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| This girl again! |
I am so excited, you guys! I stopped by Kenrick Antique Mall yesterday to pay March's rent on booth 78 and get my check/info for last month and find out what all I sold. Now, I didn't have anything available for sale until the 13th, so I'm feeling kinda spiffy at this point, because: I sold 15 items, for a total of $113.50! Of course, my pro-rated February rent was $79.00, plus the mall's commission and the 3% per item I lost if the customer payed with plastic took off another $12.84, which leaves $21.66. Minus what I paid for the items in question (I had to guestimate on some because of my extremely poor organizational/planning skills), I would say I made at least five bucks!
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| Celebratory fireworks - Wahoo! |
Perhaps I'm crazy to celebrate making five dollars in the course of two and a half weeks, but here's my reasoning:
1. When I was pondering giving this a try, I chose to consider it an educational opportunity and, expecting to lose money, at least initially, told myself that it would be like paying for a class in reselling vintage goodies.
2. I'm already starting to learn from it. I have a list of 15 items that sold right off the bat. I have already sold 2 of the 3 men's hats that I started out with in the booth. That wasn't something I originally expected to be a big seller, so now I will be looking out for more.
3. I also told myself that if I lost money consistently for 3 months, the experiment would be over. So this at least means I get to keep trying.
3. I also told myself that if I lost money consistently for 3 months, the experiment would be over. So this at least means I get to keep trying.
4. It's $5 for doing something I actually enjoy. Hundreds or thousands made doing something you tolerate in order to pay the bills is useful, but occasionally depressing. Ten bucks made doing something that I love doing, while it won't pay the bills, at least makes me feel justified to continue doing this very fun thing.
So yay me!
Congrats! I'm over at Kenrick pretty frequently. I'll have to check out your booth the next time I'm in.
ReplyDeleteOh, do! I'll be adding more items on Monday or Tuesday. Hopefully some things will have sold and made room, otherwise I'll need to do some rearranging again :)
DeleteThat's great--congrats! I told myself the same thing when I started out...as long as I made enough to support my "vintage habit," it would be worthwhile. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! That's pretty much all it is for me so far, just a minor(?) addiction. Hopefully I'll be able to turn it into a useful addiction eventually!
DeleteAwesome! I can't wait till we are healthy and can go and check it out!
ReplyDeleteOh me too - I've been praying. I'm glad you found out what had all the tummies hurting, hope everybody's feeling better!
Deletewe are also experimenting with a booth...it will be a year (or is it 2 years?) in april. so far, we've only had to pay out maybe 3 months. I would say if you sold things that fast, you may want to up the price a bit...even just a dollar or two...you HAVE to consider your time as well....EVEN if it's enjoyable. You still have to drive there, clean items, price items...etc.
ReplyDeleteBUT...SUPER job on making a profit!!!
Thanks for the advice, I'm always glad to get it, since I'm winging it most of the time. Do you find it goes up and down? I'm afraid since I did better than expected my first not-quite-month, I might end up disappointed if I don't do so well this month. Still, at least for awhile, I've got no expectations, and am prepared to pay for the booth out-of-pocket.
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