A few years ago, when my collections became unwieldy, I
chose to sell off my less-than-favorite items on eBay. I wasn’t in business like I am now, I was
just a collector getting room and money to go shopping again. As soon as I decided to go into business as
Wisdom Lane, I immediately began listing antiques on eBay, as I did before.
And I was surprised at the result.
My antiques weren’t really getting the bids and the lookers
as they did before.
So what happened?
As an experiment, I listed my original Nintendo console with
eight games. I also listed a separate lot of twenty-four Nintendo games.
I listed the two lots as auctions with the option to Buy It Now. The two lots sold within five minutes.
Lesson learned?
eBay appears to have a different type of shopper than it did
a few years ago. The current shopper
seems to be interested in collectibles rather than antiques—thirty- or
forty-somethings looking to get back items from their youth.
As a result, my strategy will change as I continue to test
this theory. I’ll be selling
collectibles on eBay, and I’ll look for different sites where I can sell my
antiques. First stop for some of my
vintage items: Etsy.
Yup, I totally agree. Vintage is what's hot now! I like anything from the 1920s-1970s. That's basically my grandparents, parents, and my generation. Have you sold on Etsy yet? Great place to open a store, especially for vintage. Lots of teams to join and getting to know others with similar interests.
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As a matter of fact, I'm in the process of setting up a store on Etsy. My goal is to get the store up and running by next week.
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