Author: Wanda

Hi! I'm Wanda, the owner of Just Vintage and this is my blog where I talk about buying, selling, and decorating with all things vintage. I want to help you learn what to buy for resale and maybe give you inspiration in decorating, even if it's what NOT to do.
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Etsy and Booth Sales For June 2017

Booth and Etsy sales for June 2017

After such a bad April, then a nice May, I thought sales were on the way back, but I was…… wrong. Bad wrong. Don’t know if I could have been any more mistaken. June was bad. Real bad. It was like the mall wasn’t even open. Of course, it was, but the month was a literal wash-out. It rained and rained and rained and rained some more. I feel that hurt business. Oh, I sold smalls but not enough to make even half the rent of our large, double booth.

Etsy was slow as well. Not sure the whys on that. Probably a combination of things. Etsy itself has been implementing tests and changes, I still don’t have my store built up as much as I should/could, summer vacations keeping people away from the computer, etc. 

But enough excuses. Just what did sell? Let’s start with the booth, shall we? Continue reading Etsy and Booth Sales For June 2017

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Video — Saturday’s Garage Sale Haul – Vintage Pickings

I’m getting brave and starting to do YouTube videos! I know! Gasp!!! It took me several years to work up the nerve, but I can do this. I know I can! 

I did one last week where I opened a never before opened, Eva Zeisel Kari-All glassware set.

Eva Zeisel Stockholm barware and Kari-All 

(That’s not the video. Just a link to the product – which has the video in the description.)

I forgot to blend my eye make-up, got in front of the camera, talked, said all the wrong things and… and… everything! But ya know what? I took the initiative and did it. Got that first talkie under my belt and did another today. This one shows the items I bought at a basement sale on Saturday with a couple of stories to go along with it.

So. Heeeeere’s the video!

 

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April Fails Brings May Sales – Sales Report for May

Booth and Etsy Sales Report

The month of May was pretty decent for the booth. Still a long cry from our $2000 goal, but whew! Compared to April, it’s a fortune!

Etsy, on the other hand, as hard as it is to imagine, was even more dismal. I still take most of the blame there. My inventory is still way down, predominantly things that have been relisted a a few times awaiting the right person to find them – and things that really just need to be put out to pasture – but I’m gradually adding to it. When I say gradually, I mean reallllly gradually. Maybe 4-5 items a week. As of this writing, I think I’m back up to 173 items in the store. I’d love to have 1000 items in there. 

So. Let’s start with what sold in the booth, shall we? Continue reading April Fails Brings May Sales – Sales Report for May

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What Sold In April – Booth Sales and Etsy Sales

What I sold in my antique booth and on Etsy in April of 2017

My booth sales and Etsy sales for April 2017

Egads! What the heck happened to April?! There are always ups and down in the vintage and antique selling business. Any business, actually. But April 2017 – for us – was HORRIBLE!  Alarmingly so. Like, I’m still reeling and shaking my head and wondering what happened? Continue reading What Sold In April – Booth Sales and Etsy Sales