Summer Days
May 16, 2012 by The Selling Sisters
Filed under Motivation, Organizing Your Business, Working At Home
I love being self-employed, and I love my lighter schedule. It gives me a lot more time to get projects done that I’ve been putting off, like scrap booking, and sewing. It gives me a chance to swim, go for walks and go on road trips 
Summer is also a great time to spend more time on my listings, and get my store ready for the Christmas season. It really is just right around the corner.
In the summer, I like to set aside one day a week to focus on my listings. My laptop comes in handy, because we can put on a movie and I can list from the comfort of my reclining couch.
I don’t spend the entire day listing, but several hours. I do take breaks, but I don’t plan anything else for that day.
Usually it takes me a few hours. I’m able to list everything in my current bin that I have pictures of. Then we go do something special like swimming, get a pedicure, or go to dinner.
Everyone’s schedule is different.
Some people have a hectic summer but fall or spring is more laid back. Utilize the time of year when you don’t have as much going on to focus in on growing your business. You probably won’t see it grow over night, but if you keep trying to grow your business, over time it will grow.
What’s Selling Well For You?
May 2, 2012 by The Selling Sisters
Filed under Ebay, Etsy, Motivation
I’ve been slacking on the eBay listing, but I’ve sold some homeschooling things lately and that always makes me happy!
If you’re not selling, what are you buying?
Simple Steps To Increase Your Sales on Bonanza
April 12, 2012 by The Selling Sisters
Filed under How To..., Motivation, Pinching Pennies, Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, etc), Success!, Working At Home
About a year ago, I set up a booth on Bonanza.com.
I import my eBay items to it almost every week so the new items that I listed will be added and the items that have sold on eBay will be deleted.
Online Selling Tip of the Week
April 2, 2012 by The Selling Sisters
Filed under Motivation, Selling Tips
Designate where to spend the money from your online sales
Use the money from online sales to pay your phone bill, credit card bill, kids school tuition, gymnastics class, vacation, down payment on a house, or fun money.
That way, when you’re not motivated to list, take pictures, or ship, you can look at your paypal account and see progress toward your financial goals. Sometimes, that’s all the motivation you need to get out the camera and start taking pictures 
I’m Not Usually a Fan of Auctions
March 20, 2012 by The Selling Sisters
Filed under Motivation, Working At Home
Any of you who know me or have read this blog for any amount of time knows that I am not a HUGE fan of auction style listings on eBay.
I’ve been burned many times by auction items selling lower than they would have if they had sold in my store.
I like to use auctions as a way to clearance out items that I don’t care how much they sell for.
Usually once or twice a year, I send items to auction for a week or two to clean out my store. Last week, I decided to send about 15 items to auction. Since they were name brand items, I decided to start the bid at $9.99 but also have them available as Buy it Now at the same time.
Within a couple of days, one of the items had sold at my BIN price (59.99!) Several other items got bids too. 
I moved other items to auction this week. We’ll see what happens, every little bit helps.
