06/24/17 Daily Blog

Up early to water the garden. Have to get that more mainstream.
That darn cat has brought another bird into the house. It is lost somewhere in the bedroom. I heard a tweet last night and couldn't find it. Still, can't find it. Maybe it was outside our window and sounded like it was inside?
Amazon has changed some things and we have a lot of media and plush returning from FBA and these eventually will be placed on eBay. We are doing well in selling trading cards on Amazon. A lot more $ than we've seen in the entirety of our business. I will be putting some of my extras (backstock) onto eBay and possibly some vintage on Etsy. This is the game plan anyway. With a one person show, it's going to take some time. 😔

What we've sold today:

Amazon -

eBay -

1. 
   

Etsy -

Local - Mercari, Letgo, Mile 5, Offer Up

1. Coming Soon

My thoughts on our recent sales:

1. As always, if you don't list it you can't sell it. 
2. Items don't always sell for what we want to get out of them. Amazon and books. Have to work on this one.
3. All years of trading cards sell, even the mass produced years. Shown by my recent sales.
4. Having the item gone might include a sale at a loss. Lots of this lately. 
5. Returns are eating up my profits.

Here's the to-do list for today:

1. Check for orders. Get orders shipped out.
2. Check for yard/garage/estate sales
3. Get ready for Amazon returns
4. Get shipment ready to send to FBA
5. Add (100) trading cards via spreadsheet to Amazon
6. Add items to Inventory Lab #FeedTheBeast
7. Add replens to Inventory Lab #FeedTheBeast
8. Take Pictures/Scans
9. List (10) items on eBay
10. Add listings to Etsy
11. Add cards to Kronozio - strictly a trading card site
12. Watch YouTube videos

Have you visited our website lately? Everything Simply Sandoval all under one roof. All our listings on Amazon, eBay, Etsy and Kronozio altogether.

I don't always finish my list of things to do for the day. Family always comes first.

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This is what we use for our business:

I just bought the turbo 450 printer and it works great. I've used the twin turbo for years with no problems. 

     

We use both of these labels all the time.

Labels:

 6 Rolls of 500 1x2.125 Dymo Compatible 30336 Address Mailing Labels

4 Rolls 99019 PayPal Postage 1-part Dymo Compt Labels, 2-5/16x7.5, 150 p/r

Mailers:

#0000 4x6 "EcoSwift" Small Poly Bubble Mailer Padded Envelope Bags 4 x 6

#0 6x10 "EcoSwift" Poly Bubble Mailers Padded Envelope Bags 6" x 10"

Packing Tape:

6 ROLLS Carton Box Sealing Packaging Packing Tape 2.0mil 2" x 110 yards (330 ft)

Scotch Tape:

I get Scotch Tape at the local Dollar Tree in 2 packs for $1

Other Cleaners:

Goo Be Gone, Brasso and Magic Erasers - All bought at the local Wal-Mart
For those pesky old price stickers we use Magic Erasers and Scotty Peelers.

Shoe Cleaners, polishes, and sprays:

We buy all this at the local Wal-Mart. 

All-Purpose Cleaner: 

              

This is an excellent cleaner for built up grime, grease, yellowing from cigarette smoke and the like. We used this in the house we moved into. The previous owner smoked in the house. The walls were yellow and the custom cabinets were caked with grease and cigarette smoke. The little garage was used as an extra pantry. The canned goods exploded in the heat and then stuck to the shelves in 1/4" to 1/2" inch think dried up molasses looking spills. We spread it on and we were able to take a putty knife to it about 10 minutes later. This is just an awesome cleaner. 

When I use other items I will gladly add them to my recommendations.