This has been a kinda weird week, listing-wise, because for 3 whole days during the week I didn’t list at all.  What I did do was enjoy my 4th of July and spend part of the weekend at my parents’ house.  But, I was determined to get my listing in anyway, and put in a lot of work the last couple days.  I finished up my last few listings for the week not long before midnight, happy to exactly meet my weekly goal.  And then I did the math for this blog post.  And realized I was off, and am actually 10 listings short for the week.  Darn.  It.  Anyway.  But, thinking I was closer than I was to my goal made me work harder to reach it, and I did extra listing tonight that I probably wouldn’t have done if I realized hitting my goal was out of reach.

Anyway.

This week I listed 67 new items.

Since June 1 this puts my grand total at 366 new listings.

Sales have maybe ticked up a bit, but honestly it still seems really slow.

Here’s to starting an even more productive week tomorrow!

I fell short of my listing goal. And my sales are down quite a bit.  I had several days in a row where barely anything sold.  It’s so strange.  I feel like eBay has been SO glitchy lately.  Things I notice that obviously aren’t right, and after a day or two they correct themselves.  Right now a bunch of my listings have photos that aren’t showing up when you click into the listing.  New listings, old listings, there seems to be no rhyme or reason.  I keep hoping it will resolve on its own, but I should probably call eBay.  I had someone e-mail me to ask about a $50 coat because they couldn’t see any photos.  Sigh.  I don’t want to have to take all new photos for a bunch of listings, so I keep holding out hope it will be magically fixed.  Anyway.

This week I listed 63 new items.

Since June 1 this puts my grand total at 299 new listings.

I have been fighting a summer cold, and went to be earlier than usual a couple nights this week.  And with the 4th of July holiday week coming up we are extra busy with fun stuff, so keeping up on my listings this week will be rough too.  And so it goes.

Sad week of sales:

Here’s hoping the summer slump doesn’t stick around, and things start to bounce back.

Week three already.  I met my listing goal.  But, just.  And because I listed about a third of my week’s listings today.

But, you know what?  That means this is working.  I certainly listed more today (and this week overall) because of my Big Summer Goal, and knowing that I will be posting this weekly update.  And I’m okay with that.  Whatever it takes to get the work done.

This week I listed 78 new items.

Since June 1 this puts my grand total at 236 new listings.

I am still struggling with balance.  Sometimes I get up early and get a lot of work done and feel really good about it.  Sometimes I get up early and feel really tired and go back to bed.  It’s not a perfect system.  My to-do lists are long, my time is always running short.  Sometimes I feel like I am just along for the ride.

My sales have ticked up just a bit this week:

It’s not much, but it is nice to see it in the green.

How are your summer goals going this week?

It’s only week two, and I have already faltered.  I fell short of my listing goal by quite a bit.

This week I only listed  60 new items.

Since June 1 this puts my grand total at 158 new listings.

I really struggled with balance over the last week.  From listing, to working my other job, to my boys being out of school, to having fun family activities planned – I did not get everything out of it that I had hoped.  But, another week starts tomorrow, and I plan to do better!  Which includes going to bed early-ish tonight and getting up early tomorrow morning to get back to work.  I find that I am generally more motivated to work early in the morning before anyone else is up than I am when I put it off until after my boys are in bed.

Unfortunately, along with my lack of listing, my sales have dipped this week:

And so it goes.  Gearing up for a better week to come.

How are your summer goals going?

This week I listed 81 new items.

Since June 1 this puts my grand total at 98 new listings.

So, I stayed just above target this week . . . barely.  Next week I will try to list even more.  I am still a little behind from the first few days, and I would like to have a bit of a buffer already in place because I know there will be some busy summer days during which it will be difficult to complete all of my listings.

I am happy to report that my sales are up a bit right now too.

How are your summer goals going so far?