ARuralSquirrel 💖💖 Thank you. Yes I created my son an account to resell too. I want to teach him that he needs to work hard. Of course the idea is that he studies and get a carreer and have the tools to be able to choose what path he wants to pursue. But I want to teach him too that he has to work hard to get things done the way he is doing with violin... yes, you nailed everything I also want and need.. I wish for you happy hollidays and I will be looking forward your videos when I am abroad. Thank you again.

[@nellstreasurebox]

Well Done!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thanks so much Nelli!! 🤩🐿

[@judyschultheis]

This was a great video to watch; thanks for taking us through your process!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thanks Judy! It was actually pretty therapeutic for me too! LOL

[@tracyzoon5805]

I think going through your inventory periodically is a good idea. I did that this year and ran sales and liquidated some stuff but for me I would not want to close my store and end all listings and start over. I keep my stuff stored by Mens, Womens, kids and the size bins and them hardgoods and softlines.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Glad I'm not alone in our inventory storage system Tracy! LOL! I only closed my store and deleted everything because I was going to be gone for over a month. I thought that since I was already ended, I would 'clean house' before opening it back up. Not ideal timing - but it is what it is!

[@tracyzoon5805]

@A Rural Squirrel I understand. I'm really worried when my house finally sells and I have to ship my inventory from nj to FL that the timing will take over a month and what to do about my store being closed while in transition.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

@@tracyzoon5805 I hear ya! It’ll work out! Being organized ahead of time helps!!

[@addicted_6835]

I did something kind of like that, and it took a couple of weeks to see the sales again.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thankfully, things are bouncing back! And I have such comfort knowing that my inventory is up-to-date!

[@angelbabe1977]

I was off work for 3 months with my daughter spring into summer and I completely wiped out my 1200 items and went box by box doing sell similar on the items. I'm glad I done that because I had a lot of items that were no longer even listed....ummm how???🤔 Took me about two weeks to get my sales to Rekick in.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

MEEE TOOOO!! I had so many things just "fall off" and I am going to be doing a Haulsale load with those items.

[@angelbabe1977]

@A Rural Squirrel I am going to do the same thing after Christmas when I go through inventory again. It's kind of time consuming, but it's huge benefit for 3 reasons. 1) you find what's unlisted. 2) everything gets a fresh start. 3) it allows for a true inventory of products listed even it comes to ensuring multiples are properly listed. I personally recommend everyone do it at least once a yr, but I am going to be doing this twice a yr from here on out.

[@marcicook3166]

I also store my items by category. I have 2000 listings and it’s always worked well. I can’t imagine having to mark every item with a sku. I’d NEVER stick to it and I think would lose a lot more items. Also your sales were probably down more so because your store was shut down than the relisting. Shutting off your store completely usually causes it to lag a week or so once its back on before the sales start up in my experience!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Thanks Marci! I've shut off my store before and you're right, it really does make it slow to bounce back after that - and definitely played into the slow sales! I do appreciate your encouragement about it! Glad we're not alone in our inventory techniques too! 😉

[@PatDees]

better not change the channel name to a traveling squirrel - love your energy and spunk girl .

[@ARuralSquirrel]

LOL!! We DO love to travel, don't we Patdees!! Appreciate you hanging out with me sir!! Really means a lot!! 🐿🧳

[@PatDees]

@@ARuralSquirrel your so nice - Mr Squirrel- lucky man 👨

[@The-Lost-Attic]

Don't look at the big picture just focus on one thing at a time... I kind of gave up on eBay for a while but I listed one item the other day lol and that's all I got in my store😂😂😂 for now

[@ARuralSquirrel]

That's right! Making strides! Doing one thing at a time is much less stressful that taking on the whole thing at once!

[@Deals2love4you]

I so need to do this

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I felt like it was worth it! 😉

[@vintagevikingtreasures-becky]

What an undertaking! Did you find that Dutch bros fleece at the bins? Lol my son had one

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I DID find the fleece at the bins!! Well, technically Cathy Marvin did and was gonna throw it back so I snagged it from her! I love it!

[@jareddollen1113]

What size bags do you use to put your coats in???

[@ARuralSquirrel]

The XL polymailers are what I use - I put a link in the video description. Hope that helps! 😉

[@my_favourite_finds]

This was awesome!

[@ARuralSquirrel]

💖😉🐿

[@Sassamous]

If you had so much that hadn't sold... I think I'd list the new things and give your shop a fresh start. Then look with a critical eye on the old stuff and either donate, cut the price, or look seriously at your key words that draw people to your store.

[@Bawkr]

If the item isn't completely un-useable and is worth the shipping fees, then you should sell it for at least a dollar profit especially with a draft already done. My thoughts. I've been selling a long time but very low volume until this quarter I've spent almost every hour selling.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

That's probably a great way to approach it Sassamous! I hadn't looked at it that way - I was thinking about getting my store up and going as quickly as possible during the busiest shopping season of the year - but that way would've been really good too. Maybe next time! LOL! 😂 😅

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Yeah - I thought about that too - I mean, I've already done all the hard work! Everything is a constant evaluation of "how much is this really worth to me". Worth my time, worth my space, worth, more work, worth more time. And sometimes, I think it's ok to just be done and move on. In the end, maybe selling it in another avenue is better because the Ebay platform didn't perform for me for that item. And that's what I'll end up doing with a bunch of those items. I'll tell you more about it in Sunday's video.

[@kabbystevens5167]

Besides those 3 jackets…how many other items were not listed or dropped off your eBay store?

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Great question! I'll talk about that on Sunday But it was more than I thought it would/should be!

[@MayraTreasures]

I believe that listing unsold go away, so is matter of time you will loose them

[@ARuralSquirrel]

True - I think they only stay in your unsold for 90 days or so - not sure of the exact time but I'm definitely working against the clock!

[@melaniespozio]

Lots and lots of work

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Oh my gosh - girl!! You ain't lying'!! LOL

[@MiraclesByAnait]

Even though you deleted your listing you are getting more sales than me. I make like 1 or 2 sale a month but I have 90 listings so idk if Im doing something wrong

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Don;t stress! And don't compare yourself to me - just compare yourself to where you were last year at this time (or last week or whenever). Are you improving? Are you working to get better? Identify what you can do to improve and challenge yourself to achieve that! You can do it! 😉

[@thriftingthe3rivers656]

I looked in your ebay store to see if you listed the patagonia jacket that you found not listed, I didn't see it. Do u remember what size it was?

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Oh wow! Thanks so much fro checking! I didn't re-list it. I took it to a local Poshmark friend of mine that buys bulk and sold a chunk of stuff to her. Appreciate you watching and noticing the good stuff though!! 😉

[@The-Lost-Attic]

don't be ashamed of how long somethings been in your storage... If it's good stuff it's gonna sit there a while till you get your price you want and it may even go up in value because it's getting older lol

[@ARuralSquirrel]

LOL! You're probably right! 😂

[@DixonsPickins]

Well they say delist relist doesn't work so maybe this proves it?

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I mean, it worked for me!! I've had more 'stagnant" things sell since this experiment and that is a relief! Now, I feel more like a reseller than a 'collector"! LOL

[@DixonsPickins]

@@ARuralSquirrel I made the comment in the video before I finished the whole thing. I saw how it turned out for you buddy

[@marybrannan8961]

I hope this is encouraging for you... Another favorite KZbinr of mine has an inventory system by category. I am shifting to that. I find it easier. No more "alphabet soup" for me! Great minds thinking alike???

[@ARuralSquirrel]

That IS encouraging! Although I think that the 'alphabet soup' looks so professional and clean, it was going to be a hard switch for me - you know - old dogs and all! LOL

[@TheRobq7]

After the troubles I ran into today, I'm tempted to delete all my listings

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Dude!! I don't blame you!! Looking forward to your updates!!

[@jandjeaster]

At what point do you feel like a hoarder? Is it overwhelming?

[@ARuralSquirrel]

LOL!! I was sort of feeling that way because so much of it wasn't selling!! That's why I felt like it was a good time to do this purge! 😅

[@forthehaulofit]

I'm a little disappointed that you didn't have a numbers recap of how many things you found that weren't listed or how many things you decided to donate. 😕

[@rebeccawebster3556]

I was wondering that also.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Great question! I have a few more things I wanted to tidy up and wasn't quite there yet when this video came out - I'll update more on Sunday. thanks for following up! 😉 Appreciate your support so much!! 💖🐿

[@ARuralSquirrel]

Great question! I have a few more things I wanted to tidy up and wasn't quite there yet when this video came out - I'll update more on Sunday. thanks for following up! 😉 Appreciate your support so much!! 💖🐿